Attendance Milestone
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While I agree that an on campus arena should be built and is a requirement of hockey east, the early returns on the XL center are impressive. The time during the planning and construction of the on campus arena should be used to build the fan base as large as it can be. Once it's known what type of attendance the XL center can garner with an ever improving team they will be able to decide whether to split games like basketball or some other arrangement. I feel that there may be the possibility of developing separate fan bases for each facility if the attendance is very strong. Also, it's possible that the move of the branch to downtown will generate even more fans for XL. I was astonished with the turnout for the BC game. I really thought that the many BC fans in close proximity would be a good percentage of the turnout, but that didn't appear to be the case. One hockey mom from my grandson's team is a BC alum and she said the atmosphere was insane. I don't think this will be a passing interest. As the team improves and if (when) it becomes a contender in HE the attendance should only get stronger. It might be a serious mistake to give up a clear advantage to the team by moving everything to an on campus facility that has a much lower capacity. I also feel they should not lose the opportunity to develop and reward the FF county fan base by playing games in that area at Webster. It's really an opportunity to totally dominate this market like basketball has. Cav has done an unbelievable job so far and the team is exciting. Go Huskies!
Barely anyone would show up for games against Sacred Heart. Even at the Webster Arena.
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You make three very good points here while only printing two, some very stelth prose.
I Have followed and attended UCONN sports for decades (mostly both mens / womans bb along with football. I have also preached for years how CT fans have no clue on how to be the next man up or the bench." If UConn was beating BU, it would have been the same as the BC game." The crowd sat on their hands until the team threatend to win before getting loud. Traffic issues did cause many to be late but I think you will find the crowd follows the team for emotion rather than providing it.
Not critizing you just a life long observation that you clearly brought out. It is easy when you are winning, the team needs the crowd to be loud when they are down. Not something I have heard much of in my life here.
You are completely correct about people barely yelling when the team is down.You make three very good points here while only printing two, some very stelth prose.
" If UConn was beating BU, it would have been the same as the BC game." The crowd sat on their hands until the team threatend to win before getting loud. Traffic issues did cause many to be late but I think you will find the crowd follows the team for emotion rather than providing it.
Not critizing you just a life long observation that you clearly brought out. It is easy when you are winning, the team needs the crowd to be loud when they are down. Not something I have heard much of in my life here.
When we were losing to Robert Morris in the AHA playoffs by a goal (in what would be our last game in the AHA), time was running out, the place was quiet. As usual, I was an exception. I yelled in frustration, "C'mon, we only have one banner!", pointing at it. Cavanaugh heard that and he was amused.
On another occasion, I was the only person cheering loudly at a UConn-Sacred Heart game at Webster Arena, doing the U-C-O-N-N chant. My brother-in-law was embarrassed and barely anyone was around. We won that game, 4-0.
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