We built an Atlantic Conference hockey rink. If we wanted to go head to head for National Championships with BU & BCU we needed to build a 6,000 seat arena. We belong in the Atlantic Hockey Conference as does Merrimack!
What does this mean??
That may be true but they lost a lot, regardless. It’s a complete rebuild. Richard and Muldowney and maybe a few upperclassmen who return. I tend to think of Brian Kelly while at Notre Dame…essentially a complete rebuild after the 16’ season, I believe…from assistants to recruiting to training etc etc etc. he found quite a bit of success afterwards (no titles, but 2 cfb playoff appearances and solid years). I hope the coaching stafff takes something from that and just rebuilds the program. The problem will be talent. They lost 2 really good players going to elite programs when they should be on the uconn roster. It can be done, but they need to win next year and I’m not sure how that’s gonna happen.
More UConn players were going to enter the transfer portal if Wood did not leave the program.
Now that’s a frosty nugget!
Well, I understand that, but what is the problem. Is Wood not well liked?
D Toscano would surely be onboard with this solution
That is absurd, of course. What were we doing with the extra 4000 seats? I’ve been to a few of these big arenas when crowds have been sparse.
We've been saying its a problem now since it was built too small and designed by an architecture firm that doesn't do hockey arenas.
Go to a BC or BU game when they’re not playing each other. The crowds are not > 3000. The B1G appears to draw more fans.
NCAA Hockey attendance is a mixed bag, but the B1G does do well.
Trolls abound!
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Good Luck to Matt, I hope everything works out of the youngster.Matthew Wood commits to Minnesota
Wood lands at one of the most storied programs in the sport.
That was my point. People who argue for 6000 seats want that just to brag about how big it is. Not because it is needed.
Then Hockey East said, ”Never mind”. Hockey East is very happy to have UConn as a member. The arena size is not important. Just like every sport, they get that with streaming and high def and all, fewer and fewer fans “need” to be at the game.
Answer to the second question is yes. This is a job in a premier conference in the game and there are only about 60 D 1 jobs in total. NO more than about half are in leagues that could be considered comparable or close to HEA. And there are only a handful, if that, of those open in any given year. Brown isn’t moving from BC, but there wouldn’t be a lack of candidates.
