UConn v. UMass-Lowell RiverHawks (Friday 10/27/23 @7:15p @Tsongas Center & Saturday 10/28/23 @4p @XL Center). Both games on ESPN+

[ableton04]

Lastly, I’m upset with the UConn Athletics marketing team. Because Tuscano is so small and is essentially sold out for every game - lest they release 50-100 the day of - for the few XL games played they should concentrate and over market them, especially to youth hockey teams and give them a package deal. The crowd size yesterday was pathetic and worse than the WolfPack. Gone are the novelty days of 5-6K rocking the place. Now there’s just a smattering of fans about the arena and it shouldn’t be that way.

My wife and I were just talking about this problem - before COVID, they actually put an effort in. We had an in-game host on the mic between periods, there were giveaways, they were clearly marketing, etc. None of that was around last year, but I figured they were on hold for Toscano but so far there's nothing. I wonder if there was somebody super into hockey in the department who put the effort in and now they're gone?

 

[KB19]

I Agee on the speed. We are just slow. Goalies are good. But there is not a scorer on the team. I kind of wonder if Wood really should have spent a year in juniors. He is big and talented but he isn’t that fast and he doesn’t seem to know the game.

Umm.. he did spend a year in junior. The BCHL where he led the league in scoring as a 16 year old.. Then proceeded to lead the Huskies in scoring as a 17 year old. While I will agree he's started off slowly on the scoring front, as the whole team has, to say he should have spent a year in junior is the wrong argument to make.