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Monday, October 6th, 2008
Hockey Season Begins
QU 101
Where the hells is Quinnipiac you ask? It is a medium sized school (about 7,000 students) in Hamden, CT...about 10 miles from New Haven in the south central part of the state...my old stomping grounds. If you have no idea how to pronounce it....no problem....they can't even do it in Connecticut. KWIN-UH-PEE-AK. Tadda....done. It's name appears almost daily on 24 hour news channels for their political polls.
The Season Begins
I promised myself if the Bobcats ever made it the Midwest...I would travel to see them. The bobcats hockey team opens their season this weekend in Omaha for the Mutual of Omaha Stampede...not exactly close (seven hour drive)....but this is the home of my bro! Unfortunately due to new weekend sports duties I cannot attend. Sigh.
National Polls
Q-U has been nationally ranked before...and I expect them to sneak in at some point this season. There are only about 65 division one hockey programs in the country...so making the top 20 seems pretty reasonable. The first USCHO.com poll came out today and has the Bobcats well out of the ranks....with three votes. (If you go by votes...they are tied for 30th).
The League
Quinnipiac plays in the ECAC Hockey League. It is a mix of Ivy League schools and Engineering schools. I'm not sure how Quinnipiac (a liberal arts school) got in....it is just their third season in the ECAC. They've finished Second and Sixth in their first two years. The Bobcats have only one rival...Yale due to the close proximity....and
it is a one sided affair. Yalies would say their Ivy counterparts (Harvard, Cornell, Princeton) are bigger rivals. But there is certainly atmosphere when they play the Bobcats.
The Dream
I hope the Bobcats will take the League by surprise and win. It tends to be a crazy evenly matched League. The ECAC Championships are held in Albany every year. This years Frozen Four is in Washington D.C.
Alright....that’s my Bobcat introduction. Expect rambles in the future. GO BOBCATS!!!
Hockey Season Begins
QU 101
Where the hells is Quinnipiac you ask? It is a medium sized school (about 7,000 students) in Hamden, CT...about 10 miles from New Haven in the south central part of the state...my old stomping grounds. If you have no idea how to pronounce it....no problem....they can't even do it in Connecticut. KWIN-UH-PEE-AK. Tadda....done. It's name appears almost daily on 24 hour news channels for their political polls.
The Season Begins
I promised myself if the Bobcats ever made it the Midwest...I would travel to see them. The bobcats hockey team opens their season this weekend in Omaha for the Mutual of Omaha Stampede...not exactly close (seven hour drive)....but this is the home of my bro! Unfortunately due to new weekend sports duties I cannot attend. Sigh.
National Polls
Q-U has been nationally ranked before...and I expect them to sneak in at some point this season. There are only about 65 division one hockey programs in the country...so making the top 20 seems pretty reasonable. The first USCHO.com poll came out today and has the Bobcats well out of the ranks....with three votes. (If you go by votes...they are tied for 30th).
The League
Quinnipiac plays in the ECAC Hockey League. It is a mix of Ivy League schools and Engineering schools. I'm not sure how Quinnipiac (a liberal arts school) got in....it is just their third season in the ECAC. They've finished Second and Sixth in their first two years. The Bobcats have only one rival...Yale due to the close proximity....and
The Dream
I hope the Bobcats will take the League by surprise and win. It tends to be a crazy evenly matched League. The ECAC Championships are held in Albany every year. This years Frozen Four is in Washington D.C.
Alright....that’s my Bobcat introduction. Expect rambles in the future. GO BOBCATS!!!
I am so pumped for this season...but so sad b/c i just realized Jamie Bates is no more....some how I forgot that my true love graduated!!!
Its nuts where the team has gone since you first introduced me to QU hockey....remember when QU joined the ECAC and their star goalie was baby face Bud Fisher...well now he's a SENIOR!!!
I've already been in contact with Rocco to go to the games....but it's just not the same without you or being in the student section!
I am so happy to see a hockey blog. Seriously happy.