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WHY ARE WE OFF FOR 28 DAYS
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:00 am
by gmartin
After our series this weekend we do not play for 28 days!!! Why??? Can anyone explain. And when we do play again it's against Robert Morris.
We don't return to WCHA play until Jan 9, 5 weeks from now, and then we play 9 consecutive weekends where other teams have 1 or 2 bye weeks during that 9 week stretch. Also, when we return on Jan 9, some teams will have played 6 more conference games than us. True we have games in hand and can catch up in standings but looking and seeing a team 6 or 8 points higher than us could have a negative effect.
Anyone know the reasoning of the 4 off weeks while other members are playing every week?
Re: WHY ARE WE OFF FOR 28 DAYS
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:59 am
by Schadenfreude
I blame Obama.
Re: WHY ARE WE OFF FOR 28 DAYS
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:42 pm
by AT_Hiker
I completely agree. wtf is going on? Why can't buy weeks be spread out? We're going to go into that important non conference series against Robert Morris completely cold. Hopefully the boys don't build up rust.
Happy Holidays to the team, I guess.
Re: WHY ARE WE OFF FOR 28 DAYS
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:49 pm
by gmartin
As BGFan informed me we had a series scheduled for next weekend at Michigan Tech but was rescheduled. We still would have had three weeks off. At least we play 2 non conference games before we get back into conference play.
Re: WHY ARE WE OFF FOR 28 DAYS
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 1:24 am
by Critical Thinker
Considering final exams are coming up with the week of Christmas immediately after, this makes complete sense to me. Plus, if we didn't have the outdoor game on Jan 3, we'd probably be playing in a holiday tournament, giving us only 3 weeks off. It's just an odd year, it'll probably go back to normal next year.
Re: WHY ARE WE OFF FOR 28 DAYS
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 8:09 am
by poltergeist
gmartin wrote:
We don't return to WCHA play until Jan 9, 5 weeks from now, and then we play 9 consecutive weekends where other teams have 1 or 2 bye weeks during that 9 week stretch.
we were originally scheduled to play Ferris over Thanksgiving and have a bye in Feb., but we agreed to the switch so Ferris could add Wisconsin. Ferris got a tie and loss out of that deal.

Re: WHY ARE WE OFF FOR 28 DAYS
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 5:49 pm
by BGDrew
We had the option of playing more games thanks to the Alaska exemptions but I don't know if we could find any opponents to come to BG.