bgbill wrote:At least we don't have any other weekday conference games. Those Thursday games last year didn't work.
But the Windsor game is on Thursday
Looking at the rest of the schedule, it seems like a much better balance between home and away games. It seemed like last season had a home game almost every weekend the first half of the season. It looks like they alternate every other weekend for the most part all season. We also have home and homes with MSU and scUM only.
There are really only two concerns I have with the schedule. The first is the quality and locations of our out of conference games. UCONN and Alabama-Huntsville at the beginning of the season could be a good warmup for Providence/Boston College, but they could hurt us at the end of the season in the Pairwise. A loss (god forbid) to UCONN in the first game (cleaning off the rust) could prove to be very costly in morale and pairwise comparisons. Having played 6 home non-conference games last year might have hurt us in getting home games for a year or two. It was great seeing that much hockey, but I see us on the road a lot for two years or so.
The second concern I have is the Ohio Classic. It's great to be playing in Ohio for the holidays, but we're guaranteed at least one non conference game against a CCHA opponent. More than likely, we will play Miami in the first game with OSU playing UMD in the second. I have never been a fan of playing conference opponents in non conference games. There is so much more exposure that comes with playing out of conference teams (sports writers, fans, etc) that it's worth it to travel for holiday tournaments.
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