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Time to put a chill on Florida

April 7, 2016

The Frozen Four is here!

I am a fan of college hockey. I always have been. Before 2003, I was a fan of Maine. I’d cheer a bit, at times, for New Hampshire and Vermont as well. But Maine was the team I cheered for. I even looked at college there, but that didn’t work out.

Then things changed.

In 2002, I graduated from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania. The only college hockey I saw during my time there was Penn State, which wasn’t even NCAA yet. When I looked for a grad school, it came down to two schools – SUNY Albany and Quinnipiac, a private school in Connecticut.

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Quinnipiac won.

Honestly, it was attractive because it was a one-year master’s program if you pushed it. I liked that. I wanted to get the degree and start working again. When I arrived, I saw a wonderful campus with Division I sports – including hockey.

At that time, though, QU didn’t have its own rink. It played in a nearby town rink. I went to several games throughout the year and some of the other grad students actually shared a house with some of the players, so I had the chance to interact with a few of them.

The Bobcats that year went 22-13-1, losing to Mercyhurst in the conference final, thus missing the NCAA tournament. The year before QU had made the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history.

Since that time, I’ve been a QU fan for obvious reasons. A couple years ago, while watching them at RPI, somebody asked why I cheered for them. I then noted my student loan debt from going there … to make it more understandable.

Each year, I try and see Quinnipiac when they make the Albany swing (Union/RPI). Colgate and Cornell are also close enough trips I could make to see them play. I watch them online or on TV (SNY) when I can and I always watch to see how they are doing.

In 2013, it was a blast watching them make the national final, though the loss to Yale (of all teams) stunk.

Quinnipiac is no longer a secret. The Bobcats spent much of this year as the No. 1 team in the country and have but three losses entering this weekend. The other three teams – Boston College, North Dakota, and Denver – all have a more storied history than Quinnipiac. In fact, the other three have a combined 19 national championships. Quinnipiac has only been Division I for 18 years (if my math is right).

QU opens today (April 7) against Boston College. It’s the first time the two teams will have ever played.

I’m looking forward to the game tonight and will be watching as it unfolds. I would have loved to have gone to Tampa for the weekend, but the funds just weren’t there to be able to make that trip.

It’s a fun time to be a hockey fan, that’s for sure. Hopefully by the end of the weekend, I’ll really be stoked!

Thursday:
Quinnipiac vs. Boston College, 5 p.m. (ESPN2)
North Dakota vs. Denver, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

Saturday:
Championship, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)
Championship ceremony, follows game (ESPN3)

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Quinnipiac is bound for the Frozen Four!

March 30, 2016

It was a weekend to remember, that’s for sure.

This past weekend, I traveled to Albany on Saturday and Sunday to watch college hockey as the East Regional for the NCAA Division I tournament was being held in the Times Union Center. The winner of the regional would advance to the Frozen Four in Tampa Bay on April 7 and 9.

My Alma mater (well, for my Masters) earned the overall top seed for the tournament and so happened to be placed in Albany. Perfect.

Regional champions... now to the Frozen Four!

Regional champions… now to the Frozen Four!

This was a great chance to see Quinnipiac, which had been the No. 1 team in the country for much of the season.

The regionals are seeded 1-4, so Quinnipiac faced the fourth seed, RIT, in the opener. Not only was RIT the fourth seed in the tournament, it was the 16th seed out of 16. RIT was used to that, though, as it was 16 last year when it knocked off the overall No. 1.

Not this year.

After a slower first period when QU took a 1-0 lead, the Bobcats turned it up and ended with a 4-0 victory to advance to the regional final on Easter Sunday.

In that game, it pitted QU against UMass Lowell, the second seed in the region. Lowell took a 1-0 lead early but then things came together for Quinnipiac in the second period when three goals were scored, silencing the Lowell crowd and giving the Bobcats some breathing room.

A third-period goal made it 4-1, which was the final score.

It was a lot of fun to watch and now QU is in the Frozen Four for the second time in school history, the first coming in 2013 when the Bobcats reached the championship before losing to rival Yale.

On April 7, Quinnipiac faces Boston College in the national semifinal. A win there and it’s a date in the national title game on April 9 against the winner of North Dakota-Denver.

I’d love to go to Tampa Bay, but it’s a bit out of my price range, so I’ll be watching on ESPN and hoping for the best. It would be nice thing to see QU win the national title, so we’ll see how it goes.

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Drop the puck… Frozen Four!

March 25, 2016

While March Madness takes over for many, it’s time for the Frozen Four in college hockey.

Regional tournaments are this weekend with a chance to earn a spot in the Frozen Four April 7-9 in Tampa. The East Regional is in Albany on Saturday and Sunday and I’m intending on heading to the state capital to watch.

Hopefully both days.

My alma mater — Quinnipiac — has earned the overall No. 1 seed in the tournament. But you know how seeds can be. Sometimes they just don’t mean anything.

The Region also includes RIT (QU’s first-round opponent), Yale (the rivals), and UMass-Lowell. QU and RIT lead off at 4 p.m. Saturday, followed by the other two at 7:30. The championship is Easter Sunday at 7:30 p.m.

So this is a short post tonight, but it’s basically to hopefully give some good vibes to the Bobcats. I’m hoping the No. 1 seed holds up.

Go Bobcats!

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