Hockey Night in Vermont 2007-8

[MGB Boy]

HockeyTime!



Attention fans of hockey, fans of college sports, and fans of driving damn close to Canada: Following on from last season's "Hockey Night in Vermont" (a win over Boston College), it's time to start looking at dates for this season's edition. Below is the UVM home schedule for the upcoming season;

October
7 - Sun - Acadia University - 4:00pm
21 - Sun - Boston College - 4:00pm
28 - Sun - Dartmouth - 4:00pm

November
16 - Fri - Boston University - 7:05pm
17 - Sat - Boston University - 7:05pm
20 - Tue - Massachusetts - 7:05pm

December
1 - Sat - Providence - 7:05pm
8 - Sat - Harvard - 7:05pm
15 - Sat - St. Lawrence - 7:05pm
29 - Sat - Holy Cross - 7:05pm
30 - Sun - Western Michigan or Quinnipiac - TBA

January
18 - Fri - Northeastern - 7:05pm
19 - Sat - Northeastern - 7:05pm

February
1 - Fri - New Hampshire - 7:05pm
3 - Sun - UMass-Lowell - 2:00pm
15 - Fri - Merrimack - 7:05pm
16 - Sat - Merrimack - 7:05pm
29 - Fri - Maine - 7:05pm

March
1 - Sat - Maine - 7:05pm



As anyone who knows me even slightly is well aware, I'm a 100% certified hockey freak. And though it may be blasphemy to the ears of some, I actually prefer college hockey over pro hockey. True, the talent and skill level of pro hockey is higher, as it is in almost all pro sports when compared to college sports. But also like almost all college sports, the intensity level of both the players and spectators in college hockey is higher than in pro hockey. No meandering 82 game regular season followed by a three month slog thru the playoffs here, it's a tight schedule of about 30 games, all of which mean far more, there's no phoning it in. Likewise, the fan enthusiasm in college sports is just about the only thing in North American sports that approaches the rabid devotion of your typical European soccer crowd (aside from Sox fans, of course ). It all adds up to a fun way to spend one's winter nights, which is just what I do (a few years ago my name finally lurched to the top of the twenty year waiting list for UVM season tickets, so now I don't have to spend my weekdays fishing for tickets to that weekend's games).



So as we did last year, we're going to pick out a UVM home game (preferably a Saturday, I'm guessing), I'll procure some tickets, and fun will ensue. Maybe cruise Burlington a bit, find some dinner, eat some frighteningly large cupcakes, and watch some hockey. Let me know if you're interested. When we get a date pinned down, I'll highlight it here and stick it in the thread title...

-Ricardo

[bethandlouis]

How did I miss this? Maybe I hit my head harder than I thought. Count us in, whenever. I'll make the large cupcakes again if you want me to but you have to eat more.

[MGB Boy]

The large cupcakes scared Jason. Perhaps medium cupcakes.

-Ricardo