Spring Nationals Location???

[turbodsmforlife]

Has anyone heard anything on where the spring nationals will be held. Ive heard their thinking about having it at Matteson Square Gardens, but thats just rummors.

[ISFN]

Nice place, great rink, just a boring town much like N.C last year, so yea it'll prolly be there.

[turbodsmforlife]

Yeah, its a really nice place and Saint Louis is only 45 min away, but I live 20 min from that rink and that wont be much fun. Its more fun to go out of town for nationals:D

[nizmo]

Nice place, great rink, just a boring town much like N.C last year, so yea it'll prolly be there.

AHAHAHAHA

Truth.

[MBurke]

I'm pretty sure that at this point it won't be at Matteson's. Keep guessing :)

[TOURLU85]

If The Great Plains Region were to host nationals, from what ive heard from a few people, there would be an ice conversion involved... think about that one for a minute... hahahaha

[ISFN]

Queeny Park is a Joke, but I guess it does meet the NCRHA standards, crap rink, crap town, middle of no where, sounds good!

If thats the case where we're converting Ice rinks why choose that one, there are millions of ice/roller rink combos and if the case has come to converting ice rinks you have many opitions and I seroiusly hope they havn't picked Queeny Park as one of them, its so bad Great Plains doesn't even use it as a host rink, that has to tell you somthing.

Please somone prove me wrong with some real info.

[MBurke]

Queeny Park is a Joke, but I guess it does meet the NCRHA standards, crap rink, crap town, middle of no where, sounds good!


Nice. Try being productive and actually suggesting a good rink. I can only think of two suitable facilities in the country off the top of my head that are both good facilities and not in the "middle of nowhere", as you put it.


If thats the case where we're converting Ice rinks why choose that one, there are millions of ice/roller rink combos and if the case has come to converting ice rinks you have many opitions and I seroiusly hope they havn't picked Queeny Park as one of them, its so bad Great Plains doesn't even use it as a host rink, that has to tell you somthing.

Please somone prove me wrong with some real info.

No one said Queeny Park. No one who has any say in the matter has said anything, actually.

I'm sure they'll release the info when it's ready.

[nizmo]

I trust they'll pick a suitable location after seeing the WinterFest release.

[sanford]

my guess is anahiem. good facility and not in the middle of nowhere

i would also guess skate safe but idk

[William Bourque]

my guess is anahiem. good facility and not in the middle of nowhere

i would also guess skate safe but idk


i didnt like skate safe as a rink, not that i played on it, but there are countless things to do off the rink.

[KillinAintShe]

Winters should BE SOMEWHERE WARM THIS YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOT DETROIT.

Please don't make us play in Michigan during winter. That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

As far as nationals,

Why not MSG (St. Louis) or Chicago (where State Wars was--heard it was nice)?

1. Chicago
2. Anaheim
3. St. Louis

Those are my votes.

MSG is nice, has 2 full rinks, decent locker rooms, and plenty of lodging in the surrounding area. It really isn't in the middle of nowhere, either--it's your typical suburb...

Any sort of competition outside of a house league at queeny? No thanks.

Anaheim was great. My favorite nationals by far...

[nizmo]

Winters should BE SOMEWHERE WARM THIS YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOT DETROIT.

Please don't make us play in Michigan during winter. That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

It's in Key West this year.

[ISFN]

Burke, Queeny Park is the talk around the Great Plains, for some reason MSG wont give in and they want to keep it here in StL. And trust me if you have seen Queeny Park you would have the same opinion.

[MBurke]

Winters is Key West - I think that fits the 'warm' bill.

As for an NCT site, I liked Anaheim the best of anywhere we've gone as well, but going there every single year doesn't fit with the history of moving the event around the country so everyone gets a chance to check it out. Unfortunately, there are select few inline facilities and surrounding communities that stand up to Anaheim.

The Edge in Bensenville (State Wars site) is ice year-round. The Blackhawks practice there and both Robert Morris and the Chicago Steel play out of the rink. Melting it down or even laying a floor on top of the ice in April is impossible. I do agree that it's a beautiful facility, though.

[turbodsmforlife]

I sometimes had to play highschool hockey at queeny park and it sucked. The rink had laps in the boards that would bounce the puck off the boards into the middle of the rink. Also it has one big locker room behind the benches for both teams. All this was 4 years ago, but NO WAY nationals will be there!

[MBurke]

I sometimes had to play highschool hockey at queeny park and it sucked. The rink had laps in the boards that would bounce the puck off the boards into the middle of the rink. Also it has one big locker room behind the benches for both teams. All this was 4 years ago, but NO WAY nationals will be there!

I <3 the NCRHA rumor mill sometimes. I am pretty confident that NCRHA won't be holding the event at Queeny Park this year. I can't speak for the facility since I've never seen or been there.

[ISFN]

Well if not Queeny Park, then there's only one other Ice/Roller complex and that is All American. Which is possiably the dirtest rink I've ever played on, horriable facilty, bad lighting, nothing to do, once again great opition for the NCRHA.

Missouri has multiple surface ice rinks, one which LU owns in Wentzillve Missouri which is once again by nothing but is a great place, nice and clean but is ice all around but may be an opition, another would be Chesterfield Ice Complex which is top of the line, probably one of the nicest 3 rink complexes in the Nation. It's home of the St.Louis Bandits Jr.A ice team and holds 3 amazing rinks all diffrent sizes (NHL, Olympic, NCAA) Great place once again and is actually in a nice (rich) location with stuff to do.

MSG is easily the best and most likly the cheapest way to go.

[MBurke]

Well if not Queeny Park, then there's only one other Ice/Roller complex and that is All American. Which is possiably the dirtest rink I've ever played on, horriable facilty, bad lighting, nothing to do, once again great opition for the NCRHA.

We've had it at All-American before (CRHL NCT IV).

Seriously, we get the point. North Carolina wasn't the best facility to have a national tournament. It's getting old. As I've said before, there is some interest in actually having the tournament rotate around the regions geographically and not all of them have an Anaheim. In fact, I'm willing to venture than none of them do. There's a financial reason behind that.

There are plenty of nice single-rink facilities but I can count on one hand the number of nice multi-rink roller facilities in the country. It's tough to keep two roller floors functional year round and most rinks who tried it quickly switched their other rink out to turf or pulled the rink entirely for something like gymnastics.

Seeing as you're going to make this a complaint session about every NCT location we've ever had that isn't Anaheim, please do list for me all the other great places we can play at that we're missing out on.


Chesterfield Ice Complex which is top of the line, probably one of the nicest 3 rink complexes in the Nation. It's home of the St.Louis Bandits Jr.A ice team and holds 3 amazing rinks all diffrent sizes (NHL, Olympic, NCAA) Great place once again and is actually in a nice (rich) location with stuff to do.

Shipping/Rental/staff/outlay for EACH Sportcourt rink is something on the order of $15-20,000 for a weeklong event like ours. Since Nationals funds itself (remember, your YEARLY NCRHA fee is their entire budget and that's only $250 a school, about $40k total for the entire operating year), that means we need (if we do two rinks) to more than double each team's entry fee in order to afford the rinks, the facility rental and staffing.

I have a feeling most teams won't leap at a $2k entry fee for a tournament. Unless we have some angel sponsor who wants to donate $50k to us or the rink already owns the floors and has them in storage, full-time ice rinks aren't realistic.

[turbodsmforlife]

I liked the Fort Collins, colorado nationals

[ISFN]

Burke, I dont see in any of my posts where I complained about any nationals location besides N.C and the only complaint I have with that was basically the surroundings. The rink was nice and the facility was clean, show me where I complained about past Nationals other than N.C?

And I only brought up the Ice conversion because another member replied with it in his post so I was replying to that, please read all posts before responding it helps.

[MBurke]

Burke, I dont see in any of my posts where I complained about any nationals location besides N.C and the only complaint I have with that was basically the surroundings. The rink was nice and the facility was clean, show me where I complained about past Nationals other than N.C?

And I only brought up the Ice conversion because another member replied with it in his post so I was replying to that, please read all posts before responding it helps.

Three complaints (see, I did count) about a 'terrible rink, terrible area, great option for NCRHA'. Counting CRHL there have been 8 national tournaments and of those you disapprove of one - yet see fit to bring it up in just about every single post you've made on the thread? The perception (see other thread) it creates for those on the outside is that NCRHA routinely picks terrible rinks to hold NCT at :D

I had no problem with you bringing up the ice conversion - just explaining why it's not realistic without a large degree of outside help.

[ISFN]

Alright yea I just wanted to clear that up, and yea I have complained multiple times about N.C but I understand the moving it around, from coast to coast makes sense just dont agree. Cant wait till they reveal Nationals!

[MBurke]

Alright yea I just wanted to clear that up, and yea I have complained multiple times about N.C but I understand the moving it around, from coast to coast makes sense just dont agree. Cant wait till they reveal Nationals!

Rotating regions definitely has its disadvantages. :)

[turbodsmforlife]

When do they announce where nationals are??? Jan-Feb?

[MBurke]

As soon as it's booked - I'd anticipate before Jan 1.

I know they're working this year to try to book sites at least one year in advance.

[turbodsmforlife]

As soon as it's booked - I'd anticipate before Jan 1.

I know they're working this year to try to book sites at least one year in advance.

That would be great! The more eveyone knows in advance the cheaper it'll be to book everything.

[KillinAintShe]

All American only has 1 inline rink anymore.

[GoRangrHky]

SkateSafe I think would be good, but only if they can do it for the right rate. Close to airports (3 of them), close to NYC (50 min train ride), LI isn't all that bad either. However, I would not mind having to go somewhere farrrr from here for it! (Granted, my team needs to stop playing like dog poo and actually MAKE it to nationals). Ft. Collins was great, but not again so soon. Feasterville was a bit of a bore, I'd prefer NC over that.

Arizona Sports Complex? That's where NARCh Winters is going. I know there's no NCRHA teams there, but it's between the Texas and Cali teams. Plus it's less than half an hour from Phoenix in Glendale (where the Coyotes and Cardinals moved to). I've never seen the place, know anything about it, or am even endorsing it. I'm just saying it's a place that's warm, new (to us, at least), and close to a city.

I also know that NARCh has their floor available, if that works for any ice rink.

[Chum32]

I know that Rollin Ice is moving to a different location out here in San Jose, CA and having 3 rinks at the new location. Maybe Nationals might come out here.

[WCRHL]

I've toured the Rollin Ice facility, and they will have 3 roller hockey rinks, 2-3 indoor soccer, it is going to be a top-notch facility. But it is not yet operational, and NCRHA cannot take the chance that a facility will not be operational for it's event. Once opened, WCRHL will likely hold an event there and use that to gauge it's suitability for Nationals.

We don't have a facility picked yet but are working to find a solution. We will make an announcement on www.NCRHA.org and this message board as soon as we have it confirmed.

Brennan Edwards
--
WCRHL, League Director
NCRHA, Executive Director

[PMoyer3]

When do you think the new Rollin Ice will be open? Are we going to have regionals there?

[Chum32]

I believe sometime around December 17 or so, since they postphoned the move I recentley heard about.

The regionals part someone else might have a clue about.

[GoRangrHky]

Well, since we're still looking, the people at Aviator Sports in Brooklyn, NY ( www.aviatorsports.com ) have told me that they have a surface that they can put over the ice for roller hockey tournaments. The rinks are big (legit NHL size- the place was designed and owned by MSG), there's seating for over 2,000 at one of them, a sports bar and food court overlooking the rinks, over 5,000 parking spots, real locker rooms, 20 minutes from the airport (JFK, 30 from LGA), and easy access to NYC (25 min subway ride).

On the flip side, I don't think it's been used for a roller hockey tournament. I'd personally look into it for the 07-08 season, as it seems like a great place, but the fact that it is untested would make me a bit hesitant.

[nizmo]

Well, since we're still looking, the people at Aviator Sports in Brooklyn, NY ( www.aviatorsports.com ) have told me that they have a surface that they can put over the ice for roller hockey tournaments. The rinks are big (legit NHL size- the place was designed and owned by MSG), there's seating for over 2,000 at one of them, a sports bar and food court overlooking the rinks, over 5,000 parking spots, real locker rooms, 20 minutes from the airport (JFK, 30 from LGA), and easy access to NYC (25 min subway ride).

On the flip side, I don't think it's been used for a roller hockey tournament. I'd personally look into it for the 07-08 season, as it seems like a great place, but the fact that it is untested would make me a bit hesitant.

Wow, that seems like a very nice place.

[WCRHL]

We will not be doing WCRHL Regionals at Rollin Ice simply because they are not open yet, and I did not want to book a tournament date and get hung out to dry if construction got really delayed and they were possibly in between buildings. As soon as it's open, I plan to get up there and tour the facility, and probably book the opening season event for 07-08 and WCRHL Regionals for 07-08 immediately at that time.

[WeakSauce]

The new rollin' ice has a new website at http://www.silvercreeksportsplex.com

I just walked through it the other day as well, and it rivals any facility I've ever seen.

[RUsigs11]

The Aviator facility in Brooklyn is top-notch.

[KillinAintShe]

It would be nice to know where it's going to be so teams from other regions can get with their schools and find out if they can make the trip to fla.

[TOURLU85]

i know of a rink within a half hour of lindenwood that (at last i heard) submitted a bid to hold nationals...let the guessing games begin.

[KillinAintShe]

Which one, Wentzville?

That's what I heard, too. I thought they only had 1 rink?

[ISFN]

Mentioned this earlier but I'll refresh everyones memory.

Nice 2 rink Ice facility owned by LU, huge locker rooms with all with showers, top of the line rink with sound system and yes its Located in Wentzville, bout 10-15 minutes from St.Peters/Matteson Tri-Plex. Again its a bad location with absolutly nothing to do, but if you travel down the highway a bit you can find stuff but nothing to exciting.

[TOURLU85]

lets face it...its a national championship tournament, not a national vacation. there are more things to do in wentzville then there were in north carolina and colorado. anaheim was the only national championship that really had a huge amount of things to do. i really couldnt care less where its at, well have our mind on the same thing...GOLD

[ISFN]

Of course you do you play for LU, what about the D1 teams who have no chance at winning or even making the play-offs, they're lookin for a nice vacation with some hockey involved, they know they won't win so I'm sure they atleast want to have some fun outside of hockey. We all know that only 2 or 3 teams have a chance at knockin LU out so for thoes other 10 or whatever number of teams they would I'm sure prefer a vacation destination alongside the hockey.

Not saying thoes lower D1 teams aren't going for hockey but they all know that at sometime the hockey will be over and after the tournament a little get-a-way from the rink would be nice and I can garuntee theres nothing close to Wentzville like that. Now if you wanted to travel down town (safest place in america right now) then go ahead but its a good hour from the rink and thats not including the traffic.

But on a good note the rink is amazing. Very Clean, great locker rooms, great staff, perfect rink horriable location but like you said it is a hockey tournament not a vacation, I was just looking at it from the "other" teams point of view.

[KillinAintShe]

An OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT that can be taken to, say, the comptroller of the school, has not been made. Without that, many teams will be hesitant to ask for money when they don't have a ton of money to begin with and don't know that they can afford plane tickets for 2 teams in a span of 4 months...

Speaking of stuff to do while you're in St. Louis:

Anybody who has an inkling of sense and travels outside of their safe little bubble knows that St. Louis has hot spots downtown (The Landing, Washington Ave) as well as in the county--heck even in St. Charles (Main St., Earth City right accross the river) there is stuff to do.

They also know that St. Louis City can't expand its borders unlike other towns, so the crime rate figures aren't exactly accurate. Traffic? What traffic? If you aren't going downtown from 7-9:30 AM or coming from downtown 3-6:30 PM there is no traffic St. Louis isn't exactly Atlanta where there is traffice everywhere for no reason. Not to mention Wentzville has 2 highways that lead downtown.

Want a vacation with a bit of hockey involved? That's what winterfest is for.

[cdolan]

isnt wentzville home of two ice hockey rinks? arent we playing roller hockey?

[ISFN]

An OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT that can be taken to, say, the comptroller of the school, has not been made. Without that, many teams will be hesitant to ask for money when they don't have a ton of money to begin with and don't know that they can afford plane tickets for 2 teams in a span of 4 months...

Speaking of stuff to do while you're in St. Louis:

Anybody who has an inkling of sense and travels outside of their safe little bubble knows that St. Louis has hot spots downtown (The Landing, Washington Ave) as well as in the county--heck even in St. Charles (Main St., Earth City right accross the river) there is stuff to do.

They also know that St. Louis City can't expand its borders unlike other towns, so the crime rate figures aren't exactly accurate. Traffic? What traffic? If you aren't going downtown from 7-9:30 AM or coming from downtown 3-6:30 PM there is no traffic St. Louis isn't exactly Atlanta where there is traffice everywhere for no reason. Not to mention Wentzville has 2 highways that lead downtown.

Want a vacation with a bit of hockey involved? That's what winterfest is for.



So now we're using bars as an attraction for a national tournament. Nice try but a bar/bar district isn't excatly what I or anyone else I know would consider an attraction, also add the fact that the places you named are half an hour to an hour away from the rink (where most teams will stay) and driving drunk is never a "cool" way to do it so I can't see to many kids risking that.

[Lindenwoodhockey]

The people trying to mainstream and legitimize the sport of college roller hockey must cringe when they see this thread. It's a shame that NCRHA=Beer League.

[MBurke]

The people trying to mainstream and legitimize the sport of college roller hockey must cringe when they see this thread. It's a shame that NCRHA=Beer League.

I think that's a small subset of people, but there are those who treat it that way.

Yet that same subset will continue to complain. "We don't get enough support from our school" ... "they don't take us seriously" ... how do you expect them to when some of you don't even take yourselves seriously?

[KillinAintShe]

You're right. There are no attractions in St. Louis. I say the league cancels the entire thing.

[KillinAintShe]

So now we're using bars as an attraction for a national tournament. Nice try but a bar/bar district isn't excatly what I or anyone else I know would consider an attraction, also add the fact that the places you named are half an hour to an hour away from the rink (where most teams will stay) and driving drunk is never a "cool" way to do it so I can't see to many kids risking that.


Where else has the NCRHA gone that has attractions?

[DGlass]

How do you define attraction?

At St. Louis, we tried to go to the Arch...it was closed (the spring after 9/11). We walked around the city and didn't see a single person (Friday afternoon). We later went Hooters and some gentlemen's club in East St. Louis.

I wasn't at Philly but...the rink is 30-45 mins from the city. Liberty Bell, Constitution Center, Independence Hall, countless other museums (Flyers, Sixers, Kixx, Wings for pro sports that I think would be in season?). There is a movie theater and major mall about 5 mins from the rink. Probabaly a hundred restaurants within a half hour drive (including a top notch cheesesteak joint).

I wasn't at Anaheim.

I worked Colorado. Fair number of restaurants, mall somewhat close (I think)...

Charlotte...not so much.

[GoRangrHky]

Yeah, listing bars is not quite the attractions we're looking for. And I use really soft wheels, but I have a feeling I'm going to slip a bit on the ice...

Attractions don't have to be an amusement park or anything. But in Colorado, us (and I know a few other teams) went to laser tag, drove go-karts, went to a bunch of different restaurants, and honestly, there was at least a town feeling to it. NC was weird because everything was so spread out, and there was really nothing at all by our hotel (it was an industrial park).

I don't think we need the rink to be in the middle of a major city, but at least have something nearby that can hold the interest of a dozen 18-22 year olds for a few days that doesn't involve massive quantities of alcohol.

[PMoyer3]

Please not St. Louis...winters there was boring. Luckily we found a casino but even then there really wasn't anything to do except gamble.

I kind of like the New York idea. It has never been there and there is plenty of stuff to do.

[William Bourque]

Please not St. Louis...winters there was boring. Luckily we found a casino but even then there really wasn't anything to do except gamble.

I kind of like the New York idea. It has never been there and there is plenty of stuff to do.

i hate everything about NYC, i would hate to have a national tourney there.

Way to expensive.

[RUsigs11]

You may "hate everything about NYC", but I guarantee most of the people would have a great time. There would be something to do for everyone... but the rink time may be expensive. I still think the Aviator facility in Brooklyn should be considered. A tournament that's a subway ride away from Manhattan would make for an awesome trip.

[William Bourque]

You may "hate everything about NYC", but I guarantee most of the people would have a great time. There would be something to do for everyone... but the rink time may be expensive. I still think the Aviator facility in Brooklyn should be considered. A tournament that's a subway ride away from Manhattan would make for an awesome trip.

oh i agree...

i am just stating my personal opinion.

im sure most people would enjoy it.

but after making the drive to LI the other week, i do not look forward to repeating it again.

but thats besides the point.

[GoRangrHky]

It's true that it would be more expensive. However, Jet Blue flies to JFK and LaGuardia, so you can save a few bucks on flights. In Brooklyn, the food and stuff usually isn't too expensive (at least compared to Manhattan). A subway ride into midtown Manhattan is a whopping $2.00 per guy, and if you can't find something to do there, check your pulse. Hotels details are a little sketchy (as far as availability), but within 10 miles there's virtually everything. Plus, don't forget that Coney Island is only 8 miles away.

Again, my only fear with this rink is that they have never hosted a roller hockey tournament before, and I don't think our national championships would would make a good test dummy. Really good option for 2008 tho.

[AlanMacMillan]

I'm suprised that MI gets such a bad response. Windsor is the mecca of partying for 19 and 20 year olds. Detroit has a casinos now and there's at least 8 blocks of fairly safe downtown bars/clubs/restaurants.

And stop ragging on NC. I just moved there :)

Al

[bigdaddy80]

**** it, ill drive drunk

[KillinAintShe]

1. Indoor Go Kart Racetrack in Earth City
2. dave and Busters in Earth City
3. Laser tag-- O'Fallon.
4. Major Mall--St. Peters
5. Restaraunts--If you can't find a good restaraunt in O'Fallon, you are retarded.

[KillinAintShe]

How do you define attraction?

At St. Louis, we tried to go to the Arch...it was closed (the spring after 9/11). We walked around the city and didn't see a single person (Friday afternoon). We later went Hooters and some gentlemen's club in East St. Louis.

I wasn't at Philly but...the rink is 30-45 mins from the city. Liberty Bell, Constitution Center, Independence Hall, countless other museums (Flyers, Sixers, Kixx, Wings for pro sports that I think would be in season?). There is a movie theater and major mall about 5 mins from the rink. Probabaly a hundred restaurants within a half hour drive (including a top notch cheesesteak joint).

I wasn't at Anaheim.

I worked Colorado. Fair number of restaurants, mall somewhat close (I think)...

Charlotte...not so much.

See above post plus try about 10 different movie theatres within 20 miles of the rink.

We don't have basketball in STL, sorry (Besdies SLU)

Blues aren't worth watching, they have no home games in Apr anyway.

There is stuff to do in St. Louis.

[William Bourque]

See above post plus try about 10 different movie theatres within 20 miles of the rink.

We don't have basketball in STL, sorry (Besdies SLU)

Blues aren't worth watching, they have no home games in Apr anyway.

There is stuff to do in St. Louis.


I found STL pretty boring when i was there for winters last year. We went to a blues/predators game, went to the arch, went to hooters...it wasn't too exciting. But overall, it was more exciting then a typical hockey weekend.

It doesn't matter where it is, as long as hockey is involved, its a good time.

[DGlass]

I'm not saying there isn't much to do in St. Louis, we just didn't find it for the few days we were there. Despite our poor showing (and our hilarious arrival...), we did try and focus on hockey.

But yeah, so we've established that any rink the NCRHA will choose has hotels, restaurants and probably a movie theater nearby. Many also have Hooters'...which is good.

[JLambertUMSL]

There might be something fun to do in St. Louis this year.

Is there any chance that Nationals (if held in St. Louis) could be the same weekend as the Frozen Four?

I have to miss the Frozen Four -- in my hometown for the first and only time (which I've been looking forward to for three years) because of my aunt's wedding in Arizona. Unfortunately it's her first wedding so I can't blow it off to go to a sporting event. The only thing that would save me is for Nationals to be a) in St. Louis, and b) the same weekend. Hopefully I get lucky.

St. Louis will be pretty freaking exciting that weekend. It'll be the epicenter of hockey. Sure would be sweet to be a part of that.

[steve9]

the word is its in Cali

[Leaferguy]

I'm all about finding out soon :D

[KillinAintShe]

It's in St. Louis. Word is wrong.

[paddymac]

The word I heard is that it's going to be held over Easter weekend. Brilliant!

[William Bourque]

The word I heard is that it's going to be held over Easter weekend. Brilliant!

boo, i'll be in Ireland for a wedding....

[sduffy25]

At this point I don't care if it's in Siberia as long as it gets announced soon. Though there's only a few teams who can really be confident enough to start making confirmed plans, it'd be nice to put an end to all this speculation. Plus, even those teams that think they have a legitimate shot can start looking into costs and raising $$.

[nizmo]

At this point I don't care if it's in Siberia as long as it gets announced soon. Though there's only a few teams who can really be confident enough to start making confirmed plans, it'd be nice to put an end to all this speculation. Plus, even those teams that think they have a legitimate shot can start looking into costs and raising $$.

Just what I was thinking.

[MBurke]

I'm confident they will announce it soon - they're working on final details.

That's all I can share right now /^\

[Leaferguy]

/^\
Judging by this symbol, it's on a volcano, so we're going to Hawaii.

Good enough for me.

[MBurke]

I'm confident they will announce it soon - they're working on final details.

That's all I can share right now /^\

I was hoping adding some random ASCII at the end would cause wild speculation. Get guessing! :)

[thebenchman]

a mountain? back in Colorado? hmmmmmm

[Dave Garland]

An 'M' for Missouri?

[MBurke]

Or maybe it's an A for Anaheim....who knows!

Did I pick the vaguest way to give a hint ever? :p

[CRadigan]

the STL arch?

[Leaferguy]

Space Invaders?

[alawrence]

The NCRHA has decided where we would like to go for nationals '07. We are working to finalize the contract with the rink and once it is official an announcement will be made. thanks for your patience, you will all know very soon.

Thank you,
Antone Lawrence
NCRHA Eastern Representative
ECRHA Director of Hockey Operations (acting)
Wentworth Head Coach

[nizmo]

/^\

http://lostworld.pair.com/disneyland/fantasyland/fantasyland_images/matterhorn-monorail.jpg

[Leaferguy]

http://www.pcparadise.hpg.ig.com.br/fotos/montanhas/Kilimanjaro1800.jpg

???

Maybe?

[GoRangrHky]

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[sduffy25]

I hope all you Anaheim lovers are right but it could be ...

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[Leaferguy]

The STL?

At least they're sponsored.

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[JLambertUMSL]

I've heard it's St. Louis, but I'm no more of an insider than anyone else...

But if it is St. Louis, it will be cool.

If it's St. Louis, it's up to the Great Plains clubs to start publicizing as soon as we find out officially.

There is a definite "scene" here (including a high school league that is huge, with hundreds and hundreds of players), so attendance could be awesome. With the right publicity, we could easily set attendance records.

The PIHA Gateway Division is in full swing, too. That'll be a good place to advertise.

Once again, IF it turns out to be in St. Louis, us GPCIHL clubs owe it to the rest of the country to work as hard as we can to publicize the event.

[AlanMacMillan]

With the right publicity, we could easily set attendance records.

Just recording a single person would likely "set" the record. Is there a standing record? Stats don't seem to be a priority and I think it's a shame that anything pre-NCRHA wasn't kept (it's the roller hockey equivalent to intelligent design..."Nope, leagues started as the NCRHA w/ 150 teams. Just showed up out of nowhere. CRH-what?"). We had a Michigan v. Michigan State game at Joe Dumar's Fieldhouse a few years back that drew around 600 people. That's the biggest crowd I've seen.

I'd be very interested in some historical stats like:
Games Played - Gotta be Mackert w/ like 500. :)
All-Time Goals, A's, Pts, PIMs
Team Records and Stats

Mack's lifetime stats would be like 300 goals, 500 assists, and 13 PIMs. Might I suggest we name the sportsmanship award the "Lady Mackert"? Has a nice ring to it. He does have one major penalty though (goon!).

Al

[KillinAintShe]

It will be in St. Louis. There is almost no doubt... they are hammering out details with MSG.

[William Bourque]

Just recording a single person would likely "set" the record. Is there a standing record? Stats don't seem to be a priority and I think it's a shame that anything pre-NCRHA wasn't keptbiggest crowd I've seen.

I'd be very interested in some historical stats like:
Games Played - Gotta be Mackert w/ like 500. :)
All-Time Goals, A's, Pts, PIMs
Team Records and Stats

Al


I've been working on this for the past few days for the ECRHA. I've been looking into finding any information about anything. There are archives that are very vague if anything. I can't get anything reliable pre 2001-2002 season. The only sites that have any info that i can find for the ECRHA are www.ecrha.net and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Collegiate_Roller_Hockey_Association_%28EC RHA%29

its a frustrating battle.

[JLambertUMSL]

I've been working on this for the past few days for the ECRHA. I've been looking into finding any information about anything. There are archives that are very vague if anything. I can't get anything reliable pre 2001-2002 season. The only sites that have any info that i can find for the ECRHA are www.ecrha.net and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Collegiate_Roller_Hockey_Association_%28EC RHA%29

its a frustrating battle.

That's for sure...

The GPCIHL stats for 2003-04 are gone....completely lost.

Apparently they were indeed entered, but the data is now on a computer somewhere, in some unrecognizable format that nobody can read, and it's been meticulously examined for any way it can be decoded, but "no, you can't try to mine the data yourself, we already tried," and besides, the file can't be located.