DicNavis t1_itzq1yw wrote on October 27, 2022 at 2:21 PM

Don’t forget Sacred Heart who’s about to transition from playing off campus in Bridgeport to a brand new building on campus which is going to finally give them that real college hockey atmosphere.

UConn is also opening a new arena but that’s going to be a tough ticket to come by for the first few games there this year.

As a hockey junkie, I absolutely love the abundance of very affordable options around the state. I grew up at Wolf Pack games and attend about a dozen of them each year now, and I’m a UConn season ticket holder. I also make it down to Quinnipiac a few times a year.

Definitely should mention the Connecticut Ice tournament, where the four D1 men’s hockey programs compete for bragging rights in Bridgeport on January 27th and 28th!

poorlywrittenriffs OP t1_itzrzsr wrote on October 27, 2022 at 2:34 PM

Ahhh yeah SHU as well! Having lived here for a little over 2 years now I’m amazed of all the hockey I can go to at nearly any given moment.

Dragonsinger16 t1_iu1z1n9 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 11:22 PM

SHU is D1 iirc!

flatdanny t1_iu0k88d wrote on October 27, 2022 at 5:38 PM

And SHU won the CT Ice tourney last year!

DicNavis t1_iu0msfp wrote on October 27, 2022 at 5:54 PM

Quinnipiac won it last year, SHU won the inaugural one in 2020.

flatdanny t1_iu0nvhg wrote on October 27, 2022 at 6:01 PM

Thanks. Ill conveniently blame the pandemic for my Faux pas.

I root for all 4 teams.

DicNavis t1_iu0oufj wrote on October 27, 2022 at 6:08 PM

It took me a long time to calibrate that 2020 tournament as actually having taken place in 2020 after essentially writing off that year of college hockey of having no conference or national tournament champions.

I only specifically root for UConn and Quinnipiac but always support Connecticut hockey teams in general as well. I’d really like for them to start alternating sites of CT Ice between Hartford and Bridgeport, it’s always been talked about but never been assured as a plan for the future.

Relevant_Link_ t1_iu1741b wrote on October 27, 2022 at 8:06 PM

The women’s version of this is the Nutmeg Classic and it happens around Thanksgiving. It’s awesome and a ton of fun. Strongly recommend it as a post Thanksgiving activity for Friday and Saturday.

DicNavis t1_iu17yln wrote on October 27, 2022 at 8:11 PM

And for people with kids, especially daughters, who are interested in sports, the collegiate women’s hockey (and all athletics) is such a good atmosphere to expose them to. Even more affordable, some of them are even free, and the lower overall attendance at most of those games makes them even easier to bring a family to, they can get right up to the glass to appreciate the play, they have space to move around and burn off energy during the intermissions, and damn do those athletes appreciate fans, especially young girls like they once were, coming out to support them. The new arenas in Storrs and Fairfield are only going to make those experiences better.