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by Paul on 08/29/08 at 08:53 PM ET
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from Ken Schott of the Schenectady Gazette,
The city of Tampa, Fla., is scheduled to host the 2012 NCAA men’s hockey Frozen Four at the St. Pete Times Forum.
But the NCAA better rethink that in the wake of what the new ownership group of the Tampa Bay Lightning pulled on Notre Dame and the Lightning College Hockey Classic.
The NCAA should rescind Tampa’s right to host the Frozen Four after the Lightning told the Notre Dame just last Thursday that it wasn’t welcomed to have its tournament Jan. 2-3 in the St. Pete Times Forum….
Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson didn’t mince words in criticizing the Lightning’s new ownership group, which is headed by Oren Koules and former NHL player Len Barrie.
“I am extremely disappointed in the Tampa Bay Lightning’s decision to not continue the tournament,” Jackson said in a statement. “We had a verbal agreement to continue this for two more years, and as hosts of the Frozen Four in 2012, I’m not sure it’s the best message to send to the college hockey community by cancelling the tournament at such a late date.”
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Since Tampa hasn’t said anything about how much they hate college hockey, I wonder if they just forgot about it in the ownership change and acquisition of about two dozen forwards? If they didn’t remember to put it on the schedule before open dates were submitted to the league, and a game was scheduled on that day, instead of looking petty they just look disorganized.
Those short college tournaments are a lot of fun. At least they found another place to hold it on short notice - but it does seem stupid to slight college hockey when it is turning out good professional hockey players, including several on the Tampa team.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 08/30/08 at 08:23 AM ET
typical of these hollywood morons,they think they know sports.koules is another in a long line of morons the nhl has let infilrate ownership.i hope the lightning fold,god knows they’ll never turn a profit.and the product in 08/09 is gonna be bad again.i hope the ncaa pulls the event from tampa bays owners,they deserve nothing.
Posted by Speedy Sammich from DTown on 08/30/08 at 09:42 AM ET
I railed against TB as a site since they were awarded it.
I agree , get the Frozen Four out of there and reassign it somewhere else. That’d send a strong message. TB didn’t deserve to be a site anyways…
Posted by Primis on 08/30/08 at 09:53 AM ET
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That is no way to treat a college hockey tournament. This decision impacts several college teams, and is just bad business.
The Wings have accomodated the Great Lakes Invitational tourney at Joe Louis for many years, and they package the tourney with a Wings game. It is good for everyone.
The Wings brass are always at the college campuses, and the local college coaches participate with the Wings’ training camps and practices.
Posted by w2j2 on 08/30/08 at 07:39 AM ET