First...
There is, in fact, a tournament access pass at the much more reasonable price of $20 for the entire tournament. You have to go through the ACHA-specific site for Fasthockey. Use http://acha.fasthockey.com to get to the ACHA only site. From there, log-in and then click "Buy" either next to one of the individual games or at the top of the search box (right above the individual games). Also, all of the schedule games you see should be ACHA tournament games. If you are seeing other games, you'll need to go back through that ACHA-Fasthockey website. Once in the purchase screen, scroll through the drop-down box and the very last option is the Tournament Pass for $20. Once it's purchased, you'll have access to all games throughout the tournament. Not surprisingly, I'll be watching the other games - keeping tabs on some, doing some scouting with others.
With that out of the way, it's on to the action!
RMU has two sheets of ice at it's disposal, so there will be two games running at a time (off-set by an hour). Each set of games is also the set where the winners will play each other the next day. Here's the schedule for today (times are EST):
Game #1 |
First Round |
11:00 AM |
West Rink |
#4 |
Illinois |
vs |
#13 |
Stony Brook |
Game #2 |
First Round |
12:00 PM |
East Rink |
#5 |
Iowa State |
vs |
#12 |
Kent State |
Game #3 |
First Round |
2:00 PM |
West Rink |
#2 |
Penn State |
vs |
#15 |
Canton |
Game #4 |
First Round |
3:00 PM |
East Rink |
#7 |
Oklahoma |
vs |
#10 |
Central Oklahoma |
Game #5 |
First Round |
5:00 PM |
West Rink |
#1 |
Lindenwood |
vs |
#16 |
Rutgers |
Game #6 |
First Round |
6:00 PM |
East Rink |
#8 |
Minot State |
vs |
#9 |
Oakland |
Game #7 |
First Round |
8:00 PM |
West Rink |
#3 |
Ohio |
vs |
#14 |
Robert Morris (IL) |
Game #8 |
First Round |
9:00 PM |
East Rink |
#6 |
Liberty |
vs |
#11 |
Arizona State |
I'll be keeping tabs on everything as the day goes on, posting updates in the comments below. I may not follow all of the late games, because I would like to try to have a life at some point this weekend. Overrated, I know.
* * * * *
Quarterfinals are set, and here's the schedule:
#4 Illinois vs #5 Iowa State - 11:00 AM
#2 Penn State vs. # 10 Central Oklahoma - 2:00 PM
#1 Lindenwood vs #8 Minot State - 5:00 PM
#3 Ohio vs. #11 Arizona State - 8:00 PM
And the consolation games (for housekeeping purposes):
9th Place - Oklahoma vs Oakland
11th Place - Liberty vs. Kent State
13th Place - Stony Brook vs Robert Morris
15th Place - SUNY Canton vs Rutgers
I'll see you all back here, bright and early. Or drunk and hungry.
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