Next Season News: Looking good so far.

Posted by Dave Weldon at 3/18/2008 10:47:00 PM

As everyone has been speculating and pondering what may happen to the CHA Conference as well as what could happen to Robert Morris, some good news is arriving in a hurry. Nothing is confirmed yet, but the non-conference schedule for Robert Morris seems to be shaping up. I had some help getting the information together, but here is what the Non-Conference Schedule is shaping up to be for next season:

Ferris State (CCHA) Home--2 games
Quinnipiac (ECAC) Away--2 games
Lake Superior (CCHA) Away--2 games
AIC (AHA) Home--2 games
Ohio State (CCHA) Mellon Arena--1 game
Ohio State Away--1 game
Princeton (ECAC) Away--1 game
ST Cloud (WCHA) Away--2 games
Lefty Macfadden Tournament Dayton, Ohio--2 games
Ryerson (Ex) Home
Team USA (Ex) Away

Just as Bemidji State is putting together their non-conference schedule for the coming years against the WCHA, it looks to be that Robert Morris is positioning the program to be ready for whatever may coming conference wise. With the CHA pushing to add to their conference to improve the level of competition as well as making the conference potentially grow, the idea of keeping the 4 team conference together (since Wayne State is disbanding) is no longer a far fetched thought.

No matter the outcome of what happens, the Athletic Department is willing to assure their fans of their Men's Hockey Program that their is absolutely no chance that Robert Morris Hockey would no longer exist. The Non-Conference schedule is proving major points to this, as well as the 10 recruits and 3 transfer students coming to the Colonials next season.

The program that Coach Schooley and his staff have created has garnered major attention in the last 4 years in the College Hockey world. From the integrity and character that Coach Schooley and his staff have created amongst their players to the continuing improved level of play to come out of such a young program has helped tremendously (as it obviously would) in recruiting efforts for this team. When a conference looses one of it's teams and the fear of loosing that conference occurs, it is easy to go ahead and assume the worst; however, this all changes when you see 13 new players and a great Non-Conference Schedule appearing on the horizon.

 

9 Comments:

  1. Anonymous said...
    March 19, 2008 at 10:30 AM  
    How could you say that is a good non-conference schedule. Almost everyone they play is in the bottom of their conference and Princeton was a one hit wonder this season.
    Dave Weldon said...
    March 19, 2008 at 10:41 AM  
    I think you have to keep something in mind when you look at RMU and scheduling, since the program is still in it's infancy (this will be year 5) the main thing to look at is where the level of play is coming from, not so much, "how good, or what their record is like." Because even if these teams have had some struggles in the past, just playing against teams in these conferences, helps RMU gain more respect from the teams that are the big guns.

    Scheduling isn't always about playing the best teams in the nation, it's about building a program, playing teams you match up well with to make a good game, and to offer potential recruits a chance to come see your team play if you are headed to their area.
    Anonymous said...
    March 19, 2008 at 12:00 PM  
    Ferris & St Cloud (Top 10 program) are in the upper half of their conference. Both won a playoff round & St Cloud will advance to the NCAA. Lefty Tournament had Wisconsin & Notre Dame in it last year. Looks very difficult to me especially with a young team!
    Anonymous said...
    March 19, 2008 at 12:01 PM  
    Ohio St SHOULD ALWAYS BE GOOD IN ALL SPORTS!
    Anonymous said...
    March 19, 2008 at 7:46 PM  
    Why must we play Quinnipiac again?!I think I would have liked to have seen a different team for the College Hockey Showcase, although playing OH makes it easy to go watch the Sunday game of that series. Maybe this year we can sweep instead of split. Mmm wonder if we can score 10 goals again against AIC?
    Anonymous said...
    March 20, 2008 at 1:27 PM  
    Lots of teams have agreements in place to play for more than one year. looks like they are completing home/home series with Princeton, AIC and Ohio State. OSU is a BIG NAME draw for the Mellon game. Maybe they have to play Qpac as they are in the same conference in basketball
    Dave Weldon said...
    March 20, 2008 at 2:13 PM  
    Continuity with familiar teams is a great thing to have, especially in NCAA hockey. NCAA hockey hasn't gained as much attention as people would like, but it is a huge growing sport in the college ranks. For Robert Morris in particular, continuing to schedule games against similar opponents creates a great out of conference rivalry that speaks to the fans as well as potential players that would like to come into our system.
    Anonymous said...
    March 21, 2008 at 9:31 AM  
    I'd love to see Michigan come down for a Mellon or maybe even new arena hockey showcase when the new barn opens. I think you'd draw 10,000-13,000 at least. The powers at Michigan might think it's kind of small potatoes, but if they get a nice chunk of the payday, I wonder if they would oblige? As for the rest of the opponents, it looks a lot like the last two seasons. But this season might not be as much of a rebuilding campaign as some people may believe. These new recruits, were a good bit more in demand by other schools, than were the original freshman class of 04-05.
    Anonymous said...
    March 21, 2008 at 3:15 PM  
    You cant get the big boys to go on the road as they dont want to give up big money home games. Minnesota never goes on the road for non conf games except against big ten teams. not fair!

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