Hey Everybody, It's Glen - NHL Playoffs

@tohar1
My son lives in Pittsburgh so guess I’ll go with the Penguins…
(one of the things I really like about Pitt is that all the pro teams use the same colors (Black/gold). Makes it look REALLY supportive wherever you are whether it’s Steelers, Penguins, Pirates or even the Riverhounds and Thunderbirds or Passion.)

@chienfou Only problem is that the Penguins didn’t make the tournament…I like the way you think though. I have quite a few friends in the Pittsburgh area, and a few that grew up there.

@tohar1
Guess that shows how much I pay attention to sports…
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Got a daughter in Nashville too so guess I’ll go with the Preds instead.

@werehatrack That’s icky soccer, right?

@werehatrack
That’s gonna be one ugly hockey match…

@tohar1 Swansea Uni have a proper field hockey team. The Swansea football squad in the Premier League is far more popular, of course. Field hockey is not commonly known in the former colonies.

@tohar1 @werehatrack
ummm…
FULL LIST OF DIVISION 1 FIELD HOCKEY COLLEGES
School
City and State
Type
Conference
Division
American University
Washington, District Of Columbia
Private
Patriot League
NCAA D1
Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina
Public
Sun Belt Conference
NCAA D1
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
Public
Mid-American Conference
NCAA D1
Bellarmine University
Louisville, Kentucky
Private
ASUN Conference
NCAA D1
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Private
Atlantic Coast Conference
NCAA D1
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts
Private
Patriot League
NCAA D1
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Private
Ivy League
NCAA D1
Bryant University
Smithfield, Rhode Island
Private
American East Conference
NCAA D1
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Private
Patriot League
NCAA D1
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Public
Mid-American Conference
NCAA D1
Colgate University
Hamilton, New York
Private
Patriot League
NCAA D1
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, Massachusetts
Private
Patriot League
NCAA D1
Columbia University
New York, New York
Private
Ivy League
NCAA D1
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Private
Ivy League
NCAA D1
Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire
Private
Ivy League
NCAA D1
Davidson College
Davidson, North Carolina
Private
Atlantic 10 conference
NCAA D1
Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Private
Colonial Athletic Association
NCAA D1
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Private
Atlantic Coast Conference
NCAA D1
Fairfield University
Fairfield, Connecticut
Private
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
NCAA D1
Georgetown University
Washington, District Of Columbia
Private
Patriot League
NCAA D1
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Private
Ivy League
NCAA D1
Hofstra University
Hempstead, New York
Private
Colonial Athletic Association
NCAA D1
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
Public
Big Ten Conference
NCAA D1
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Public
Colonial Athletic Association
NCAA D1
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio
Public
Mid-American Conference
NCAA D1
La Salle University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Private
Atlantic 10 Conference
NCAA D1
Lafayette College
Easton, Pennsylvania
Private
Patriot League
NCAA D1
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Private
Patriot League
NCAA D1
Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia
Private
Conference USA
NCAA D1
Lindenwood University
Saint Charles, Missouri
Private
Ohio Valley Conference
NCAA D1
Lock Haven University
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
Public
Atlantic 10 Conference
NCAA D1
Long Island University
Long Island, New York
Private
Northeast Conference
NCAA D1
Longwood University
Farmville, Virginia
Public
Big South Conference
NCAA D1
Merrimack College
North Andover, Massachusetts
Private
Northeast Conference
NCAA D1
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
Public
Mid-American Conference
NCAA D1
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Public
Big Ten Conference
NCAA D1
Monmouth University
West Long Branch, New Jersey
Private
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
NCAA D1
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts
Private
Colonial Athletic Association
NCAA D1
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
Private
Big Ten Conference
NCAA D1
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
Public
Big Ten Conference
NCAA D1
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio
Public
Mid-American Conference
NCAA D1
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia
Public
Sunbelt Conference
NCAA D1
Penn State
University Park, Pennsylvania
Public
Big Ten Conference
NCAA D1
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
Private
Ivy League
NCAA D1
Providence College
Providence, Rhode Island
Private
Big East Conference
NCAA D1
Queens University of Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
Private
Atlantic Sun Conference
NCAA D1
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, Connecticut
Private
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
NCAA D1
Rider University
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Private
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
NCAA D1
Rutgers University
Piscataway, New Jersey
Public
Big Ten Conference
NCAA D1
Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, Connecticut
Private
Northeast Conference
NCAA D1
Saint Francis University
Loretto, Pennsylvania
Private
Northeast Conference
NCAA D1
Saint Joseph’s University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Private
Atlantic 10 Conference
NCAA D1
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, Missouri
Private
Atlantic 10 Conference
NCAA D1
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Private
Pacific-12 Conference
NCAA D1
Stonehill College
Easton, Massachusetts
Private
Northeast Conference
NCAA D1
SUNY University at Albany
Albany, New York
Public
America East Conference
NCAA D1
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
Private
American Athletics Conference
NCAA D1
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Public
American Athletic Conference
NCAA D1
Towson University
Towson, Maryland
Public
Colonial Athletic Association
NCAA D1
University of California – Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Public
Pacific-12 Conference
NCAA D1
University of California – Davis
Davis, California
Public
Big Sky Conference
NCAA D1
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut
Public
Big East Conference
NCAA D1
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware
Public
Colonial Athletic Association
NCAA D1
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Public
Big Ten Conference
NCAA D1
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Public
Atlantic Coast Conference
NCAA D1
University of Maine
Orono, Maine
Public
America East Conference
NCAA D1
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland
Public
Big Ten Conference
NCAA D1
University of Massachusetts – Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts
Public
Atlantic 10 Conference
NCAA D1
University of Massachusetts – Lowell
Lowell, Massachusetts
Public
America East Conference
NCAA D1
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Public
Big Ten Conference
NCAA D1
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Public
Atlantic Coast Conference
NCAA D1
University of Pennsylvania – Penn
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Private
Ivy League
NCAA D1
University of Richmond
Virginia
Private
Atlantic 10 Conference
NCAA D1
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
Public
America East Conference
NCAA D1
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Public
Atlantic Coast Conference
NCAA D1
Villanova University
Villanova, Pennsylvania
Private
Big East Conference
NCAA D1
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
Public
Atlantic 10 Conference
NCAA D1
Wagner College
Staten Island, New York
Private
Northeast Conference
NCAA D1
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Private
Atlantic Coast Conference
NCAA D1
William & Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia
Public
Colonial Athletic Association
NCAA D1
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
Private
Ivy League
NCAA D1

I’ll skip Div 2

@chienfou @tohar1 And outside of the student athletes on each of those teams, what percentage of the student body, and what percentage of the population at large has any concept of just what field hockey is, and makes any attempt to watch or participate? I would posit that Lacrosse has a far larger following.

@tohar1 @werehatrack
ESPN channels had a dozen games on from the DIV I tournament.
Did you get a chance to see any?

@chienfou @tohar1 We don’t do cable content.

@tohar1 @werehatrack
oh…Bummer.
Guessing you don’t get much chance to see Prifysgol Abertawe play then…