[hockeyalumniguy]

THe ACHA released their 9th and final ranking today. Liberty held onto the 6th place in the rankings and will the 6th seed in the upcoming D1 Nationals. They open up against #11 Kent State at 1:30pm, March 1st at the ESL Centre in Rochester, NY. If they win they will play the winner of Penn State-West Virginia game.

[bigsmooth]

thanks for the info. good news indeed.

[ToTheLeft]

Any word on any TV or radio coverage?

[bigsmooth]

there was online streaming coverage at last years nationals and was pretty good.

[PAmedic]

yeah- whatever you do, don't ride the guys for their radio coverage- I'm definitely OFF the Christmas card list for good after that one.

MAD MAD MAD

I even apologized, but to no avail.

[bigsmooth]

was that guys name rasty?

[PAmedic]

Rasty IHATEMEDIC

not that I didn't give him a reason- he just didn't find me as amusing as I find me

[FlameDad]

Rasty is now studying medicine in the caribbean somewhere.
Always struck me as a nice guy, what did you do to him??

[vahockeyfan]

in response to all of the above.... they did do the D-1 & D-2 nationals on the web....the D-1 coverage was absolutely horrible, couldn't watch a complete game due to the interuptions in the video stream... it was actually easier to keep up period by period by using the cell phone...D-2 was outstanding...great streaming video & audio... Rast McGibbon and his brother Rhett along with 2 other guys did the color for it. they usually had 2 games going on until the semi's and the finals. Rasty is in Med school and Rhett is in school, not sure what his plans are for the Nationals this year.

[hockeyalumniguy]

To answer your question: Here are the guys who will be broadcasting the D2 nationals

Dave Kurtz- Former LU asst. coach, current NC State coach, Head of Liberty Hockey alumni....or me
Rhett McGibbon- Current LU student, former LU D2 player
Dave Walls- LU graduate, former LU hockey radio broadcaster 98-01, former LU women's basketball PA
Adam Schucman- Former GM of Indiana Hockey
Rick Kaminiski- Former Coach of Oakland, current executive in ACHA D2

Sorry no Rasty this year, hopefully next year

[PAmedic]

Rasty is now studying medicine in the caribbean somewhere.
Always struck me as a nice guy, what did you do to him??

long story: here's the link http://www.flamefans.com/forums/viewtop ... 82&start=0

about halfway down the page I start hammering him about the accent, then it goes downhill

I did apologize, though

[PAmedic]

it was Dave that I offended, not Rasty.

and I'm still offering my apologies

This is Dave, I appreciate your "constuctive criticism" on this page and IM's. Maybe tomorrow you can calls us hacks and spit on us. Good thing we aren't paying out of our pocket to come up here, and spend time away from our families to call 14 games in 4 days to advance both Liberty and the ACHA to further respectablity... Oh wait we are.

[Sly Fox]

Dave's the man!

[bigsmooth]

that was so classic...why do you have to be a hater medic??

[givemethemic]

Big fan of Dave Walls!!!!! Also a very good poker player

[Rocketfan]

Big fan of Dave Walls!!!!! Also a very good poker player

wow i haven't seen that guy in years....

[givemethemic]

He worked at Bally's Casino with the show "The Price is Right" which is now in Vegas... He lives outside the Philly area...

[grm]

Medic, you should have called him a "lady."

[PAmedic]

even I have my limits, surprisingly enough.

[matshark]

Kurtz and Rasty freakin rock! i remember hoppin on the broadcast with em for a couple seconds back in 05 at nationals up in michigan. it was rough bein the photo guy for the champion, but somebody had to cover hockey... *sigh*

co-incidentally, i did get one of my greatest photos at that tourny with LU vs. CO St.
pierce got in a fight with some CO St. kid, drops him and then stands over him with his arms wide open screaming at him... CLASSIC!

there were so many guys kicked out that suspensions carried over to the next year. i think LU had 10 guys that left early. brutal game, but very entertaining for the fans. oh, and the refs hosed us. you'd have thought we were Presbyterian U. or something.