CCHA Denies UAH

[Chris '03]

CHN is reporting that the CCHA decided not to take on UAH as a member: http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2009/08/11_huntsvilles.php

Oddly, the front page graphic features the Lynah Faithful: http://www.collegehockeynews.com/images/front/0910/ccha-ala.jpg

Bad day for Huntsville. Unclear what this means for future realignment.

[Dpperk29]

Probably going to be the end of UAH Chargers men's ice hockey.

[Josh '99]

[quote Chris '03]Oddly, the front page graphic features the Lynah Faithful: http://www.collegehockeynews.com/images/front/0910/ccha-ala.jpg[/quote]That's because Adam knows we're awesome.

[BCrespi]

[quote Josh '99][quote Chris '03]Oddly, the front page graphic features the Lynah Faithful: http://www.collegehockeynews.com/images/front/0910/ccha-ala.jpg[/quote]That's because Adam knows we're awesome.[/quote]

And knows that we're about to yell, "See Ya!"

[KeithK]

[quote BCrespi][quote Josh '99][quote Chris '03]Oddly, the front page graphic features the Lynah Faithful: http://www.collegehockeynews.com/images/front/0910/ccha-ala.jpg[/quote]That's because Adam knows we're awesome.[/quote]

And knows that we're about to yell, "See Ya!"[/quote]
OK, that's just mean!

[ugarte]

[quote KeithK][quote BCrespi][quote Josh '99][quote Chris '03]Oddly, the front page graphic features the Lynah Faithful: http://www.collegehockeynews.com/images/front/0910/ccha-ala.jpg[/quote]That's because Adam knows we're awesome.[/quote]

And knows that we're about to yell, "See Ya!"[/quote]
OK, that's just mean![/quote]
That is what it looks like, Keith.

[ebilmes]

Good article on USCHO about some of the reasons why UAH may have been rejected.

http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id,17145/CommentaryCCHAsThumbsDownToHuntsvilleReeksofElitism.html

[jtwcornell91]

[quote ebilmes]Good article on USCHO about some of the reasons why UAH may have been rejected.

http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id,17145/CommentaryCCHAsThumbsDownToHuntsvilleReeksofElitism.html[/quote]

If travel is really the issue, I wonder if the CCHA could be convinced to take Robert Morris instead.

[Dpperk29]

[quote jtwcornell91][quote ebilmes]Good article on USCHO about some of the reasons why UAH may have been rejected.

http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id,17145/CommentaryCCHAsThumbsDownToHuntsvilleReeksofElitism.html[/quote]

If travel is really the issue, I wonder if the CCHA could be convinced to take Robert Morris instead.[/quote]

But RMU was already admitted to the AHA.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Dpperk29][quote jtwcornell91][quote ebilmes]Good article on USCHO about some of the reasons why UAH may have been rejected.

http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id,17145/CommentaryCCHAsThumbsDownToHuntsvilleReeksofElitism.html[/quote]

If travel is really the issue, I wonder if the CCHA could be convinced to take Robert Morris instead.[/quote]

But RMU was already admitted to the AHA.[/quote]

So swap them with UAH.  The AHA already has AFA so they can handle the occasional long trip.

[ursusminor]

Robert Morris really wanted the limited-scholarship AHA from the start.

[Trotsky]

[quote Dpperk29]Probably going to be the end of UAH Chargers men's ice hockey.[/quote]Writing's probably been on the wall since UAB folded, but that still sucks.

[KeithK]

Since this leaves the CCHA with 11 teams I wonder if they will eventually try to poach a team frmo another conference in order to make an even twelve.  Or maybe Penn State will finally start up a hockey team....

Maybe we should jump to the CCHA.  It's about the only way Red Berenson would ever make the trip to Lynah.

[Jim Hyla]

[quote KeithK] Or maybe Penn State will finally start up a hockey team....[/quote]Anybody know the rule about how many Big Ten schools can have a sport before they have to have their own league. Penn State would be 6 schools. I know they have sports with 7 teams. At some point, with enough schools playing hockey the schools would have to drop out of their leagues and form their own; unless they can somehow pull an Ivy League trick, but that seems too difficult.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

[quote Jim Hyla][quote KeithK] Or maybe Penn State will finally start up a hockey team....[/quote]Anybody know the rule about how many Big Ten schools can have a sport before they have to have their own league. Penn State would be 6 schools. I know they have sports with 7 teams. At some point, with enough schools playing hockey the schools would have to drop out of their leagues and form their own; unless they can somehow pull an Ivy League trick, but that seems too difficult.[/quote]

I think it's 6 schools.