National Collegiate Hockey Conference

[Beeeej]

Looks like the WCHA is going to absorb the remainder of the CCHA, pending each individual school's approval:

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/08/25_remaining_ccha_teams_will.php

[Trotsky]

So we are now at:

WCHA:

UAA
UAF
Bemidji
BGSU *
Ferris
Lake State
Mankato
MTU
NMU
Notre Dame **
St. Cloud
WMU *


NCHC:

Denver
CC
Miami
Minn-Duluth
UNO
North Dakota

* could still move to NCHC
** could still move to NCHC or HE

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

So we are now at:

WCHA:

UAA
UAF
Bemidji
BGSU *
Ferris
Lake State
Mankato
MTU
NMU
Notre Dame **
St. Cloud
WMU *


NCHC:

Denver
CC
Miami
Minn-Duluth
UNO
North Dakota

* could still move to NCHC
** could still move to NCHC or HE

SCREWED:

Alabama-Huntsville

[Josh '99]

So we are now at:

WCHA:

UAA
UAF
Bemidji
BGSU *
Ferris
Lake State
Mankato
MTU
NMU
Notre Dame **
St. Cloud
WMU *


NCHC:

Denver
CC
Miami
Minn-Duluth
UNO
North Dakota

* could still move to NCHC
** could still move to NCHC or HE

SCREWED:

Alabama-Huntsville

You know, NCAA hockey is great and all, but...  eh.  UAH is like 500 miles away from the closest hockey school.  It makes zero geographical sense to have a program there.  They have no natural rivalries, no conference that makes any sense for them to be a part of, honestly probably no other program that would bat an eye if they dropped their program.  So if that happens...  eh.

[Trotsky]

You know, NCAA hockey is great and all, but...  eh.  UAH is like 500 miles away from the closest hockey school.  It makes zero geographical sense to have a program there.  They have no natural rivalries, no conference that makes any sense for them to be a part of, honestly probably no other program that would bat an eye if they dropped their program.  So if that happens...  eh.

It's too bad Alabama-Birmingham could not have held on to their program.  Then they would have had at least as much of a shot as the Alaska schools.

Of course, Kentucky could always go D-1...

[Jim Hyla]

So we are now at:

WCHA:

UAA
UAF
Bemidji
BGSU *
Ferris
Lake State
Mankato
MTU
NMU
Notre Dame **
St. Cloud
WMU *


NCHC:

Denver
CC
Miami
Minn-Duluth
UNO
North Dakota

* could still move to NCHC
** could still move to NCHC or HE

SCREWED:

Alabama-Huntsville

So, you want to save Alabama-Huntsville?

[ugarte]

So, you want to save Alabama-Huntsville?

I almost expected that to be a Kickstarter page.

[ursusminor]

So we are now at:

WCHA:

UAA
UAF
Bemidji
BGSU *
Ferris
Lake State
Mankato
MTU
NMU
Notre Dame **
St. Cloud
WMU *


NCHC:

Denver
CC
Miami
Minn-Duluth
UNO
North Dakota

* could still move to NCHC
** could still move to NCHC or HE

SCREWED:

Alabama-Huntsville

So, you want to save Alabama-Huntsville?

http://www.change.org/petitions/uah-charger-hockey-should-soldier-on-and-thrive

[Jim Hyla]

CHN on WMU and St. Cloud going to NCHC.

[Jim Hyla]

Via USCHO article on what Bowling Green might do, and the AHA schools as well.

[Scersk '97]

A further iteration of the map, including the recent Western and St. Cloud announcement and showing the rump CCHA.

[ugarte]

A further iteration of the map, including the recent Western and St. Cloud announcement and showing the rump CCHA.

It would be fair to say that Notre Dame and BGSU are independent now also.

[Jim Hyla]

A further iteration of the map, including the recent Western and St. Cloud announcement and showing the rump CCHA.

It would be fair to say that Notre Dame and BGSU are independent now also.

More on BGSU from CHN.

[Jim Hyla]

Discussion at CHN about RPI going to HE if ND does and here.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Discussion at CHN about RPI going to HE if ND does and here.

That would suck.