Generic Off Season Thread

[Robb]

Do the Ivies, ECAC and NCAA each have different dates on which captain and coach practices are permitted?  (i.e., 6 different dates)

Ivies and ECAC are all definitely different, so that's 4.  I suspect that the ECAC dates match the NCAA dates, though, since 6 ECAC members start playing games in early October like the rest of the NCAA.  The sport I played (fencing) was not in the ECAC, so we only dealt with Ivy and NCAA rules.

[Trotsky]

I never knew you could sword fight.  I'm going to be a lot more polite in future.

[nyc94]

Apologies if it was reported elsewhere:  Hockey East to expand playoffs to include all teams starting in 2013-2014.

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2012/09/10_hockey_east_to_expand_playoffs.php

[RichH]

Apologies if it was reported elsewhere:  Hockey East to expand playoffs to include all teams starting in 2013-2014.

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2012/09/10_hockey_east_to_expand_playoffs.php

Once that's in effect, every single conference will allow all of their teams to make the conference playoff tournament.

Sorry, UAH.

[Trotsky]

Sorry, UAH.

UAH's home opponents this season:

Alabama
Mankato
US Under 18
Finlandia
Adrian

Sorry, UAH.

[Josh '99]

Sorry, UAH.

UAH's home opponents this season:

Alabama
Mankato
US Under 18
Finlandia
Adrian

Sorry, UAH.

Alabama? Like, University of?

[jtn27]

Sorry, UAH.

UAH's home opponents this season:

Alabama
Mankato
US Under 18
Finlandia
Adrian

Sorry, UAH.

Alabama? Like, University of?

Roll Tide

[Aaron M. Griffin]

Sorry, UAH.

UAH's home opponents this season:

Alabama
Mankato
US Under 18
Finlandia
Adrian

Sorry, UAH.

Alabama? Like, University of?

Yes. Alabama has an ACHA team. I am not sure which division it plays in. A significant number of Southern state schools do including the University of Oklahoma that has an ACHA Division I program that is quite competitive in that division. Most observers claim that the level of play at ACHA Division I is approximate among the best ACHA Division I teams to NCAA Division III. I watched almost all of Penn State's last season at the ACHA Division I level and I think that is a good approximation, but there's a lot less parity in ACHA Division I. The best programs are NCAA Division III-like and the worst can be quite bad,

[Trotsky]

Once upon a time, UAB joined UAH as a serviceable D-1 hockey program.  I don't know why UAB dropped down so much earlier.

Note: this was also a time when Northern Arizona (Flagstaff) had a D-1 program.  Times have changed.

[Trotsky]

ACHA Standings:

D-1

D-2

D-3

The Northern Virginia Community College Raiders has some issues in net.

This may be why.  He has just become my favorite hockey player on Earth.

Edit: Link follow fail.  The latter two lines are from the NVCC ROLLER hockey team, which is a juggernaut compared to the NVCC HOCKEY team.

[ursusminor]

RPI blog Without a Peer post about Cornell http://www.withoutapeer.com/2012/09/know-your-enemy-cornell.html.

I have no connection to WaP except as a reader.

[ursusminor]

Once upon a time, UAB joined UAH as a serviceable D-1 hockey program.  I don't know why UAB dropped down so much earlier.

Note: this was also a time when Northern Arizona (Flagstaff) had a D-1 program.  Times have changed.

I don't recall UAB playing D-I. I do remember Northern Arizona. Are you sure about UAB?

[Trotsky]

I don't recall UAB playing D-I. I do remember Northern Arizona. Are you sure about UAB?

I remember there were two Alabamas.  I am pretty sure the other one was Birmingham, but I will check tonight.  It may have been before there was a formal "D-1" (as in the days when USC and Lake Forest State had ostensible NCAA programs).

[Trotsky]

Sorry, UAH.

UAH's home opponents this season:

Alabama
Mankato
US Under 18
Finlandia
Adrian

Sorry, UAH.

Alabama? Like, University of?

Roll Tide

The Frozen Tide is a great name.

[RichH]

I don't recall UAB playing D-I. I do remember Northern Arizona. Are you sure about UAB?

I remember there were two Alabamas.  I am pretty sure the other one was Birmingham, but I will check tonight.  It may have been before there was a formal "D-1" (as in the days when USC and Lake Forest State had ostensible NCAA programs).

Not in the memory-banks of the Historical Archives.  That doesn't mean it's a complete list, of course.

http://www.augenblick.org/chha/info_chn.html