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I am generally a much bigger fan of seeing NCAA vs. ACHA exhibition games than vs. the Canadian teams; these ACHA guys are really out to prove that they can hang and play with the NCAA. But the Alaska schools definitely have a vested interest in this as if they could get enough schools that want to make the jump to D-1 and create a conference from the ground up that would give them all more stability.

Hastings has pretty much killed his legacy at Minnesota State, not because he went to Wisconsin but because he stripped out everything when he went there. On the bright side if Luke Strand achieves success at Minnesota State it will be all his doing, no one can say that he just rode Mike Hastings coat tails. As for Hastings... well lets just no one is ever going to name an arena after him. On a related note the University of Wisconsin decided to retire its long beloved Badgers nickname in favor of a new Moniker, the Vultures.

So current Summit league members with mens hockey are , UND, DU, STU, and UNO, Lindenwood University is currently an affiliate member as well, if Augustana joins then it would be 5 teams with a possible 6th if ag, that means you would still have SCSU, UMD, MNSU, BSU CC, WMU, Miami. Miami and WMU would go to the CCHA. SCSU would probably be an attracitve add because they might be the least likely to have an potential hang ups about going from affiliate to full member, SCSU no longer has football and its not a huge burden to move its teams from D2 - D1 without football. If they want to Stay at 8 then it comes down to adding MNSU or UMD. My guess is that Duluth wins that vote as it would be left without a conferance because there will not be enough Teams to Hold the NCHC together, which then leads to the question of 8 teams or 10, if 10 then its MNSU along with Bemidji or CC, my Guess is that CC gets the add so Denver gets one road game, but also because BSU will still be in the CCHA if they are not added in, CCHA would be at 8 teams. If Lidenwood dosen't become an affilate then I image that they would add SCSU, UMD, MNSU along with Augastana, and then BSU stays in the CCHA along with WMU and Maimi, and CC is left twisting in the wind. I would think MNSU would be all in on this, more geographic sense, and it Might finally push Kato to try and move up to full D-1, there other facilities are already on par with most of the summit league, and there football stadium is going to be replaced soon anyways, They would probably get support from St. Thomas and Augustana. I think that BSU wouldn't get the nod, but it might be a blessing in disguise for them, It might cause BSU to do what MNSU did when they were left out of the NCHC, get serious about creating a competitive program, seek out new coach and move towards a most fast paced aggressive style of hockey.

Biggest problem for U Mary would be the start up cost, Capitol Arena in Bismark seats less than 500 people, too small for any Midwestern league though it may be acceptable temporary,while Malaysian arena in Minot isn't going to win any major accolades its similar in size to Ferris States arena... and arguably nicer, meaning while I am sure Minot state would be under pressure to upgrade its facilities, it wouldn't need new digs right away to get started. Though if both Minot and U Mary added hockey everyone is going to be looking at NDSU like "Well whats your excuse?"

Who knows there might even be the potential for a Governors Cup in the future, Also I would bet you see some teams in the CCHA express interest in playing them as well, Minot State would be a good potential add for the CCHA's 10th team.

Honestly the Canadian College teams have too many goons, not all the teams mind you, some teams actually come down and play a competitive game, but not many. The ACHA teams look at these games as a chance to show what they are made of, to show they are ready to hang with NCAA hockey, frankly given that choice I would say playing ACHA squads or D-3 squads makes more sense, allows the D-1 Schools to test out lines and players and helps new programs get exposure they need to work toward moving up.

Should have been 7-0, refs waved of a goal that they thought went of the crossbar, apparently the video replay was down at start of the game and they forgot to tell the refs once they got it going again.

I would say its definitely going to be a harder season for them, but keep in mind they played all three goalies, this game was all about seeing who was ready to handle the net, My guess is the guy in net for the 3rd period, Miller( Fargo Force) gets the nod for the game at Minnesota, that said they are going to have to get used to playing a little tighter in there own end, you don't have your Hobey Baker Goalie to pull your bacon out of the fire anymore. Also its MNSU, MSUM is Moorhead State, who Unfortunately screwed the pooch on getting a hockey program back in 2012.

Well bet he wishes he had stayed at Tech Now.

Hypothetical Question, if enough schools in the Mountain Region added hockey, like Colorado, Utah and Wyoming along with Arizona, could you see Denver and CC leaving the NCHC for a New Mountain conference?

Me thinks that given the regional aspect they would probably be more keen to sponsor rather than Souix....

So I may be just discovering something that people were already aware of but it looks like covid nessciated some of the different southern club teams that had previously played across all three division forming a conference in order to put together a schedule, the list of schools could make for the basis of an actual south hockey conference, one that might be willing to let its members take there time in getting the arenas that the other conferences would want a pre-requisite for consideration. College hockey south 1. University of Alabama 2. University of Alabama, Huntsville 3. Auburn University 4. University of Mississippi 5. University of Georgia 6. Georgia Institute of Technology 7. Kennesaw State University 8. Middle Tennessee State University 9. University of Tennessee 10. Vanderbilt University 11. Clemson University 12. University of South Carolina 13. University of Central Florida 14. University of Florida 15. Florida Atlantic University 16. Florida State University 17. Lynn University 18. University of Miami 19. University of South Florida https://www.collegehockeysouth.com/

I wonder do they think these guys who are going to play at this level when are 18 are still going to be underdeveloped boys? The reality is that the guys who spend a year or two in the juniors are normally doing so because they are late bloomers, if they were ready to play D-1 level hockey they would be going and not staying in the juniors, so this whole Idea that you have men playing against boys is a little ridiculous. If only the general population had the same level of intelligence to recognize that not everyone is ready for college at age 18... I daresay a huge percentage of college student bodies would have benefited from maturing a bit before starting college.

MNSU gave him a 10 year contract extension in 2017, that is on top an 8 year extension in 2015, I'm not sure how that works but I guess he's locked in till at Least 2027. Plus he has a family with kids, would be pretty hard for him to uproot from a program that he basically built up and move his family to such a different environment.

While as a Hockey fan I greatly appreciate the Brass Bonanza and its place in Hockey history, that song first and foremost Belongs to Hartford, and secondly to the State of Connecticut, If U Conn wants to use then they should but we need to stick with what we have or find a different song that doesn't steal from another state/ regions hockey legacy.