ArchyAlum11
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Wreck the Farm #mooseontheloose
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17 hours ago, Siouxperfan7 said:
Chances UND beats NDSU this week??? Bout the same chance as seeing a moose run on UND’s practice fiel.......Er...wait!!
Well then if they Win its obviously an Omen... meaning we have to change the name... again.
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6 minutes ago, Goon said:
#HAWKSNATION
which one...
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3 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:
There are no rinks in Pullman; Wazzu has to go to Idaho for hockey, and Moscow's rink is a dump.
Portland is unfortunately stuck with a WHL team that doesn't care about local facilities. Fewest rinks per capita in the US, and the Winterhawks' practice sheet as well as secondary venue are... well..... let's just say it's mind boggling Seth Jones wanted his rights traded to Portland.
Missoula has a nice rink but the school is in a financial mess after enrollment shrunk drastically over the past decade.
UW, U of O and to a lesser extent Boise State should explore college hockey.
Still even if only a few programs announce they are exploring hockey, it might be enough to encourage the legislature and the school to keep the program alive. I would actually say Boise is probably in a better position than U Wash and Oregon, There club team is already ACHA D2 that is very successful and has a partnership Century Link Center which also hosts the ECHL Idaho Steelheads, so they wouldn't need a lot of seed money to get the program started.
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On 8/6/2019 at 3:06 PM, Rebel_Sioux said:
They may just have to outlast their governor https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/455900-group-launches-effort-to-recall-alaska-governor?amp
To be clear. I'm not being political nor am I saying the governor was right or wrong. But people are mad at him.
Funding issues aside, lacking a conference would hurt them. It'll be interesting to see what the New WCHA/CCHA does as I doubt they want to stay at 7. There will likely be a lot of conference shifting in the next few years. I'd be surprised if AK dropped hockey all together so i wouldn't be surprised to see them make a club team or join Canadian hockey if they fold their D1 teams.
If given the choice between UAH and a UAF/UAA combined team, my guess is UAH gets it. With the exception of very early into the new WCHA when UAF looked like it could establish itself as force within the league, all three teams have had similar records. On top of that UAH is looking at increasing its funding and build new facilities, strong indicators it is committed to hockey. Not to mention that the burden of travel to Huntsville, Al are far less than to Anchorage or Fairbanks. Even if the combined Alaska Schools manage to survive the budget issue and travel distances are going to hurt them long-term. As I said it’s a shame none of the Pac Northwest schools are adding hockey, that would be a huge lifeline to the program. So maybe the Washington and Oregon school can pull there thumbs out of there rears and elevate their club programs.
U-Wash, Wash State, Oregon, U-I Boise could all support hockey and already have successful club programs as well as usable facilities. Eastern Washington all ready has a team that competes in a Canadian league, I have also heard rumors that Portland University has a club team and given the area population and the lack of Pro-Teams, d-1 Hockey could be a huge boon to the university, Also it should be noted that Montana had a very successful club team for many years but it had to fold as the travel expenses were more than the self funded club could handle but with D-1 level Funding I could easily see Grizz Hockey being a hit on campus. It would only take five along with a unified AK team to start a conference.
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On 8/2/2019 at 6:54 PM, SiouxVolley said:
UAF and UAA will proceed semi-normally this fall as the merger will take several years. Two hockey teams now,, but unknown for the future.
Frankly I don't see hockey surviving even with a merge, the reality is that the they would be with out a conference and probably have reduced budget, which means either less money to offset travel costs for visiting teams or less money to put into scholarships and the program as a whole. Hopefully though they can keep hockey alive either at the club level or via the Canadian leagues, if there is still some structure there for college hockey I could see the program being resurrected if there is ever some sort of Pacific Northwest division, though it would likely depend greatly on AK financial situation. Pacific Northwest is perhaps one of the best new area's to push for hockey, but until it happens it going to be a struggle for Alaska.
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On 7/27/2019 at 10:42 AM, SiouxVolley said:
The UAF Chancellor came out with a statement that he strongly supports athletics. UAA and UAF athletics could merge, so only one team would be eliminated.
That is possibility but I'm not sure, these budget cuts a pretty damn drastic, I think even if they manage to avoid completely cutting athletics, its going to hurt them for a long time to come, any of the top level players are going to look for other options, combine that with fact that the majority of teams are vacating the WCHA due to the AK teams and the lack of travel cost coverage and I think that that merging the programs may only delay the inevitable, unless all of a sudden a number of Pacific Northwest schools decide to add hockey, and the PAC-0 decides " Ya know instead of being like the big ten and pissing of the college hockey world, were going to show that we love college hockey's Mix of Power 5, D1 and D2 schools and create two affiliate hockey conferences, on for the Pacific North West and one for the South West/ Cali" if they did that the travel costs for all schools would be much lower than the current arrangement and allow for more money to stay with the programs, also it might give the schools pause to cut what is probably the most expensive sport at both UAF and UAA.
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On 7/17/2019 at 12:11 PM, Frozen4sioux said:
If I was an athlete at one of those schools, Id be long long gone, unfortunately they have to wait for an official decree before they can transfer without losing eligibility.
UAH might be able to to sweep up some of the AK programs, better players especially now that they are getting more investment in the program, Not sure if the 7 schools will still leave the WCHA, or simply try to reform the league now that the AK schools are most likely down for the count.I do think you will see them start to put some pressure on Ferris state to invest more in there program.
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6 hours ago, BarnWinterSportsEngelstad said:
One could look at this as Div I hockey is offered at two U's, that one hockey program is done, if not both?
I don't think either program will come out of this alive unfortunately, If you did save hockey at one campus then I would say save Fairbanks, but I think you will see athletics totally eliminated.
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On 7/12/2019 at 9:56 PM, SiouxVolley said:
A DIII no longer can provide scholarships for any sport unless they are grandfathered under NCAA rules and they also can’t have DII’s or DIII’s in their conference, just like the Pioneer League teams, which were kicked out of the DIII championship. The old Midwest hockey league was mostly DIII’s in Wisconsin. Union and RIT can play DI hockey because they don’t offer scholarships, just financial aid.
I suppose I should have been more specific, I was talking about DII schools. As I understand it D2 schools can either play up to division I or down to DIII, the main difference is that if they play down to DIII they cannot offer any athletic scholarships for that sport.
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11 hours ago, BarnWinterSportsEngelstad said:
Crookston is very close to jumping back into college hockey for the 2020-21 season.
The plan, schools general fund will pay for hockey the first few years. No fund raising at this point, that will start some time down the road after hockey is officially announced - head coach hiring process will start soon.
Would be great if that is the case, but is that just the rumor mill or do you have a source?
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9 hours ago, choyt3 said:
UMC’s last year with a varsity hockey team was 2008-09. The new rink in Crookston was opened the following year in 2009. The old rink where UMC played was demolished, not renovated. There’s a dike protecting the city where the rink once stood just off Highway 2 as it crossed the Red Lake River.
That said, I don’t see UMC having the funds to re-start a varsity hockey team without dropping other sports. Football?
And unless rules have changed again, D3 is not an option and was one of the main reasons the sport was initially dropped... the NCAA didn’t allow a D2 school to field a team at a lower classification.
Pretty sure for hockey the rule is schools can either play up or down, but if they play down they cannot offer scholarships for hockey and have to abide by funding restrictions.
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19 hours ago, SiouxVolley said:
The ECAC would have to go to 14 or 16, which is just too large for one autobid and unwieldy for scheduling. Divide it in two for two autobids.
The Ivy League has said it would never do that much like the Big Ten. As if they are to be believed?
the Ivy League is 8 members, if Penn Adds hockey it would more or less shame Columbia into adding hockey, as Columbia would be the only school without a hockey program. Its way different than the big ten, they would now have all there members except one in a single league. As opposed to the Bigten which had only a few members and decided to start a hockey conference.
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1 hour ago, SiouxSherm94 said:
It goes without saying that their endowment could influence, if not support the transition, "academic focused" or otherwise. Not to mention, this prospectus has a possibility of creating quite the buzz among its alumni base and the greater Twin Cities area as an already prominent household institution. Solid education supported by one hell of an athletic experience. Maybe not right now, but the idea is attractive long-term. I wouldn't let your definitive pessimism get in the way too much.
I was reading last night- very exciting development. Even if it's a number of years down the road, it would be a welcomed move in an opportunistic expansion market.
Well they are going to have massive sticker shock if they choose to go D-1 or even D-2 ... I might be be a little biased as 90% of St. Thomas alums I have dealt with have been elitist jerks, I don't see them moving up to D2 I see them going D-1 if the move up because competing against D-2 schools would be under them. So lets say the go D1, in addition to scholarship money, they are going to need to spend a ton of money Building all new facilities, both training and stadium. St. Thomas Football stadium only seas 5000, Basketball 1800, Hockey 1400. Even for D2 these are pretty small and are not going to attract recruits. So yea hope they are willing to kiss a big chunk of that endowment bye bye to build all that.
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4 minutes ago, Rebel_Sioux said:
Saw this today. Not sure who they would join if they could get it done.
ECAC - Penn is an Ivy League school so they would probably be able to get in despite making the league uneven.
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7 minutes ago, Goon said:
I could see St Thomas adding DI hockey, but that's the only one.
Saint Thomas is an academic focused school that is not going to move up to d2 - d1.
Moorhead State - Is the school that makes the most sense as it would be in partially untapped market, and could likely play its games at scheels arena until they could build there own facility in Moorhead. However I don't know how much will there is on campus to give it another shot... haven't seen that NHL feasibility study reach out to try and help them or any of the other smaller schools.
Crookston's big issue is its small size and close proximity to UND, also the only arena in crookston is the one that the Eagles played in in there d-3 days even after renovation only seats 1200, the Current WCHA requires a Minimum of 2500 seats in an arena, and I'd imagine the New conference is going require at least the same amount and possibly others things.
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4 minutes ago, BarnWinterSportsEngelstad said:
Crookston is presently in discussions/meetings in starting up hockey again.
Best of luck to them, I hope they can pull it off, I'd love to see some more small schools add hockey, but keep in Mind Moorhead State tried that - all be it at a time when the economy wasn't in as good of shape, Moorhead has a larger student body, budget and metro area. They weren't able to get it done. But Again I really hope they do manage to beat the odds and add D1 hockey, I would also love it if Moorhead could get its act together and try again. I'sd be curious if they are talking about D1 or D-3 hockey though.
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14 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:
So no to UM-Crookston hockey.
Please explain UM-Duluth hockey.
Thank you.
You really want to compare the the state of the U in 1966 - the Year that UMD joined the WCHA to Now, that 53 years of changes to the landscape of college sports! Not to mention 53 years of changes at the U of M. John Marrucci was probably a big reason, though there first year was the first year of the Sonmore era, the reality is when they were trying to get into the WCHA John Marrucci was still the head coach and had a lot pull at the school. He wanted to see an huge expansion of college hockey across state, as I have said before do not confuse the wishes of John Marrucci with the Wishes of the U of M in its current state. The More Pertinent Question is why did the U of M do nothing to save the UM-Crookstons D3 program when it suddenly folded in 1999, even after the City of Crookston renovated and enlarged the arena and UM- Crookston still payed the rental fees for the contract period.
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20 hours ago, ubish said:
I can't speak for Miami, but there's no way WMU moves into the new CCHA (which is what I'm calling it) as long as our AD is still around. She absolutely wants WMU hockey in the highest tier conference they can be in. She want's WMU to be in a conference with schools that are all Div 1 or at the very least teams that have a huge commitment to hockey. The only team in the new CCHA that fits that profile is BGSU. We were fine playing the LSSUs and Northerns of the world when we also got to play Michigan, Michigan State, and Notre Dame all the time, but there's no way we'd voluntarily move our team down to play with a bunch of Gliac schools.
The travel isn't really the huge issue that others make it out to be for WMU. Kalamazoo has an international airport (with another a short drive away in Grand Rapids) and supplements athletic costs by playing money games against B1G teams in football and charging students an athletics fee.
Also despite what others say, I would also expect there to be an attendance hit if WMU left the NCHC. Sure, LSSU, and Northern are from the same state, but they traditionally haven't drawn well when playing in Kalamazoo. We get much more excited to play Denver, SCSU or You guys than the teams from the UP (although we draw well for Ferris usually).
I would agree with you, I don't think a switch would happen right away, at least not for WMU, given that Maimi has had a middling performance in the NCHC they might be more eager to switch to a conference with more local teams that are not quite as skilled, but then again even if they decided to change conferences we are still looking at least 4- 5 years down the road and whether or not the other Michigan schools can continue to grow. I'm pretty sure that there is going to be a huge focus on the remaining teams with regards to non-conference play. Either way even if MNSU and BSU don't get realignment they still drop the trip to Alaska, even if UAH comes in as the eight school that far less of a travel and finical burden than the AK schools.
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1 hour ago, FGHTNSX Hawkey14 said:
Do you have pictures of the jersey? Which version of the k1 logo does it have?
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On 7/3/2019 at 4:14 PM, SWSiouxMN said:
Plus isn’t the football stadium in need of an upgrade?
Yeah, that's needed to happen for years, honestly at this point even if they stay D2 they would need to demolish the old stadium and build a new one, as the foundation is crumbling and the press box is something that a 5th grader could have built on the weekend with modest budget and trip to Home Depot. So yeah, I know there was a plan to completely redo the outdoor facilities a few years back, and they seem to be doing it piece meal, at this point but the football stadium design drew some criticism for being only 6000 seats, 1500 less than current capacity. Most of the finical attention has been on hockey for that last 8 years, which makes sense seeing as it is the biggest earner, the mens team actually turns a profit, the other sports turn a modest profit, though realistically like most schools that is Football and possibly Men's Basketball carrying all the other sports, so it seems reasonable to assume that now that hockey has gotten a ton of upgrades and since the basketball court was already surpassed D1 courts at similar sized schools, that it would be time for the football Stadium to get some love... however as a wise man once said "reality shats on reason".
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8 minutes ago, northernraider said:
It is hard for me to fathom any other MN School being FBS, just seems the fan and most important donor support would just not be there. I would say MAYBE Duluth would be most likely, but the would need significant investment in the stadium
I would agree on FBS - the U of M is the only school with a ridiculous Budget that can afford all crap that comes with that, But FCS would be very doable with less money than the U of M gets for single new athletic project.
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On 7/1/2019 at 8:57 PM, SiouxVolley said:
"The U Minn system would be much more supportive of UMC,"
The U of M would never allow Crookston to add hockey, if the U of M had it its way they would be the ONLY school, in Minnesota with a D1 athletics program, and all the state universities would go back to being teachers colleges. Don't make the mistake conflating the wishes of John Mariucci with the wishes of the U of M, The U of M lobby Machine only wants one thing, total dominance over Minnesota Higher Ed. They are big reason why Minnesota, one of the highest taxed a wealthiest states per-capita in the union only has a single D1 institution, never-mind the face that MNSU, UMD and SCSU are all large enough and theoretically have enough of budget that could handle the move to D1 FCS but are still sitting static at D2.
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Fighting Moose
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Also moose are clever, aggressive and ornery as hell, were as bison are big, dumb and panic easily!