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http://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/letters/4073716-letter-und-should-replace-fans-sioux-gear-hawks-gear FHawk off, Mark.

Current WCHA - UA-F, UAA, UAH, BSU, BGU, FSU, LSSU, MTU, MnSU, NMU (less MnSU) Current NCHC - CC, DU, MU, UMD, UNO, UND, SCSU, WMU (plus ASU & MnSU) May as well reshuffle and add ASU, Mercyhurst, and RMU (leaving the AHA intact)..... New WCHA (aka CCHA 2.0) - UAH, BGU, FSU, LSSU, MERCYHURST, MU, MTU, NMU, ROBERT MORRIS, WMU - Bus league of lower MI, OH, PA along with UAH and the Yoopers. New NCHC (aka WCHA 2.1) - UAA/UA-F (they have to form a class B co-op and will play in Anchorage), ARIZONA STATE, BSU, CC, DU, MnSU, UMD, UNO, UND, SCSU - Duluth is as far east as we go.

They may not be leaving soon, but they will certainly have every right to be upset.

NCHC may as well rebrand itself as WCHA 2.1.

Agreed. And if they aren't (somewhat likely, I think), then just stick with 9 for a while.

And that's why we have Western Michigan and Jan Brady State.

The NCHC's dream scenario involved Notre Dame and Boston College, not Western Michigan.

Yeah? Notre Dame was never a member of the NCHC, so why would they be mentioned?

Duluth is part of the University of Minnesota system and is therefore much better funded than the state system schools. Duluth also has a shiny new arena and a banner. CC has great academics and a solid commitment to hockey. They're also a D1 member of Conference USA for women's soccer, FWIW.

I agree St. Cloud should've never been admitted.

But was the NATIONAL Collegiate Hockey Conference created for bus trips?

Not that my vote counts for anything, but mark me down as a solid "No." NCHC is doing fine right now, no sense in adding a mediocre regional DII school just for the heck of it.

Bowling Green?

Apparently not.

Let the good times roll!

Says the guy who showed up and started commenting because he thought someone may have kind of almost insulted a team he roots for.

Their wings are pretty good too. Nothing compared to the Cay obviously, but competitive with Bdubs IMO.

Looks like quite the windup.

You realize SV was the only one supporting those predictions right? Everyone else was just telling the bizun to go away.