cberkas Posted July 8 Author Posted July 8 They need to do an ACHA/NCAA season anyway. Start at ACHA for a year and go from there. 1 Quote
SIOUXFAN97 Posted July 8 Posted July 8 31 minutes ago, nascar99 said: Bettman and the Predators did help, they just weren't going to pay for the entire program's 1st year. help more... 1 Quote
Popular Post cberkas Posted July 8 Author Popular Post Posted July 8 5 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said: help more... It did sound like the Predators were not talking to TSU recently. 5 Quote
cberkas Posted July 9 Author Posted July 9 This again after McKenna commits. So, let's look at where NCAA D1 could work in Illinois. Illinois State University: To me Illinois State is the obvious choice. They have an arena in Bloomington that is perfect, Grossinger Moters Arena. Has a capacity of 7,000 and the ECHL team draws 2,600 to 2,800. The Illinois State ACHA team does play at Grossinger Motors Arena. Northwestern: Allstate Arena, it's not close to Northwestern and the current home to the Chicago Wolves. Northwestern basketball did play there 2017-2018. A capacity of 16,692 for hockey with the Wolves averaging about 9,000 per game. Of the B1G schools this would be who has an arena ready outside Iowa. Roosevelt: Roosevelt just moved their athletic department up to NCAA D2 and are not far from Fifth Third Arena. The Blackhawks are expanding Fifth Third Arena adding a 2,000 seat arena to the existing arena. The Chicago Steel are going to move in there once it is built. If they were to add hockey, they could play, there due to how close it is to the school. Roosevelt plays ACHA D1 at Edge Ice Arena (old Blackhawks practice arena) which seats 3,000 in Bensenville. Illinois-Chicago: Would be nice to see former CCHA member to come back. Like with Roosevelt, Fifth Third Arena could be an option once it is completed. Quote
AlphaMikeFoxtrot Posted July 9 Posted July 9 College hockey had more D1 caliber skaters than available spots before MJ kids were eligible, even the paper of record addressed it: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/sports/hockey/ncaa-college-teams.html U of Illinois, Iowa, Washington and Northwestern are all no brainers. Purdue isn't far from U of IL either. Hate to say it, but it'll probably take some Big 10 nattys to get the wheels moving. Quote
nascar99 Posted July 9 Posted July 9 2 hours ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said: College hockey had more D1 caliber skaters than available spots before MJ kids were eligible, even the paper of record addressed it: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/sports/hockey/ncaa-college-teams.html U of Illinois, Iowa, Washington and Northwestern are all no brainers. Purdue isn't far from U of IL either. Hate to say it, but it'll probably take some Big 10 nattys to get the wheels moving. Iowa and Illinois should always be the first 2 teams on these lists for expansion. Oregon would be great too in addition to Washington. We just need at least 1 team in Illinois. 5th most men's NCAA players by any US state, no D1 programs, pathetic. If Illinois or Northwestern aren't going to add hockey, would like to see Northern Illinois add it. Easy CCHA addition in their infancy 2 Quote
SIOUXFAN97 Posted July 9 Posted July 9 2 minutes ago, nascar99 said: Iowa and Illinois should always be the first 2 teams on these lists for expansion. Oregon would be great too in addition to Washington. We just need at least 1 team in Illinois. 5th most men's NCAA players by any US state, no D1 programs, pathetic. If Illinois or Northwestern aren't going to add hockey, would like to see Northern Illinois add it. Easy CCHA addition in their infancy bold move to mwc and horizon....bolder if niu add varsity hockey 2 Quote
AlphaMikeFoxtrot Posted July 9 Posted July 9 48 minutes ago, nascar99 said: Iowa and Illinois should always be the first 2 teams on these lists for expansion. Oregon would be great too in addition to Washington. We just need at least 1 team in Illinois. 5th most men's NCAA players by any US state, no D1 programs, pathetic. If Illinois or Northwestern aren't going to add hockey, would like to see Northern Illinois add it. Easy CCHA addition in their infancy As an Oregonian I'd be on board, but according to a former beer league teammate who played club at U of O, Uncle Phil hates hockey after buying high and selling low on Bauer back in the day. He wants to buy a football championship before he croaks. Maybe once he's gone it could happen. 2 Quote
atxsioux Posted July 10 Posted July 10 7 minutes ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said: As an Oregonian I'd be on board, but according to a former beer league teammate who played club at U of O, Uncle Phil hates hockey after buying high and selling low on Bauer back in the day. He wants to buy a football championship before he croaks. Maybe once he's gone it could happen. Classic case of loaded people just missing an easy layup to do something fun and cool (along with obviously adding to his legacy) Speaking of loaded people, I wouldn't be surprised to see Ryan Smith help get BYU off the ground. Would make sense as an NCHC addition too as well to pair with ASU. Quote
cberkas Posted July 10 Author Posted July 10 This is about the newest info on what is going on in Tucson. 3 Quote
AlphaMikeFoxtrot Posted July 10 Posted July 10 41 minutes ago, atxsioux said: Classic case of loaded people just missing an easy layup to do something fun and cool (along with obviously adding to his legacy) Speaking of loaded people, I wouldn't be surprised to see Ryan Smith help get BYU off the ground. Would make sense as an NCHC addition too as well to pair with ASU. Smith is giving any municipality in the state of Utah that wants it 500k to build a rink. Hopefully U of U and BYU are in his ear about D1 hockey. Went to Kilby Block Party in May and there was a ton of Mammoth gear there and around town. Obviously some of it is the new car smell but there's a serious buzz about hockey there, especially with the Winter Olympics pivoting to rotating between a handful of existing sites. 1 2 Quote
cberkas Posted July 10 Author Posted July 10 Since the Stanley Cup Final has involved Florida for the last 6 years with two back-to-back champions. I'd expect the NHL/NHLPA NCAA feasibility study has to have been offered to a couple schools in Florida. FGCU would be the obvious choice; they play at Hertz Arena (7,181) and there use to be a holiday tournament there. UCF could play at Kia Center home of the Magic and Solar Bears seats 17,353 for hockey Solar Bears get around 6,500 so not bad at all. Florida State does own the Donald L. Tucker Arena (9,450 hockey) that a ECHL team, but there was a renovation in 2016. As far as I know the ice making equipment has been removed. Florida State along with Florida play in Jacksonville. The 7 (big) club teams in Florida are competitive and need to all go back to the AHCA. I'd like to see a Florida team move up with Georgia, if they ever do, and FGCU would be the one I see doing it first. A UCF series I came across. Episode 1: https://youtu.be/2bb7ggk12fA?si=Zt9YU53SztRmLjhd Episode 2: https://youtu.be/5KRCYU4VHR4?si=TzKtOqd_tFzYtqi- Episode 3: https://youtu.be/fOulArAK3Uk?si=wB8C6dAetDoLybvq 2 Quote
atxsioux Posted July 10 Posted July 10 Wouldn't put it past Greg Sankey to get bored in the next few years and set himself a goal to get after his SEC schools to get hockey up and running. He'd find a way to capitalize on TV 10x better than the Big 10 leadership did if it ever happened. 1 Quote
SIOUXFAN97 Posted July 10 Posted July 10 29 minutes ago, atxsioux said: Wouldn't put it past Greg Sankey to get bored in the next few years and set himself a goal to get after his SEC schools to get hockey up and running. He'd find a way to capitalize on TV 10x better than the Big 10 leadership did if it ever happened. would be a thumb in the eye of the big10 too...a little more blue blooderier? 1 Quote
cberkas Posted July 10 Author Posted July 10 2 hours ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said: Smith is giving any municipality in the state of Utah that wants it 500k to build a rink. Hopefully U of U and BYU are in his ear about D1 hockey. Went to Kilby Block Party in May and there was a ton of Mammoth gear there and around town. Obviously some of it is the new car smell but there's a serious buzz about hockey there, especially with the Winter Olympics pivoting to rotating between a handful of existing sites. The plan is $10 million for 20 rinks at $500k per rink. So, I was thinking could Utah, Weber, Utah State, BYU, and UVU get a cut of the $500k to help build a NCAA caliber arena? One of the interesting things I've heard is all the rinks in Utah are Olympic size because of the 2002 Olympic games. Utah is in the process to replace Jon M. Huntsman Center where I've seen suggested in a Utah State message board that they would make the arena able to have hockey to get some Olympics money. I guess it's going to be built by the Rice-Eccles Stadium. The Utah club team currently plays across the street from the football practice facilities. Weber State has a nice arena (Olympic curling venue) (2,000), Utah State has the George S. Eccles arena (2,000), and UVU plays at Peaks (2,500) but wouldn't be surprised they end up playing at the new Mammoth practice facility. Utah, Colorado, Nevada, and Arizona will be interesting if they see how ASU is doing, and they make the jump. Still waiting to hear more on the new arena in Greeley. Quote
atxsioux Posted July 10 Posted July 10 35 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said: would be a thumb in the eye of the big10 too...a little more blue blooderier? lol he’d do it just to spite the big 10 1 1 Quote
cberkas Posted July 10 Author Posted July 10 1 hour ago, atxsioux said: Wouldn't put it past Greg Sankey to get bored in the next few years and set himself a goal to get after his SEC schools to get hockey up and running. He'd find a way to capitalize on TV 10x better than the Big 10 leadership did if it ever happened. Doesn't the B1G put most of the hockey games on B1G+ Quote
Blackheart Posted July 10 Posted July 10 40 minutes ago, cberkas said: Doesn't the B1G put most of the hockey games on B1G+ Yes, and the games are shown the regular times...Tuesday mornings at 7 am and Sunday nights at 11 pm. 1 Quote
nodak651 Posted July 10 Posted July 10 11 hours ago, cberkas said: The plan is $10 million for 20 rinks at $500k per rink. So, I was thinking could Utah, Weber, Utah State, BYU, and UVU get a cut of the $500k to help build a NCAA caliber arena? One of the interesting things I've heard is all the rinks in Utah are Olympic size because of the 2002 Olympic games. Utah is in the process to replace Jon M. Huntsman Center where I've seen suggested in a Utah State message board that they would make the arena able to have hockey to get some Olympics money. I guess it's going to be built by the Rice-Eccles Stadium. The Utah club team currently plays across the street from the football practice facilities. Weber State has a nice arena (Olympic curling venue) (2,000), Utah State has the George S. Eccles arena (2,000), and UVU plays at Peaks (2,500) but wouldn't be surprised they end up playing at the new Mammoth practice facility. Utah, Colorado, Nevada, and Arizona will be interesting if they see how ASU is doing, and they make the jump. Still waiting to hear more on the new arena in Greeley. Doe anyone else think it looks like a sheet of ice would fit perfectly into Utah Valley's arena? Quote
atxsioux Posted July 10 Posted July 10 Likely ... BUT you'd have to demo out every SF of concrete below the court and find a way to make a new mechanical room to house the ice refrigerant equipment. (which is a pretty major undertaking unfortunately hahah) Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted July 10 Posted July 10 1 hour ago, atxsioux said: Likely ... BUT you'd have to demo out every SF of concrete below the court and find a way to make a new mechanical room to house the ice refrigerant equipment. (which is a pretty major undertaking unfortunately hahah) That would be one heck of a home ice advantage. 1 Quote
Und Princess Posted July 10 Posted July 10 1 minute ago, fightingsioux4life said: That would be one heck of a home ice advantage. For sure! @fightingsioux4life 1 Quote
cberkas Posted July 11 Author Posted July 11 Sounds like the NACHL is still a thing and ACHA is allowing them to do both. This list is D2 and D3, a group already was added to the ACCHL in D1 They just need to admit they failed and fold the NACHL and be in the ACHA. Quote
SIOUXFAN97 Posted July 12 Posted July 12 could und play a school like tennessee? or florida? would a exhib against a sec school be "cooler" than the bisons of manitoba? 2 Quote
cberkas Posted July 12 Author Posted July 12 1 hour ago, SIOUXFAN97 said: could und play a school like tennessee? or florida? would a exhib against a sec school be "cooler" than the bisons of manitoba? They could, but the CHS/AAU/NACHL D1 teams are like ACHA D2 or D3 teams. Going to be a blowout and not like playing a UNLV where they are getting Teir 2 players that could have gone NCAA D3 or been extra players at the NCAA D1 level. I still haven't heard anything one CHL players to the ACHA yet. UNLV has one player that fits that category committed for next year. 2 Quote
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