cberkas Posted July 31 Author Posted July 31 4 hours ago, nodak651 said: If North Carolina and North Carolina State ever get programs off the ground, Wake Forest would make for a nice regional addition/rivalry. Especially at a small school like Wake Forest, hockey could help the school attract students from northern states. The hockey arena at the local fairgrounds is suitable, and it's directly adjacent to their other sports arenas/statdiums. That would probably give reason for Liberty to make the jump as well. It's Wake Forest home arena. They have had NC State, North Carolina, and High Point home games there. I'm positive another school in the area plays there also. Quote
cberkas Posted July 31 Author Posted July 31 With the sale of the Utah Grizzlies and the new owners wanting to move them to Trenton, NJ. The Maverik Center is getting an update and will be empty after next year. Not a bad arena for the schools in Salt Lake City Metro with Utah being the closest to West Valley City. If the light rail went to Provo or Ogden that could be a way to get students from UVU, BYU, and Weber State there. It will be interesting to see what will happen to the Maverik Center in the next few years Quote
cberkas Posted July 31 Author Posted July 31 UNLV will only play Alaska and Denver this year for NCAA teams. Quote
SiouxFan100 Posted August 1 Posted August 1 Sure would be nice to get more hockey schools. The momentum seems to be going in the right direction. Quote
cberkas Posted August 14 Author Posted August 14 Nice to see them looking to come back to ACHA 2 Quote
cberkas Posted August 21 Author Posted August 21 13 minutes ago, nodak651 said: Interesting hashtag There have been two ACHA coaches basically hinting in a podcast that the move was coming Quote
WildDeuces Posted August 21 Posted August 21 On 7/30/2025 at 7:49 PM, cberkas said: With the sale of the Utah Grizzlies and the new owners wanting to move them to Trenton, NJ. The Maverik Center is getting an update and will be empty after next year. Not a bad arena for the schools in Salt Lake City Metro with Utah being the closest to West Valley City. If the light rail went to Provo or Ogden that could be a way to get students from UVU, BYU, and Weber State there. It will be interesting to see what will happen to the Maverik Center in the next few years The light rail does run from Provo, all the way to Ogden. The closest school to the Maverik center is U of U, and it's about 30 minutes away. UVU plays their club games in the Peaks Ice arena, in Provo, which was (and will be) used for the Olympics. Weber State plays in the Olympic Curling venue. U of U plays their games close to campus. Quote
nodak651 Posted August 21 Posted August 21 Utah is replacing their bb arena. Hopefully the new arena can make ice. 1 Quote
SIOUXFAN97 Posted August 21 Posted August 21 20 minutes ago, nodak651 said: Utah is replacing their bb arena. Hopefully the new arena can make ice. nhl owner needs to champion d1 hockey somewhere in utah.... retrofit the old to hockey or is it getting torn down? Quote
cberkas Posted August 22 Author Posted August 22 1 hour ago, WildDeuces said: The light rail does run from Provo, all the way to Ogden. The closest school to the Maverik center is U of U, and it's about 30 minutes away. UVU plays their club games in the Peaks Ice arena, in Provo, which was (and will be) used for the Olympics. Weber State plays in the Olympic Curling venue. U of U plays their games close to campus. Wasn't sure light rail went to Ogden or Provo it only showed Amtrak. I expect Maverik Center and Delta Center for hockey but wouldn't be surprised in Provo. The U of U arena has the VA Hospital on one side and Utes athletics on the other sides. Weber State arena I thought could be expanded, but saw they built it on a hillside. Quote
cberkas Posted August 22 Author Posted August 22 47 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said: nhl owner needs to champion d1 hockey somewhere in utah.... retrofit the old to hockey or is it getting torn down? They are tearing it down, can't remember what is going to be put there. They haven't said where the new arena is going yet. 1 Quote
nodak651 Posted August 22 Posted August 22 17 hours ago, cberkas said: They are tearing it down, can't remember what is going to be put there. They haven't said where the new arena is going yet. Right. Its getting tore down as part of their strategic plan, so it won't be repurposed. My hope is that it includes an ice sheet so it can be used in the olympics. Does the olympic committee help pay for any new facilities thatvare used? Quote
cberkas Posted August 22 Author Posted August 22 The Maryville announcement was dumb and over thought Quote
cberkas Posted August 22 Author Posted August 22 4 minutes ago, nodak651 said: Right. Its getting tore down as part of their strategic plan, so it won't be repurposed. My hope is that it includes an ice sheet so it can be used in the olympics. Does the olympic committee help pay for any new facilities thatvare used? Have no idea, but they did set aside $900 million for the Mammoth and $900 million for an MLB team. So, who knows what the State would do if a school wanted to build an arena to be used for the Olympics. The new Utah arena is going to be 8k from 15k because they can't fill it unless it the Red Rocks (gymnastics team). Utah, Utah State, and Weber have old, outdated basketball arenas. I'd like to see these schools get new multipurpose arenas and add hockey and hopefully the NHL being in Salt Lake City helps that. But one can dream lol. Quote
cberkas Posted Wednesday at 10:02 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 10:02 PM NC State and Louisville head coaches really wanted Kentucky to more up to ACHA D1 and the ACCHL NHL VP of Strategies had conversations with Kentuckey (I'm guessing the hockey team, it wasn't specified). Rupp Arena has ice making abilities. Only one hockey arena in Lexington. Kentuckey had been around for 40+ years, didn't know that. That was about it from the interview of the associate head coach at Kentuckey Quote
atxsioux Posted Thursday at 12:25 AM Posted Thursday at 12:25 AM Definitely a pipe dream but Kentucky and Louisville would be some fun additions to the NCHC. Would work nicely in a 4 team pod with Miami and WMU 1 Quote
cberkas Posted Thursday at 01:42 AM Author Posted Thursday at 01:42 AM 1 hour ago, atxsioux said: Definitely a pipe dream but Kentucky and Louisville would be some fun additions to the NCHC. Would work nicely in a 4 team pod with Miami and WMU Louisville has an arena across the street from the campus they could use besides KFC Yum! Center and Kentuckey has Rupp Arena Quote
AlphaMikeFoxtrot Posted Thursday at 05:59 PM Posted Thursday at 05:59 PM 13 minutes ago, nodak651 said: " ...would make Maryville only the second university in St. Louis to join the ranks of Division I hockey, underscoring the city's reputation as one of the nation's great hockey communities. " If it's only the second, that undermines (not underscores) the reputation as a great hockey community... Quote
cberkas Posted Thursday at 06:01 PM Author Posted Thursday at 06:01 PM 1 minute ago, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said: " ...would make Maryville only the second university in St. Louis to join the ranks of Division I hockey, underscoring the city's reputation as one of the nation's great hockey communities. " If it's only the second, that undermines (not underscores) the reputation as a great hockey community... Technically they would be 3rd, SLU was in the CCHA Quote
SIOUXFAN97 Posted 23 hours ago Posted 23 hours ago utah to big10 is rumbling on x...it'll happen eventually....invite=d1 hockey announcement? Quote
atxsioux Posted 23 hours ago Posted 23 hours ago 21 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said: utah to big10 is rumbling on x...it'll happen eventually....invite=d1 hockey announcement? If I had to bet on a school in Utah to go D1 first it would be BYU (basing it on Ryan Smith being an ultra wealthy alum, just bought the Utah NHL team and seems to genuinely like hockey, plus believe he’s already providing a good chunk of NIL to BYU) 1 Quote
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