College Hockey Expansion

[nodak651]

 

[atxsioux]

58 minutes ago, nodak651 said:

My guess :

https://business.okstate.edu/departments_programs/watson/watsons.html

https://www.instagram.com/p/DSnysBPiTPl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

 

Watson seems to kinda fit the shoe of the typical donor you'd see to kick start a program

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

OSU has this kid who transfered after a year at Michigan State. Played juniors there so probably has/had a girlfriend in the area.

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/623785/kaden-nelson

[cberkas]

This is nice for them

[cberkas]

I find this interesting.  

[GeauxSioux]

Augustana is having a pretty good year, so far, for a fairly recent addition to D1 hockey.  They are currently ranked #17.  With that being said, I went over to the Sioux Falls newspaper site, the Argus Leader, to see how they are reporting it.  Maybe I am looking in the wrong places, but I don't see that they are really being covered at all.  It seems to be pretty heavy on basketball, but they have very little on Augie hockey. Kind of sad.

[FSSD]

go to:  https://www.siouxfallslive.com/

[JacksonW]

On 12/24/2025 at 12:26 PM, AlphaMikeFoxtrot said:

OSU has this kid who transfered after a year at Michigan State. Played juniors there so probably has/had a girlfriend in the area.

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/623785/kaden-nelson

They have offered junior players full rides recently 

[cberkas]

Not bad in the Tri-Cities

The stream was unwatchable as I rewatched it, audio was fine, video was god awful  

[cberkas]

The Apple Cup game in Kennewick set the PAC-8 attendance record at 4,742. The Saturday game was empty from what I saw, but Tri-Cities had a game at 7. The guys calling the Friday game said they should play it here all the time since they mostly play in Seattle. They could have it on the off nights at the 5 WHL arenas at 7 on a rotation.
 

Both are a long way from adding the sport sadly.  
 

Also, the Friday game was 10-0 Huskies. That might have kept people away from the game on Saturday.