College Hockey Expansion

[cberkas]

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. 

[cberkas]

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

[cberkas]

UNLV will only play Alaska and Denver this year for NCAA teams.

[SiouxFan100]

Sure would be nice to get more hockey schools. The momentum seems to be going in the right direction. 

[cberkas]

 

[cberkas]

Nice to see them looking to come back to ACHA

[nodak651]

Interesting hashtag

[cberkas]

13 minutes ago, nodak651 said:

Interesting hashtag

There have been two ACHA coaches basically hinting in a podcast that the move was coming 

[WildDeuces]

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.

[nodak651]

Utah is replacing their bb arena.  Hopefully the new arena can make ice.

[SIOUXFAN97]

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?

[cberkas]

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. 

[cberkas]

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.