NDSU Bison to play HOCKEY!

[Riverman]

Here we go again!!

TV 4-Fargo today reported on how Club hockey is back and that maybe in the future D-1!!

Well that didn't take long from the "NOT" getting the invite to the BSC back to hockey!!l In less than 24hrs!!

[Csonked Out]

man, the forum must be real desperate for stories these days. There is no way NDSU would go D1 in hockey in the next 5-10 years. Man that was a good one

[dakotadan]

They have been getting they club hockey program going again for a while. I had talked to a few friends at NDSU this last year about NDSU getting the program going again. I guess they hired Minot State University's hockey coach earlier this summer.

[The Sicatoka]

"... we're not going to add hockey anytime soon." -- NDSU Athletic Director Gene Taylor.

http://siouxsports.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3153&st=0

[timbo]

adding club hockey is very cheap compared to d1 hockey and ndsu always had club hockey up to about 4-5 yrs ago. so its not a big deal and if it leads to d1 hockey in like 20 yrs so be it if not who cares its just adding a sport nonscholarship and not really funded a whole lot.i just dont understand how adding club hockey being this has been in the plans for a while automatically means that ndsu is lookin at d1 hockey right away just because of the big sky not working out. i just dont understand???

[SiouxMeNow]

adding club hockey is very cheap compared to d1 hockey and ndsu always had club hockey up to about 4-5 yrs ago. so its not a big deal and if it leads to d1 hockey in like 20 yrs so be it if not who cares its just adding a sport nonscholarship and not really funded a whole lot.i just dont understand how adding club hockey being this has been in the plans for a while automatically means that ndsu is lookin at d1 hockey right away just because of the big sky not working out. i just dont understand???

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ndsu's BRIEF window of opportunity with DI hockey died back in the mid-90's when they were floating the proposal - The WCHA told them in no uncertain terms they wouldn't be an "automatic" addition to the league just BECAUSE of their geography and then Fargo voters overwhelmingly turned down a sales tax increase to build a new hockey arena next to the fargobarn (about 65-35 if I recall right). POOFF!! Rejection by an established league back then popped their aura of "but WE'RE ndsu!! " - how ironic ten years later the Big Sky would take a page from the WCHA's book! 'su will forever be a fb school and for the forseeable future, a mediocre fb school without a real home.

[U2Bad1]

ndsu's BRIEF window of opportunity with DI hockey died back in the mid-90's when they were floating the proposal - The WCHA told them in no uncertain terms they wouldn't be an "automatic" addition to the league just BECAUSE of their geography and then Fargo voters overwhelmingly turned down a sales tax increase to build a new hockey arena next to the fargobarn (about 65-35 if I recall right). POOFF!! Rejection by an established league back then popped their aura of "but WE'RE ndsu!! " - how ironic ten years later the Big Sky would take a page from the WCHA's book! 'su will forever be a fb school and for the forseeable future, a mediocre fb school without a real home.

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The most recent push for an arena and D-1 hockey was during UND's 2000 championship run. (coincidence? I think not). This is most likely what triggered the going D-1 across the board talk.

[SiouxMeNow]

The most recent push for an arena and D-1 hockey was during UND's 2000 championship run. (coincidence? I think not). This is most likely what triggered the going D-1 across the board talk.

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Yeah - I'm vague on when that vote took place. Thought it was about '96 or '97 but whatever. I do think you're right about the DI talk (yeah - they'll say they've been planning it for 20 years but the REAL PUSH came when they started seeing the writing on the wall) UND was overtaking their "prominence" with success and facilities. They HAD to do something - turned out DI hockey didn't fly in the "metro" so they cranked up the heat to do the College equivalent of Thelma and Louise....they drove over the all-sports DI (except football which is di-aa) CLIFF!!! Question is when will they hit bottom???