Non-UND College Hockey 2026-27

[brianvf]

Also part of that CHN article was this:

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Meanwhile, U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) have agreed to a bipartisan bill that would set numerous new NCAA rules into law. The bill — called the Protect College Sports Act — has been negotiated over months. If it passes through both houses of Congress, it would give the NCAA a limited anti-trust exemption. 

Among its key components:

* Permits just one transfer before a player must sit a season, with certain exceptions
* Codifies the five-year eligibility
* Prohibits former pro athletes if they earned compensation beyond prize money
* Grants legal protection to the College Sports Commission — established as part of the House settlement — to enforce strict standards over NIL deals and revenue share caps (though conferences would have individual authority to set their own caps)
* Bans the "Power 4" from creating a "super league"
* Limits agent fees to 5 percent
* Permits pooling media rights
* Bars coaches from leaving their team before the season ends

The one transfer and the limit of pro athletes rules would both be welcome IMO.
That'd get rid of these ECHL pros that Powers loves to sign...get those guys out of college hockey.  
And also no more 2 or 3 school guys that just transfer to a new school after every season.
I would like to see both of those rules go into effect, if they can be enforced, of course.

[AlphaMikeFoxtrot]

Graduation rate will decline, hopefully they brought that up when selling the exemption and alternative since that's supposed to be the point of it all.

We will see fewer (if any) Cooper Simpsons staying loyal to their hometown through high school and more Cole Bumgarners going to juniors too early.

[siouxfaninseattle]

No pros -period.

One transfer -period.

Five years of eligibility -period.

No 3 on 3 OT -period.

No shootouts - period

And stay off my lawn!

[brianvf]

I don't care what Powers says, this is still stupid:

https://valleysunhockey.substack.com/p/inside-jack-obriens-unlikely-road

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“Be mad at the NCAA rules,” O’Brien said. “It’s just a bunch of noise. I’m not gonna be 28 — I can only be 25, turning 26, and my birthday’s in May so I wouldn’t even be playing.”

Unlike what many assumed, O’Brien won’t have four years of eligibility. The NCAA docked him two years for his time in the ECHL, leaving him with just two seasons in college hockey.

“That is the price he paid for playing two years in the ECHL,” Powers said. “I think the narrative is this is some sort of act of desperation for us to bring a player in and it’s anything but that. Jack O’Brien is a really good hockey player and a great human being that any program will be lucky to have.”

 

[cberkas]

17 minutes ago, brianvf said:

I don't care what Powers says, this is still stupid:

https://valleysunhockey.substack.com/p/inside-jack-obriens-unlikely-road

 

Everyone knows he has 2 years, but he is still considered a freshman by the school. Everyone is pissed because he obviously wasn't on a ATO for two years. If it's not desperation, why not get a player that is in juniors last year and not a guy in the pros? 

Arizona State loses any of those first 6 games, everyone will be laughing at Powers and the team he built since he's the only one doing the recruiting now. 

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“I thought I kind of got hosed,” O’Brien said. “They made that rule change right at the beginning of my first year pro and then I signed a pro contract. That must mean I can't go to college, right?”

Yep, you signed a contract which means you shouldn't be able to clear the NCAA Clearinghouse