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Lakes, you should spearhead the promotion of varsity hockey at NDSU. UND will need a new conference rival now that The U exists on a higher plane than the rest of the WCHA.

Some interesting thoughts from CHN: http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/03/22_commentary_into_the_unknown.php

Hey, not a problem, Boiler. Sad to hear Purdue is far from hockey. If there is going to be a BTHC, I am very strongly against associate members for hockey only. On the surface, yeah, 6 seems small, but I actually like small number of teams because of the non-conf opportunities it provides...

Skunk fans not nearly as upset as we are. Likely because we are their only rivals (UND does not count, they are pricks and goons to every team). Also the promise of a conference tourney in Chicago, or anywhere other than the X...

But even that is very hit-or-miss. The NHL is bleeding money in Phoenix, Nashville, Miami, Atlanta... Everybody knows that teams in smaller markets in Canada would do much better. I would rather have the NHL sacrifice broader American acceptance in favor of stable teams in solid markets. Now...

I agree with you about UND, except that i think this whole BTHC thing might be the tipping point for many of the UND alumni to actually switch their position and abandon their "save the Sioux" ambitions. This might help it end sooner and smoother for a lot of their fans. Ideally, the BTN adds...

I hope you're right, rural. Haha, but for now, I'm pretty sad. Initial concerns: Who will we go out of our way to keep rivalries with? (hopefully UND, UMD, SCSU) Will there be less Gopher hockey on TV? (better not be, or I will freak) Will this mean better recruits who might have been...

+1 (although I don't think we're headed quite as far as Michigan Tech)

Beat me to it, rural. Great minds think alike. :)

Ugliest, most embarrassing, most frustrating series ever... or at least that I can remember. Hats off to Alaska Anchorage; they deserved to win. We thoroughly deserved to lose. Does Lucia deserve to be fired....? I'll let you know when my anger subsides. The knee-jerk, Minnesota fan in me...

Yup, that is essentially what the dilemma boils down to. The money, at least initially, speaks strongly for the ADs of those schools to embrace the B10HC. Unfortunately, that leaves it up to those who oppose the B10HC to prove that what they think is best for college hockey is also best for...

I agree with this. Having grown up in Illinois, I can vouch for the fact that less than 1% of that population even knows that college hockey exists and that people actually watch it. Adding a BigTen conference won't solve that, but adding a UofI or Northwestern team would help, if only a...

I think this is right, but only if we are talking about D1 hockey legitimately being at a point where it can begin vying for national media competition with D1 hoops. The truth is that college hockey is not even close to that big yet. Big conferences, big schools, and big markets all have...

Some good points in there. In the end, you are probably right: money will most likely win out. I just don't want it to. Oh well. Speaking of the pac12 area, which schools have serious interest in D1 hockey? This is just me, but wouldn't a pacific-area conference do well to start off with...

I don't think we are trying to remain in a bunker. I think that most of college hockey fans would love for different schools around the country to add D1 hockey. What they don't want ripped away are the fierce traditional rivalries. Even fans of the big schools don't want the viability of the...

I won't go so far to disagree with this as others have. Rural is right in that, if college hockey is on the BigTen network more often, people in illinois, most of indiana, and a lot of iowa and nebraska will actually see college hockey, and how fun it is to care and watch. A wider television...

Our first round opponent: Alaska-Anchorage. Very capable team... split with them 5-1, 0-1 in January at Mariucci. Although, we have had a nagging habit of playing down to our "lower" opponents' level, I look for the Gophers to come out, guns blazing. Grateful we didn't draw St. Cloud as a...

Ever since the news that Penn State will be adding varsity hockey in the next few years, I have been quite mixed about how I feel about all the Big Ten Hockey Conference rumors. While, I think it's great for Penn State, and college hockey in general, that Penn State will be playing D1 hockey, I...

Great pics! Thanks for sharing!

Excellent game. The team isn't half bad with a chip on its shoulder. Taking another point or two from sue in grand forks would be huge for the rest of the season.