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    Maturi hoped Penn State would join CCHA

    Penn State was the first domino to fall, starting the college hockey shakeup that will take place a year from now when it announced in fall of 2010 that it would be adding the sport to its varsity roll.

    On Tuesday, outgoing University of Minnesota athletic director Joel Maturi said he had hoped that Penn State would have joined the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, rather than have the Big Ten start a college hockey conference.

    "I'm disappointed (the WCHA) broke up," he said, speaking to members of the Minnesota Associated Press Sports Association during its annual meeting in Minneapolis. "I would have liked to see it stay. My initial hope was Penn State would go to the CCHA. ... I think things would have been fine."

    But with six teams carrying the sport, the Big Ten formed its hockey league, setting a course for 2013-14. That, of course, led to the creation of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, the demise of the CCHA and a leftover group of nine teams from the CCHA and the WCHA that will make up the latter.

    But during a discussion that often touched on Minnesota's own revenues and finances, Maturi said he is worried about what the coming shakeup will mean.

    "I am concerned about the future of what will now become the WCHA and therefore the future of hockey," he said. "We only have 60 members. It's not like we can afford to lose a lot of members."

    Maturi said Minnesota has vowed to continue to play all of it state rivals, including Minnesota State. That includes going on the road to Mankato, Bemidji, St. Cloud and Duluth from time to time. There will also be an annual "Beanpot"-type tournament at the Xcel Energy Center that will feature the Gophers and three of the other four Minnesota teams. The team out of the rotation would meet the Gophers twice that season, Maturi said.

    Maturi, 67, who has worked at other schools with Division I hockey, including Wisconsin, Miami and Denver, said he understood why WCHA representatives approved the so-called "Alaska Plan" that will pit Anchorage and Fairbanks against each other during the first round of the WCHA tournament. While he said he does not have intiment knowledge of the new WCHA's plans, he assumes that travel costs will be going up and revenues likely will be going down, which will be a challenge.

    "I think it's what the conference had to do," he said. "You've got to be realistic also."

    Maturi said the cost of having two teams flying to or from Alaska on five days notice is crippling.

    "That's going to be as expensive as every dollar they take in on their tournament," he said. "It's crazy. It's just the reality of it. So what they did to me made some sense from a fiscal responsibility standpoint."

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    Re: Maturi hoped Penn State would join CCHA

    Barry Alvarez doesn't care.
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    • #3
      Re: Maturi hoped Penn State would join CCHA

      It's not a lot of fun hoping for things that aren't ever going to happen.

      Then again, this is a guy whose job it is to convince the general public to take any sort of interest in the gopher football program. Maybe he's a sucker for a lost cause?
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        Originally posted by ExileOnDaytonStreet View Post
        It's not a lot of fun hoping for things that aren't ever going to happen.

        Then again, this is a guy whose job it is to convince the general public to take any sort of interest in the gopher football program. Maybe he's a sucker for a lost cause?
        He has some valid points IMO.

        And the Gophers have a football program? Who knew
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        • #5
          Re: Maturi hoped Penn State would join CCHA

          No doubt. There's a lot of uncertainty in the nWCHA that I'm uncomfortable with.

          Minny's doing the right thing for non-conference games though.
          If you want to be a BADGER, just come along with me

          BRING BACK PAT RICHTER!!!


          At his graduation ceremony from the U of Minnesota, my cousin got a keychain. When asked what UW gave her for graduation, my sister said, "A degree from a University that matters."

          Canned music is a pathetic waste of your time.

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          • #6
            Re: Maturi hoped Penn State would join CCHA

            Ok, Minnesota is officially off the hook. Now the rest of the country, not so much.
            Slap Shot - 444 might want to consider a restraining order.
            dggoddard - Minnesota is THE ELITE Program in all of college hockey.
            wasmania - you have to be the very best to get ice time with the great gophers!

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            • #7
              Re: Maturi hoped Penn State would join CCHA

              Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
              Barry Alvarez doesn't care.
              Barry cares deeply, and he wants this

              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FoxTrax

              added to every Big Ten game to help out all the new fans.
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              The reason for the talent in the west? Because MN didn't rely on Canada.

              Originally posted by MN Pond Hockey
              Menards could have sold a lot of rope

              this morning in Grand Forks if North Dakota had trees.

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              • #8
                Re: Maturi hoped Penn State would join CCHA

                Originally posted by ExileOnDaytonStreet View Post
                No doubt. There's a lot of uncertainty in the nWCHA that I'm uncomfortable with.

                Minny's doing the right thing for non-conference games though.
                now what will Wisconsin, Michigan, Michigan State do...
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                • #9
                  Re: Maturi hoped Penn State would join CCHA

                  Originally posted by Shirtless Guy View Post
                  now what will Wisconsin, Michigan, Michigan State do...
                  More than likely, UW will be facing old foes, but probably not at their rinks. Tim A posted what we have so far for upcoming non-conference games in the Wisconsin thread:

                  Originally posted by Timothy A View Post
                  Future n/c schedules:

                  2013/2014
                  Home: CC-2, Lake St-2, NM-2 Away: Miami-2, BU-1, BC-1
                  2014/2015
                  Home: BU-2, Tech-2, UND-2 Away: DU-1, CC-1
                  2015/2016
                  Home: DU-2 Away: UND-2, BU-1, BC-1
                  2016/2017
                  Home: BC-2, UND-2 Away: DU-1, CC-1
                  2017/2018
                  Away: UND-2
                  Keep in mind that we're likely to have over a dozen non-conference games once we go to the BTHC, so this is far from complete, but it does look like there is an effort to both maintain some old rivalries and to keep the likes of LSSU, NMU and Tech on the schedules.

                  Obviously, the only away dates you see there are with the likes of UND, DU, BU, BC, etc., so it will remain to be seen whether UW will be visiting any "lesser" away barns. I'm not holding my breath. UW does have a habit of not traveling away if it can be avoided.
                  If you want to be a BADGER, just come along with me

                  BRING BACK PAT RICHTER!!!


                  At his graduation ceremony from the U of Minnesota, my cousin got a keychain. When asked what UW gave her for graduation, my sister said, "A degree from a University that matters."

                  Canned music is a pathetic waste of your time.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Maturi hoped Penn State would join CCHA

                    NMU has a four year extension with UW.
                    2012-13: at NMU (Green Bay)
                    2013-14: at UW
                    2014-15: at NMU (Green Bay)
                    2015-16: at UW
                    2016-17: at NMU (Green Bay)


                    While it's not a home game in the true sense, I'll take it because NMU is hosting at the Resch Center, so after rental costs, NMU keeps the gate income.

                    And with that four year cycle, I could imagine that MTU could vice-versa that starting with 2013-14 if they wanted to.
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                    • #11
                      Re: Maturi hoped Penn State would join CCHA

                      Originally posted by aparch View Post
                      NMU has a four year extension with UW.
                      2012-13: at NMU (Green Bay)
                      2013-14: at UW
                      2014-15: at NMU (Green Bay)
                      2015-16: at UW
                      2016-17: at NMU (Green Bay)


                      While it's not a home game in the true sense, I'll take it because NMU is hosting at the Resch Center, so after rental costs, NMU keeps the gate income.

                      And with that four year cycle, I could imagine that MTU could vice-versa that starting with 2013-14 if they wanted to.
                      Absolutely a smart decision if UW wants to do it.
                      Slap Shot - 444 might want to consider a restraining order.
                      dggoddard - Minnesota is THE ELITE Program in all of college hockey.
                      wasmania - you have to be the very best to get ice time with the great gophers!

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                      • #12
                        Re: Maturi hoped Penn State would join CCHA

                        Originally posted by ExileOnDaytonStreet View Post
                        More than likely, UW will be facing old foes, but probably not at their rinks. Tim A posted what we have so far for upcoming non-conference games in the Wisconsin thread:

                        Keep in mind that we're likely to have over a dozen non-conference games once we go to the BTHC, so this is far from complete, but it does look like there is an effort to both maintain some old rivalries and to keep the likes of LSSU, NMU and Tech on the schedules.

                        Obviously, the only away dates you see there are with the likes of UND, DU, BU, BC, etc., so it will remain to be seen whether UW will be visiting any "lesser" away barns. I'm not holding my breath. UW does have a habit of not traveling away if it can be avoided.

                        You can sure see how much they hated the WCHA.
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                        The reason for the talent in the west? Because MN didn't rely on Canada.

                        Originally posted by MN Pond Hockey
                        Menards could have sold a lot of rope

                        this morning in Grand Forks if North Dakota had trees.

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                        • #13
                          Re: Maturi hoped Penn State would join CCHA

                          Originally posted by Shirtless Guy View Post
                          now what will Wisconsin, Michigan, Michigan State do...
                          ...and most importantly OSU and PSU.
                          Slap Shot - 444 might want to consider a restraining order.
                          dggoddard - Minnesota is THE ELITE Program in all of college hockey.
                          wasmania - you have to be the very best to get ice time with the great gophers!

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                          • #14
                            Re: Maturi hoped Penn State would join CCHA

                            One thing you can say about Maturi is that hockey was high on his list. Whatever you say about Alverez...you don't get that feeling from him.
                            Go Gophers!

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                              Re: Maturi hoped Penn State would join CCHA

                              Oh, it was high on one of Barry's lists.

                              Then again, if Barry was in charge of the entire sport, I think we'd see some differences - move the net up onto a ten-foot-tall pole, get rid of the goalie, take away all that silly padding and protective gear, exchange the ice for a wood floor and drop the skates, make the little weird round thing into a proper-sized ball...
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