It's not even the off season and yet it's time to let the speculation begin. The article has a fair amount of baseless enthusiasm about several possibilities. I've pulled out what I felt were a few more interesting quotes.
http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/296003651.html
"At least three Big Ten schools are considering, quietly in most cases, adding hockey, and the conference has had talks with Arizona State about a hockey-only alliance."
“What has been most exciting is, since the Arizona State announcement, the number of people that have contacted us … about what needs to be done to have [hockey] happen at ‘our school,’ ” said Mike Snee, executive director of College Hockey Inc., a company funded by USA Hockey and a grant from the NHL with a mission to promote the sport. “There is enough percolating out there to keep us motivated and believing that we can make this contagious if it isn’t already.”
"A source told the Star Tribune multiple Big Ten schools are quietly exploring adding the sport."
“I think being in a conference with like institutions is important,” Heppel said. “[Arizona State] is going to have to think about that from an institutional and sport perspective. The Big Ten and Pac-12 have a historic relationship."
"Battista would not comment on talks he has had, honoring the discretion of such a process, but he did say at least four schools are very close to making a decision on whether to add the sport."
http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/296003651.html
"At least three Big Ten schools are considering, quietly in most cases, adding hockey, and the conference has had talks with Arizona State about a hockey-only alliance."
“What has been most exciting is, since the Arizona State announcement, the number of people that have contacted us … about what needs to be done to have [hockey] happen at ‘our school,’ ” said Mike Snee, executive director of College Hockey Inc., a company funded by USA Hockey and a grant from the NHL with a mission to promote the sport. “There is enough percolating out there to keep us motivated and believing that we can make this contagious if it isn’t already.”
"A source told the Star Tribune multiple Big Ten schools are quietly exploring adding the sport."
“I think being in a conference with like institutions is important,” Heppel said. “[Arizona State] is going to have to think about that from an institutional and sport perspective. The Big Ten and Pac-12 have a historic relationship."
"Battista would not comment on talks he has had, honoring the discretion of such a process, but he did say at least four schools are very close to making a decision on whether to add the sport."
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