Could you have a Division II hockey program at a NCAA Division I school?
Yes. Multiple D-II schools are playing in the D-I hockey league right now.
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Lindenwood was one of the schools that the CHA was courting as a new member a few years back (right around the time the NCAAs were in St. Louis). At that time, the NCAA kind of put the kabosh on an NAIA school playing NCAA hockey. So that fell through as did the courting of Kennesaw State outside of Atlanta (due to money).
Millsy
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That's what I get for trying to decipher a meaningless post at 2AM after only 3 hours of sleep.
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National Champions: 1954, 1985, 201x
Houston Field House, Cheel Arena, Agganis Arena, Magness Arena, Ritter Arena, Messa Rink, Matthews Arena, Von Braun Center, Lynah Rink, Starr Rink, Appleton Arena, Dwyer Arena, Buffalo State Ice Arena, Kelley Rink (also Verizon Center (DC), HerbBrooksArena, Fenway Park (Frozen Fenway I), Times Union Center, DCU Center, Blue Cross Arena)
Maybe it is because I am a big-school product,or the fact that I live in a big city...either way I think college hockey's future growth is dependent on bringing in a couple schools with name recognition.
Illinois and Penn State are the first two names that come to mind. Out east Syracuse and Navy are the first names that pop into my head. as much as I respect what some of the small programs have accomplished, it just doesn't seem that they have the ability to help generate interest in a niche sport at the same rate as the larger schools are capable of doing. I'm not taking a shot at the smaller D1 programs already out there, but potential new ones.
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