Re: The Beginning of new hockey leagues
Your Gwozdecky quote left out the important part, here it is;
So apparently George is tired of losing to bottom tier teams in the WCHA when they don't bring their 'A' game. The formation of the NCHC is a return to the days of tremdously strong programs and programs that struggle to be able to win.
The big difference I see between when UM, MSU, ND and MTU went to the CCHA and this NCHC, is that they weren't leaving for like minded schools or because they thought it was a better conference. But rather it made sense geographically. Same could be said of when Hockey East was formed. They were already split east and west, and Ivy. Even today the B1G schools left because the conference made them. And that was because of the B1G network/money!! I don't see any money coming from the NCHC. College hockey will work on the B1G network because it's veiwing area overlaps the college hockey map. Versus is a national cable network. People down south and out west are not going to watch college hockey.
Originally posted by The Sicatoka
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In those days, you had your tremendously strong programs, Denver being one of them. Back in those days, there were certain programs that struggled to be able to win, and if you didn’t bring your ‘A’ game on a specific night, if you were one of the top teams in the league, you still had a pretty good chance to win. Not so much anymore.
The big difference I see between when UM, MSU, ND and MTU went to the CCHA and this NCHC, is that they weren't leaving for like minded schools or because they thought it was a better conference. But rather it made sense geographically. Same could be said of when Hockey East was formed. They were already split east and west, and Ivy. Even today the B1G schools left because the conference made them. And that was because of the B1G network/money!! I don't see any money coming from the NCHC. College hockey will work on the B1G network because it's veiwing area overlaps the college hockey map. Versus is a national cable network. People down south and out west are not going to watch college hockey.
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