Binghamton University announcement

[moose97]

They will need to take care of themselves and why not band together and ride out the storm until the landscape changes again.

Again, sounds great in theory. Go listen to the CHN podcast with Eric Largent. They were all set to do what you suggest, then ... didn't. They didn't abandon all that work on a whim.

https://spotify.link/rhpRKleeYyb

[nodak651]

How long will Sacred Heart and RIT stick around in Atlantic hockey, now that RIT can offer schollarships and Sacred Heart has their new arena? If Utica and Binghampton are going to invest in hockey, while both already have good arenas, can anyone else see them starting a new league at some point with the likes of Miami and potentially a few others in Atlantic Hockey that may be interested in playing at a higher level, such as maybe Army and Navy?

I think that there will be a lot of movement once the moratorium ends, and Stonehill/LIU could find spots in Atlantic Hockey if the above happens. Could also explain why we haven't yet seen an informal conference start yet with the independent schools.

[nodak651]

But they don't have the money!!!

Unsubstantiated claim!!!

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

I haven’t seen anyone say that they would play in the Memorial Arena, where the AHL teams played in town, but… where else would they play?

If there are huge sums of cash for a new rink, you’d think that would’ve been part of the announcement of a plan to make an announcement.

[Wicked Slappaahs]

I haven’t seen anyone say that they would play in the Memorial Arena, where the AHL teams played in town, but… where else would they play?

If there are huge sums of cash for a new rink, you’d think that would’ve been part of the announcement of a plan to make an announcement.

Last fall they opened a world class baseball facility-- thanks to a $60 mil anonymous donation. It wouldn't shock me in the least if they were getting their ducks in a row to build a rink.
But with a 7,500 seater downtown there is absolutely no urgency to rush into it. They have time to get the program rolled out while planning a rink -- if that's what they intend to do.

[iowabasedtraveler]

I heard at the Lake Placid ECAC tournament that the FPHL Binghamton Black Bears will be out and the NCAA Binghamton Bearcats will be in at the Visions (Federal Credit Union) Veterans Memorial Arena in downtown Binghamton starting 2024-25.

[Russell Jaslow]

If true, Binghamton and Utica would be a good fit for the ECAC, without disrupting the travel partners. RPI-Union, Harvard-Dartmouth, Yale-Brown, Q-Princeton, SLU-Clarkson, Cornell-Colgate, Bingo-Utica. Maybe. Or split off into an ECACNY and an ECACNE (including Cornell in NE because of the Ivies).

1) If the ECAC is going to split at all, it will be the Ivies who completely break away and form their own AQ conference. They are not going to bother with a two-division ECAC and dilute their AQ chances.

2) How do the academics of Binghamton (I know they are hard to get into) and Utica compared to the rest of the ECAC? That makes a difference to the ECAC members. They rejected Niagara when they applied because they were not up to the other ECAC member institutions academic standards.

[Russell Jaslow]

How long will Sacred Heart and RIT stick around in Atlantic hockey, now that RIT can offer schollarships and Sacred Heart has their new arena? If Utica and Binghampton are going to invest in hockey, while both already have good arenas, can anyone else see them starting a new league at some point with the likes of Miami and potentially a few others in Atlantic Hockey that may be interested in playing at a higher level, such as maybe Army and Navy?

I think that there will be a lot of movement once the moratorium ends, and Stonehill/LIU could find spots in Atlantic Hockey if the above happens. Could also explain why we haven't yet seen an informal conference start yet with the independent schools.

Army and Air Force will absolutely not split up. In fact, if Navy ever creates a varsity program, they have said all three must be in the same conference.

I'm sure RIT would love to get into the ECAC, but as of now, I don't see the ECAC expanding. Only replacing. And who in the ECAC is leaving and to where (assuming the Ivies never go their own way)?

[Russell Jaslow]

Good to see a second SUNY school make the jump to Division I ice hockey ;-)

It took me awhile to get the joke, which I should have gotten right away, considering my brother-in-law's wife went to the SUNY portion of Cornell.

[ScoobyFanClub]

I haven’t seen anyone say that they would play in the Memorial Arena, where the AHL teams played in town, but… where else would they play?

If there are huge sums of cash for a new rink, you’d think that would’ve been part of the announcement of a plan to make an announcement.

Their AD is talking about playing in Elmira or Cortland if they have to -- which ... gulp

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/ne...ing-In-on-.php

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

Their AD is talking about playing in Elmira or Cortland if they have to -- which ... gulp

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/ne...ing-In-on-.php

That’s… interesting.

But also, I guess, a contingency plan. You have to figure that plan a is figuring out a share with the arena downtown.

[Russell Jaslow]

Their AD is talking about playing in Elmira or Cortland if they have to -- which ... gulp

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/ne...ing-In-on-.php

Canisius played in Buffalo State's rink for a while. But at least that was in the same city. Putting a D1 team at least 45 minutes away ... yeah, I don't think that's going to work.

[nodak651]

Army and Air Force will absolutely not split up. In fact, if Navy ever creates a varsity program, they have said all three must be in the same conference.

I'm sure RIT would love to get into the ECAC, but as of now, I don't see the ECAC expanding. Only replacing. And who in the ECAC is leaving and to where (assuming the Ivies never go their own way)?

Sorry I meant Air Force instead of Navy. :/ Brain fart.

[Split-N]

Scuttlebut about Navy to D1 has been floating for years but that ship never sails. Navy already has a successful ACHA D1 club team and a venue that can easily be brought up to D1 standards. No clue what's holding Navy back, but it must be something other than money.

[DavidNardolillo]

Scuttlebut about Navy to D1 has been floating for years but that ship never sails.

I see what you did there!