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    LeMoyne has been announced as the newest member of the D-I Northeast Conference. In the accompanying article, the AD suggests that hockey may be on the horizon:

    https://www.syracuse.com/sports/2023...takeaways.html

  • #2
    That article makes it look more likely than CHN’s Mike McMahon was thinking in his newsletter
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    • #3
      If we were to make an "Adding Hockey Defcon Scale" it would probably be:

      1. Non-athletic department/president's office declaration of interest (UNLV club team says they want to move up, UCLA student paper says they should add hockey)
      2. Athletic department/president's office declaration of interest (LeMoyne AD says they have interest, High Point's president's office releases sketches of arena)
      3. Commissioning studies (Tennessee State partners with College Hockey Inc.)
      4. Starts talking to money people/partnering with developers (Illinois includes hockey in its redevelopment of downtown)
      5. Actually raises the money, hires staff and starts a team

      Obviously, we've seen this fail all the way to Defcon 4, but 2 is a step!

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      • #4
        Wouldn't be a hoot and a half if the Le Moyne Dolphins had a D1 Men's team before Syracuse?
        It would be the 4th Jesuit university to field a team (Boston College, Holy Cross, and Canisius).

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        • #5
          Originally posted by fr. joe View Post
          Wouldn't be a hoot and a half if the Le Moyne Dolphins had a D1 Men's team before Syracuse?
          It would be the 4th Jesuit university to field a team (Boston College, Holy Cross, and Canisius).
          It would be even better with them going from not on the radar to having a team before Illinois.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by AMC View Post
            If we were to make an "Adding Hockey Defcon Scale" it would probably be:

            1. Non-athletic department/president's office declaration of interest (UNLV club team says they want to move up, UCLA student paper says they should add hockey)
            2. Athletic department/president's office declaration of interest (LeMoyne AD says they have interest, High Point's president's office releases sketches of arena)
            3. Commissioning studies (Tennessee State partners with College Hockey Inc.)
            4. Starts talking to money people/partnering with developers (Illinois includes hockey in its redevelopment of downtown)
            5. Actually raises the money, hires staff and starts a team

            Obviously, we've seen this fail all the way to Defcon 4, but 2 is a step!
            Good list but you've got the DEFCON scale upside-down. DEFCON 5 is actually the lowest state of readiness.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by fr. joe View Post
              Wouldn't be a hoot and a half if the Le Moyne Dolphins had a D1 Men's team before Syracuse?
              It would be the 4th Jesuit university to field a team (Boston College, Holy Cross, and Canisius).
              Le Moyne would be an intriguing potential travel partner with Utica.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by DavidNardolillo View Post

                Le Moyne would be an intriguing potential travel partner with Utica.
                So Le Moyne and Utica would be joining ECAC in your scenario?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Snively65 View Post

                  So Le Moyne and Utica would be joining ECAC in your scenario?
                  Don't sleep on Binghamton. Their intention is to add D1 men's squad within two years as part of their major athletics upgrades... There are three ice sheets within a 10 min drive of campus -- including the downtown rink where they'd likely play home games.
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Wicked Slappaahs View Post

                    Don't sleep on Binghamton. Their intention is to add D1 men's squad within two years as part of their major athletics upgrades... There are three ice sheets within a 10 min drive of campus -- including the downtown rink where they'd likely play home games.
                    Unless the Ivies decide to go their own way there won't be a new travel pairing joining the ECAC. The other possibility would be for one to join if HE and QU match up, but all I've heard from the QU world is that they are quite happy in the ECAC and to have a Whitney Ave rivalry with Yale.

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                    • #11
                      I was just trying to be provocative with DN’s travel partner suggestion, as the AHA does not have travel partners. With all these new teams looking for a conference, probably makes sense to consider splitting up the AHA.
                      Last edited by Snively65; 05-23-2023, 12:31 PM.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by rpi82 View Post

                        Unless the Ivies decide to go their own way there won't be a new travel pairing joining the ECAC. The other possibility would be for one to join if HE and QU match up, but all I've heard from the QU world is that they are quite happy in the ECAC and to have a Whitney Ave rivalry with Yale.
                        From time to time it is speculated the Ivies would like to go on their own (their own conference gets an auto bid, branding, consistent with most other Ivy D-1 teams being in all-Ivy conferences). This might be the time for the ECAC 'core' to keep Le Moyne, and Utica... and RIT, Canisius, AIC, and Holy Cross on speed dial.

                        Hey, just sayin.'

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                        • #13
                          It’s speculated by random people on the internet.

                          Not necessarily by anyone involved in the ECAC.

                          Every time you see an ECAC coach, admin, commish, etc. on the USCHO, CHN, or any other college hockey podcast, they are always saying how satisfied they are with the status quo. In fact, even when it comes to membership, the ECAC is the most status quo league in college hockey. They added Union when they came on board and took in Quinnipiac when Vermont went to HE. And that’s the only changes they’ve made since the birth of HE. They’ve even been the last holdouts in shootouts and the like. They don’t change easily.

                          Thats not saying that they never would (especially if Penn came back and/or Columbia apparated from nothingness), but the Ivies have had the ability to split off if they so chose for A LONG TIME at this point and haven’t.
                          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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                          • #14
                            Wouldn't surprise me with lacrosse going to D1 for the Dolphins. Am surprised Syracuse doesn't but Canisius has a D1 program.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by ExileOnDaytonStreet View Post
                              It’s speculated by random people on the internet.

                              Not necessarily by anyone involved in the ECAC.

                              Every time you see an ECAC coach, admin, commish, etc. on the USCHO, CHN, or any other college hockey podcast, they are always saying how satisfied they are with the status quo. In fact, even when it comes to membership, the ECAC is the most status quo league in college hockey. They added Union when they came on board and took in Quinnipiac when Vermont went to HE. And that’s the only changes they’ve made since the birth of HE. They’ve even been the last holdouts in shootouts and the like. They don’t change easily.

                              Thats not saying that they never would (especially if Penn came back and/or Columbia apparated from nothingness), but the Ivies have had the ability to split off if they so chose for A LONG TIME at this point and haven’t.
                              Why should the ECAC change? Whatever they have/are doing is working.

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