Michigan Getting a Women's Team?

[Lindsay]

Women's month weekly: The time for Division I women's hockey is now

There were 16 minutes left on the clock. After a game-tying goal at the end of the third period, the United States women’s hockey team forced overtime against Canada in the Olympic gold medal game. A stretch pass traveled the length of the ice before landing on the tape of defenseman Megan...

www.michigandaily.com

Nothing too new here but pretty strong call out of Michigan for not having a team.

 

[Arreis]

Women's month weekly: The time for Division I women's hockey is now

There were 16 minutes left on the clock. After a game-tying goal at the end of the third period, the United States women’s hockey team forced overtime against Canada in the Olympic gold medal game. A stretch pass traveled the length of the ice before landing on the tape of defenseman Megan...

www.michigandaily.com

Nothing too new here but pretty strong call out of Michigan for not having a team.

One statement in the article gives you hope.

“I’m tired of watching Ohio State win,” Ilitch said.

But then later it states they have been exploring this since 1998. That unfortunately makes it feel like all they will do is find excuses not to add a women's team.

 

[Hockeybuckeye]

But then later it states they have been exploring this since 1998. That unfortunately makes it feel like all they will do is find excuses not to add a women's team.

The main difference is the exploring of it has just been discussions here and there, now the Regents have funded and completed the feasibility study of it giving them two options. Expand Yost into the parking lot on the south end to accommodate locker, equipment and office space or build an entirely new arena with the idea of housing both the men & women's teams but the idea they would need to or should move the men out of Yost is absurd. They just don't want the cost of operating two separate facilities.

 

[Arreis]

The main difference is the exploring of it has just been discussions here and there, now the Regents have funded and completed the feasibility study of it giving them two options. Expand Yost into the parking lot on the south end to accommodate locker, equipment and office space or build an entirely new arena with the idea of housing both the men & women's teams but the idea they would need to or should move the men out of Yost is absurd. They just don't want the cost of operating two separate facilities.

Still feels like Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown.

 

[Lindsay]

Yes it’s another version of “OSU is building a women’s rink”

The addition of Red Berensen is interesting. He was a villain in the narrative for years whether or not that was factual. I wonder what influence or level of interest he has.

Kind of feels like if Ilitch wants it, her family will need to fund it.

 

[Arreis]

Also, how is the NCAA advancing women's hockey by having OSU host regional playoffs in a rink that has 600 seats?

 

[BuckyB]

OSU should be prohibited from hosting ANY NCAA post season games in that dump of a rink.
It’s just flat out embarrassing and not a level playing field for the poor teams that draw that regional.
Michigan will never expand Yost to the south and eliminate parking for the precious football building… NEVER.
The answer is to build a new facility to host the Men and new Women’s hockey teams and the perfect scenario is to acquire the property at the now closed Concordia College on the North Side of campus.

 

[Lindsay]

OSU should be prohibited from hosting ANY NCAA post season games in that dump of a rink.
It’s just flat out embarrassing and not a level playing field for the poor teams that draw that regional.

Agreed. No excuses.

 

[Hockeybuckeye]

OSU should be prohibited from hosting ANY NCAA post season games in that dump of a rink.
It’s just flat out embarrassing and not a level playing field for the poor teams that draw that regional.
Michigan will never expand Yost to the south and eliminate parking for the precious football building… NEVER.
The answer is to build a new facility to host the Men and new Women’s hockey teams and the perfect scenario is to acquire the property at the now closed Concordia College on the North Side of campus.

If you don't like it then stay out of it If you want to discuss the arena situation then fine, if you choose to post like a troll then go pound sand!

 

[Lindsay]

If you don't like it then stay out of it If you want to discuss the arena situation then fine, if you choose to post like a troll then go pound sand!

As someone who lives in Ohio and is raising a girl hockey player and a son who plays sports and has every privilege afforded to him I will say it again. The rink is a disgrace. Acceptable short term solution 30 years ago. Disgraceful today. Hope the new prez goes DEI and fixes it.

 

[Arreis]

As someone who lives in Ohio and is raising a girl hockey player and a son who plays sports and has every privilege afforded to him I will say it again. The rink is a disgrace. Acceptable short term solution 30 years ago. Disgraceful today. Hope the new prez goes DEI and fixes it.

Do you know what the female youth hockey levels are in Columbus? Part of me wonders if there actually isn't that much interest in the OSU women's team outside of a hard core 650. I remember that the attendance was not good when they hosted the Ice-Breaker at the Value Center. One would have thought they would be hosting the regional there as well and not the campus rink. The team has accomplished so much but in the football crazy environment it feels like it may be a lost dream that they get an improvement to stage their talents.

 

[Lindsay]

Do you know what the female youth hockey levels are in Columbus? Part of me wonders if there actually isn't that much interest in the OSU women's team outside of a hard core 650. I remember that the attendance was not good when they hosted the Ice-Breaker at the Value Center. One would have thought they would be hosting the regional there as well and not the campus rink. The team has accomplished so much but in the football crazy environment it feels like it may be a lost dream that they get an improvement to stage their talents.

Girls hockey scene is growing. Columbus is Adding a new team almost every year as the girls grow up. They just added another girls 16u team. Don’t know the numbers off hand but it’s been reported in the last year in nhl.com articles.

Cleveland market added a girls developmental team, 4 part time girls teams (supplemental to co Ed) and a new full time girls 14 u team, plus brought back their 16u team in the last 5 years. That is in addition to the previously existing 4 girls teams. Still growing and 2 Olympians are leading the latest evolution of elite girls hockey here, the Cleveland Flames.

I think a rink like Penn state Would make sense at OSU. Put men and women in there, if you can’t give a proper women’s only rink. I acknowledge they won’t fill a 4k rink or anything. More than being a football town, people’s schedules are packed.

Nationwide is used by boys hockey this weekend, Value center (schottenstein) is used for boys and girls wrestling. I don’t think they even carve out the parking lot for women’s hockey fans specifically on this busy weekend they have to compete with other events. Whole thing is just dumb.

 

[Lindsay]

Columbus will have days in there local rinks where it’s girls hockey all day long, and the community is also in the works of building a new rink for one of the AAA programs. So others may know more than me but it’s growing to say the Least

 

[robertearle]

If you don't like it then stay out of it If you want to discuss the arena situation then fine, if you choose to post like a troll then go pound sand!

Honest question, because I don't remember the answer, and it came up talking to people between periods at the UW game today.

If you look online, it will say the capacity is 1200 or some such, but "in reality" it's only 650. I knew the "650" part, and said that to people, but I couldn't explain the discrepancy when they asked.

 

[Arreis]

Honest question, because I don't remember the answer, and it came up talking to people between periods at the UW game today.

If you look online, it will say the capacity is 1200 or some such, but "in reality" it's only 650. I knew the "650" part, and said that to people, but I couldn't explain the discrepancy when they asked.

I believe it was originally 1200 but became 650 after renovations. Could be wrong but remember hearing that somewhere.

 

[BuckyB]

If you don't like it then stay out of it If you want to discuss the arena situation then fine, if you choose to post like a troll then go pound sand!

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