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Recent content by elbojpb

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    Future D3 (and D2) hockey programs

    Statewide SUNY enrollment peaked in 2010 at 471k. By 2021 it had dropped ~21% to 370k, and I can't imagine that it's above 300k today (excluding the newly minted adult learner free tuition program). Eventually NYS will have to do something especially as the demographic "cliff" pares another 15%...
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    Elmira College

    Wells, Cazenovia, St Rose and EBI all closed w/i the past few years, and I believe Elmira was one of the transfer options that would accept all of the defunct schools credits.
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    NESCAC 2025-2026: Don't Call it a Comeback

    If Hamilton were not already a force with which to be reckoned, it's now spending just shy of an additional $2M to further improve the facilities. From the article: "Hamilton's funds were provided by supporters, including alumni, parents, friends, and foundations" Success breeds success, and...
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    Rochester Institute of Technology 2026-27

    Where are the UMASS games being played? USCHO has them at RIT, school sites have them at UMASS.
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    2026-2027 Schedules

    Elmira
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    St. Lawrence U.

    Serious question, but is your pessimism purely an emotional response, or do you ardently believe that SLU is ill-prepared to continue to compete at the D1 level?
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    Utica University 2024-25 - Retooled and Reloaded

    Don't a certain number of credit hours have to be earned in order to qualify for a degree? Last time I checked (decades ago) it was at least 60!?
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    UNH Hockey Off Season Thread 2026

    I drove down from NY's So Tier to see PSU play Clarkson early last season simply to get a look at this "generational talent" but then again, I drove to the Meadowlands once to see Pele and Beckenbauer play for the Cosmos. I sincerely doubt that PSU made the $700k back in ticket sales alone, but...
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    D3 schools CHL rule change

    I can find only 1 USHL player headed to D3 this upcoming season, but if you are indeed correct, that's a seismic shift in status quo, and I fear the survival of some of the lower tier jr leagues.
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    D3 schools CHL rule change

    There have been a flurry of late D3 NAHL commits likely caused by the glut of CHL kids taking D1 spots historically garnered by the NAHL. From the NAHL commits database, these are the likely "winners" of the late signing sweepstakes, and if my theory is correct, we may see a change at or near...
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    Who's next for a move up to D1?

    I've followed college hockey for 55 years, and have never witnessed an environment such as this ("House", NIL, CHL). Without a substantial fiscal foundation, the near-term success prospects for any new program, and even many existing programs, will be more than daunting. The results of the...
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    D3 schools CHL rule change

    Of the 109 College Commits drafted this week, this is the breakdown by Conference I hate to be the harbinger of bad news ... but (IMO) this does bode well -at all- for D1 hockey. The "House" Settlement, NIL and the CHL decision are quickly rendering half of the D1 leagues irrelevant in the...
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    NCAA proposing age based eligibility limits

    The release mentions only D1. Any idea if this rule is a given for D3? or does D3 have to adopt a similar measure?
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    Michigan Hockey...

    From the PSU website ...
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    D3 schools CHL rule change

    Now that the D1 dust is settling, and the influx of 500+ CHL commits to D1 over these two seasons, NZ reports 12 NAHL commits to D3 schools in just the past week (none to either Hamilton or Hobart). The quality of (at least the top tier) D3 should improve markedly over the next few seasons.
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