Big Ten Hockey 2016-2017

[JoeGopher]

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Illinois????

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/lo...head-ui-unveils-draft-campus-master-plan.html

This has been a rumor in various forms for quite a while. At one point, the Jimmie Johns guy was supposed to fund the program and that fell through, so I don't expect a little blurb about an arena on campus to mean they will start a hockey program. It'd be nice if they did, just to have an 8th team, but other than that...

 

[Timothy A]

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Things just got a little more interesting now with Mel on board. Will his success at Tech translate to UM?

 

[dxmnkd316]

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I'm guessing it does. He's a good coach. He rebuilt Tech to become a ranked team. Tech was awful for a long time.

 

[4four4]

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Things just got a little more interesting now with Mel on board. Will his success at Tech translate to UM?

Yep, because he is an Edina grad!

 

[Timothy A]

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Yep, because he is an Edina grad!

A few sharp players have come out of Edina, all the ones that went to UW anyway.

 

[Happy]

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A few sharp players have come out of Edina, all the ones that went to UW anyway.

I could see Madison being a Cake Eater town, the whole place is just a suburb.

 

[MadCityRich]

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I could see Madison being a Cake Eater town, the whole place is just a suburb.

That's awesome! It brought back a memory. My wife's family is from Eden Prairie; when I first met who is now my bro' in law, he called ME a Cake Eater!

 

[D2D]

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That's awesome! It brought back a memory. My wife's family is from Eden Prairie; when I first met who is now my bro' in law, he called ME a Cake Eater!

For those who haven't seen this, the (Edina) Cake Eater Anthem!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvU_Zhe8tpw

 

[Great Day for Hockey]

For those who haven't seen this, the (Edina) Cake Eater Anthem!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvU_Zhe8tpw

That's hilarious. Well done by whoever put that together. Thanks for posting the link.

 

[D2D]

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Wow, the B1G has 4 of the Top 8 teams ranked in this "Super Early Top 10 for 2017-18" poll.

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2017/04/27_CHNs-Super-Early-Top-10-For.php

 

[Timothy A]

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Wow, the B1G has 4 of the Top 8 teams ranked in this "Super Early Top 10 for 2017-18" poll.

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2017/04/27_CHNs-Super-Early-Top-10-For.php

Don't I know you from somewhere?

It's going to be a knockdown drag-out fight in the B7 next year, though I don't see UW at 7. I'm hoping they are sniffing around 10th, that would be a good thing, an improvement over last year and probably a seat at the dance.

 

[Slap Shot]

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For now the potential is there and the conference is on an upward arc. This is the potential I envisioned when it was formed because imho there was too much history for most of the programs to believe it would remain down for too long. With the exception of OSU (and the newly added PSU) all programs have titles and aside from MSU were more consistently good than not. PSU proving it's fully committed to hockey solidified the base and ND - while not a "powerhouse" - adds a pretty solid program to the mix.