It might have been that Tech was on break that week perhaps.
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CCHA and WCHA should combine when BIg Ten forms???
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Re: CCHA and WCHA should combine when BIg Ten forms???
Perhaps Monster, but it was the end of the regular season then playoffs. After winter carnival so i don't know what break it would have been. I could be wrong though and just making stuff up like rinkpig.
Perhaps Monster, but it was the end of the regular season then playoffs. After winter carnival so i don't know what break it would have been. I could be wrong though and just making stuff up like rinkpig.
bronconick
Yep, still here
Re: CCHA and WCHA should combine when BIg Ten forms???
Spring Break at Western was usually around end of the regular season. Dunno if Tech's school schedule was set up the same way.
Spring Break at Western was usually around end of the regular season. Dunno if Tech's school schedule was set up the same way.
Handyman
Hug someone you care about...
Re: CCHA and WCHA should combine when BIg Ten forms???
I think yooper has to be drunk when he writes in here...I mean his idea is bad enough but his belief that the the WCHA will take Notre Dame and Miami (bringing about the same scheduling issues they have now not to mention the travel issues) or that either school will want to join a different league that will require them to fly everywhere is just ridiculous.
The CCHA will be fine, in fact the yooper hockey he loves so much will probably be better off in the long run...of course he wont see it running around trying to avoid the falling sky
I think yooper has to be drunk when he writes in here...I mean his idea is bad enough but his belief that the the WCHA will take Notre Dame and Miami (bringing about the same scheduling issues they have now not to mention the travel issues) or that either school will want to join a different league that will require them to fly everywhere is just ridiculous.
The CCHA will be fine, in fact the yooper hockey he loves so much will probably be better off in the long run...of course he wont see it running around trying to avoid the falling sky
I think yooper has to be drunk when he writes in here...
You're assuming there's ever a time when there is blood in a Yoopers alcohol stream?
Re: CCHA and WCHA should combine when BIg Ten forms???
What if the CCHA and WCHA mixed into two new conferences with interlocking schedule. For example,
Minnimich Conference
West Division
UMD
St Cloud St.
UM-Mankato
Bemidji State
East Division
Michigan Tech
Northern Michigan
Lake Superior State
Ferris State
Western Hockey Association
West Division
North Dakota
UNO
Colorado College
Denver
East Division
Notre Dame
Miami
Western Michigan
Bowling Green
Every school would play a home/home series with the schools in their Division for a total of 12 games. Each school would play one two game series against the other four schools in their conference for a total of 8 games. This would equal 20 conference games of the same amount as the Big 10 proposal. Each school would play one two game series against the schools in the other conferences within the corresponding division, East plays East and West plays West (8 games). There would then be room for each school to schedule 6 OOC games as they see fit.
Thus every CCHA and WCHA school would continue to play each other every year. It would also create a conference that is comparable in strength if not stronger than the Big 10 (7 of the 8 teams in Western Hockey made the NCAA this year). It would keep the MAC schools together. It would contain travel cost for the smaller schools by keeping most games within the bus ride limits. One of the biggest disadvantages would be I have no idea how to incorporate the two Alaskan schools into setup.
Example schedule for St Cloud State
Home/Home with UMD (4 games)
Home/Home with UM-Mankato (4 games)
Home/Home with Bemidji State (4 games)
Home with Ferris State (2 games)
Home with Michigan Tech (2 games)
At Northern Michigan (2 games)
At Lake Superior (2 games)
Home Denver (2 games)
Home North Dakota (2 games)
At UNO (2 games)
At Colorado (2 games)
6 other OOC games
For North Dakota:
Home/Home Denver (4 games)
Home/Home Colorado (4 games)
Home/Home UNO (4 games)
Home Notre Dame (2 games)
Home Western Michigan (2 games)
At Miami (2 games)
At Bowling Green (2 games)
Home UMD (2 games)
Home Bemidji State (2 games)
At St Cloud State (2 games)
At UM-Mankato (2 games)
6 OCC games
Now we have room if we need to schedule Big 10 schools but quite frankly our schedule is getting pretty full. We have maintained all traditional rivalaries but also created several new ones. Lastly, if the Big 10 can't even look out for its own (Flagship schools just dropping their brethren schools in state) it isn't our responsibility to look out for the Alaskan schools.
What if the CCHA and WCHA mixed into two new conferences with interlocking schedule. For example,
Minnimich Conference
West Division
UMD
St Cloud St.
UM-Mankato
Bemidji State
East Division
Michigan Tech
Northern Michigan
Lake Superior State
Ferris State
Western Hockey Association
West Division
North Dakota
UNO
Colorado College
Denver
East Division
Notre Dame
Miami
Western Michigan
Bowling Green
Every school would play a home/home series with the schools in their Division for a total of 12 games. Each school would play one two game series against the other four schools in their conference for a total of 8 games. This would equal 20 conference games of the same amount as the Big 10 proposal. Each school would play one two game series against the schools in the other conferences within the corresponding division, East plays East and West plays West (8 games). There would then be room for each school to schedule 6 OOC games as they see fit.
Thus every CCHA and WCHA school would continue to play each other every year. It would also create a conference that is comparable in strength if not stronger than the Big 10 (7 of the 8 teams in Western Hockey made the NCAA this year). It would keep the MAC schools together. It would contain travel cost for the smaller schools by keeping most games within the bus ride limits. One of the biggest disadvantages would be I have no idea how to incorporate the two Alaskan schools into setup.
Example schedule for St Cloud State
Home/Home with UMD (4 games)
Home/Home with UM-Mankato (4 games)
Home/Home with Bemidji State (4 games)
Home with Ferris State (2 games)
Home with Michigan Tech (2 games)
At Northern Michigan (2 games)
At Lake Superior (2 games)
Home Denver (2 games)
Home North Dakota (2 games)
At UNO (2 games)
At Colorado (2 games)
6 other OOC games
For North Dakota:
Home/Home Denver (4 games)
Home/Home Colorado (4 games)
Home/Home UNO (4 games)
Home Notre Dame (2 games)
Home Western Michigan (2 games)
At Miami (2 games)
At Bowling Green (2 games)
Home UMD (2 games)
Home Bemidji State (2 games)
At St Cloud State (2 games)
At UM-Mankato (2 games)
6 OCC games
Now we have room if we need to schedule Big 10 schools but quite frankly our schedule is getting pretty full. We have maintained all traditional rivalaries but also created several new ones. Lastly, if the Big 10 can't even look out for its own (Flagship schools just dropping their brethren schools in state) it isn't our responsibility to look out for the Alaskan schools.
uaafanblog
AKA - "Drop The Puck"
MinnesotaNorthStar
Minding the gap
They did. It was Tech's Spring Break that week.
Re: CCHA and WCHA should combine when BIg Ten forms???
Whew! They say with age, the mind is the first thing to go. I'm still safe.
Whew! They say with age, the mind is the first thing to go. I'm still safe.
JF_Gophers
2147483647
Re: CCHA and WCHA should combine when BIg Ten forms???
What if the WCHA told the CCHA to pound sand? You know, like the CCHA did with UAH.
What if the WCHA told the CCHA to pound sand? You know, like the CCHA did with UAH.
bigblue_dl
Armed
Re: CCHA and WCHA should combine when BIg Ten forms???
What if the CCHA and WCHA disolved and the teams played a schedule of 50% WHL teams, 50% USHL and 42.8% ECHL teams?
What if the CCHA and WCHA disolved and the teams played a schedule of 50% WHL teams, 50% USHL and 42.8% ECHL teams?
JF_Gophers
2147483647
Re: CCHA and WCHA should combine when BIg Ten forms???
Tech would still only have a single digit win total.
state of hockey
He fixes the cable?
Re: CCHA and WCHA should combine when BIg Ten forms???
I like this idea. Hell, UNO has already done it.
What if the WCHA told the CCHA to pound sand? You know, like the CCHA did with UAH.
I like this idea. Hell, UNO has already done it.
And it would be against Mankato.
Re: CCHA and WCHA should combine when BIg Ten forms???
So if UNO would have told the WCHA to pound sand would they have picked up UAH along with Bemidji for an even 12 schools in the wcha. Certainly they wouldnt have let 2 schools become independents. Ya whatever!
What if the WCHA told the CCHA to pound sand? You know, like the CCHA did with UAH.
So if UNO would have told the WCHA to pound sand would they have picked up UAH along with Bemidji for an even 12 schools in the wcha. Certainly they wouldnt have let 2 schools become independents. Ya whatever!
Re: CCHA and WCHA should combine when BIg Ten forms???
There was no way we were taking both. UNO wanted to come to the WCHA and now we have 12. CCHA has 11 and you told a 12th team to kick rocks. Don't try to blame the WCHA here.
There was no way we were taking both. UNO wanted to come to the WCHA and now we have 12. CCHA has 11 and you told a 12th team to kick rocks. Don't try to blame the WCHA here.
Re: CCHA and WCHA should combine when BIg Ten forms???
Something about that schedule doesn't quite add up there, you must be using that New Math I take it??
True. It very well could have been all knotted up at 12, and would at least have the scheduling problems of scheduling a conference of 9 teams in a few years. Gives them another warm body in the league in case somebody else drops their program, and the travel wasn't anything worse than what busing to UNO was for everybody save for NMU.
yooper(UP) hockey
Banned
Re: CCHA and WCHA should combine when BIg Ten forms???
Thats might point do these schools(Notre Dame and Miami Ohio) want to just keep flying to hockey hotbeds like Marquette, Soo and Big Rapids or would Notre Dame rather fly other hockey hotbeds like in Boston or Miami(OH) fly to Denver or Grand Forks.
Thats might point do these schools(Notre Dame and Miami Ohio) want to just keep flying to hockey hotbeds like Marquette, Soo and Big Rapids or would Notre Dame rather fly other hockey hotbeds like in Boston or Miami(OH) fly to Denver or Grand Forks.
giwan
Really??!!
Re: CCHA and WCHA should combine when BIg Ten forms???
The Rangers did not have the attendance and there are too many Midget AAA teams in the UP. Rangers did not stay long enough to build a fan base, one good year.
I don't see why the WCHA would take the CCHA and make a monster conference and lose an auto bid. Why would ND and Miami leave when the CCHA becomes weaker? They still have plenty of NC games to fit in who they want. If the AHA can survive why not the current CCHA?
The Rangers did not have the attendance and there are too many Midget AAA teams in the UP. Rangers did not stay long enough to build a fan base, one good year.
I don't see why the WCHA would take the CCHA and make a monster conference and lose an auto bid. Why would ND and Miami leave when the CCHA becomes weaker? They still have plenty of NC games to fit in who they want. If the AHA can survive why not the current CCHA?
Re: CCHA and WCHA should combine when BIg Ten forms???
Big Rapids is only a 3 hour bus ride from South Bend, The Soo is a little over 6 and a half, and Marquette around 9 hours, give or take an half hour depending on which way around Lake Michigan they elect to drive the bus. I don't see where its that much of a plus for them to go flying into Grand Forks, Denver or Boston all the time when they're in a pretty decent league that they can mostly bus to most of the games, save for Alaska, and would be considered the big cheese there.
Big Rapids is only a 3 hour bus ride from South Bend, The Soo is a little over 6 and a half, and Marquette around 9 hours, give or take an half hour depending on which way around Lake Michigan they elect to drive the bus. I don't see where its that much of a plus for them to go flying into Grand Forks, Denver or Boston all the time when they're in a pretty decent league that they can mostly bus to most of the games, save for Alaska, and would be considered the big cheese there.