Along with Mel, came massive funding increases for the program. It helps a lot when you actually have a competitive recruiting budget!
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Does anyone miss CCHA?
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Along with Mel, came massive funding increases for the program. It helps a lot when you actually have a competitive recruiting budget!
Go___Tech_Gold
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Re: Does anyone miss CCHA?
That, I didn't know. Watters told me he was only getting 600k a year and Omaha was at 1.1M a year.
That, I didn't know. Watters told me he was only getting 600k a year and Omaha was at 1.1M a year.
MTUHuskies
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Who is this Mel you speak of? Are you thinking of Marv Parson?
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Go___Tech_Gold
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Now now, Mel did good for MTU and are still on that trajectory
Now now, Mel did good for MTU and are still on that trajectory
Squarebanks
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You can have your rumors, I’ll keep the facts.
Go___Tech_Gold
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They were sick of flying to every single road game in HE. Big 10 was a geographical fit. Bus to Lansing, Ann Arbor, Minneapolis, Madison, Columbus
They were sick of flying to every single road game in HE. Big 10 was a geographical fit. Bus to Lansing, Ann Arbor, Minneapolis, Madison, Columbus
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Go___Tech_Gold
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Who would possibly want to split them up again. WCHA and CCHA were at parity and therefore split the prize/burden of subsidized Alaska travel.
Don't see the "WCCHA" breaking into 2 conferences. With 10 small school teams there would need to be so much expansion that the conference can't handle it (at say 14 teams or 16)
Who would possibly want to split them up again. WCHA and CCHA were at parity and therefore split the prize/burden of subsidized Alaska travel.
Don't see the "WCCHA" breaking into 2 conferences. With 10 small school teams there would need to be so much expansion that the conference can't handle it (at say 14 teams or 16)
They fly to Minneapolis & Hockey Valley. Madison or Columbus depends on scheduling. Ann Arbor & Lansing are usually bus trips.
The Alaska schools don’t want to be split. No conference wants to have both.
dxmnkd316
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Yeah, not everyone has that kind of cash. Even when I was a single guy who a great engineering job, that kind of trip was still spendy.
For the price of a trip to Columbus, I could have gotten tickets and hotels for all other Minnesota schools combined. Without taking a day of vacation.
Yeah, not everyone has that kind of cash. Even when I was a single guy who a great engineering job, that kind of trip was still spendy.
For the price of a trip to Columbus, I could have gotten tickets and hotels for all other Minnesota schools combined. Without taking a day of vacation.
This is a big reason I am scared the Big Ten may have damaged college hockey beyond repair (to what it was at least), and I think many people are scared of admitting that as a real possibility.
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I might be in the minority but I kind of liked it better when we were split. More variety coming in to each barn over the season, and the whole WCHA/CCHA rivalry back in the day was fun. Mudholing them in the Sully in 2010 after they crowed the entire season at us about conference superiority is still one of my favorite sports memories, followed shortly by Shyiak losing his mind the next night while we took home the hardware for the first time in several years. That trophy has lived in Fairbanks ever since.
I agree, I had no problem being in separate conferences. We would still be playing each other four times a year, unless the early season tournaments both returned. The conference affiliation just added another twist to the rivalry.
Go___Tech_Gold
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True, same thing either way for AK. What was weird was when Tech and Northern were in different conferences they'd only play each other twice a year instead of four. You have the biggest most exciting possible games right next door, highest attendance (when nobody else is anywhere near that close by) and 2 of those games are left on the table.
True, same thing either way for AK. What was weird was when Tech and Northern were in different conferences they'd only play each other twice a year instead of four. You have the biggest most exciting possible games right next door, highest attendance (when nobody else is anywhere near that close by) and 2 of those games are left on the table.
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Go___Tech_Gold
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nWCHA wants them both. But the locals don't care if they are split as long as they are in good conferences. They are so remote that they will still play each other the maximum 4 times no matter what.
nWCHA wants them both. But the locals don't care if they are split as long as they are in good conferences. They are so remote that they will still play each other the maximum 4 times no matter what.
Go___Tech_Gold
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It is damaged, but not as bad as we were dreading. Some small schools actually benefited. UAH, MTU, NMU. The NCHC did and Big 10. So who lost? LSSU, FSU, BGSU, Bemidji, Mankato? Maybe a little but they seem to be doing just fine.
It is damaged, but not as bad as we were dreading. Some small schools actually benefited. UAH, MTU, NMU. The NCHC did and Big 10. So who lost? LSSU, FSU, BGSU, Bemidji, Mankato? Maybe a little but they seem to be doing just fine.
Go___Tech_Gold
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Not the UAH fans. They were about to fold. Old WCHA and Old CCHA didn't want them. B10 indirectly saved them.
Not the UAH fans. They were about to fold. Old WCHA and Old CCHA didn't want them. B10 indirectly saved them.
MTUHuskies
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Whose fans? If the fans embrace the new rivalries that are maturing, I'm sure they will survive. Was it nice when Tech played UMD, UND and the yellow rodents? Sure, but I think they are doing just fine rivalry-wise with teams like NMU and BGSU in their conference. Hell, UAH has become a tight series in recent meetings and could blossom into a bona-fide rivalry with a few more close games and another playoff series or two.
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