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Future of the ccha????

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PenaltyBoxBeast said:
Could the WCHA be bringing UA-Huntsville in since UNM wasn't formally invited?
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Right after the Leafs win the Stanley Cup. For Huntsville, unfortunately it looks like CCHA or nothing, and even then, only if that league cant get enough others to join. I really wish it were different. It's a solid program in a very good hockey town. I hate to say it, but if they were Northern Kentucky or U of Kentucky, they'd be in in a heartbeat.
 
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Wol4ine said:
Something smells fishy in the UP. The WCHA is announcing a new member friday. Note, singular, ONE new member. While it was just this morning that Northern Michigan University's Board of Trustees approved a proposal which allows the athletic department to formally pursue admission into the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. It sounds like the WCHA have a done deal, while NMU is just starting the process. First, It states that NMU hasn't been 'formally' invited. Second, can I infer that since the report originated in Anchorage, that the new member is also from Alaska??

Personnaly, I'd rather have NMU go west than ND. If ND and WMU stay put, both the WCHA and CCHA can continue on. Either way, the WCHA needs one more team, and that is likely coming from the CCHA.
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The one issue is that UAF's AD was just talking about how they hadn't gotten a formal invite either. I mean enough time has passed that an invite may have been extended and UAF said "Ok when and how much?" but I doubt that.
 
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Biddco said:
http://www.mlive.com/broncos/index.ssf/2011/07/top_recruit_says_notre_dame_ho.html

http://www.detnews.com/article/2011...otre-Dame’s-lead-in-search-for-new-conference

http://bangordailynews.com/2011/06/03/sports/notre-dame-considering-joining-hockey-east/

I'm sure I've missed some...
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I read those first 2 links before. Those are other people saying they expect ND to change conferences. That third link does quote Jackson saying switching conferences is a possibility. I'll have to find that Colorado Spring Gazette article, that seems to be the originator.

I have to beleive that the NCHC contacted ND before MIami. If they balked then, they may still. It is looking like ND is going to move though. The WMU blogs all say they want to follow ND, but ND may not give a crap. If both ND and WMU go to the NCHC, how is that better than what the other schools already had in the WCHA?

edit: found the CSG article

According to league sources, in addition to Miami, two other Central Collegiate Hockey Association schools, Notre Dame and Western Michigan, could join the new conference later this summer.

also,

If one or both Notre Dame or Western Michigan does not to join the new conference, you can count St. Cloud State out. School president Earl H. Potter III said Friday that his school would not consider joining the new league, even if asked.
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Wol4ine said:
I read those first 2 links before. Those are other people saying they expect ND to change conferences. That third link does quote Jackson saying switching conferences is a possibility. I'll have to find that Colorado Spring Gazette article, that seems to be the originator.

I have to beleive that the NCHC contacted ND before MIami. If they balked then, they may still. It is looking like ND is going to move though. The WMU blogs all say they want to follow ND, but ND may not give a crap. If both ND and WMU go to the NCHC, how is that better than what the other schools already had in the WCHA?
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I have the same feeling, that all WMU with Notre Dame stuff is all coming from Kalamazoo and not South Bend.
 
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Wol4ine said:
I read those first 2 links before. Those are other people saying they expect ND to change conferences. That third link does quote Jackson saying switching conferences is a possibility. I'll have to find that Colorado Spring Gazette article, that seems to be the originator.

I have to beleive that the NCHC contacted ND before MIami. If they balked then, they may still. It is looking like ND is going to move though. The WMU blogs all say they want to follow ND, but ND may not give a crap. If both ND and WMU go to the NCHC, how is that better than what the other schools already had in the WCHA?
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They get the Irish and the crowds that will always follow the Irish for their hockey.:rolleyes:
 
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I hope that the BHHC gets saddled with WMU, in order to get Notre Dame, and then WMU ends up being a consistent top-half team.
 
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If one or both Notre Dame or Western Michigan does not to join the new conference, you can count St. Cloud State out. School president Earl H. Potter III said Friday that his school would not consider joining the new league, even if asked.

Wow. That's a school with principles and I'm serious. SCSU should have been included to begin with...and it would have been tempting to join if offered. Everyone forgets the tough decisions a decade later...but would continue to be reaping the results.
 
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Just as it was Shirtless Guy's goal to take his shirt off in every WCHA arena, it is now my goal to **** on every BHHC arena. I'll have to be extra covert at CC, I'm 90% sure I'm banned from there.
 
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