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Irish hockey: JACC we hardly knew ye

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Third Family Member said:
Being the suspicious sort that I am, this statement alone has me thinking someone knew way, way, WAY before the official announcement, that the Big 10 was forming a hockey conference.
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To be blunt, everyone knew the moment Penn State announced that it was adding hockey that the Big Ten was forming a hockey conference. You couldn't say it on USCHO without being flamed to a crisp, but I can guarantee you that the 12 CCHA Athletic Directors all knew that it was an absolute inevitability.

I think Craig is right that it was a desperate attempt to hold the conference together and maybe draw Penn State in as well ("look, we have a ready-made cluster for you to join--2 guaranteed home games every year against UM, MSU and OSU"). It had another benefit as well: there are now 12 CCHA games a year involving 2 Big Ten teams that the Big Ten Network might be willing to pay the league a little bit of money to broadcast. I'm sure that had something to do with the league's athletic directors signing off on this cluster format.
 
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Erik Condra and the Binghamton Senators meet Houston tonight for game one of the Calder Cup finals. Good luck to him!
 
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Will Notre dame join Hockey East or become a Big Ten school? Hmmm... wonder if their TV contract is worth more than Big Ten revenue?
 
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So basically here is Notre Dame's schedule. The only question marks are in italics, but they are not really questions as typically when playing 2 series with a team, it is expected that one series is in the first half and the other in the second half of the season, which explains why Western is where they are. I assume these will be home-and-home weekends, like the weekends with Ferris are. ND can play a 37th game, but they would have to schedule a mid-week game early in the season to fit it in. Ohio State can fit in on only three weekends: the two I have WMU listed in and the middle of December; thus, they are in the middle of December to allow for a more separated first half and second half meeting with our clustermate.

10/7-8 @ UMD
10/14-15 WMU
10/21 RPI
10/28-29 @ BG
11/4-5 @ NMU
11/11-12 UA(F)
11/18 BC (dedication of CFC)
11/25-26 @ LSSU
12/2-3 NU
12/9 @ FSU
12/10 FSU
12/16-17 OSU
12/31 BU
1/7 @ Minny (HOF)
1/13-14 WMU
1/20-21 UM
1/27-28 @ UA(F)
2/3-4 BG
2/10 FSU
2/11 @ FSU
2/17-18 @ Miami
2/24-25 MSU

18 weeks.
 
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Congrats to Erik Condra and the B-Sens for the 2011 Calder Cup. Condra played in 23 post-season games, registering 17 points and going +10.
 
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Jeff_Jackson_for_Pres. said:
Congrats to Erik Condra and the B-Sens for the 2011 Calder Cup. Condra played in 23 post-season games, registering 17 points and going +10.
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I'm unhappy with the result (I'm an Aeros fan going back to their Turner Cup team in 1998-1999), but happy for Erik. He had a couple of good moments in the first period, but I didn't really see him involved much in play after that.
 
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Without a Peer is reporting via its twitter account that the RPI game at ND is off the schedule.
 
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ND likely will be announcing their schedule tomorrow for next season, but this should be it, with the exception of a possible 37th game due to exemptions. OSU and WMU were through process of elimination, but should be correct. Based on the given info/package explanation for new season ticket purchasers, the OSU series will close out the JACC, with RPI being the first game in the new digs.

10/7-8 @ UMD
10/14-15 OSU
10/21 RPI
10/28-29 @ BG
11/4-5 @ NMU
11/11-12 UA(F)
11/18 BC (dedication of CFC)
11/25-26 @ LSSU
12/2-3 NU
12/9 @ FSU
12/10 FSU
12/16-17 WMU (probably home-and-home)
12/31 BU
1/7 @ Minny (HOF)
1/13-14 WMU (again, home-and-home)
1/20-21 UM
1/27-28 @ UA(F)
2/3-4 BG
2/10 FSU
2/11 @ FSU
2/17-18 @ Miami
2/24-25 MSU

15 1/2 weeks.
 
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