beaverhockeyfan
Well-known member
The Northern Sun (Bemidji and Mankato in the WCHA, St. Cloud and Duluth in the NCHC) just suspended all athletic competition until January 1.
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Michigan Tech Huskies 2020-21: * Our 100th Anniversary * No Catchy Title Needed *****
- Thread starter JohnsonsJerseys
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Van Andel in GR would be a good venue.
Van Andel in GR would be a good venue.
Lost_Husky
Late to the Party
Looking into my not so shiny rock, at best I see something like a round robin "season" that is for play in purposes, maybe 3 or 4 weeks long with a conference tourney at the end to crown a "champion".
FadeToBlack&Gold
8647
I read he was invited to tryout for the USNDTP U17 team before the pandemic cancelled everything, so now he's landed in the USHL instead.
John J. MacInnes
Coach Emeritus
I don't think moving to a different venue has any appeal for the Big Ten schools. When the CCHA played its postseason at the Joe, that was a good way to get some time in the building that other schools didn't get. LCA was at least a higher class place to play. My read is that they'd rather have the ability to get some non-conference home games or some schedule flexibility to get some trades for games, rather than schlep to a rink they get very little from. That alone would be enough to torpedo the GLI, at least in its current form.
JohnsonsJerseys
Michigan Tech Fan
Oof, that would be the ultimate bad break-up. Eight lame duck teams say they'll come back for one more year only to ultimately decide not to play the final year. After all the storied history of the WCHA, to have the ending of its men's conference simply be the emails and phone calls that ended last years playoffs be the last gasp... that would be quite sad.
Has UAH made any comments about withdrawing their withdrawal from the Far Western Collegiate Hockey Association schools? I know on paper UAH had filed but I am wondering if anything has been said about retracting that now that St Thomas has joined with the CCHA.
Lost_Husky
Late to the Party
Ugh! As a lifelong WCHA fan don't say that! I hope they can have something that resembles a season and crown a champion.
I would imagine UAH is waiting for AH to call.
TalonsUpPuckDown
Roll along you BG Warriors!
Just played 18 holes with Frank Krieber. Great guy, not a bad golfer. Lots of "bleep" talking in the group and do not expect silence during your backswing.
John J. MacInnes
Coach Emeritus
High placed credible national sources have told me that the current working plan is to restart college hockey on January 1, with the season wrapping up by Memorial Day weekend.
In regards to the Wisconsin series, that's obviously not included in that window.
In regards to the Wisconsin series, that's obviously not included in that window.
Sol Diablo
Active member
I understood that two of the seven Division I conferences, BIG10 & counting the Ivy League schools as ECAC, and ASU have already announced postponed schedules for the 2020-21 season with tentative plans to start 1/1/21. So these sources are referring to the other 5 conferences postponing (?)
John J. MacInnes
Coach Emeritus
Where are you getting a 7th conference from?
A number of reports are surfacing about a restart in late November. My sources say this is unlikely. Once of the biggest hangups right now is determining a field for the NCAA tournament, since the PairWise and RPI will be essentially useless. The easy way to solve it is a human committee, which is being met with major resistance.
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beaverhockeyfan
Well-known member
WCHA to delay the start of the Men's Season, no date given.
http://www.wcha.com/men/articles/20...-to-delay-the-start-of-its-2020-21-season.php
http://www.wcha.com/men/articles/20...-to-delay-the-start-of-its-2020-21-season.php
Sol Diablo
Active member
Oops, 6 conferences.
I too have heard that some teams would like to tie the start of hockey in with the start of NCAA basketball which could be November or January. Hopefully C19 has died down enough or is under control such that sports can start at some date by early 2021.
I have also heard that the NCAA teams are looking at using an algorithm along the lines of what basketball uses for March Madness selection.
manurespreader
Still upright
Who thinks a bubble would work?
FadeToBlack&Gold
8647
I don't think college hockey has the money or resources for the logistics of that.
manurespreader
Still upright
Agreed. so that means Josh Fenton is all wet. but if there is no bubble then maybe you play the first two weeks, starting right before thanksgiving before you expose the players to the student population again. Once that happens I think you are toast. Unless you do like Texas Tech, and play regardless, which is a bad idea imho.
BTW An MTU mathematician was featured on the local npr radio show, "Stateside" with April Behr yesterday. It was about a new model her class developed in forecasting the spread on campuses.. pretty interesting and good for MTU to get so much statewide attention. it's available on the Michigan radio web site.
BTW An MTU mathematician was featured on the local npr radio show, "Stateside" with April Behr yesterday. It was about a new model her class developed in forecasting the spread on campuses.. pretty interesting and good for MTU to get so much statewide attention. it's available on the Michigan radio web site.