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New CCHA Back From The Ashes.

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It’ll be weird seeing WCHA and CCHA Title banners hanging from the rafters in Mankato in a few years. Maybe a few NCAA wins to bring to the CCHA, too?

:)
 
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MavHockey14 said:
It’ll be weird seeing WCHA and CCHA Title banners hanging from the rafters in Mankato in a few years. Maybe a few NCAA wins to bring to the CCHA, too?

:)
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Isn't Mankato going to be in the Nacho by the time the new CCHA starts up?

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aparch said:
Nah. They're going to win a couple CCHA branded MacNaughton Cups, *then* bail for the NCHC to become the first Colege Hockey Triple Crown winners.
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All jokes aside, I do think at some point they’ll move to the NCHC, but agree with your sentiment it won’t happen prior to playing in the CCHA.
 
MTUHuskies said:
Not beating any dead horses. Just setting the record straight. It wasn't the B1G that caused the major realignment.

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Even if the NCHC didn't form right away...to think there would be no movement or any other changes is ridiculous.
 
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aparch said:
Correct. The Mason Cup has always been the playoff trophy.
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You know, what's irked me is every time in recent years I've gone to BG when we've played them the Mason Cup was never anywhere to be seen on display in their arena and nobody there could tell me where it was.
 
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Another thought I had is when the CCHA was no more it meant it's former player's records & stats could never be broken by anyone.
Now that it's revived that's no longer the case. I'll have to ask Paul Pooley about his thoughts on it when I see him this weekend. ;)
 
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I still don’t understand why the responsibility of propping up three far flung, struggling, potentially non-viable programs is solely the responsibility of these seven schools.

Is there a rule preventing the NCHC or Big Ten from inviting them to join in order to save these programs? No. They just don’t care enough either. The CCHA schools that were lumped in with the Alaska’s and Alabama never chose to associate with them. It just so happened the rest of college hockey chose not to associate with any of the nWCHA. Why does every other program in the country get to choose their conference mates but these seven schools don’t?
 
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In case anyone cares, NMU currently holds the CCHA Belt with Lake State holding a 3x3 Alternate Belt which it gained when it defeated Alaska on 1/11. They could be unified over the weekend.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
In case anyone cares, NMU currently holds the CCHA Belt with Lake State holding a 3x3 Alternate Belt which it gained when it defeated Alaska on 1/11. They could be unified over the weekend.
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Would CCHA belts be contested/unified if they are technically still WCHA until the 2021-22 season?

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AMC said:
I still don’t understand why the responsibility of propping up three far flung, struggling, potentially non-viable programs is solely the responsibility of these seven schools.

Is there a rule preventing the NCHC or Big Ten from inviting them to join in order to save these programs? No. They just don’t care enough either. The CCHA schools that were lumped in with the Alaska’s and Alabama never chose to associate with them. It just so happened the rest of college hockey chose not to associate with any of the nWCHA. Why does every other program in the country get to choose their conference mates but these seven schools don’t?
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I agree. Every other school - including the most successful and sustainable ones - get a pass for not extending the 3 schools conference affiliation. But the 7 who are just getting by get the blame?
 
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My thoughts are if the B1G were to get two more conference schools start hockey programs then ND could be out at that point as they would no longer be needed?
If so, what conference would they end up in?
 
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Hockeybuckeye said:
My thoughts are if the B1G were to get two more conference schools start hockey programs then ND could be out at that point as they would no longer be needed?
If so, what conference would they end up in?
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Wasn't it their TV deal that kept them from joining the Nacho's in the beginning?
 
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Isn't ASU still without a conference deal? ASU just need several more schools along with the WHCA orphans and they can form a new conference too.
Maybe it's time for some California schools to join the ranks of college hockey?
 
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