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Do you have documentation to back this claim up? I ask because according to St. Cloud State's 2011-17 NCAA financial reports contributions to the hockey program have accounted for less than 2% of reported revenues for the sport. For those years the dollar amounts ranged from a low of $6,000 (0.2% of revenues) in 2013 to a high of $56,000 (1.9% of revenues) in 2014. In 2010 just over $241 thousand was donated, but that is an outlier, with the next best year coming in 2018 when just over $81 thousand (3.2% of revenue) was donated to hockey. And although donations rose $50,000 in the first season in the NCHC it was only 1.7% of hockey revenues for 2014. Furthermore, donations dropped the next two years before recovering some in 2017 before increasing 2.7 times in 2018. While donors may have whined, I seriously doubt that is the reason the school joined the NCHC. BTW, the average increase in annual donations of about $30,000 (I did not include the 2010 contributions in the calculation) is not even close to covering the average increase in annual travel costs of $103,000.
Yes, unmarked donations dropped by $60,000 the first year the team was in the NCHC, by another $25,000 the second year, and a further $16, 000 the third year before increasing by $94,000 the fourth year and increasing another $57,000 the fifth year. Again, donations to hockey did increase the first year in the NCHC by $50,000, but was offset by the loss of $60,000 to athletics in general.
The good old "I know you are but what am I?" defence.