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The New WCHA 2, The Electric Boogaloo (2013-14)

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bigblue_dl said:
If people are really worried about the conference tournament not making money or losing money, then they should just get rid of it and award the auto-bid to the McNaughton winner.
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If the New Without Class Hockey Association wants to make sure of making money and not and earned right to playoff seeding have a closed bid auction to host the first round. The school’s that pays the most to the league picks their opponent for first round. The team not picked by the top 4 doesn’t make the playoffs. Remember it’s all about the money not sense.:eek:
 
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I don't see why this is such a bad thing for the Alaska schools. If Tech had a one-game playoff with Northern every year with the winner advancing to the league tournament, I'd take that. If nothing else, it'll be great for the local rivalry.
 
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Right now, the "Alaska Experiment" is only a two year deal. And that is even if it makes it that far as it looks like, by some accounts/reports/quotes, that it could be changed at any time.

And the regular season does mean a little bit, the higher seed gets to host the other.
 
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davyd83 said:
I agree with you 100%. It's far from ideal. For me ideal would be leave out #9, play 1 v 8, 2 v 7, etc and the four winners advance.

But when you figure the cost of booking flights for 30 people from Marquette or Bemidji to Fairbanks on short notice, and hoping you can find enough seats to even get 30 people there on the same day on short notice, it's likely that you are going to have to pay closer to $1500 per seat plus equipment. Even a short notice ticket from Anchorage to Detroit is running close to $1300 right now. Now you may also have to book UAF or UAA to the tourney site as well on short notice, so you could be looking at an expense of $125K for the league for tourney transport. Whereas having UAA and UAF play in the first round significantly reduces that amount. Ideal, no. But practical, very.
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There is no "last minute" ticket for UAF or UAA to the WCHA tournament in this scenario...it is known ahead of time one of them will be traveling to the tournament so just buy 30 tickets well in advance out of Anchorage...or fairbanks...
 
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Shirtless Guy said:
There is no "last minute" ticket for UAF or UAA to the WCHA tournament in this scenario...it is known ahead of time one of them will be traveling to the tournament so just buy 30 tickets well in advance out of Anchorage...or fairbanks...
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Note the part that says, "Whereas having UAA and UAF play in the first round significantly reduces that amount." Part of that reduction would be booking 30 tickets from Anchorage to the tourney site well in advance. If Fairbanks wins the UAA/UAF series, all they have to do is get to Anchorage.
 
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stuckinwi said:
Interesting tidbit from the Mel Peason show in the tech from mtu_huskies... Apparently it was Karr as the Fairbanks AD that thought of it... Interesting to see it that it is not be pushed on the Alaska schools, but from one of them...
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Fairbanks is not the brain trust for the state of Alaska.
The last candidate for U.S. Senate from Fairbanks got beat by a write in candidate.
 
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Alaska Hockey said:
Fairbanks is not the brain trust for the state of Alaska.
The last candidate for U.S. Senate from Fairbanks got beat by a write in candidate.
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Is Anchorage the brain trust? Didn't the Anchorage area bring the Palin's into our national consciousness?
 
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davyd83 said:
Is Anchorage the brain trust? Didn't the Anchorage area bring the Palin's into our national consciousness?
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Anchorage also named it's airport for a guy who thinks the interwebs are a series of tubes.
 
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aparch said:
Anchorage also named it's airport for a guy who thinks the interwebs are a series of tubes.
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Yeah, with those three examples, it would appear that Alaska is not the brain trust for the rest of the country... and if Fairbanks is worst part of that... Does that mean that Northern now has a rival for lowest average IQ in the league? ;)

Not a fan of the rule at all with its undermining of the integrity of the playoffs. It would be better to see if one school was 1-4/5, and the other was 4/5-9 then it comes into play.

I think it will be interesting to see the how the league does financially the first year, after that perhaps we'll have a better idea as to just how much the league can spend on travel costs.
 
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beaverhockeyfan said:
Right now, the "Alaska Experiment" is only a two year deal. And that is even if it makes it that far as it looks like, by some accounts/reports/quotes, that it could be changed at any time.And the regular season does mean a little bit, the higher seed gets to host the other.
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call it what it is …” Alaska screw job” . Yep it could be altered as soon as somebody locates some bellybutton cleaner for some Plexiglas belly buttons, so some can have improved vision.
 
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Alaska Hockey said:
call it what it is …” Alaska screw job” . Yep it could be altered as soon as somebody locates some bellybutton cleaner for some Plexiglas belly buttons, so some can have improved vision.
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If it is such a screw job, why wasn't the vote 7-2? Someone at Fairbanks is obviously for taking a look at it.
 
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I think its a better deal for the Alaska schools than for the rest of the league. Guaranteed that one of them makes the final 5 every year? I'd take that.
 
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Apparently Alaska Hockey feels that everyone else should vote for what he feels is best. How dare anyone vote for what they think is in the best interests or their own institutions (you know, the ones who sign their paychecks), or in the best interests of the league as a whole.

This whole realignment isn't pretty for the less glamorous schools. But it wasn't the responsibility of Minnesota or Michigan or North Dakota to support our programs. Now, if we want to play D-I hockey, it's up to our schools to find a way to make it happen on our own. Not everything will be ideal. Some things will be far from it.
 
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davyd83 said:
Apparently Alaska Hockey feels that everyone else should vote for what he feels is best. How dare anyone vote for what they think is in the best interests or their own institutions (you know, the ones who sign their paychecks), or in the best interests of the league as a whole.

This whole realignment isn't pretty for the less glamorous schools. But it wasn't the responsibility of Minnesota or Michigan or North Dakota to support our programs. Now, if we want to play D-I hockey, it's up to our schools to find a way to make it happen on our own. Not everything will be ideal. Some things will be far from it.
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No I just think that the playoffs are just that ……..the playoffs worst record team go to best record team. That’s all UAA and UAF are already and will continue to be paying for plane tickets for teams to come north during the season ….how much more do you need. I know most teams cry about the trip north but also say tough shti you Alaska teams are used to long flights. If the playoffs don’t make each team a $100,000.00 like in the past they want to screw some to make up the difference.
 
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Alaska Hockey said:
No I just think that the playoffs are just that ……..the playoffs worst record team go to best record team. That’s all UAA and UAF are already and will continue to be paying for plane tickets for teams to come north during the season ….how much more do you need. I know most teams cry about the trip north but also say tough shti you Alaska teams are used to long flights. If the playoffs don’t make each team a $100,000.00 like in the past they want to screw some to make up the difference.
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Yeah, they're screwing the lower 48 teams.
 
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