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

[uaafanblog]

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

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I think it's a better island than the one the BHHC built ...

So.There's.That.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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I think it's a better island than the one the BHHC built ...

So.There's.That.

Where are the gas showers on that map? I couldn't find them.

 

[MavsFan]

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Yep, that island.

 

[huskyfan]

Also, it is starting to hit me that this is real.

GFM

by this time next year you'll find us utterly obnoxious.

 

[Hammer]

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by this time next week you'll find us utterly obnoxious.

There. That's better.

 

[huskyfan]

There. That's better.

I was trying to reassure them, not scare them!

 

[gfmorris]

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

by this time next year you'll find us utterly obnoxious.

I'm a fan of the facewash.

GFM

 

[AnchorsAway]

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

For those of you who are fans of random pieces of information regarding our nWCHA, enjoy:

Standings (based on winning%) of nWCHA teams against each other this season:

1.Minny State: .750% (6-0-2)
2. FSU: .667% (4-2)
3. LSSU .583% (7-5)
4. MTU .571% (4-2-1)
5. NMU .400% (2-2-1)
t-6. BG .250% (1-2-1)
t-6. UAF .250% (2-4-2)
t-6.UAH .250% (1-2-1)
9. BSU .200% (2-6-2)
10. UAA .000% (0-4-2)

Goals for/ goals against averages for each team during those nWCHA-nWCHA matchups (in no particular order):

MSU- GF: 3.50 GA: 1.00
FSU- GF: 3.00 GA: 2.50
LSSU- GF: 2.58 GA:2.08
MTU- GF: 3.42 GA: 2.42
NMU- GF: 1.80 GA: 2.40
BG- GF: 2.50 GA: 2.00
UAF- GF: 2.50 GA: 3.12
UAH- GF: 1.25 GA: 2.75
BSU- GF: 2.50 GA:2.00
UAA- GF: 1.67 GA: 3.33

nWCHA teams listed in the Pairwise:

MSU: 14th
NMU: 15th
UAF: 17th
FSU: 21st
LSSU: 22nd

The combined record of the nWCHA teams in the Pairwise vs. TUC: 29-34-5, with LSSU being the only nWCHA Pairwise team with a winning record vs. TUC (7-6-1)

 

[manurespreader]

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

Tech's coach said today he is going to have to re do the schedule completely now that Hunstville was in, I assume others will do that also.

 

[davyd83]

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

For those of you who are fans of random pieces of information regarding our nWCHA, enjoy:

Standings (based on winning%) of nWCHA teams against each other this season:

1.Minny State: .750% (6-0-2)
2. FSU: .667% (4-2)
3. LSSU .583% (7-5)
4. MTU .571% (4-2-1)
5. NMU .400% (2-2-1)
t-6. BG .250% (1-2-1)
t-6. UAF .250% (2-4-2)
t-6.UAH .250% (1-2-1)
9. BSU .200% (2-6-2)
10. UAA .000% (0-4-2)

Goals for/ goals against averages for each team during those nWCHA-nWCHA matchups (in no particular order):

MSU- GF: 3.50 GA: 1.00
FSU- GF: 3.00 GA: 2.50
LSSU- GF: 2.58 GA:2.08
MTU- GF: 3.42 GA: 2.42
NMU- GF: 1.80 GA: 2.40
BG- GF: 2.50 GA: 2.00
UAF- GF: 2.50 GA: 3.12
UAH- GF: 1.25 GA: 2.75
BSU- GF: 2.50 GA:2.00
UAA- GF: 1.67 GA: 3.33

nWCHA teams listed in the Pairwise:

MSU: 14th
NMU: 15th
UAF: 17th
FSU: 21st
LSSU: 22nd

The combined record of the nWCHA teams in the Pairwise vs. TUC: 29-34-5, with LSSU being the only nWCHA Pairwise team with a winning record vs. TUC (7-6-1)

Your winning percentage totals are slightly off, unless you are counting ties as lossed. Let's give the standard 2 pts for a win and 1 for a tie and we get:

1 Minn St 6-0-2 .875
2 Ferrris 6-2-0 .750
3 Mich Tech 4-2-1 .643
4 LSSU 7-5-0 .583
5 NMU 2-2-1 .500
6t UAF 2-4-2 .375
6t BG 1-2-1 .375
6t UAH 1-2-1 .375
9 Bemidji 2-6-2 .300
10 UAA 0-4-2 .167

 

[4four4]

The arguments thus far have done a good job of elucidating why North Dakota left, but I don' t think it reflects accurately why Denver and CC got going on it.
I think Denver fancies itself a top academic school a la Notre Dame, they want to emulate Notre Dame, if they were two people they'd want to hang out with Notre Dame. They look down their nose at those of us from lower public schools. ( it's true) So when they started having empty seats at Magness, especially at games with the lower teams in the league, and when certain alumni complained that shouldn't have to play teams such as MTU, they began to believe that, even though that seat was sold, the brand needed defending so to speak. In other words, if something wasn't done that empty seat would change from a revenue seat, to a non revenue seat. Couple that with the recruiting fears engendered by the big ten move, with the Bruce intransigence, with the gwoz dissatisfaction with travel to some places,and they thought they were headed in the wrong direction.
So this new league has a lot of egos in the room now and I'll bet dollars to donuts that in a couple of years there will be more changes and some schools will be looking to leave.

I agree this change will continue for at least ten years.

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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I think it's a better island than the one the BHHC built ...

So.There's.That.

Who's Piggy?

 

[AnchorsAway]

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Your winning percentage totals are slightly off, unless you are counting ties as lossed. Let's give the standard 2 pts for a win and 1 for a tie and we get:

1 Minn St 6-0-2 .875
2 Ferrris 6-2-0 .750
3 Mich Tech 4-2-1 .643
4 LSSU 7-5-0 .583
5 NMU 2-2-1 .500
6t UAF 2-4-2 .375
6t BG 1-2-1 .375
6t UAH 1-2-1 .375
9 Bemidji 2-6-2 .300
10 UAA 0-4-2 .167

Thanks for the correction, thats what I get for posting something that late in the evening lol

 

[beaverhockeyfan]

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So I listened online to parts the UAH Press Conference regarding the WCHA.

Next year, they will have 18 home games. 14 WCHA games, 2 non-conf games (which they said would be a big name but couldn't name yet), and then 2 against the Under 18 team.

Travel subsidy is being worked on. It would be structured along the same lines as the Alaska schools, which I have heard is take your most expensive non-Alaska/UAH conference trip and the team will pay the difference. So if it costs BSU $10,000 to get to Bowling Green, $12,000 to get to UAH, BSU would get a $2,000 check.

The conference schedule will consist of playing five teams four times and four teams two times for a total of 28 games.

Nothing can be done about next year, but in the following years, UAH will try to avoid home contests on Alabama-Auburn football weekend (and maybe Alabama-LSU, I can't recall). But it may be difficult as there are only 20 weekends to play hockey, and seven of those are conference home weekends. If they want to get other teams to Huntsville, it may be unavoidable.

That is my brief recap! Someone from UAH can correct me if I am wrong on anything.

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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

So I listened online to parts the UAH Press Conference regarding the WCHA.

Next year, they will have 18 home games. 14 WCHA games, 2 non-conf games (which they said would be a big name but couldn't name yet), and then 2 against the Under 18 team.

Travel subsidy is being worked on. It would be structured along the same lines as the Alaska schools, which I have heard is take your most expensive non-Alaska/UAH conference trip and the team will pay the difference. So if it costs BSU $10,000 to get to Bowling Green, $12,000 to get to UAH, BSU would get a $2,000 check.

The conference schedule will consist of playing five teams four times and four teams two times for a total of 28 games.

Nothing can be done about next year, but in the following years, UAH will try to avoid home contests on Alabama-Auburn football weekend (and maybe Alabama-LSU, I can't recall). But it may be difficult as there are only 20 weekends to play hockey, and seven of those are conference home weekends. If they want to get other teams to Huntsville, it may be unavoidable.

That is my brief recap! Someone from UAH can correct me if I am wrong on anything.

Thanks for the info! In doing my preliminary schedule spreadsheet, I temporarily marked that everyone will have at least 8 non-conference games, with the exception of the Alaska schools, who will only have six. This is, of course, with the BIG assumption that everyone will be travelling to an Alaska school every year. Do we know if this is a safe assumption?

 

[beaverhockeyfan]

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

Thanks for the info! In doing my preliminary schedule spreadsheet, I temporarily marked that everyone will have at least 8 non-conference games, with the exception of the Alaska schools, who will only have six. This is, of course, with the BIG assumption that everyone will be travelling to an Alaska school every year. Do we know if this is a safe assumption?

Yeah, that would be a pretty BIG assumption, and I cannot really be sure. It would be possible that two of the two game series could be home series with both Alaska schools. And especially if the schedule matrix is a rotating one, I could see that happening occassionally, as I could see having to travel to both Alaska schools.

I had heard that before the UAH vote, BSU was to play both Alaska schools over one of the breaks. Not sure if that will change with the new schedule matrix.

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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Yeah, that would be a pretty BIG assumption, and I cannot really be sure. It would be possible that two of the two game series could be home series with both Alaska schools. And especially if the schedule matrix is a rotating one, I could see that happening occassionally, as I could see having to travel to both Alaska schools.

I had heard that before the UAH vote, BSU was to play both Alaska schools over one of the breaks. Not sure if that will change with the new schedule matrix.

You have to figure the Alaska schools will play each other four times. The way the WCHA works, does every school end up in the 2-4 rotation, or is there a "travel partner" that you always play four times?

 

[First Time Long Time]

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

So I listened online to parts the UAH Press Conference regarding the WCHA.

Next year, they will have 18 home games. 14 WCHA games, 2 non-conf games (which they said would be a big name but couldn't name yet), and then 2 against the Under 18 team.

Travel subsidy is being worked on. It would be structured along the same lines as the Alaska schools, which I have heard is take your most expensive non-Alaska/UAH conference trip and the team will pay the difference. So if it costs BSU $10,000 to get to Bowling Green, $12,000 to get to UAH, BSU would get a $2,000 check.

The conference schedule will consist of playing five teams four times and four teams two times for a total of 28 games.

Nothing can be done about next year, but in the following years, UAH will try to avoid home contests on Alabama-Auburn football weekend (and maybe Alabama-LSU, I can't recall). But it may be difficult as there are only 20 weekends to play hockey, and seven of those are conference home weekends. If they want to get other teams to Huntsville, it may be unavoidable.

That is my brief recap! Someone from UAH can correct me if I am wrong on anything.

St. Cloud is going to UAH next year because they came to us this year.

 

[beaverhockeyfan]

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You have to figure the Alaska schools will play each other four times. The way the WCHA works, does every school end up in the 2-4 rotation, or is there a "travel partner" that you always play four times?

Right now there is "designated rival" that you play four times (BSU-UNO, UMD-Tech, Mn-Wisc, UND-SCSU, UAA-MSUM, CC-Denver). Not sure if that will continue into the new set up.

 

[Mile High Hockey]

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Right now there is "designated rival" that you play four times (BSU-UNO, UMD-Tech, Mn-Wisc, UND-SCSU, UAA-MSUM, CC-Denver). Not sure if that will continue into the new set up.

Keep in mind that the WCHA moved to rotating clusters when Bemidji and Omaha joined the conference. Each pair of rivals joins another pair of rivals, and they play 4 games against each of the 3 other teams in their cluster. The remaining 16 games are against the other 8 schools not in your cluster, 4 series at home, 4 away. As a result, you rotate through the clusters once every 5 seasons. I'm not sure how they determine home and away for the remaining 8 series.

In my opinion, it would make sense to at least keep the rival system in the WCHA, and probably come up with some variation of cluster rotation to maximize/minimize travel (i.e. if you have to play up in Alaska, play both squads over an extended break to maximize your trip, and minimize your travel).