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U of Illinois AD & NHL joint press conference

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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
[looks around]

[hides previous season’s record books]
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:D

Dartmouth. D1 1947, Championship Game 1948 (Loss)
Michigan. D1 1947, Championship Game 1948 (Win)
Boston College. D1 1947, Championship Game 1949 (Won)
Boston University. D1 1947, Championship Game 1950 (Loss)
Colorado College. D1 1947, Championship Game 1950 (Win)
Brown. D1 1947, Championship Game 1951 (Loss)
Northern Michigan. D1 1976, Championship Game 1980 (Loss)
 
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aparch said:
:D

Dartmouth. D1 1947, Championship Game 1948 (Loss)
Michigan. D1 1947, Championship Game 1948 (Win)
Boston College. D1 1947, Championship Game 1949 (Won)
Boston University. D1 1947, Championship Game 1950 (Loss)
Colorado College. D1 1947, Championship Game 1950 (Win)
Brown. D1 1947, Championship Game 1951 (Loss)
Northern Michigan. D1 1976, Championship Game 1980 (Loss)
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The first six are technically true, but each of those schools at least had a team before there was an NCAA championship.

Dartmouth played their first season in 1906-07, UM in 1920-21, BC and BU in 1917-18, CC in 1939-40, and Brown way back in 1897-98.

NMU is the correct answer regardless as the most recent to accomplish the feat.
 
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aparch said:
:D

Dartmouth. D1 1947, Championship Game 1948 (Loss)
Michigan. D1 1947, Championship Game 1948 (Win)
Boston College. D1 1947, Championship Game 1949 (Won)
Boston University. D1 1947, Championship Game 1950 (Loss)
Colorado College. D1 1947, Championship Game 1950 (Win)
Brown. D1 1947, Championship Game 1951 (Loss)
Northern Michigan. D1 1976, Championship Game 1980 (Loss)
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Yep, I'm an idiot... I knew NMU was around there, but I couldn't remember... Went to the Googles and pulled up the 1981 tournament and saw us losing to MTU in the 3rd place game and completely blanked on the back-to-back F4 aspect...
 
John J. MacInnes said:
NMU is the correct answer regardless as the most recent to accomplish the feat.
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Yes, I am aware those schools didn't magically all spontaniously start programs for the 1947-48 season, but the way it was worded I thought an old WCHA team (St. Cloud, UAA) might have snuck in there. And the growth of D1 the the turn of the Millenium got buried by the "Power" schools steamrolling everyone in the early 2000's.

Deducting the formation of the NCAA D1 era (1947-ish), NMU is the only school to go from nothing to National Championship game in four years.
 
Re: U of Illinois AD & NHL joint press conference

Whitman, Illini reshaping athletics campus: 'Always more to do'

https://247sports.com/college/illin...hletic-facilities-Josh-Whitman-144219560/Amp/

But the biggest, most complicated project Whitman is attempting has faced some hurdles. Whitman announced in 2017 that Illinois would pursue adding a Division-I hockey program. In 2018, he said during a media roundtable that he hoped to green-light the program by the end of that calendar year.

But two years later, the project — which is expected to cost $100 million for a multi-sport facility that would also house the men’s and women’s gymnastics programs, volleyball and wrestling — still remains a concept.

To complete a project that would transform downtown Champaign — which includes a hotel and conference center and expanded mass transit hub — the Illinois athletics department is working with many entities: the city of Champaign, the mass transit district, developers and investors. That has slowed the process, to the Illini's dismay. But Whitman still remains optimistic the project will become a reality — eventually.

“I would say largely the same,” Whitman said on Monday when asked for the umpteenth time for an update on the project. “All the same things you’ve heard from me many times. It’s complicated. It’s hard. I think it’s incredibly exciting. I will say here in the last couple months there had been a little bit of a lull sort of in the middle to late 2019. But here in late 2019 and early 2020, we’ve made some really nice progress. We’ve had a few significant pieces fall into place. We’re as optimistic as we’ve ever been that we’ll be able to get it done. It’s just a question of time.”
 
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slowe said:
Whitman, Illini reshaping athletics campus: 'Always more to do'
https://247sports.com/college/illin...hletic-facilities-Josh-Whitman-144219560/Amp/

Whitman announced in 2017 that Illinois would pursue adding a Division-I hockey program.
In 2018, he said during a media roundtable that he hoped to green-light the program by the end of that calendar year.
But two years later, the project — which is expected to cost $100 million...still remains a concept.
...in late 2019 and early 2020, we’ve made some really nice progress...We’re as optimistic as we’ve ever been that we’ll be able to get it done. It’s just a question of time.”
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...and finding someone to give us $100M to get it done (like every other school that wants D-I hockey).
 
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I’m convinced U of I money isn’t the issue. In a past article the associate ad is quoted as saying they almost pulled the trigger before and that some final obstacles were with a developer and nearby property owner.

It could be negotiation over the rent to own agreement for the arena, issues over the parking garage size, or in general sorting through who’s paying how much for what (developer, mass transit, or U of I).
 
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slowe said:
I’m convinced U of I money isn’t the issue. In a past article the associate ad is quoted as saying they almost pulled the trigger before and that some final obstacles were with a developer and nearby property owner.

It could be negotiation over the rent to own agreement for the arena, issues over the parking garage size, or in general sorting through who’s paying how much for what (developer, mass transit, or U of I).
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Rumor has it you are on to something.
 
Re: U of Illinois AD & NHL joint press conference

It’s much more profitable for a university to own the arena. Here a developer is building it and setting the prices it takes to use it. That could dramatically determine whether hockey is profitable or not. The developers arena doesn’t exist without U of I hockey and vice versa. They both know it. Each wants to make money and it’s at the others expense and this is a long term arrangement. Hence a stalemate. Throw in stuff like how to split parking and concessions and you have plenty to argue over. That’s my theory anyway.
 
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Stadium deals are mess and take many years before they come to a conclusion. Rumor has it IL has the money to start a D1 team but obviously they jumped the boat or they wouldn't have come out and had a media press conference.
 
Re: U of Illinois AD & NHL joint press conference

So is this a real announcement or just another announcement that will be used to fish for a large donor?

At this point I wouldn't be surprised in the least if the AD came out and said "We have everything ready to go. We just need $xx Million in cash to get this going.". This has been gestating for what seems like 6-7 years now.
 
Re: U of Illinois AD & NHL joint press conference

Nothing new here but from what I have been told today IL is getting closer to getting all their ducks in a row. This will get done.
 
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