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Yes I’ve heard that Maryville will be coming to Fairbanks, so maybe UAA as well.
Only 6 games for Gov cup this year. Assume it’ll be 2 home, 2 away and then the home and home like some years past.
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I think prior to the 23-24 season was the construction of the "party" deck that renders seats with not a full view of the ice sheet, what a stupid idea that was. Might have also been an action item to reduce costs. No idea, just spit balling, like our new head coach and Tanya Pont's public speaking.Someone on the college hockey reddit posted this link to the FY 24-25 operating budgets. They sent FOIA requests to all of the schools, and compiled the information on a sheet. It only shows 30 schools, but it does have both Alaska's on there.
The average annual spend is around the $2.5 million mark, but some schools are spending double, or even triple that. Michigan State is spending over $9million annually, with $1.3mil going to the head coach alone.
Fairbanks is in the top 20 (of the 30 listed), and spends $2.8 mil annually. Of that, $652,000 is for travel.
From 23-24 to 24-25 UAA reported a $768,000 (~27%) decline in spending. I couldn't figure out why, but my guess is that the higher budget was to cover operating expenses after the reinstatement.
Finally, here are all the FY25 operating budgets for men's hockey
Our spreadsheet series draws to a close with a look at hockey.
Also, UAA is rumored to be playing Lake Superior State.
YouTube is still listed as video, and LSSU has an away broadcast for radio, our hockey team still doesn't. I know Tuttle's been pushing for that, I'm really not happy with the current administration and the treatment of the hockey team.
I find that article hard to trust as it mentions reentering the WCHA. Also it was not completed before the first games of that season so maybe UAA did fork over some money for it.