UAA New Season New Digs

[FMR_Alaskan]

Well, if you flew over the pole from AK you’d land somewhere in Europe.

Does Sweden have a college league we could join?

 

[Scrum Bucket]

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Depends which pole, LOL....

 

[AKSWF]

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Ouch, Wells Fargo naming rights are up, and the new name is Seawolf Sports Center.

Seems like another golden opportunity for Alaska Airlines to do something for there namesake state.

 

[Squarebanks]

Does Sweden have a college league we could join?

It’d be nice, and I can assure you from personal experience that the people would be much better looking than any existing WCHA stop.

 

[ticapnews]

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Join hockey east. Not hard to get here over top pole. Just a thought.

If it means we can kick Merrimack to the curb and go to 12 teams by taking both I'm all for it!

 

[Keith-Stone]

If it means we can kick Merrimack to the curb and go to 12 teams by taking both I'm all for it!

Ouch. Why so much hate towards Merrimack? Sure they have a small arena, but they upgraded it big time. And the rest of the athletic department went D1. I also think they were number 1 in the county for a lot of the season like 7-8 years ago. However the drop off has been severe. Interested to hear your thoughts. I applied there and got in but chose to go elsewhere. But I remember on my tour thinking it was cool they were playing up with the big boys in Hockey East.

 

[ticapnews]

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Ouch. Why so much hate towards Merrimack? Sure they have a small arena, but they upgraded it big time. And the rest of the athletic department went D1. I also think they were number 1 in the county for a lot of the season like 7-8 years ago. However the drop off has been severe. Interested to hear your thoughts. I applied there and got in but chose to go elsewhere. But I remember on my tour thinking it was cool they were playing up with the big boys in Hockey East.

It has nothing to do with their financial commitment and everything to do with I just don't like Merrimack, and getting rid of Boston University isn't an option

 

[ticapnews]

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Considering the actions of the Shady Seven and the idiot in the governor's mansion, what are the odds we see you guys in Alfond Arena this October? Is the 2019-20 season really in jeopardy, or is that just talk?

 

[Squarebanks]

Considering the actions of the Shady Seven and the idiot in the governor's mansion, what are the odds we see you guys in Alfond Arena this October? Is the 2019-20 season really in jeopardy, or is that just talk?

I’m not a Seawolf, but the budget issue is pending an override vote that will happen sometime next week. If that doesn’t go through there is some talk about funding UA through the state capital budget, which is separate from the state operating budget. One step at a time.

But if neither happens and UAF/UAA really do absorb a 41% state funding cut in addition to whatever federal matches are lost as a result of losing state funding, hard and significant institutional decisions will happen very quickly.

 

[ScottK]

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I also think they were number 1 in the county for a lot of the season like 7-8 years ago.

2 weeks in December, 2011 is not "a lot of the season". They were out of the Top 10 by mid-February. Aside from that 3 months of glory that season, they have done very little since joining Hockey East. They've had home ice in the quarter finals exactly twice in 30 seasons (1997 and 2011).

 

[Sean Pickett]

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2 weeks in December, 2011 is not "a lot of the season". They were out of the Top 10 by mid-February. Aside from that 3 months of glory that season, they have done very little since joining Hockey East. They've had home ice in the quarter finals exactly twice in 30 seasons (1997 and 2011).

I don't want to co-opt this thread, but in 1997 Merrimack only had home ice because Maine was ineligible for the Hockey East tournament as they finished in 5th (albeit one point out of 4th). After that they had 12 straight seasons finishing 7th or lower. Their best run was from 2009-13 when they finished 6th, 4th, 5th and 6th, before dropping back to the bottom third of the league. Merrimack has the worst overall record, the worst league record, the second worst (by just over .001%) regular season record and the second worst HE tournament record (only UConn is worse) of all teams all-time in Hockey East. Their one bright spot is in regular season non-league play, where they are 8th, but have a 0.573 winning percentage.

Sean