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UAH Hockey 2012-13: Still breathing

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Now we all get to look forward to all the crappy WCHA officials. Some of the crap will move to the NCHC, but there is enough dung to spread around two conferences. :D
 
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Ralph Baer said:
Thanks for the info. That is quite surprising after all that we have heard for months. I suppose that it might have been going to be 7-2 or 8-1, but the others decided to go along for league solidarity and not to incur UAH's wrath for future games.
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Pretty much, yeah.

Organizations like this will pretty much only ever bring something to a formal vote when they know it's going to pass, and at that point, there's no reason beyond pettiness or spite to vote "no" when the outcome's to be a fait accompli.

The vote informally may have had objectors, but it was probably taken by means of a straw poll (i.e. a non-binding vote), so that those individual votes weren't on the record. That way, even if there were objections, the objecting member can take cover in their formal vote when it comes to future partnerships and discussions. We'd probably assume, generally, that people would act like adults and not take such voting personally in the future, but we also all know that that's not a completely true assumption.
 
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This is excellent news for college hockey and UAH. Surprised how well the subsidy aspect was handled to solidify support.
 
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COHockey said:
Now we all get to look forward to all the crappy WCHA officials. Some of the crap will move to the NCHC, but there is enough dung to spread around two conferences. :D
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Hopefully we don't get any CCHA officials....they're far worse that any in the WCHA.
 
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UpNorthHockey said:
I'd say welcome, but the nWCHA doesn't really exist yet. Still....I'm very pleased that a lot of kids from northern Michigan and MN will get to go to Alabama in the middle of the winter.
Not sure if the kids in AL feel the same way about coming up north.
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We have a lot of Canadians. I've been to Marquette in late January when we played NMU in 2003. It's all good.

GFM
 
Juneau doesn't have ice that can hold any amount of people.

FlagDUDE08 said:
I would think 28 league games, and 6-10 NC games (8-10 for all the non-Alaska schools since pretty much everyone's guaranteed a trip to The Final Frontier, possibly two since I'd assume they would be in the same pairing, and 6 for the Alaska schools). I wonder if, with the advent of the nWCHA, we will see a third Alaska tournament (possibly at a "neutral site" in Juneau), or just regular home series? Obviously the Alaska teams aren't going to travel for a NC game, since I'm sure everyone would like those extra two games.
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gfmorris said:
We would've seen you in Huntsville this season without Portera scuppering the program last October.
GFM
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Whom else might we have seen? Or is it all just too sad to contemplate with the resurrected, rearranged and reassembled schedule for this season? I was surprised that PennState couldn't find a way to come down. A home-and-away as independents this season would have been nice.
 
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congrats UAH. You deserve to keep your team and all college hockey fans should be happy.
 
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I have a real sense of pride that my team's conference stood up for UAH and college hockey. It's gratifying to know that there are university presidents and AD's who believe that we need every D1 program to thrive, and aren't willing to throw any school under the bus for selfish reasons. Congratulations to UAH and welcome to a conference who cares. Welcome home.
 
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ChargerPowerPlay said:
Whom else might we have seen? Or is it all just too sad to contemplate with the resurrected, rearranged and reassembled schedule for this season? I was surprised that PennState couldn't find a way to come down. A home-and-away as independents this season would have been nice.
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Oh, I was told, but I can't remember. I remember DU largely because Gwoz did it for Gavin.

GFM
 
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Happy for you guys! This makes a little more sense than the AHA, but I was hoping you would take UConn's place if need be.
 
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Belated congratulations for UAH!
Could not be happier for ya'll, this is great for you guys and for all of college hockey.
 
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RSTuthill said:
Happy for you guys! This makes a little more sense than the AHA, but I was hoping you would take UConn's place if need be.
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There was zero chance that we were getting into Atlantic Hockey. It was WCHA or bust.

GFM <-- not even sure we'd have had a program next year.
 
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COHockey said:
Now we all get to look forward to all the crappy WCHA officials. Some of the crap will move to the NCHC, but there is enough dung to spread around two conferences. :D
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Generalizing, I've always thought the WCHA officials are some of the best who've come to Huntsville, with a "let 'em play" approach. The ECAC officials have been the worst, calling what they think happened rather than what they actually saw. The phantom trip is their worst call. The CCHA officials fall somewhere in between. The WCHA exception was this guy. http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/01/24_schmidt.php He visited Huntsville while in training to be a WCHA ref. While I don't remember the details, I remembered the name because it was the worst performance I've ever witnessed. I had to laugh when I Googled his name and found the article.
 
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