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Universities with On Campus Rinks w/o NCAA Team

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KnowItAll said:
I believe that Syracuse DOES have an NCAA-sanctioned ice hockey team. Don't they?
I think I remember a story about a BC goaltender who left Boston and went there.
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They have a womens team but not a mens.
 
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Clauss Ice Arena, University of Findlay

However, I read an article recently that it was going to be removed and the building converted to another use... Bad for Findlay, OH youth hockey, good riddance to that aweful barn (and the terrible way Oiler hockey was dropped).
 
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CHFAN222 said:
If URI already has a rink that seats 2500 why are they not in HE? I mean they would be an obvious geogrpahical fit and would make for a good rival with Providence.
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$$$$ I think title IX plays into it as well. Because they have football means they have to balance on the women's side. However, it is easy enough to add mens and womens hockey, so..... it comes down to $$$.
 
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moose97 said:
Clauss Ice Arena, University of Findlay

However, I read an article recently that it was going to be removed and the building converted to another use... Bad for Findlay, OH youth hockey, good riddance to that aweful barn (and the terrible way Oiler hockey was dropped).
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yeah I'm pretty sure the ice was/is being removed this summer. If I remember correctly, the space is going to be used for more gym space. Findlay Grrrowl Jr Team, Findlay HS and most of the youth hockey already play at the Huntington Bank Arena at the Findlay Rec Center, but it is always nice to have more than one sheet of ice...
 
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Here's another one. Floyd Hall Arena (has 2 NHL rinks) is on the campus of 8,000-student Montclair State Univ in Northern NJ, www.floydhallarena.com

They have a D2 ACHA team there. Its connected to Yogi Berra Stadium & his baseball museum.
 
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Hockey NutCase said:
Here's another one. Floyd Hall Arena (has 2 NHL rinks) is on the campus of 8,000-student Montclair State Univ in Northern NJ, www.floydhallarena.com

They have a D2 ACHA team there. Its connected to Yogi Berra Stadium & his baseball museum.
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Montclair from what I remember is mostly female. It has a ratio of 5:1 or something like that. Great if your a male student bad if you want the school to have well attended spectator sports.
 
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CHFAN222 said:
Montclair from what I remember is mostly female. It has a ratio of 5:1 or something like that. Great if your a male student bad if you want the school to have well attended spectator sports.
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It's a terrible school.

Anyway, I wish Penn had D-I hockey, as much as I hate them, because the lack of D-I hockey in Philly is very frustrating.

Unfortunately, our rink is 25 mins. away and we're club anyway. Hopefully, in the future, I'll have enough money to donate towards a men's and women's D-I team :)
 
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sbkbghockey said:
yeah I'm pretty sure the ice was/is being removed this summer. If I remember correctly, the space is going to be used for more gym space. Findlay Grrrowl Jr Team, Findlay HS and most of the youth hockey already play at the Huntington Bank Arena at the Findlay Rec Center, but it is always nice to have more than one sheet of ice...
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Yeah, whenever I've been down there in Findlay, it seems like the arena parking lot there is usually pretty packed with the typical Peewee hockey parents crowd.
 
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Include Seton Hall and NC State

NC state has a basketball arena on campus that they share with the Carolina Hurricanes.

Seton Hall plays basketball at the Prudential Center in Newark.
 
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CHFAN222 said:
Include Seton Hall and NC State

NC state has a basketball arena on campus that they share with the Carolina Hurricanes.

Seton Hall plays basketball at the Prudential Center in Newark.
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Well, by your rationale with Seton Hall...

Marquette uses the Bradley Center for basketball, and has the US Cellular Arena next door. Both are capable of having hockey (the Bradley Center actually has the Admirals and the occasional Frozen Four), and are maybe half a mile, at most, from campus.
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
Well, by your rationale with Seton Hall...

Marquette uses the Bradley Center for basketball, and has the US Cellular Arena next door. Both are capable of having hockey (the Bradley Center actually has the Admirals and the occasional Frozen Four), and are maybe half a mile, at most, from campus.
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Maybe Marquette should have a team. I mean there is only one college D1 team in all of Wisconsin. Being a catholic school they could probably get in some agreements with Notre Dame, BC, and Providence.
 
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CHFAN222 said:
Maybe Marquette should have a team. I mean there is only one college D1 team in all of Wisconsin. Being a catholic school they could probably get in some agreements with Notre Dame, BC, and Providence.
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I think it was bandied about once upon a time. Other UW posters would know more about it than me.

Evidently, Marquette would want an "on campus" rink before they get a hockey team. The reasoning, considering that the Bradley Center and US Cellular aren't far from campus to begin with, is probably control of revenue: they'd rather own the building themselves or not do it at all.

But at the same time, I'm sure you can read between the lines and assume that the real reason is "uh, we have no way to control demand on our basketball team since it plays in an 18,000 seater arena that we never sell out and don't own... why would we want to compete with it by having a hockey team?"

Similarly, UW-Green Bay was once going to start a team in the 80s. They supposedly were going to get Badger Bob to coach them, but the basketball boosters killed the plan.
 
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Larch said:
I thought Illinois had one on campus, and I know Utah has one from the Olympics.
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The University of Illinois Ice Arena has an extremely wide ice surface - approximately 115 feet, if I recall. It also has a number of other features (limited seating, terrible sight lines from anywhere other than the first row of the balconies, no press facilities to speak of, and locker rooms located downstairs from the ice surface) that render it utterly unsuitable for NCAA hockey - which, I realize, was not necessarily the point of this thread.

Also, add the University of Delaware (Fred Rust Ice Arena, capacity 2,500) to the list:

http://www.bluehens.com/sportsinfo/facilities/icearenas.html
 
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sbkbghockey said:
I'm probably forgetting a few others, it's also important to note alot of other schools have arenas very close to campus! Unv of Buffalo, Indiana, Missouri State
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Regarding Indiana. If by 'very close to campus' you mean in the same town, then I'll give it to you. And, there is absolutely no way that rink could support D-1 hockey. Small ice surface and way too old.

Rumor has it that when they built Assembly Hall they were going to make it possible to convert it into an ice arena too. You can even tell this by it's current interior architecture. But Bob Knight nixed those plans...
 
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CHFAN222 said:
If URI already has a rink that seats 2500 why are they not in HE? I mean they would be an obvious geogrpahical fit and would make for a good rival with Providence.
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Because they don't want to add 36 scholarships or drop any other men's sports.

After Vermont was admitted Hockey East put in a requirement that any new team must have a rink with a minimum 5000 seat capacity. Providence and Merrimack are grandfathered.

There was supposed to be a 7000 seat arena built on the campus of Carolina Coast University but I don't think it ever happened
 
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ChiefWahoo said:
After Vermont was admitted Hockey East put in a requirement that any new team must have a rink with a minimum 5000 seat capacity. Providence and Merrimack are grandfathered.
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I'm surprised its that high... I'd figure 4K is suitable for Hockey East.
 
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