Big Ten Men's Hockey Conference coming in 2013-14

[endersworld]

Things seem to be progressing well with Big Ten teams in both the CCHA and WCHA doing homework on each others facilities and logistics. What comes of it all is hard to say but athletics at these schools seem to feel its going to happen, if Big Ten Hockey started by 2014, I wouldn't faint.


I have not heard anything from IU, they could really use a big donor for a ice rink.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

http://www.twincities.com/gophers/ci_16486562

Try a done deal.

Here's the quote that I love.

"We'll do what's best for the sport as long as we can," Minnesota athletics director Joel Maturi said. "Now, as one of the six (Big Ten) schools, we'll be a part of that decision, but our vote won't count for more than anyone else's. There's obviously a bigger picture; we have to be good soldiers here."

Hey, jackass. Your job is not to do what's, "best for the sport." Your job is to do what's best for the University of Minnesota, and that is tied inextricably to what's best for the Big Ten. PERIOD. If you need a reminder, perhaps you should look out your window at that new football stadium that was literally built upon a foundation of television and bowl money generated by Big Ten schools not named Minnesota--AND THEN DIVIDED EQUALLY.

If you can't do that then I suggest you resign and go out and find a job working for "college hockey" or scurry back under that mid-major rock you crawled out from under.

 

[jimotis4heisman]

http://www.twincities.com/gophers/ci_16486562

Try a done deal.

Here's the quote that I love.



Hey, jackass. Your job is not to do what's, "best for the sport." Your job is to do what's best for the University of Minnesota, and that is tied inextricably to what's best for the Big Ten. PERIOD. If you need a reminder, perhaps you should look out your window at that new football stadium that was literally built upon a foundation of television and bowl money generated by Big Ten schools not named Minnesota--AND THEN DIVIDED EQUALLY.

If you can't do that then I suggest you resign and go out and find a job working for "college hockey" or scurry back under that mid-major rock you crawled out from under.

http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/forum/...31-big-ten-hockey-conference.html#post1744975
http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/forum/...31-big-ten-hockey-conference.html#post1744982

see those posts.

purely posturing. he knows that the result of moving the gophers to the big ten in hockey is, the death of a lot of good/viable hockey programs around the state or driving them into irrelevancy. best case scenario is equatable to ohio with football... you have one power and a bunch of second/third tier teams (mac teams), worst case those programs fold like teepees..

 

[jimotis4heisman]

for the record, few things am i more excited about then b10 hockey...

 

[Muck]

While Big Ten keeps quiet, hockey possibility persists for conference

MINNEAPOLIS ? John Madden stood by his equipment area in the Minnesota Wild dressing room, proudly pondering the possibility of his 11-year-old son someday suiting up for a big-time college hockey team as his dad once did for Michigan.

Madden hoped aloud, however, for one major difference: the experience of playing in the Big Ten.

"I'm a big advocate of it. I think it would be awesome," the NHL veteran said this week. "It'd just be fun. And wow, what a competitive league that would be. That would be the league I'm sure every young kid would want to play in."

These days, it's more than a dream.

.../cont/...

 

[LitlBuck]

Big Ten hockey is coming 2013-14

COLUMBUS, Ohio ? The Big Ten Conference announced men?s ice hockey will be recommended as an official conference sport beginning in the 2013-14 academic year, the conference announced Monday. Ohio State will be joined in the league by Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Penn State and Wisconsin.


?This is an exciting time for college hockey and for Ohio State hockey,? Chris Schneider, Ohio State associate athletics director for sport administration, said. ?We have had a great relationship with the CCHA and the member institutions. We look forward to continuing those relationships while building stronger relationships with our fellow Big Ten hockey programs.?


?Adding hockey to the Big Ten Conference helps keep the sport moving in the right direction,? Mark Osiecki, Ohio State men?s ice hockey head coach, said. ?Having even more games on the Big Ten Network will raise awareness both of Ohio State?s program and college hockey in the United States and Canada. It will make it even easier for our alumni to follow the team throughout the year. It is exciting both for our program, and for Ohio State fans, hockey is going to become a part of the great tradition of the Big Ten Conference.?


The recommendation includes both the establishment of the inaugural Big Ten Men?s Ice Hockey Tournament in March 2014, with the winner earning the conference?s automatic bid to the NCAA Men?s Ice Hockey Championship, and a 20‐game conference schedule with each team playing the other five schools four times (two home games and two away games). In addition, the Big Ten?s men?s ice hockey programs will continue to proactively work to maintain a strong schedule of non‐conference competition with the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA).


In September 2010, Penn State announced the establishment of men?s and women?s ice hockey programs set to begin competition in the 2012‐13 academic year, giving the Big Ten six institutions sponsoring men?s ice hockey. Big Ten rules allow for a conference championship when six institutions sponsor a program in any given sport.

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=205120626

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Unanimous vote. I'm sure that Minny's President told Maturi to go into the room, shut your mouth and do what the others tell you to do.....or don't come back.

 

[CHU]

NCHC

This move changes college hockey as well.

Notre Dame is left in a bind (for the short-term).

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/hockey/2011-07-13-national-collegiate-hockey-conference_n.htm

Denver, Colorado College, defending national champion Minnesota-Duluth, Nebraska-Omaha and North Dakota are bolting the WCHA for the new league. Together these five schools have won 17 national championships.

Miami (Ohio), which has reached the Frozen Four two of the last three years, is leaving the CCHA for the NCHC.


"The college hockey landscape has changed dramatically over the years and I really believe this is a great opportunity not only for us, but for schools outside the NCHC to reshape and realign," said Denver coach George Gwozdecky.

 

[Muck]

This move changes college hockey as well.

Notre Dame is left in a bind (for the short-term).

To be honest I wouldn't mind seeing ND being offered a spot in the Big Ten Hockey Conference. It's not like Big Ten hockey schools aren't used to associating with non-B1G schools conference wise.

It won't hurt the B1G in any way & may serve to help grease the wheels a bit if ND is ever to be invited in the conference as a full time member.

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

Domers to Hockey East

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. ? Notre Dame is leaving the Central Collegiate Hockey Association for Hockey East beginning with the 2013-14 season and will bolster the program?s national profile through another TV deal with NBC.


The network, which has done Notre Dame home football games for more than two decades, will televise Irish hockey, likely beginning with the school?s first season in the new league.

Notre Dame, which has been a member of the CCHA since 1992, will become the 11th member of Hockey East. Current members Boston College, Boston University, Maine, Massachusetts, UMass-Lowell, Merrimack, New Hampshire, Northeastern, Providence and Vermont.

I felt the hockey conference shakeup would lead to ND to the B1G, but at this point, I see ND eventually joining a weak and cobbled together Big East.

Let the fuckers fade into irrelevance.

 

[jlb1705]

FWIW... There are rumors on Twitter that Illinois is going to make men's hockey a varsity sport, with the founder of Jimmy John's as benefactor.

Jeff Svoboda (@JeffSvoboda)
12/15/11 3:27 PM
Thanks @OSUKnucklebucks for RTing rumor Illinois may go D-I in hockey. Illini has been talked about as a potential program for years.

 

[darbypitcher22]

Not that other Big Ten schools in the hockey conference aren't strong academically, but I'm sure giving the Golden Domers a chance to bolt for America Hockey East gives them a shot to the ego for joining some of those other schools that are traditionally strong academicallyq