How the 2013-14 conferences look after NCHC goes to 8

Following up on an earlier post on how the conferences will look in 2013-14, when the Big Ten and National Collegiate Hockey Conference form, here’s the breakdown after the NCHC’s addition of St. Cloud State and Western Michigan: ATLANTIC HOCKEY (12 teams, unchanged) Air Force * American International # Army * Bentley # Canisius * … Read more

Western Michigan, St. Cloud State invited to join NCHC

Western Michigan and St. Cloud State have received invitations to join the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, according to a press release issued Wednesday afternoon. “After a thorough and deliberate evaluation process, the National Collegiate Hockey Conference is delighted to extend invitations to St. Cloud State and Western Michigan to become members of what we believe … Read more

Hope continues for new RIT arena

In November, Rochester Institute of Technology launched a fundraising effort designed to secure $15 million needed to fund a new hockey arena for its men’s and women’s teams. So when school president William W. Destler got to the part of his annual President’s Address about building projects on campus, naturally, the potential for a new … Read more

Hope continues for new RIT arena

In November, Rochester Institute of Technology launched a fundraising effort designed to secure $15 million needed to fund a new hockey arena for its men’s and women’s teams. So when school president William W. Destler got to the part of his annual President’s Address about building projects on campus, naturally, the potential for a new … Read more

NCAA proposes tweak to common opponents criteria for tournament selection

A proposed change to the formula that selects the at-large teams for the NCAA Division I men’s hockey tournament could lessen the advantage given for beating common opponents multiple times. The tweak that the Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee is forwarding to the Division I Championships/Sport Management Cabinet involves the calculation of the results … Read more

A cringe-worthy time for college teams in race for top talent

It might be time for us to get out some asterisks or some other notation for our list of college hockey-related players selected in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. That’s because in the give and take that is the often tenuous relationship between college hockey and major juniors, there has been an awful lot of … Read more

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No decisions made after CCHA meeting with Atlantic Hockey schools

The meeting between representatives of the CCHA and four Atlantic Hockey schools produced only discussion, according to statements released by both sides. The sides met Tuesday on the Mercyhurst campus in Erie, Pa., amid a changing landscape for Division I men’s college hockey. In 2013, the CCHA will be reduced to six teams — possibly … Read more

CCHA set for ‘exploratory’ Tuesday meeting with 4 Atlantic Hockey teams

The next front in college hockey realignment could involve Atlantic Hockey, and four of its schools are scheduled to meet with the CCHA. Representatives from Canisius, Mercyhurst, Niagara and Robert Morris will meet with CCHA officials on Tuesday for what CCHA commissioner Fred Pletsch called “exploratory discussions.” That meeting will take place in Erie, Pa., … Read more

Another view: Thinking of history and the conference realignment

Here’s an email that came to us recently that the writer, Brian Patterson of Minneapolis, agreed to let us publish: As a big college hockey fan, I have been following the recent developments closely and my concern, like many, is that the new conferences are completely ignoring the great history of college hockey. Consider this … Read more

Realignment video roundup

While we try to catch our breath during this relatively quiet couple of days in the great offseason shakeup of 2011, here are a few videos that got posted in the madness of the last week: Here’s the news conference at which the National Collegiate Hockey Conference was launched: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T1srgi4t10 Here’s a video produced by … Read more

Realignment video roundup

While we try to catch our breath during this relatively quiet couple of days in the great offseason shakeup of 2011, here are a few videos that got posted in the madness of the last week: Here’s the news conference at which the National Collegiate Hockey Conference was launched: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T1srgi4t10 Here’s a video produced by … Read more

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Minnesota State-Moorhead inches toward goal of launching Division I programs

The changing conference landscape of men’s college hockey has given Minnesota State-Moorhead another opportunity to launch Division I men’s and women’s programs. The school is roughly 40 percent of the way toward a $37 million goal to endow Division I programs through “soft commitments,” school president Edna Mora Szymanski said at a news conference Friday. … Read more

Schools confirm new six-team league; news conference set for Wednesday

The six schools involved in a new conference have confirmed their intentions in a news release issued Saturday. Colorado College, Denver, Miami, Minnesota-Duluth, Nebraska-Omaha and North Dakota will form the new conference starting in the 2013-14 season, the same time that the Big Ten will form a six-team league. “We understand and appreciate the widespread … Read more