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Post by matunuck on Jan 31, 2020 15:17:47 GMT -5
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Post by cruskater31 on Jan 31, 2020 20:32:45 GMT -5
Texas A&M and Texas Tech both have good club programs at the D1 level. Geographically challenging, but look at ASU's success. It will be interesting to see what happens!
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 1, 2020 1:45:12 GMT -5
Texas A&M and Texas Tech both have good club programs at the D1 level. Geographically challenging, but look at ASU's success. It will be interesting to see what happens! UGA club is getting a 5k seat arena also announced this week! |
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Feb 2, 2020 9:54:19 GMT -5
Texas A&M and Texas Tech both have good club programs at the D1 level. Geographically challenging, but look at ASU's success. It will be interesting to see what happens! UGA club is getting a 5k seat arena also announced this week! Well the NHL didn't work out in Atlanta so maybe a college program can fill that niche. Maybe in 5-10 years we'll end up with a new southern conference stretching from Georgia to Arizona. Unless you count ASU or Miami (OH) as "the south", the last frontier for DI hockey as you head down from New England is Princeton. With the Caps being so popular in DC you'd think maybe there would be an opportunity for programs at Maryland, Towson and Navy. Navy should have a Men's varsity team already. Same with the state of North Carolina -- NC State and/or UNC could definitely support programs. |
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Post by sader1970 on Feb 2, 2020 10:23:12 GMT -5
Hockey would remind the good folks in NC of winter and why they don't live in the north.
When being considered for a position in NC, the ex-pat Yankee interviewer told me (who was living in Syracuse at the time and the interviewer knew me and all about Syracuse snow) that "we have the best snow removal system in the world . . . . . it's called the sun."
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Feb 2, 2020 11:26:27 GMT -5
UGA club is getting a 5k seat arena also announced this week! Well the NHL didn't work out in Atlanta so maybe a college program can fill that niche. Maybe in 5-10 years we'll end up with a new southern conference stretching from Georgia to Arizona.
Unless you count ASU or Miami (OH) as "the south", the last frontier for DI hockey as you head down from New England is Princeton. With the Caps being so popular in DC you'd think maybe there would be an opportunity for programs at Maryland, Towson and Navy. Navy should have a Men's varsity team already. Same with the state of North Carolina -- NC State and/or UNC could definitely support programs. ? There is D1 hockey in Huntsville, AL which is a lot further south than Princeton, NJ |
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Feb 2, 2020 11:28:20 GMT -5
TOTALLY forgot about UA-H.
I rememember at one point they were trying to join the AHA.
They still indy or in a conference now?
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Feb 2, 2020 11:30:03 GMT -5
WCHA
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 2, 2020 11:57:28 GMT -5
Hockey would remind the good folks in NC of winter and why they don't live in the north. When being considered for a position in NC, the ex-pat Yankee interviewer told me (who was living in Syracuse at the time and the interviewer knew me and all about Syracuse snow) that "we have the best snow removal system in the world . . . . . it's called the sun." And a 98 car pile up when the sun doesn't come out in time to melt the black ice during rush hour.😆 |
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 2, 2020 13:59:03 GMT -5
TOTALLY forgot about UA-H. I rememember at one point they were trying to join the AHA. They still indy or in a conference now? They have the longest conference game to Fairbanks ;-) |
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Feb 2, 2020 15:38:06 GMT -5
TOTALLY forgot about UA-H. I rememember at one point they were trying to join the AHA. They still indy or in a conference now? They have the longest conference game to Fairbanks ;-) 67 hour bus ride according to Google Maps. |
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Post by Crucis#1 on Feb 2, 2020 17:29:52 GMT -5
And some complain about the ride to Buffalo..... or in Basketball to Lewisburg.....
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Post by Tom on Feb 3, 2020 16:42:53 GMT -5
UGA club is getting a 5k seat arena also announced this week! Well the NHL didn't work out in Atlanta so maybe a college program can fill that niche. Maybe in 5-10 years we'll end up with a new southern conference stretching from Georgia to Arizona. Are you referring to the Flames or the Thrashers? |
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Feb 3, 2020 18:02:59 GMT -5
Well the NHL didn't work out in Atlanta so maybe a college program can fill that niche. Maybe in 5-10 years we'll end up with a new southern conference stretching from Georgia to Arizona. Are you referring to the Flames or the Thrashers? Both. Atlanta Flames relocated to Calgary in 1980. Atlanta Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg in 2011. |
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Post by Tom on Feb 4, 2020 8:42:47 GMT -5
Are you referring to the Flames or the Thrashers? Both. Atlanta Flames relocated to Calgary in 1980. Atlanta Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg in 2011. I know it takes a lot more fans to support a pro team than a college team, but maybe there's no demand. How many people show up for club games that they need a 5K arena. |
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Feb 4, 2020 9:01:56 GMT -5
Both. Atlanta Flames relocated to Calgary in 1980. Atlanta Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg in 2011. I know it takes a lot more fans to support a pro team than a college team, but maybe there's no demand. How many people show up for club games that they need a 5K arena. I wonder the same thing. No one builds a new arena like that for club hockey. They definitely have Division I in mind. |
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