2023-24 NCAA Hockey

[vikingfaithful]

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CCHA Final
Friday, March 22 7 PM CT

#3 Michigan Tech at #1 Bemidji State

GO BEAVERS!!!

I'm a Beaver Believer!!!

[laker]

Michigan Tech 2, Bemidji State 1. Sorry Beavers, I was pulling for you.

[Millsy]

The Frozen Four is set for St. Paul.... kinda boring seeing all the "Blue Bloods" in there, I don't want anybody to win. LOL!

Denver vs. Boston University
Michigan vs. Boston College

[laker]

The Frozen Four is set for St. Paul.... kinda boring seeing all the "Blue Bloods" in there, I don't want anybody to win. LOL!

Denver vs. Boston University
Michigan vs. Boston College

I'm with you. I don't like any of the four. I doubt if I'll watch any of the games. And I have no interest in going despite it being local. Oh well.........

[SW_Mustang]

I'm pulling for BU. They dumped the Gophers and have a chance to dump the Pios. Might make it to the championship game since the Gophers aren't there.

Sioux Falls Regional was a blast. Such a fun time.

[Husky]

Not one team from Minnesota in St Paul. Ouch

[canadarican]

Did a dynasty rankings thing for hockey like I've done for D2 football and basketball. Here's the Top 16 for D1 Hockey since 2003 (tournament expanded to 16) solely based on tournament success.

1	Boston College	Hockey East
2	Denver	NCHC
3	Minnesota Duluth	NCHC
4	North Dakota	NCHC
5	Minnesota	Big Ten
6	Boston University	Hockey East
7	Michigan	Big Ten
8	Quinnipiac	ECAC
9	Notre Dame	Big Ten
10	Wisconsin	Big Ten
11	Massachusetts	Hockey East
12	Providence	Hockey East
13	Union	ECAC
14	Michigan St.	Big Ten
15	St. Cloud St.	NCHC
16	Yale	ECAC

[laker]

Any idea why the Summit would want to do this? They only have three teams in the NCHC- Denver, North Dakota and Omaha.

You could add UST from the CCHA.

Collegiate Consulting@CollConsulting
Keeping a close eye on rumblings Summit League will add Ice Hockey as championship sport, and the impact for
@TheNCHC if this occurs.

[njmav1]

Any idea why the Summit would want to do this? They only have three teams in the NCHC- Denver, North Dakota and Omaha.

You could add UST from the CCHA.

Collegiate Consulting@CollConsulting
Keeping a close eye on rumblings Summit League will add Ice Hockey as championship sport, and the impact for
@TheNCHC if this occurs.

There's been talk about the viability of single sport conferences. My guess is that something to do about it.

If that's the case, is the MAC (Western Michigan, Miami, and Bowling Green) contemplating the same thing?

[SW_Mustang]

I found this Reddit post - apparently it's an old(er) rumor.

Rumor of a Rumor: Summit League might sponsor hockey : r/collegehockey (reddit.com)

I *heard* a *rumor* that SDSU was approached with the opportunity to add hockey, but declined. NDSU could probably sustain a program, but won't. That leaves UMKC, Oral Roberts, and USD - and they'll never add.

I would add Lindenwood into the mix as they are an associate member to the Summit League. Then my guess is they would want to structure the conference to be 8-10 teams, so they'd try to snag Augustana and 2-4 more NCHC teams. Curiously, future associate member Delaware is adding NCAA D1 Women's Ice Hockey, whatever that's worth.

Just spitballing - but the Summit seems to be desperate to be taken seriously on a national level, and since their member schools are only achieving notoriety in wrestling and football through other conferences, maybe that's why they want to add hockey? With Denver, UND, and UNO - they'd be instant competitors nationally. They were even tweeting about Denver winning the national championship...