Big Ten Hockey Conference to be Recommended for 2013-14
by IcersGuy on Mar 21, 2011 1:25 PM EDT
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After much discussion and deliberation, the Big Ten athletic directors announced on Monday that they will recommend to the Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors that men's ice hockey be an official conference sport starting with the 2013-14 season. This is a move up from the original expectations to start with the 2014-15 season, mostly due to the fact that construction/planning on Penn State's new ice arena is ahead of schedule and expected to be ready by the start of the 2013-14 season. The Big Ten season schedule will include 20 games against Big Ten opponents (4 games against each team in the conference), leaving about 14 non-conference games to be filled by other opponents.
This move will surely continue to make waves in the college hockey world. While the WCHA might be able to survive losing Wisconsin and Minnesota, the teams in the CCHA might struggle to stay afloat after losing Ohio State, Michigan, and Michigan State. No agreements have been made with the teams leaving their respective conferences, but there will definitely be discussions to help make sure that the smaller schools (who rely on the big name schools to draw revenue) don't completely collapse. It will be interesting to see if Penn State helps out with this as well, or if the Nittany Lions will work more with the large number of east coast teams available to play.
The push for the BTHC is not surprising, but I still would have preferred to have it pushed off for a few more seasons. This would give Penn State more time to improve their brand new program, and would give the small schools the chance to start adjusting their schedules to prepare for the removal of these tops teams from their regular schedule. But it is what it is now, and the Nittany Lions will have a permanent home after one season as an independent.
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Would the WHCA and CCHA
still be able to exist as a sort of “secondary” conference, even if it is unofficial? Basically what I’m saying is would the Big Ten teams be allowed to be in the Big Ten conference, but then fill their OOC schedule pretty much with all their former conference opponents, and still even somewhat participate in the standings? It would probably be too confusing, and an informal thing (sorta like how ND football plays practically half their schedule against Big Ten teams) is how they’ll go, but it could be interesting.
I think the WCHA and CCHA will still exist in full
although the CCHA might struggle for awhile after the 3 Big Ten teams pull out. But I fully expect the teams that are moving to the B1G to set up some agreement with their old conferences to fill their OOC games with those respective conferences. Plus, there are some rivalries there that I’m sure the Michigan’s and Minnesota’s don’t want to give up either.
Again, I’m curious to see what Penn State ultimately does with their OOC schedule once they’re in the conference. Do they help out the WCHA and CCHA as well? Or do they run with the east coast teams since they might be cheaper trips.
Gus, don't be a gooey chocolate chip cookie.
where would be the most beneficial place to play
in terms of recruiting help
by The JuggerNitt on Mar 21, 2011 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Canada.
"I don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on the negative. I believe that having a good, peaceful mind is the basic premise for a good life."
by Adam Collyer on Mar 21, 2011 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
To start, probably Pennsylvania and the Boston/New England areas
PA has become increasingly better at putting out quality hockey prospects. And then the area of New York-Massachusetts-Connecticut are another hotbed for talent. Also getting a presence up there gives us a chance to have a presence in Canada, which is always good.
Playing the Big Ten teams will give us some recognition in the other major area of US hockey – the area of Minnesota-Wisconsin-Michigan. Since we’re already an east coast team, might as well try to take advantage of the talent in our backyard.
Gus, don't be a gooey chocolate chip cookie.
It was inevitable, anyway.
They might as well have done it early.
I could get up at 6 a.m. every day and go to a job that I hate.... or, I could sleep til noon and learn to play the sitar.
This image should be really huge. It needs to be huge.
"Use their guts to lubricate our single leg attacks!" - Lycurgus
Breathing
How did they breathe in the Death Star with that giant hole in the side of it? Besides Darth Vader and the Storm Troopers, you didn’t see anyone walking around with breathing masks on….
areas of the ship being worked on
would have probably been sealed off from the rest of the ship. The real question is, should we feel bad for the poor independant contracters that were stationed, and eventually blown up, on the ship? I mean, you have people helping to build the thing, and you can make an argument for them being bad, but what about a guy like the janitor? Or the cafeteria workers?
I'm on the Internet cause I'm an Internet thug.
Any contractor working on that Death Star
knew the risk involved. If they got killed, it’s their own fault. A real roofer listens to their heart, not their wallet.
/What a wookie!
Gus, don't be a gooey chocolate chip cookie.
yeah, but what choice did they have?
The Empire being so corrupt and evil, the choice was most probably between working on the Death Star or death itself. So, same outcome, really…and they may have saved the lives of their family members in the process, by agreeing to work on it.
I don’t remember from reading some of the older Star Wars novels, but I do have a vision of Vader coming down to some settlements and threatening men with the death of their wives/parents/children if they would not join him in the construction of the Death Star.
Now I realize I’ve put too much thought into this…
Fire Dan Snyder
by Cari Greene on Mar 22, 2011 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
well, then it is really not the Rebels' fault, but the Empire's.
It is a shame that the lowly working man got killed, but it was for the greater good, and no evacuation plan was likely to work.
by The JuggerNitt on Mar 22, 2011 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Is your other one
Of Lando Calrissian drinking a forty?
jtothetweet
"Cats been getting hookups on tatts since back in '01". - former buckeye Antonio Pittman
That would be awesome, a sleeve tattoo of that???
No, this will be my first nerd tattoo.
Fire Dan Snyder
I personally would go Empire instead
I always thought that symbol looked awesome.
I'm on the Internet cause I'm an Internet thug.
I prefer the rebel
because the lines are cleaner and more fluid. the empire one, while cool, is all straight edges and pretty rigid. I also like how the rebel symbol reminds me of the fleur de lis, to an extent
and, yes, I have put much thought into this.
or, put much thought into this, I have
Fire Dan Snyder
My life is all about movie quotes
And so I let Randal Graves supply the answer
Gus, don't be a gooey chocolate chip cookie.
I'm so glad this sparked a Star Wars philosophical debate
And gotten a quote from Clerks. You have all fallen into my glorious trap…
I'm on the Internet cause I'm an Internet thug.
I love JoBa's position title
Associate Athletic Director for Ice Arena and Hockey Development.
Further evidence that the best positions are the ones created for YOU!
jtothetweet
"Cats been getting hookups on tatts since back in '01". - former buckeye Antonio Pittman
My guess is that "Master of All Things Penn State Hockey" finished a close second
Gus, don't be a gooey chocolate chip cookie.
Thrilled about this.
Excited to see hockey get off the ground at PSU. B1G Hockey is great for a casual fan who doesn’t already have a connection to college hockey because it’s teams that all of us want to play on a regular basis.
"I don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on the negative. I believe that having a good, peaceful mind is the basic premise for a good life."
St. Cloud State's
Athletic Director is leaving the school and coming to Penn State to be the head of the hockey program, I assume in an associate AD role.
Associate Athletic Director for JoeBa's Assistance and Hockey Coach Improvement
jtothetweet
"Cats been getting hookups on tatts since back in '01". - former buckeye Antonio Pittman
WHAT?!
Where would you have heard this?
I find this very hard to believe. He does have Penn State connections, but I very much doubt any source of this.
"I was enough to have God on my side -- and Joe. He gave me that chance." - Andrew Quarless
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/columns/story?columnist=cimini_rich&id=6088465
Junior hockey
Psu will have to hit the USHL and canadien tier II leagues if they want to have any chance at competing with Michigan, minn, MSU-
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