http://board.uscho.com/ en Sat, 18 May 2013 18:24:15 GMT vBulletin 60 http://board.uscho.com/images/misc/rss.png http://board.uscho.com/ http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?105034-Is-Hockey-Important-to-Nescac-s&goto=newpost Thu, 16 May 2013 15:38:01 GMT The Nescac schools are known for academic excellence. Many are as difficult to matriculate at as the Ivy's. That said, some schools within the division pride themselves in excellence at all levels including athletics while others sustain their athletic programs without demanding the same excellence or providing competitive funding.

Over the last 7 years, measured in winning and losing seasons for the hockey programs, several teams stand out at the top and several hold control of the bottom.
Amherst: 7 winning seasons
Middlebury: 7 winning seasons
Bowdoin: 6 winning seaons
Williams: 5 winning seasons
Trinity: 5 wining seasons
Colby: 4 winning seasons
Tufts, CC, Wesleyan, Hamilton: 2 winning seasons.

The athletic budgets for the schools vary by several fold as Middlebury outlays $5M/yr on athletics with Williams and Amherst spending about $4.7M. Several schools in the Nescac spend closer to $1M including Connecticut College, Tufts, Hamilton, and Wesleyan. Budgets do not seem to be tied directly to endowments as Tufts has one of the largest endowments (1.7B) and ran a surplus on their budget the last several years. Amherst and Williams have an endowment > 1B while Connecticut College is around 200M and the remaining Nescac's 500-800M.

It is obvious that several schools place no emphasis on the sport and are clearly satisfied with poor results as they maintain consistency in their coaching staff in spite of consistently losing seasons: Tufts, CC, Wesleyan. Others are trying to make changes but those changes haven't born fruit yet: Hamilton, Colby. Trinity has made changes and their fruit is bountiful. And then the top programs maintain their consistency and dedication. ]]> nasa69 http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?105034-Is-Hockey-Important-to-Nescac-s http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?104932-MCHA-to-become-Northern-Collegiate-Hockey-Association&goto=newpost Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:30:22 GMT MCHA to become Northern Collegiate Hockey Association

The NCHA Web page announcement is here.

Yes it is "old" news, but I think it deserves its own thread. ]]> norm1909 http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?104932-MCHA-to-become-Northern-Collegiate-Hockey-Association http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?104869-Hockey-Jersey-Collection-Thread&goto=newpost Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:50:55 GMT http://www.ebay.com/sch/johnsonsjers...&_trksid=p3686

Did some digging around ebay last night. found this seller has a lot of d3 jerseys for sale if anyone is interested.

I know he has Peter Magagna's jersey from Oswego, along with Lawrence, Hamilton, Cortland, Williams, Brockport, and Babson.

Bit pricey, but if it's the only way you'll get one, It may be worth it. My Utica ones alone cost me at least 80 apiece.


On that note, I say let's talk about jersey collections particularly division 3.

I have....
UTICA-#23 Chris Santiago (Class of 2014)
UTICA #12 Soichiro Omi (Class of 2012)
Utica OT Sports jersey
Cornell OT Sports replica
Colgate #6 with the alternate letter still sewn on. Came to find out later the jersey is the same number as newly named Colgate captain Spiro Goulakos, who is battling some form of cancer if i'm not mistaken. It's also signed by the entire 2011-2012 Raiders team, including Goulakos and NCAA leading scorer Austin Smith)

Also:
Anaheim Mighty Ducks: Old Style goalie mask jersey(Purple/Green)
Vancouver Canucks (Henrik Sedin 2011 cup finals)
New York Rangers CCM
Utica Baseball Circa 2005-2007(looks like a San Diego Padres Jersey) ]]> vcxc3200 http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?104869-Hockey-Jersey-Collection-Thread