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Originally posted by JDUBBS1280 View PostSo did the University of Illinois in Champaign. Not sure about other programs, but the Gophers played them 17 times between 1938-1943.
Not sure why either school dropped their program, but my guess would be $$$.
EDIT: the Gophers played Illinois-Chicago 7 times between 1983-1993.
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Good luck.............
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Originally posted by MadCityRich View PostGood luck.............
Cousins (started in Milwaukee in the 70's) is my favorite; Jimmy John's a close 2nd. BTW, I know The Chief is gone, but will the Fighting Illini thing will disappear like the Fighting Sioux? It's still there for football.
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Originally posted by JDUBBS1280 View PostNeither Michigan nor Michigan State have a women's hockey program.
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Originally posted by Hockeybuckeye View PostTough to do when a school has only a single arena. You'll never see it at Michigan, Red doesn't play well with others and share. lol! Ohio State was able to add a womens team only when the mens team moved into the new arena opening up the small old one for the women to use. It would certainly enhance the sport if Illinois could add both.Current NCAA D-I rinks I've been to:
AHA:
B1G: UMich, MSU, UMinn, Notre Dame, OSU, UWisc
CCHA: BSU, BG, FSU, LSSU, MSU, MTU, NMU
ECAC:
HEA: UMass
NCHC: Miami, UMD, UND, SCSU, WMU
Independant: ASU
Inactive: UAH, ASU, BSU, UMD, UND, NMU, Notre Dame
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Originally posted by Hockeybuckeye View PostTough to do when a school has only a single arena. You'll never see it at Michigan, Red doesn't play well with others and share. lol! Ohio State was able to add a womens team only when the mens team moved into the new arena opening up the small old one for the women to use. It would certainly enhance the sport if Illinois could add both.
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Originally posted by goldy_331 View PostAround here it doesn't get you any more than a city rec arena.
http://www.grandforksherald.com/even...allery/id/655/
Don't get me wrong - it's a nice rink for what it is (a community rink with high school and club college - former D-II Minnesota-Crookston), but it's no where near a D-I rink (at least, no where near a B1G/NCHC/WCHA rink. AHA? Sure). I do agree though, that if there already is a plan in place for a $15 mil facility, one could see a big donor just adding to the pot...Current NCAA D-I rinks I've been to:
AHA:
B1G: UMich, MSU, UMinn, Notre Dame, OSU, UWisc
CCHA: BSU, BG, FSU, LSSU, MSU, MTU, NMU
ECAC:
HEA: UMass
NCHC: Miami, UMD, UND, SCSU, WMU
Independant: ASU
Inactive: UAH, ASU, BSU, UMD, UND, NMU, Notre Dame
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Originally posted by moose97 View PostCrookston (MN) Sports Center (87,000 sq ft and $15 million):
http://www.grandforksherald.com/even...allery/id/655/
Don't get me wrong - it's a nice rink for what it is (a community rink with high school and club college - former D-II Minnesota-Crookston), but it's no where near a D-I rink (at least, no where near a B1G/NCHC/WCHA rink. AHA? Sure). I do agree though, that if there already is a plan in place for a $15 mil facility, one could see a big donor just adding to the pot...
Too bad the existing UI Ice Arena isn't larger - it's a handsome facility, though it only seats 1,200 and holds 2,000. It's also a wider-than-standard sheet at 115 feet, so perhaps Illinois could squeeze in taller bleachers on one side by cutting it back to 90 feet... that could yield perhaps 3,000 total capacity. It would probably be enough for a women's team, but still inadequate for a B1G men's team.Augsburg College: Wait, there's another D-3 school whose name starts with "A"?
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Originally posted by moose97 View PostLast I checked, most schools with women's hockey only have one rink. And, the opening of Value City notwithstanding, women's college hockey (out west anyway) didn't really exist before '98 (only the Gophers amongst WCHA teams had a program before that year), so why would OSU even think of starting a team before Value City opened?
If there's only one rink with adequate seating, game times can be an issue. Some schools have addressed this by having the Women's Varsity play on a Saturday afternoon/Sunday afternoon basis. Maybe that's not a first choice, but it's not a bad solution at all.
I don't know much about the current set-up at Illinois. But if they were to build a new facility for Men's D-1 and renovate the existing rink for Women's D-1, they'd be following closely in our footsteps. I'm sure that both programs could thrive in that arrangement. But a single hockey-only facility can work just as well. Add a second sheet of ice for practice and you've got the best of the both worlds. All you'd lose is the option for the two teams to host games simultaneously. Personally I'd rather our two varsities didn't play head-to-head!
As for the late '90s, I'd say that a number of things came together at roughly the same time, but it was more of coincidence than anything else. Women's Club Hockey was very strong at OSU in the '90s, so there was a foundation in place that a new varsity could build on when the opportunity arose. And at the time the decision to build the Schott was made, there was a definite void in this market for an NHL/NBA caliber building. Yes, these two things happened contemporaneously. And it's probably fair to say that they were both part of a large package deal. But to the extent that Hockeybuckeye is saying there's a necessary connection between the two, I'd partially disagree. Was the package deal necessary from a political point of view? Quite possibly yes. Was it necessary from the perspective of operating two hockey programs? Again, no.
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I'll believe it when I see it. Time to fire up the money incinerator.Code:As of 9/21/10: As of 9/13/10: College Hockey 6 College Football 0 BTHC 4 WCHA FC: 1
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Originally posted by DLW4GOPHERS View PostOn Illinois web site they list 9 Men's sports and 10 Women's sports. Maybe they are already lined up for this to happen.Code:As of 9/21/10: As of 9/13/10: College Hockey 6 College Football 0 BTHC 4 WCHA FC: 1
Originally posted by SanTropezMay your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.Originally posted by bigblue_dlI don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..Originally posted by KeplerWhen the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
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