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  • NEWHA Conference Announcement (Scholarships, OOC Scheduling, Autobid, etc.)

    NEWHA announced that it's becoming a conference today. Shooting for a tournament autobid starting in 2021-2022. Schools will be offering scholarships and are already in the works scheduling non-conference games with other D-1 teams:

    https://www.theicegarden.com/2018/9/...key-conference
    Last edited by TonyTheTiger20; 09-26-2018, 10:42 AM.
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    Re: NEWHA Conference Announcement (Scholarships, OOC Scheduling, Autobid, etc.)

    Great news. Appreciate your reporting the story, TTT.

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      I said it on the blog twitter but all I have to say is, with St. Mike's involved...

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        The 2022 Autobid is key.
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          If there is a loser in this, particularly in the short term, I'd say that it is Hockey East. Many of its members are already struggling to take the next step above "respectable". If there is suddenly more competition to spread the talent pool in the region across additional programs, I don't see the average HEA team getting stronger more quickly. BC really needs someone like Northeastern or Maine to emerge as a bonafide threat.
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            Originally posted by ARM View Post
            If there is a loser in this, particularly in the short term, I'd say that it is Hockey East. Many of its members are already struggling to take the next step above "respectable". If there is suddenly more competition to spread the talent pool in the region across additional programs, I don't see the average HEA team getting stronger more quickly. BC really needs someone like Northeastern or Maine to emerge as a bonafide threat.
            In Maine's case at least, there are only four players from the northeast outside Maine on the roster. Two from Massachusetts and one each from Connecticut and New York.
            Last edited by AMC; 09-26-2018, 11:51 AM.

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              Originally posted by AMC View Post
              In Maine's case at least, there are only four players from the northeast outside Maine on the roster. Two from Massachusetts and one each from Connecticut and New York.
              Same with UVM. Two from Mass and two from NY, plus Greta Close from VT.
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                Originally posted by TovarishchLisa View Post
                Same with UVM. Two from Mass and two from NY, plus Greta Close from VT.
                Doesn't get much Close-r to UVM than Vermont

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                  Originally posted by TonyTheTiger20 View Post
                  Doesn't get much Close-r to UVM than Vermont

                  I'll show myself out
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                    Re: NEWHA Conference Announcement (Scholarships, OOC Scheduling, Autobid, etc.)

                    Can anyone explain what "unanimously agreed to adhere to NCAA Division I recruiting rules" means? How do those rules differ from D-III, and are they actually more stringent somehow, as implied?


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                      Anyone have information on how this will affect the future number of teams in the tournament? I think it is 4 automatic bids right now, this will be 5. Leaving 3 at-large. I'd hate to see one of these teams (that are clearly not at the level they need to be to be competitive) take a spot from a team whose body of work through the season is more deserving of a spot. Hopefully these teams can become a little more competitive quickly, but I think it may be a while. Thanks in advance for further understanding!

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                        Re: NEWHA Conference Announcement (Scholarships, OOC Scheduling, Autobid, etc.)

                        Originally posted by DDad16 View Post
                        Anyone have information on how this will affect the future number of teams in the tournament? I think it is 4 automatic bids right now, this will be 5. Leaving 3 at-large. I'd hate to see one of these teams (that are clearly not at the level they need to be to be competitive) take a spot from a team whose body of work through the season is more deserving of a spot. Hopefully these teams can become a little more competitive quickly, but I think it may be a while. Thanks in advance for further understanding!
                        Believe NCAA rules stipulate that there has to be at least as many at-large bids as autobids
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                          Re: NEWHA Conference Announcement (Scholarships, OOC Scheduling, Autobid, etc.)

                          Originally posted by LtPowers View Post
                          Can anyone explain what "unanimously agreed to adhere to NCAA Division I recruiting rules" means? How do those rules differ from D-III, and are they actually more stringent somehow, as implied?


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                          D-III doesn't have a recruiting calendar. There can be contact year round. D-I has limits on when a coach can contact a recruit. There may be some other differences regarding official visits and the like.

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                            Re: NEWHA Conference Announcement (Scholarships, OOC Scheduling, Autobid, etc.)

                            Originally posted by DDad16 View Post
                            Anyone have information on how this will affect the future number of teams in the tournament? I think it is 4 automatic bids right now, this will be 5. Leaving 3 at-large. I'd hate to see one of these teams (that are clearly not at the level they need to be to be competitive) take a spot from a team whose body of work through the season is more deserving of a spot. Hopefully these teams can become a little more competitive quickly, but I think it may be a while. Thanks in advance for further understanding!
                            Nothing's in the works yet but from what I've heard, there have been talks of expanding to 9 teams and having an 8/9 play-in game. I think that's the right way to go.

                            Originally posted by AMC View Post
                            D-III doesn't have a recruiting calendar. There can be contact year round. D-I has limits on when a coach can contact a recruit. There may be some other differences regarding official visits and the like.
                            It's a D-1 vs. D-2 thing, not D-3, but it's pretty much this. I have a whole spreadsheet of differences someone put together for me here.
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                              Re: NEWHA Conference Announcement (Scholarships, OOC Scheduling, Autobid, etc.)

                              Originally posted by TonyTheTiger20 View Post
                              Nothing's in the works yet but from what I've heard, there have been talks of expanding to 9 teams and having an 8/9 play-in game.
                              Does that occur midweek or is there a bye week for the rest of the field? The former pretty well necessitates that the play-in game is just a bus trip (although we know that the NCAA would prefer that the entire quarterfinal round was just bus trips, so it isn't really new ground.)
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