Here’s an email that came to us recently that the writer, Brian Patterson of Minneapolis, agreed to let us publish:<\/p>\n
As a big college hockey fan, I have been following the recent developments closely and my concern, like many, is that the new conferences are completely ignoring the great history of college hockey.<\/p>\n
Consider this — in the last quarter century, the NCAA Champions break down like this (by their “future” conference): Big Ten – 7; Hockey East – 7; NCHC – 6; ECAC – 1, WCHA – 1. You will probably notice this only adds up to 22. That is because the other three belong to Lake Superior State University — one of the remainders\/castoffs (as of this date) from the CCHA.<\/p>\n
(Full disclosure — I am a LSSU grad, and thus biased).<\/p>\n
If NCAA football were to realign, would they cast off one of their storied teams? I doubt it. Now, I grant you that LSSU has not been highly\/consistently competitive in at least 10 years — but (to continue the analogy to football above), has Notre Dame been competitive in football?<\/p>\n
Of course, I realize this is not about storied teams and traditions, but about money. If you don’t think this is the case, then consider this — a three time NCAA Champion is being (kind of) replaced by a school (Penn State) that up to this point has had nothing more than a club team. I cannot be the only one that finds this astounding.<\/p>\n
I am not blaming Penn State, by the way — their entrance into college hockey will likely be a very good thing, all told, when all is said and done.<\/p>\n
The ironic thing is, and I am not the first to say this — for years college hockey fans have wanted their sport to get more attention within the overall collegiate landscape and be more “like” NCAA football and basketball. Well, we got it.<\/p>\n
Be careful what you wish for.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
What’s your reaction? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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