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I've seen some posts on other college hockey boards that our cluster for the 09-10 season is with Notre Dame, Michigan, and Michigan State?

sbkbghockey wrote:I've seen some posts on other college hockey boards that our cluster for the 09-10 season is with Notre Dame, Michigan, and Michigan State?

That should be our cluster:

08/09 it was ND, NMU, Lake
07/08 it was ND, WMU, Ferris
06/07 it was ND, UNO, Alaska
05/06 it was ND, OSU, Miami

sbkbghockey wrote:I've seen some posts on other college hockey boards that our cluster for the 09-10 season is with Notre Dame, Michigan, and Michigan State?

On the bright side, any extra home dates with that group (esp. if MSU rights the ship) brings in outside revenue.

But yeah...ouch!

Maybe they will all have simultaneous down years... please?

TG1996 wrote:

sbkbghockey wrote:I've seen some posts on other college hockey boards that our cluster for the 09-10 season is with Notre Dame, Michigan, and Michigan State?

On the bright side, any extra home dates with that group (esp. if MSU rights the ship) brings in outside revenue.

But yeah...ouch!

Yeah I was thinking about that after I made the post. With the scare we had/have about the program's future, the extra attendance ($$) from playing these big teams will be a nice.

Notre Dame should be a very good team once again and Michigan is another powerhouse (although we came super close to a sweep this past season). MSU will be interesting, they could bounce back and be towards the top of the CCHA or still be lower with a younger team.

Another positive is hopefully BG can get some more wins against these top teams, which would help the teams' confidence and also boost our rankings.