Offseason Thread

[mbenecke]

Carson Musser has committed to using his extra year of eligibility at Long Island University.

Good luck to the young man. And with that, I believe we can fully turn our attention to who’s coming in next year, as opposed to folks who might unexpectedly stay.

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

Any ideas on who will replace Maco?

[jpfalcon09]

Any ideas on who will replace Maco?

Haven't heard anything.

BTW the schedule should be out on 5/12 to coincide with the official launch of the CCHA.

[mbenecke]

I was told that the posting for the open assistant job closes on Monday. So I would imagine we'll have a decision and announcement before too long?

[pdt1081]

I was told that the posting for the open assistant job closes on Monday. So I would imagine we'll have a decision and announcement before too long?

Assistant Hockey Coach https://www.google.com/search?ibp=htl;j ... AAAA%3D%3D

[rood]

This link works better:

https://bgsu.hiretouch.com/job-details- ... ckey-coach

Somebody should have updated the language to read "CCHA" instead of "WCHA".

[jpfalcon09]

Lindenwood is likely going to be applying for D-1 status in 2022-23 and the CCHA is a probable landing spot.

Played them in the playoffs when I coached the clubbers in 2008-09 and they had a good program.

[rood]

Lindenwood is likely going to be applying for D-1 status in 2022-23 and the CCHA is a probable landing spot.

That's going to be a heck of a travel budget. We're the closest school in the CCHA to them. And it's more than a 7 hour drive.

[pdt1081]

Lindenwood is likely going to be applying for D-1 status in 2022-23 and the CCHA is a probable landing spot.

That's going to be a heck of a travel budget. We're the closest school in the CCHA to them. And it's more than a 7 hour drive.

They are a little over 8 hours from Mankato and St Thomas. BG is 11 hours from Mankato.

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

Lindenwood is likely going to be applying for D-1 status in 2022-23 and the CCHA is a probable landing spot.

That's going to be a heck of a travel budget. We're the closest school in the CCHA to them. And it's more than a 7 hour drive.

They are a little over 8 hours from Mankato and St Thomas. BG is 11 hours from Mankato.

I have a spreadsheet that calculates the distances between the CCHA schools. Lindenwood adds time/distance to everyone's average except for ours. No material impact to Ferris, Mankato, or St. Thomas. Yooper teams and Bemidji see the biggest increase, each with an additional 10+ hour road trip. Lindenwood, then Bemidji, would take over our spot as the most travel weary team in the conference.

Code: Select all

	Avg Drive Time		+/- Min		Avg Miles	+/- Miles
BSU		8:26		    25		   507		   31
BGSU		8:39		   -10		   571		  -10
FSU		7:30		     2		   492		    3
LSSU		6:28		    34		   401		   44
MNSU		7:28		     4		   461		    5
MTU		6:13		    34		   372		   41
NMU		5:43		    36		   344		   41
UST		6:34		    11		   412		   12
LU		9:23				   612   

[rood]

Lindenwood is likely going to be applying for D-1 status in 2022-23 and the CCHA is a probable landing spot.

That's going to be a heck of a travel budget. We're the closest school in the CCHA to them. And it's more than a 7 hour drive.

They are a little over 8 hours from Mankato and St Thomas. BG is 11 hours from Mankato.

Their travel. Not ours.

[Schadenfreude]

Is nine a good number for college hockey, or does this imply the need for a 10th?

[mbenecke]

Is nine a good number for college hockey, or does this imply the need for a 10th?

I like 8, because you play each of the 7 other teams home and away to get 28 league games. More than that, you're looking at not getting everyone home and away twice, and I think that hurts the balance of the league.

But I suppose we could live with 9 or 10, though if we were going to jump from 8 to 10 right now, I'd wish for Miami and Western Michigan to be the new members...

[TalonsUpPuckDown]

Would Mankato get the call from the bullpen to join ASU (and their shiny new rink) in the Nachos? Having a CCHA backup team wouldn't be a bad idea.

Not sure what Bergeron thinks, but the Miami State faithful would forever prefer to be the Vanderbilt of the Nachos than switch leagues - even if they can't afford it (which, if the rumors on their board and CHN are accurate, they can't). Western ain't ever leavin'. There are a lot of plusses in being Michigan's Nacho team.

[pdt1081]

Is nine a good number for college hockey, or does this imply the need for a 10th?

I like 8, because you play each of the 7 other teams home and away to get 28 league games. More than that, you're looking at not getting everyone home and away twice, and I think that hurts the balance of the league.

But I suppose we could live with 9 or 10, though if we were going to jump from 8 to 10 right now, I'd wish for Miami and Western Michigan to be the new members...

Under the current conference alignments, 28 league games is too many. That only leaves 6 non-conference games. At the same time, 14 is too few. I'm a fan of having around 10 non-conference games. It allows you to keep traditional opponents on the schedule (Miami, Western, OSU, etc) while still allowing room for a team from the east and a team from the west. Downside is an unbalanced league schedule.

The CCHA almost has the ability to go back to the 3 games against each team setup they had at one time. Play twice in one team's arena, once in the other. Obviously there'd be travel partners. The southern teams are easy. BG-FSU, MSMN-STT. Bemidji-Tech is questionable. Fairly certain LSSU-NMU play home and homes a lot, so that's very doable.