Just caught this on the CSTV website...interesting quotes

Posted by Dave Weldon at 3/16/2008 01:22:00 AM

CSTV: It's Just Reality

"Now that we're heading into the next round of the playoffs, take a minute with me to salute a great group of coaches that we at CSTV get a chance to spend one weekend a year with, and that is the bench bosses of College Hockey America.

The AHA and the CHA do not get the ink that the big four do, but as Robert Morris head coach Derek Schooley said Wednesday, "25 percent of college hockey is in Atlantic Hockey or the CHA. To ignore them isn't good for the industry as a whole."

He's absolutely right.


The CHA has some quality wins this season, and thanks to my play-by-play partner at CSTV, Matt McConnell, for doing the research. UAH beat Yale. Bemidji State knocked off Minn-Duluth and traditionally plays North Dakota pretty tough. Niagara beat CCHA teams in Bowling Green and Western Michigan twice, and also swept Quinnipiac. Robert Morris made news early with a win over BU and also beat Ohio State Wayne State had four wins in beating Lake Superior, St. Lawrence, and Northern Michigan twice. The CHA title game is on CSTV Sunday afternoon at 2 PM ET. That game is usually a good one."

Check out more of the article, it is a good one.

 

1 Comment:

  1. Anonymous said...
    March 17, 2008 at 12:18 PM  
    I get his point, but the real big picture indicates that to grow the sport of Division 1 hockey we need to keep AHA/CHA level hockey at a level of reasonable importance, and preserve those 2 autobids. If a possible newcomer to D-1 College hockey sees that they might not ever get a reasonable chance to go to the big dance, it might deter them from entering. We need more programs in college hockey overall, and they need to see the benefits of being able to be competitive very quickly. I can't say that the idea of a play-in game between the AHA/CHA champions is a good idea/

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