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Notre Dame was in the CCHA for a long time, a conference full of "non major schools."
CCHA however was a great conference.
Notre Dame was in the CCHA for a long time, a conference full of "non major schools."
CCHA however was a great conference.
Wha?Sweet. Notre Dame joins a conference where for most programs, men's ice hockey is the third most important priority.
The spiral of into irrelevancy continues for the teams that joined the Big Ten. You'd think three years into Big Ten hockey, you'd see big results.
Wha?
Notre Dame joins a conference that:
1) is geographically the best fit;
2) has 3 former conference mates (2 of which are school-wide rivals);
3) covers its natural recruiting territory;
4) has athletic departments of comparable size and priorities;
5) has better media exposure; and
6) will actually give ND hockey more independence.
Take the emotion out of the equation and ND to the Big Ten makes all the objective sense in the world.
I second that response. Can you imagine if, when the Wild first came into existence, someone were to dismissively say, "Sweet. Minnesota joins a league where, for most markets, hockey is the No. 4 sport"?
All good points; plus The attendance levels at the' #4' schools tend to be close to double those where hockey is the primary sport. It's not like hockkey is at the top of the food chain at Notre Dame, nor would that change being in a conference where hockey is king at most of the schools.