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Posts: 850 06/26/09 4:07 PM	Wisconsin Badgers men's hockey: WCHA to add two teams Email this Article: Wisconsin Badgers men's hockey: WCHA to add two teams Enter recipient's E-mail address Copy Me Separate multiple addresses with commas. Maximum 200 characters. Your Name: Your E-Mail Address: Personal Message: Check out this article. I confirm that I have the recipient's consent to provide their email address for this purpose. Emailing an article to a friend is a simple way to share a news item. Your friend will receive an email with your name and email address as well as any personal message you choose to send. The personal data you have supplied are used for the sole purpose of facilitating this email communication and will not be further retained by BadgerBeat. This service is not intended to encourage spam and action may be taken against individuals who maliciously enter the personal details of another individual. Close Window The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is going to get a little bigger starting in 2010. The WCHA voted Friday to admit Bemidji State and Nebraska-Omaha beginning in the 2010-11 season. It is the first time the WCHA has expanded since adding Minnesota State-Mankato for the 1999-2000 season. The two schools will make the WCHA a 12-team conference. The other members are the University of Wisconsin, Alaska-Anchorage, Colorado College, Denver, Michigan Tech, Minnesota, Minnesota-Duluth, Minnesota State-Mankato, North Dakota and St.Cloud State. "I am extremely pleased to announce the WCHA is expanding to 12 teams,'' WCHA commissioner Bruce McLeod said. "This is certainly a defining moment for the WCHA. ...'' Bemidji State advanced to the NCAA men's Frozen Four in April. "This is a great day for the Beavers,'' Bemidji State men's hockey coach Tom Serratore said. Return later for more on Friday's announcement, including reaction from UW. http://www.badgerbeat.com/news/article/id/456405 -- Thoughts? My only initial one is that now Tech has someone to fight with for last place each season. I'm not sure how I feel about this. What happens to the schedule now? Less non-conference games? A longer schedule? Both? "But thanks for the advice regarding popular products. I'm now going to go and buy a Bud Light, head out to McDonalds, and download me some Hinder." - Firkin, to HF regarding the coolness and supposed superiority of the iphone
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Ody		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 792 06/26/09 4:19 PM	I'm happy to hear this IF it results in College Hockey becoming stronger. Two new schools to boo. Yeah! "The best thing you can do is act like a man and don't beg and plead and embarrass yourself."
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badger74		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1589 06/26/09 4:57 PM	Two new obscure colleges in marginal locations. Woo Hoo.
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Myles Long		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 5045 06/26/09 5:00 PM "a beer-guzzling, brat-eating, women ogler neanderthal"	badger74 wrote: Two new obscure colleges in marginal locations. Woo Hoo. How many wet dreams have you fucked up in your lifetime? If comedians can go all out on someone like Rush, why can't they go all out against blacks? Lamont asking a 100% serious question on 5-11-09. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Badger Sports Photos Older Tailgate/Bowl Trip Photos
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ECBucky		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2761 06/26/09 5:19 PM tWhirls, Jr.	Yeah, cause BSU is awful. Those damn NCAA appearances and frozen four banner be damned!
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Posts: 2801 06/26/09 6:04 PM Phil King "200 lbs, dripping wet"	This is great news. The WCHA never should have let N-Omaha get away in the first place, and there is no question that Bemidji belongs. It also is great for college hockey in that the wandering teams are finding homes. It also solidifies the league as the WESTERN Association. The only down side is that I think the league will be weaker overall. Once those teams are in the league a few years, though, they will become stronger. And that certainly hasn't hurt the CCHA in terms of getting NCAA bids, and, in a selfish manner, may help Bucky with a couple more below average teams to take on during the year (sort of like Northern Michigan last year, huh?) "It's the toughest trophy to win in all of sports." Badger Bob Johnson, on the McNaughton Cup. Bless the Badgers.
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Why 2 Badger		#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1696 06/26/09 7:06 PM You mess with the bull, you get the horns	badger74 wrote: Two new obscure colleges in marginal locations. Woo Hoo. Yeah one of them is fresh off a frozen four appearance and the other just signed a coach who has won 2 National Titles. I would say that at least half of the schools that sponsor D1 hockey would fit your definition of obscure colleges and Marginal locations (outside of UM, UW and Denver what schools don't in the WCHA?). Many have won National Championships and have pretty good traditions. RPI, Lake Superior State, NMU, Tech, to name a few. Minnesota: We're going to get our shit completely pushed in twice when we play USC, but hey, at least we have the courage to measure our 2-inch cocks with a yardstick. -Timster 1/23/09 Last Edited By: Why 2 Badger 08/07/09 5:57 AM. Edited 1 time.
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Posts: 4350 06/26/09 10:34 PM Den Mother "I like . . . getting all hot, sweaty, and icky." 6/24/09	Hurray! But it does bring up the question of which would be the more enjoyable roadtrip: Omaha through a terrain that makes Illinois look mountainous or Bemidji. smack in the middle of nothing Minnesota. I would vote for Bemidji, but only if the US College Hockey Hall of Fame is still in Eveleth (on the range). I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch. Gilda Radner
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WhatVinceWhere		#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 852 06/27/09 1:56 AM	badger74 wrote: Two new obscure colleges in marginal locations. Woo Hoo. And then there's the case of a school with probably the poorest fan base (in monetary terms) in the WCHA in a location even more remote and "marginal" than the two new additions. This school calls (of all places) Grand Forks, ND, home and has something like nine national championships. "But thanks for the advice regarding popular products. I'm now going to go and buy a Bud Light, head out to McDonalds, and download me some Hinder." - Firkin, to HF regarding the coolness and supposed superiority of the iphone
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Badger Republic		#9	[url]	[-]
Posts: 197 06/27/09 8:44 AM	Blais going to UNO will only strengthen that program and they play in a 14,000-seat arena.
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Eric the Red		#10	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2631 06/27/09 8:49 AM	You can debate whether this is the right thing to do for the WCHA (I think it is), but the one thing you can't debate is that it's DEFINITELY the right thing to do for college hockey. Schools are cutting sports left-and-right, and if you're an independent team playing a hodge podge schedule (like Bemidji was about to become), you're ripe for the chopping block. For college hockey to remain strong, the WCHA needed to step up, and they did. The other thing this does (a long ways down the road) is that it gives the Badgers and Minny more flexibility if a Big 10 hockey league is formed. You're not leaving the conference in as tough of a spot if they still have 10 teams.
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HockeyFan		#11	[url]	[-]
Posts: 4239 06/27/09 8:07 PM Santa Claus	WhatVinceWhere wrote: This school calls (of all places) Grand Forks, ND, home and has something like nine national championships. Hell hath no fury for nine, it's only 7. Me neither......the last time I cheered for a goopher, I was cheering that White would keep getting back up so that Grotting would keep knocking him back down..... TomahawkBADGER on whether he could ever cheer for the goofers
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Posts: 2134 06/28/09 2:55 PM	Eric the Red wrote: You can debate whether this is the right thing to do for the WCHA (I think it is), but the one thing you can't debate is that it's DEFINITELY the right thing to do for college hockey. Schools are cutting sports left-and-right, and if you're an independent team playing a hodge podge schedule (like Bemidji was about to become), you're ripe for the chopping block. For college hockey to remain strong, the WCHA needed to step up, and they did. The other thing this does (a long ways down the road) is that it gives the Badgers and Minny more flexibility if a Big 10 hockey league is formed. You're not leaving the conference in as tough of a spot if they still have 10 teams. Exactly. College Hockey needed this. noalibisnoregrets.blogspot.com
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HobeyBaker		#13	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2061 06/30/09 4:21 PM "Drinking beer outside and with local chicks who have no idea who I am = good times."	The Bemidji road trip wont be so bad if you take a couple of extra days and go ice fishing.
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BadgerinATL		#14	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2046 08/06/09 9:41 PM	So no more Final Five? Wisconsin Hockey: NCAA Champions 1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006 Wisconsin Football: Big Ten Champions 1896, 1897, 1901, 1906, 1912, 1952, 1959, 1962, 1993, 1998, 1999 Green Bay Packers: NFL Champions 1929, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1939, 1944, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1996
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