What about Quinnipiac, they have clearly made an investment in their
program and they seem to be serious about what they are doing.  They do
offer scholarships, but I don't know if they offer the full 18 or not,
but I think at the least they were working toward that.


--- William <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> As a Connecticut resident (the whole state is still mourning the
> Huskies' loss to Duke on Saturday), I can tell you there are whispers
> in Storrs of a plan to get on board with Hockey East. Although it
> seems a natural fit - at some point, anyway - the Huskies have some
> issues to work out. The first being scholarships. Although I'm not
> positive on this, I don't believe UConn offers hockey scholarships. I
> know it didn't as late as 2 years ago, and it was a university
> decision. The move to I-A football was the reasoning. Publicly, UConn
> coach Bruce Marshall said it wasn't a big deal. But privately, it
> killed him. Not sure if the situation's changed, but if it hasn't,
> the university will need to go in that direction. Many schools have
> proved they can compete without (athletic) scholarships, but while
> there's brick walls on the UConn campus, there's no Ivy hanging from
> them either. Secondly, the UConn Ice Arena is a joke. You walk into
> the facility (can't call it arena), and it's !
>  clear
>  where the program ranks on its priority list. After building the
> state-funded Rentschler Field, which cost more than what Manny
> Ramirez will make in the next 4 years, it's hard to imagine an
> upgrade there.
>
>
> Bob Nichols <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I agree with the idea of a 12 team league, but we would only be able
> to
> play against 11 of them (22 games)
> I think we should add UConn and Holy Cross
> (although I'd much rather it be a western NY team)
>
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