Matthew J Voss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>Was there ever a Big10 Hockey conference?  The reason I ask is, there
>is a banner listing all of Minnesota's Big10 Hockey Conference
>Championships hanging in Marriucci.  As far as I know, Minnesota has
>been in the WCHA(WIHL) since the '50s.  Was this just a mythical
>championship based on overall record or record against other Big10
>schools or am I just hallucinating?
 
I believe that the championship was actually awarded by the Big 10, but
since the teams competing for it were all in the WIHL/WCHA, it did not
interfere with their real conference schedules--you see the same
situation with the ECAC and the Ivy League today.
 
Michigan also had the banners, but took them down after last season.
 
Note for further discussion:  they also removed their WIHL and WCHA
championship banners & left only banners for NCAA Championships (8),
NCAA Runners Up (2), CCHA regular season championships (4), and CCHA
tournament championships (2).  What have other teams that have switched
conferences done?  Does NMU still have its CCHA banners?  What about HE
teams that were in the ECAC?
 
BIG TEN HOCKEY CHAMPIONS (Source:  1980-81 Michigan Media Guide):
1958-59  Michigan State
1959-60  Minnesota
1960-61  Michigan
1961-62  Michigan
1962-63  Minnesota
1963-64  Michigan
1964-65  Minnesota
1965-66  Minnesota
1966-67  Michigan State
1967-68  Michigan
1968-69  Michigan
1969-70  Minnesota
1970-71  Michigan State
1971-72  Wisconsin
1972-73  Michigan State & Wisconsin (tie)
1973-74  Wisconsin & Minnesota (tie)
1974-75  Minnesota
1975-76  Michigan State
1976-77  Wisconsin
1977-78  Wisconsin
1978-79  Minnesota
1979-80  Minnesota
1980-81  ?????
 
Note:  I am certain Minnesota and/or Wisconsin won the last Big 10
championship in 1980-81.  Does anybody know who?
 
After the 1980-81 season, Michigan & MSU joined the CCHA, ending the
awarding of the Big 10 Championship.
 
 
Alton Hollingsworth
 
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