Gee, first they (the B.O.T) gave us hockey, and now Jimmy Collins.
How profound. :p  Maybe I'll apply for a trustee position.
 
Hopefully, it won't take 16 years for a Division I program to return
to UIC. I'd would love to see any future profit dollars generated by
basketball put towards restarting the hockey program and having a
second major sport on campus. However, now that basketball has control
of the practice facility, that's a longshot.
 
Do you think the BOT will try to get hockey more established at UIUC
now that the UIC program has been placed six feet under?
 
In mourning,
Paul
 
On Mar 27, 12:47pm, Terry Paul Kasdan eloquently stated:
> Subject: Re: UIC Hockey Program
# On Tue, 26 Mar 1996, AVROM LITIN wrote:
#
# > The UIC program did not start 1n 1980  it is many years older than
# > that be went division 1 in the early 80's when the other uic sports
# > joined division 1
#
# <stuff deleted>
# But because, like I mentioned, men's football and basketball were so
# popular here they wanted to create a high exposure men's team at the
# Chicago campus. So, yes UIC had hockey before 1980.  But what I was
# referring to happened in 1980.
#
>-- End of excerpt from Terry Paul Kasdan
 
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- Beckett and Calavicci in `96 - Putting right what once went wrong.
- Collins killed UIC Hockey!    UIC Hockey: 1980-1996. RIP. :<
- Coming in second only means that you will be the first loser.
- Today's weather:  hard top on (until March 29!).  :(  MCA: #50778
 
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