It's amazing that Illinois isn't on that list since UIC left
a few years ago given the popularity of hockey in Illinois
and Chicago in particular.

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From: Joe Makowiec <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: CHN News Alert: SYRACUSE GETS SERIOUS
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 11:50:01 -0500

>At 1-9-2007 08:52 AM, Deron Treadwell wrote:
>>Boy, it does sound like this could be pretty serious.  I
>>would think  Syracuse would be a welcome addition to the
>community.
>
>The though struck me during the Governor's Cup (featuring 3
>New York  teams plus one from Connecticut) that New York
>has a lot of DI men's  hockey.  I was trying to come up
>with some way to do a Governor's Cup  similar to the
>Beanpot, but it would be tough, even if you included 
>regular-season games.  But the addition of one more NYS
>team would  make New York the center (or at least the
>center of gravity) of the  DI men's hockey world.
>
>State   Teams
>MA      10
>NY      10
>MI      8
>MN      5
>CT      4
>CO      3
>OH      3
>AK      2
>NH      2
>PA      2
>RI      2
>AL      1
>IN      1
>ME      1
>ND      1
>NE      1
>NJ      1
>VT      1
>WI      1
>
>Question for discussion: What league would they go into? 
>ECAC, and  bring RIT along too?
>
>Joe
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