While I don't have any specific information, "rumors" I have heard say
that it isn't a sure thing that non-Hockey East schools will be part of
a women's Hockey East.

Certainly Niagara has proved they belong, and UConn and Quinnipiac make
sense.

I got the impression that Merrimack might be closer than Richard thinks
to going forward, but I will defer to his knowledge on that subject.
--- Richard Hungerford <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Since HockeyEast's announcement that a Women's HockeyLeast (hnnnnnn
> East)
> will start the fall of 2002 or 2003, the big question remains will HE
> try
> to mirror the Men's league or go for a broader outlook.
>
> ECAC DI EAST features:
> Boston College                                  Connecticut
> Maine                                           Niagara
> New Hampshire                                           Quinnipiac
> Northeastern
> Providence College
>
> BU is amazing indicating it will elevate its club side to DI varsity
> when
> its new rink is finished (perhaps a precondition?).  However the rink
> is
> due to open in 2004-5.
>
> UMass-Lowell and Merrimack both are thinking about it, but I don't
> sense
> anything soon.
>
> Meanwhile UMass-Amherst is pretty much a no go, for "fiscal reasons".
>
> I don't know what HE people think, but it seems to me they have a
> fine 8
> team league to start with in the ECAC East.  If the other 4 ever did
> add
> they would have a 12 team league, which always seems to work out nice
> for
> scheduling.
>
> Plus, Niagara Women are doing very well within ECAC East and UConn is
> a
> team to keep your eyes on for the future.  UConn upset UNH in New
> Hampshire
> last weekend, and they appear to be developing quickly.  Hey the
> coach is
> Heather Linstad - what do you expect?
>
> Anyone have any inside information suggesting other HE
> options/directions?
>
> Meanwhile over in ECAC-land:
> ECAC DI NORTH
> Brown                                           Colgate
> Cornell                                         Dartmouth
> Harvard                                         Princeton
> St. Lawrence                                    Vermont
> Yale
>
> The ECAC already has 9 of its 12 teams in the Men's league in the
> ECAC
> North league.  Colgate is showing some early promise within the
> league.
>
> Union College plans to have a DI Women's varsity side starting in
> 2003-2004.
>
> Clarkson and RPI are both thinking about it, but I'd say we are a few
> years
> off, at least, for both.
>
> Which brings us to Sacred Heart and Holy Cross.  Both have DIII
> Women's
> teams, and seem to be dancing around the idea for going DI.
>
> Anybody heard anything more firm from those 4?
>
>
>
>
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