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]>
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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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