Tom Rowe writes:
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>Hey, you left out San Jose State.  Actually, why is hockey so big in the East
>and so small in the West?  The WCHA has two teams west of the Mississippi
>river (now 3 with Anchorage).  What's wrong with Montana, Idaho, Washington?
 
      The WCHA has North Dakota, Colorado College, and Denver all West
of the Mississippi.  (Help!  I just blanked out on my Minnesota geography:
which side of the Mississippi is St. Cloud on?  I think of it as west, but
I'm not sure.)  The University of Minnesota, of course, straddles the
Mississippi, but the Arena is on the East Bank side.
 
>That is, why is college hockey so underdeveloped along the Northern tier of
>states out West compared to the East?  Is there some historical reason?
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>Tom Rowe                                [log in to unmask]
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Pam Sweeney
Go Gophers!!!
1993 WCHA Playoff Champs!!!