Jim Walker reveals:
 
>> I've heard UCLA and SC want teams. Without a movement to generate more
>> college hockey interest, and without big schools starting up programs,
>> despite new arenas popping up, ice hockey is still a struggle for
>> Californians.
>
>I was talking to a couple of UNH alums in Anaheim that live in the LA area
>and one of them said that USC does have a club team.  However, he said they
>are so awful that one of his men's league teams (which he said was pretty
>bad) would annihilate them.  So if UCLA and USC want hockey teams, they are
>going to have to put a *lot* more wood behind the arrow tip, so to speak,
>i.e. something along the lines of what UNO did, build a nice arena, recruit
>players, etc.  As a resident of northern California, I can tell you that
>although there may be small pockets of interest in hockey, mainly NHL
>hockey, the vast majority of Californians couldn't care less about hockey.
 
Take note Vicki and Chuq.
 
Greg Ambrose
 
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