Illinois getting D1 hockey?
- Thread starter TheBoris
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This is actually quite interesting. The NHL is funding "feasibility studies" at five colleges to determine if they can develop Division 1 hockey programs. Illinois is the first, other four yet to be named but it looks good for Rutgers.
It looks like the HNL is trying to use college D1 hockay as its developmental league.
https://www.onthebanks.com/2017/6/2...key-expansion-can-rutgers-get-a-share-big-ten
It looks like the HNL is trying to use college D1 hockay as its developmental league.
https://www.onthebanks.com/2017/6/2...key-expansion-can-rutgers-get-a-share-big-ten
Easy for Illinois with Champaign already having a full sized community hockey rink they can use. Probably not feasible at Purdue unless a major donor comes through or they take Lambert and turn it into a hockey rink.
