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BYU no longer sponsoring a hockey team. What a disappointing step backward.
MarkWatney
Devil’s avocado here, Larry
6/19/21 12:40pm
I played back when they were the Icecats. Still sad to see the affiliation go.
JohnnyComeLately
6/19/21 12:43pm
Can they go back to being the Icecats?
couldge
6/20/21 9:01am
They cannot. Their league no longer allows unaffiliated programs. Without the BYU connection they have no league.
MarkWatney
6/20/21 9:05am
Nobody watches college hockey except players parents, unfortunately.
BlooCoog
6/19/21 12:44pm
More attendees at hockey games than at your average women’s basketball game.
JohnnyComeLately
6/19/21 12:45pm
When’s the last time you went to a BYU hockey game? Tons of fun and always packed.
MarkWatney
6/19/21 12:47pm
This poster unfortunately does not present facts….. more concerned about the
kotacoug
6/19/21 12:49pm
Ha...the ultraconservative dentist who thinks he’s smarter than everyone &
BlooCoog
6/19/21 8:09pm
Uhh… I’ve had probably 10-12 friends family play on the team over the last
kotacoug
6/20/21 12:32am
Went last season
2Blue4U
6/19/21 2:43pm
And?
Benfica1
6/19/21 3:20pm
Games were a lot of fun. Packed house the times we went. Definitely bummed it's
2Blue4U
6/19/21 5:42pm
I’m half kidding. Attendance at these games is so so. I’m talking about college
BlooCoog
6/19/21 8:07pm
According to the feasibility study commissioned by U of Illinois, the team would
The Chelsea Dagger
6/20/21 12:43am
Factually incorrect… and as a club team it’s for….. wait for it…
kotacoug
6/19/21 12:48pm
Was a fun family outing….
BlueTeach
6/19/21 12:57pm
Also saw a lot of kids on dates at games.
Division Bell
6/19/21 12:59pm
You mean siblings of players would date each other?
JohnnyComeLately
6/19/21 1:03pm
This is not true
Junior Deputy
6/19/21 1:10pm
False
Mitty
6/19/21 1:19pm
False. Google Ralph Engelstad Arena
IokweDude
6/19/21 5:04pm
I hate that place
The Chelsea Dagger
6/19/21 7:32pm
Not true.
(Private)
6/19/21 6:01pm
Not true, it’s through college hockey that I gained my fandom of the sport
pegushin
6/19/21 6:13pm
Maybe club college hockey. NCAA hockey is a good draw though--probably the
The Chelsea Dagger
6/19/21 7:15pm
Just read more and they said the league no longer allows unaffiliated teams to compete.
JohnnyComeLately
6/19/21 12:58pm
Not a Title lX issue….It’s a BYU Issue
Chicago Cougar
6/19/21 1:00pm
BYU ski team had a similar arrangement in the 90s.. byu was crazy then
cougfanz
6/19/21 1:01pm
The student-athlete would have to pay all their travel costs etc.. often topping $8k / season.
Division Bell
6/19/21 1:05pm
RE: BYU no longer sponsoring a hockey team. What a disappointing step backward.
Bluedarts
6/19/21 1:02pm
Sounds like the key driver here is the playgroup/league making it untenable, no?
BlackBart
6/19/21 1:05pm
IceCats were unaffiliated. Then the ACHA said: "no more unaffiliated teams" and
ryebrye
6/19/21 5:38pm
Title IX sucks. Killing dreams left and right.
Mitty
6/19/21 1:20pm
Too sad. One of the most consistently fun teams to support at the Y.
benMN
6/19/21 2:18pm
Way back when, didn’t wrestling suffer the same fate?
coastcat
6/19/21 3:44pm
Wrestling was a scholarship sport
HiLife
6/19/21 4:50pm
Need to do the same with baseball... then add soccer. BYU would be a top 10
coot20
6/19/21 3:49pm
Probably true
Great38
6/19/21 4:05pm
Nothing against BYU hockey, but BYU baseball is actually nationally relevant
The Chelsea Dagger
6/19/21 7:31pm
Have you tried ponying up big time to if they’ll reconsider?
Bullrider
6/19/21 5:36pm
Literally I was looking at women’s college teams for ice hockey with my daughter
(Private)
6/19/21 6:03pm
Mormons play hockey?
LEDSFW
6/19/21 6:07pm
They should, but alas many seek lower kingdoms.
(Private)
6/19/21 6:14pm
Back to the Provo IceCats once again?
eysikal
6/19/21 6:55pm
someone on here has to know the inside story about what happened.
Kolipoki
6/19/21 11:43pm
A few former players have commented above in this thread. Parents/relatives of former players have commented. No one
Icecat
6/20/21 7:52am
My daughter knows current players
bluelands
6/20/21 2:01pm
The world’s most popular sport is men's soccer
run26
6/20/21 9:34am
Here are the reasons for the decision:
byubyu
6/23/21 3:50pm
The matriculated students seems pretty easily solved. The other ones seem like they may be tough to overcome.
MarkWatney
6/23/21 5:03pm
Control and Hassle I believe…..never saw non-students playing
Chicago Cougar
6/23/21 6:02pm
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