seems to be privy to the reasoning behind BYU’s decision. Yesterday, I emailed an acquaintance who is the father of a current player to see if he knows anything, but I doubt it. This morning, I sent a message to Cam of Bam Bam’s BBQ, who is (or was) on the Icecat Hockey Board of Directors, but again, it sounds like even the current team leadership and board do not have much more information than they have released publicly. I reviewed the ACHA bylaws and unfortunately, unless granted an exemption, there doesn’t seem to be a way to continue to field an ACHA DII team.

https://cdn3.sportngin.com/attachments/document/a348-1796345/ACHA2018Manual.pdf

Maybe there is a possibility to keep the team playing if they drop down a division to ACHA DIII?



ACHA DIII would only work if my assumption is correct that the university affiliation requirements are looser at that level. [Edit to add: I only think this is the case because I see a lot of teams on the DIII list that were on the DII list 29 years ago] But that would present a lot of other problems, even if it is allowed. First, if you look at the DIII “pacific” division, it includes such western states as Wisconsin, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, and Arkansas. The closest teams would be Northern Arizona, UNM in Albuquerque, Creighton, University of Nebraska, and five or six schools in Colorado (including the Air Force Academy). The scheduling would be pretty limited and expensive unless DIII teams are permitted to play DII teams, and you would lose all the in-state rivalries.