{"id":266,"date":"2008-01-18T15:45:08","date_gmt":"2008-01-18T20:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/blogs\/in-the-corner-with-jim-connelly\/jconnelly\/20080118\/the-first-save-of-many.html"},"modified":"2008-01-18T15:45:08","modified_gmt":"2008-01-18T20:45:08","slug":"the-first-save-of-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2008\/01\/18\/the-first-save-of-many\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Save of Many?"},"content":{"rendered":"
The CHA’s demise seems all but a foregone conclusion. After Air Force departed in 2006, leaving the league with five teams, and Wayne State’s announcment that it will drop hockey at the end of this season bringing the enrollment down to four, it seems impossible for college hockey’s sixth conference to remain.<\/p>\n
The pending question then is what happens to the remaining four members.<\/p>\n
One answer came down on Friday as the WCHA and Bemidji State announced a scheduling agreement beginning in the 2010-11 season. Timed to coincide with the opening of the Bemidji Regional Events Center, the WCHA has guaranteed the Beavers program that its teams will schedule games home games for Bemidji. While this is far from a long-term solution for the Beavers or the remaining three programs – Nigara, Robert Morris and Alabama-Huntsville – it’s the first showing of guaranteed support by any of the remaining five men’s hockey leagues.<\/p>\n