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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I may be in a minority, but I believe Canadian juniors being eligible for the NCAA will actually be good for hockey in the US. The number of schools offering D1 and D3 programs will increase substantially. It won’t be overnight, but it will happen in the next few years.[/quote]

The money for D1 is just too high.  Smaller programs failing and gap between haves and have nots is growing.  D3 could grow because you can play in a local rink so investment minimal.  But a lot of D3 colleges aren't good schools (Hood College?  Neumann?), thus you see the rise in club popularity at large power 4 colleges.  If they went back to old way where a D1 school could have D3 hockey, that could really grow. That went away in the '90s because of Title IX but the professionalization of football and basketball may cause things to change back.  Regarding the original post, hockey is fine and the kids love playing it, but the Tier 1 programs here are terrible and toxic. I think their stances on HS hockey (which is the most fun for the kids) is hurting the local scene for sure.    [/quote]

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