{"id":12710,"date":"2011-03-22T09:30:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T13:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=12710"},"modified":"2011-03-22T09:30:11","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T13:30:11","slug":"big-ten-hockey-conference-likely-in-2013-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2011\/03\/big-ten-hockey-conference-likely-in-2013-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ten hockey conference likely in 2013-14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegian.psu.edu\/archive\/2011\/03\/22\/Ice_hockey_update.aspx\">Big 10 recommends hockey league<\/a> &#8211; <em>The Collegian<\/em><br \/>\nSince the announcement  that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/09\/penn-state-hockey-gets-88-million-to-go-division-i.html\">Penn State would sponsor varsity hockey after Terry Pegula donated $88 million to start the program<\/a>, it was anticipated that the Big Ten would eventually form a hockey conference. That eventuality appears as though it will be sooner than later. Yesterday, the Big Ten athletic directors announced that they are recommending to university presidents that men&#8217;s ice hockey become an official varsity sport starting for 2013-2014 season. The Nittany Lions would play the 2012-13 season as an independent before joining Wisconsin, Ohio State, Minnesota, Michigan State and Michigan in Big Ten play for the 2013-14 season. The expected late 2013 completion of the Pegula Ice Arena encouraged the ADs to get this moving quickly. Additionally, the desire to get games on the Big Ten Network has hastened the process. Formal approval is likely to come from university presidents in June.<\/p>\n<p>No word one whether the Leaders and Legends division names will be used.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slowstates.com\/blog\/the-big-ten-hockey-conference\/\">Slow States write-up<\/a> is worth a read as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big 10 recommends hockey league &#8211; The Collegian Since the announcement that Penn State would sponsor varsity hockey after Terry Pegula donated $88 million to start the program, it was anticipated that the Big Ten would eventually form a hockey conference. That eventuality appears as though it will be sooner than later. 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