Hockey at UNT?

[ScreamingEaglesFan]

Just heard Jim Lites President of the Dallas Stars on the Ticket (KTCK) who said there has been official talks with UNT (Specifically with the South campus) about setting up a hockey program. Good news possibly for the club team in Denton maybe with funding??

[twodollarpistols]

That is awesome!

[CO Green]

I thought UNT already had a hockey team? My friends roommate was on it. Would this be an actual Div. 1a team?

[CO Green]

My Webpage

[CO Green]

Sorry, that was the wrong link. But I know that the school has a hockey team. They competed in a lot of things this past year. From what I hear, they were pretty good.

[IronMan4]

It's a club team.

With a new arena, we could then have a D1 team which would be huge.

[Green Jackal]

How would the Stars benefit from helping to form a college hockey team? It would be cool to have college hockey in Dallas. Travel costs would be out of control. Title IX?

I went to a couple of UNT Hockey games last year. Had a great time. You can sit right on the glass and see all the action as UNT beat schools like UT, A&M, Baylor, SMU, Tech, etc. Lots of fun.

[CMJ]

Without many schools in the southwest playing D1 hockey travel expenses could potentially be massive.

[GrayEagle]

Make that ZERO for the number of Division 1 hockey programs in the Southwest. The three closest schools with Division 1 hockey are Air Force, Alabama-Huntsville and Nebraska-Omaha. The travel expenses would be a killer.

[CMJ]

I thought it was zero, but I left myself an out clause just in case.

[Stan R]

Right, but how many people travel with the team?? 20? 30?

[Rudy]

I see alot of speculation about hockey and the rink at UNT, so here are the facts. First off, there will be no rink in the forseeable future. There is no land available. When the highway constrution is done, its going to run right on the doorstep of the Murchinson Center, and the Exxon and McDonalds are going to be gone. So, there is literally NO land available. If the Stars were to do anything it would be for non-profit. Its not feasible to give up PRIME UNT land for nothing in return.

We will not have a NCAA Hockey team for a long time. First off it would through Title IX off and we would once again be non-compliant. There are no other teams in this region with NCAA teams. All of them are club teams. In order for us to move to NCAA, all of the other schools would have to move up at the same time. Even if they wanted to, there is still the problem of facilities. If I remember correctly, you have to have your home venue within a certain distance from your campus. So, even if we DID have a rink, not all of the other schools would have a venue. All of the schools have to go in together, or its a waste. Also, We will have a baseball team long before a hockey team. As much of a hockey fan and student of the game I am, I have to admit that baseball makes more sense. Being in the D/FW metroplex, we are sitting on a gold mine of talent regarding baseball players. When TU won the national championship, I was amazed at the number of players that were from this area. While hockey is booming at an incredible rate, and i enjoy it more, for us baseball makes more sense.

Maybe in the future...