SEC hockey-not a misprint!!!
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UGA had hockey as an official Club sport (no pun intended) even back when I was in school. Even had a Rugby and Waterski Team.
If Alabama-Huntsville can compete successfully at the NCAA D1 level, no reason why the SEC schools couldn't if the will and financial committment was there. Get a good structure in place, and the college bound juniors from Medicine Hat and Moose Jaw would probably jump at a chance to spend winters in Athens or Baton Rouge.
And the IIHF has a lot of member countries you'd never expect. South Africa even earned a promotion to the World B pool this spring in a C level tournament that featured Mongolia, North Korea, Greece, Turkey, and Luxemborg. (Though the United Arab Emirates and Namibia seem to register for the odd roller hockey tournament)
And the IIHF has a lot of member countries you'd never expect. South Africa even earned a promotion to the World B pool this spring in a C level tournament that featured Mongolia, North Korea, Greece, Turkey, and Luxemborg. (Though the United Arab Emirates and Namibia seem to register for the odd roller hockey tournament)
I played for GA State back in 84 - 86 in the ACHA. All of the teams that will be in the SEC league were in the ACHA along with Auburn, Duke, UNC, SC, NC State, Emory, and a couple others. All were club teams at the time, and we paid for everything out of our own pockets. Ga State had a crazy good team. We actually played UA - Hunstville and tied them. We also played a two game series against the University of Maryland. We tied the first and beat them in the second. They were flabbergasted! All the teams waned for a while, but it's good to see the interst pick back up. There are enough northern transplants that the level of play should be pretty good...