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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NDwalleyes" data-source="post: 190354" data-attributes="member: 218">They want in the NCHC and the NCHC wants them...as they will quickly turn into a solid program and visiting fans want to go there in the winter. I think when ASU comes into the NCHC, Mankato will enter as well. The NCHC wouldn't let them in initially because they didn't have a adequate arena to play in they could call their own.  There will need to be 6 - PAC 12 hockey teams to form a league at that level. Just like MN and WI when Penn State came on board for hockey, when that happens ASU will have to move to the PAC 12 also. From AZ news article on the current status as of their arena........ASU hockey, meanwhile, could begin playing in its on-campus arena, to be built adjacent to Wells Fargo Arena, in 2020-21. The Sun Devils will be going into their fourth varsity season in 2018-19 and third playing a full NCAA schedule. They remain independent, a status that Anderson believes is advantageous going into the new arena after two more seasons playing primarily at Oceanside Ice Arena.<img src="https://nodakangler.com/forums/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gannett-cdn.com%2F-mm-%2F18170f515da22a4eeacd16d20a8f26e0354d4b52%2Fc%3D249-0-4408-3127%2Flocal%2F-%2Fmedia%2F2018%2F06%2F08%2FPhoenix%2FPhoenix%2F636640854247151100-asu-hockey.jpg%3Fwidth%3D540%26amp%3Bheight%3D405%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />ASU hockey currently plays at Oceanside Ice Arena in Tempe, Ariz. (Photo: Patrick Breen/The Republic)The National Collegiate Hockey Conference and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association are potential landing spots for ASU, more so than the Big Ten."We are keeping it completely open because as the stature of our program and the commitment we've made becomes very clear to folks in the hockey world, we've got a lot of folks advocating for us, even coveting us to be members of their conference," Anderson said. "Right now, we're a free agent and we like it that way because we're building up pretty good leverage."</blockquote>

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