{"id":96617,"date":"2006-11-02T22:18:44","date_gmt":"2006-11-03T03:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/2006\/11\/02\/bigger-and-better\/"},"modified":"2006-11-02T22:18:44","modified_gmt":"2006-11-03T03:18:44","slug":"bigger-and-better-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2006\/11\/02\/bigger-and-better-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bigger and Better"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A couple of new programs have started up in the West, and the MCHA has snagged them. Concordia (WI)<\/a> and Adrian College<\/a> in Michigan have added D-III hockey and both will join the MCHA next season. That means seven D-III teams, which is the magic number to apply for an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Let’s look at the ramifications of that, should it happen.<\/p>\n Change is constant at the D-III level. We’ll keep you posted on how this situation develops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A couple of new programs have started up in the West, and the MCHA has snagged them. Concordia (WI) and Adrian College in Michigan have added D-III hockey and both will join the MCHA next season. That means seven D-III teams, which is the magic number to apply for an automatic bid to the NCAA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1425],"tags":[1469,1470],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n