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AnalBees2 t1_jcwqdk3 wrote

Reply to comment by grehgunner in [Hockey] The University of Wisconsin has won the D1 women’s hockey national championship! by 941JJO

Why an asterisk? Just curious!

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grehgunner t1_jcwu227 wrote

Minnesota won the championship of the American women’s college hockey alliance (AWCHA) in 2000 which some people count (after that the NCAA formally began their D1 tournament which Minnesota Duluth won the inaugural 2001 tourney)

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Randomacity t1_jcwvbtc wrote

So Whisky and Minne have won a combined 13 of 22 total titles?? Nuts.

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grehgunner t1_jcwxavy wrote

Minn Duluth has won 5 as well lol (including the first 3)… add in 3 for Clarkson, 1 for Ohio state and one canceled for Covid and you have only 5 teams that have won it lol

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grehgunner t1_jcwxe3y wrote

There’s not a lot of top programs in the world of women’s collegiate hockey lol

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joefartbutt t1_jcy3738 wrote

Yeah sometimes it seems kind of goofy with how few D1 womens teams there are. Otoh, I'm kind of familiar with girls youth/high school hockey in Michigan and there really aren't that many girls teams compared to the boys. Some girls are traveling pretty far to get to practices and games.

So is the issue with the talent pool or do schools like Michigan just not give a shit?

Oh and fun fact, girls high school hockey players have the highest chances of playing in college at a whopping 26%. https://www.ncaa.org/sports/2015/3/2/estimated-probability-of-competing-in-college-athletics.aspx

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KnudsenT t1_jcyocpo wrote

Well the Gusties beat the Mammoths in 3OT for the D3 title yesterday so there are more teams out there and not just D1

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bobalmighty125 t1_jcy3hl7 wrote

I’d imagine Michigan doesn’t sponsor women’s hockey since they’d probably have to give up one of their other womens sports due to Title IX restrictions

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HGpennypacker t1_jcxtlgy wrote

The WCHA conference tournament may as well be the national championship tournament.

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FFPatrick t1_jcytdkm wrote

Whooo, best women’s program in the east. LETS GO TECH

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