I really like the teams in the WCHA. CC, Denver,and North Dakota(not to mention Minnesota and Wisconsin) have good teams almost every year and give the WCHA huge national credibility. I like the tradition. I like that it isn't the Big Ten. I think they would only need one more Big Ten team to have Big Ten hockey. I believe that you need 6 teams to make a conference in Division I hockey. There are currently Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. It sounds like Penn State has a hockey program but it isn't Division I. One prominent figure in the hockey community thinks any talk of forming a Big Ten conference for hockey should be quickly laid to rest, because of the impact it would have on the teams that were left out. "It would be the death of college hockey," said former Badger coach Jeff Sauer.