Will Big Ten Become College Hockey's Premier League?

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With the 2011 NCAA Frozen Four solidified, and the puck not set to drop in the semifinals until April 7, it's worth pausing to recognize that the two college hockey conferences that will be represented in St. Paul, Minn., are going to look dramatically different in the coming years.

The Western Collegiate Hockey Association, which sends the University of North Dakota and Minnesota-Duluth to this year's Frozen Four, and the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, represented by Michigan and Notre Dame, each stand to lose marquee programs when the Big Ten Conference assembles a six-team league in time for the 2013-14 season. The new league will feature Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State from the CCHA and longtime WCHA rivals Minnesota and Wisconsin, plus a start-up program from Penn State.

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