joefartbutt t1_jcy3738 wrote on March 20, 2023 at 1:21 PM

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

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

KnudsenT t1_jcyocpo wrote on March 20, 2023 at 3:57 PM

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

bobalmighty125 t1_jcy3hl7 wrote on March 20, 2023 at 1:23 PM

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