Bad Dog Hockey Blog

 Have you ever wondered what the most blessed NHL fanbase is? What about the one most cursed and wretched? Well, I certainly have, and now I've done a bunch of math to prove that I'm right and you're wrong. Here's how: 1. When did you win your cups? As the pinnacle of the sport, I've assigned the value of winning the Stanley Cup to the best number: 100. But cups, like cars, lose value the minute they aren't new. So while a cup in 2000 is still an accomplishment, it's much less satisfying than one won in 2023. To reflect this fact, I've estimated that it loses a value of two per year. Wait, there's another caveat here. Consecutive cups not only retain their value, but actually gain  value. So, during consecutive cup runs, they gain a value of 2 per year. 2. How deep are your playoff runs? While the cup is the ultimate prize, recent playoff success helps alleviate the sting of losing, at least a bit. So obviously, the deeper the run, the more valuable...

By Ethan Fasking Women's collegiate hockey predates the NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament. It predates the WCHA and ECAC Women's Ice Hockey. It predates even the Eastern Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. In all that time, women's varsity hockey teams have been playing games, winning tournaments, and developing the game all while barely keeping their programs above water thanks to initiatives like Title IX. Even now, women's teams with decades of history struggle to secure even a fraction of the funding their male counterparts enjoy, let alone the respect. Despite a level of organized play similar (if not higher than) that of early men's hockey or gridiron football, the NCAA has refused to recognize any of these teams as the national champions of their given seasons, forcing them into the relative obscurity of "conference champions" at best. Here, I'll be going through every season since the Pembroke Pandas' inaugural season i...