NCAA Hockey Videogame On the Way?

[Dalsanto0026]

This is would be great news but I wouldn't expect this to be included until NHL12.

[RealmK]

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Fifa is their best sports title.

Non soccer fans would disagree. The day I buy a soccer game or give a crap about soccer is the same day I get it on with Nicole Kidman. In other words it isn't gonna happen.

[Money99]

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I wonder if they're going to have all the NCAA tourny's in the game.
Playing in the Beanpot would be awesome!

[str8artist]

Non soccer fans would disagree. The day I buy a soccer game or give a crap about soccer is the same day I get it on with Nicole Kidman. In other words it isn't gonna happen.

Sorry my man, but I am not a big soccer fan.. I am going off game sales and gameplay options. But that is other topic lets stay on this. NCAA hockey.

[SinisterAlex]

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I honestly could care less for collage hockey. I wouldn't buy it as a seperate game, and I wouldn't play as any of the teams in NHL 11.

No thanks.

[tyler289]

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If they could add in a season mode for the NCAA teams where you recruit...omg, I'd be in heaven.

[tylerd02]

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They'll only have numbers but they'll be editable. Probably only as a play now option but if they added a whole dynasty feature i'd be in heaven. I would love a ncaa hockey game but adding it to nhl makes sense. My guess is nhl 12 would be the first time we see anything for college. If it makes 11 that'd be pretty quick work. Probably only with generic rinks and only play now option though. I'd look at 12 as being the year for full implementation.

This is great news though. Lets go BUCKY!

[Money99]

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If they could add in a season mode for the NCAA teams where you recruit...omg, I'd be in heaven.

Me too! I don't follow NCAA hockey nearly as much as the CHL, but the recruitment process would be great to deal with.
I loved doing that in the MVP series.

[Kobalt]

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If this happens, I would be so excited.

[Mikey88]

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Sorry my man, but I am not a big soccer fan.. I am going off game sales and gameplay options. But that is other topic lets stay on this. NCAA hockey.

ah so when you say its the best title you mean the most successful in terms of sales and gameplay options? huh?

Anyway, I think adding NCAA teams is a great idea - anytime you can add different teams and different leagues, I'm all for it.

[Matt Diesel]

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Non soccer fans would disagree. The day I buy a soccer game or give a crap about soccer is the same day I get it on with Nicole Kidman. In other words it isn't gonna happen.

You couldnt of though of someone younger and hotter than Kidman? I mean if its not gonna happen, go all out.

If its a stand-alone game or incorporated into NHL, I'm totally down.

[StatMan79]

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While this is intriguing, it doesn't do *that* much for me. Being a 30-year-old Canadian - NCAA hockey will always be something of a joke to me. I know it's relevancy is growing and more players are spending time in the NCAA.

But, the same stringent rules on eligibility and amateurism for football and basketball. This means none of the real players will be represented. But, it'd be cool as a recruitment/drafting/development area along with the CHL.

What juniors is to Canadians, NCAA hockey is to Americans. To put down one while propping up the other is pointless to say.

[Bama83]

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What juniors is to Canadians, NCAA hockey is to Americans. To put down one while propping up the other is pointless to say.

The NCAA as a developmental breeding ground is a fairly recent phenomenon.

So, while the NCAA may be the American equivalent of the CHL now (which I would debate strongly), this is a fairly new development. The NCAA did not produce a fraction of the players it does now. Hence, the reason I cited my age being the reason I felt that way.

That's not "putting down" the NCAA, it's stating a simple fact. Fact being that their relative relation compared to the CHL in the pre-2000 was a joke.

I went on to say that while it does little for me in terms of playability, it does offer more increased access to players and watching them develop which is cool.

Further, I also said that while the school may be represented, the players are still considered amateur and thus cannot be accurately depicted in the game. Saying that was not a knock on the level of hockey, but on the NCAA stranglehold on player rights.

I like that the NCAA is added. It just isn't anything that will add value to me because they can't use the real players.

[Vikes1]

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I'm really looking forward to a blog, or some kind of contact from Red_Shirt to kinda clear up some of this very early news.

The early news has been so impressive, I'd love to start getting some details about all this stuff.

[jrgom81]

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i wonder if they will use the same format as college football & basketball, by creating the real players, and just have RW#17 as the name, and we could edit the names to the correct players.

Question, if they do the college teams, would NHL teams have rights to the players drafted that are still playing college hockey??