The Irish will be the 7th team in the Big Ten....but who will be #8?
Yes, I know we are late this this party, but several of us had issued that didn't allow us to react to this when it broke immediately yesterday afternoon.
It was announced Tuesday afternoon that Notre Dame will be leaving Hockey East after the 2016-17 season and will join the Big Ten for the 2017-18 season and ones going forward. It will be for hockey only, as Notre Dame will remain independent for football and in the ACC for other sports. Notre Dame will become the seventh team in the Big Ten Hockey Conference, and the first affiliate member.