HOCKEY: CCHA = Death By A Thousand Cuts

The Central Collegiate Hockey Association's future, frankly, is down to its last few breaths.

Realistically, the league's future only shows Ferris State, Alaska, Bowling Green State and Lake Superior State.

In all honesty, Western Michigan is begging the National Collegiate Hockey Conference to take it and Notre Dame is being pursued vigorously by pretty much everyone.

In other words, it's only a matter of time before the Broncos and Fighting Irish say buh bye to the CCHA ... the writing is on the wall.

A very proactive Northern Michigan is now headed back to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.

The CCHA soon will no longer be an automatic NCAA qualifying conference. These are sad times indeed for what was once a power conference with a bright future.