You thought Arizona in January would be nice...
The Big Ten announced that the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors would be joining the Big Ten Hockey Conference for the 2017-18 season. The addition of Hawaii makes an even eight teams in the Big Ten Hockey Conference after the addition of Notre Dame earlier in March.The year delay will allow the Ice Warriors to learn how to skate.
Big Ten Associate Commissioner Brad Traviola was quoted saying, " Today we had an opportunity to really improve our conference. Adding a program like Hawaii with their long and storied hockey history really adds to the tradition of the Big Ten Hockey Conference.