“This spells the end to the WCHA as we know it. Our energy can now turn toward the future as saving the past seems doomed.”

- Bob Motzko, in a summer email published by the St. Cloud Times, part of an exhaustive report on the formation of the NCHC and St. Cloud’s efforts to gain admission

“A separate source stated that UAH hockey coach Chris Luongo informed the team Sunday night it would be told by Portera that the Chargers no longer will be an NCAA Division I member following the season.”

- The Huntsville Times reports that the school will announce the suspension of hockey as a varsity sport at a 10 a.m. news conference today

“Destler believes RIT has ‘a good shot’ at reaching $10 million in donations by spring and hopes construction can begin on a 4,000- to 6,000-seat arena next fall, with a potential opening in 2014.”

- Updating RIT’s hopes for a new on-campus arena, from Jim Mandelaro

“But if you’re not one of the elite programs, if you’re UMass Lowell, UMass Amherst, Providence, Merrimack, and Northeastern, trying to find 14 worthy non-league opponents is going to be a major headache.”

- Chaz Scoggins has a look at the impact of realignment from a non-conference scheduling perspective

“We have great choices. Either way, we can’t go wrong.”

Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson told the South Bend Tribune at his team’s media day,  saying the Irish will choose either the National Collegiate Hockey Conference or Hockey East within the next few days.

“Buffalo is one five schools involved in discussions with Bowling Green regarding the future of college hockey and possible league affiliation.”

- Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribute reporter Kevin Gordon has the scoop on what might be BGSU’s alternative to the WCHA

“It could end at a snap of a finger — just like that. That is what’s scary and sad. All the sacrifices and everything we put into this game could end just like that.”

- Brice Geoffrion, in Nashville’s City Paper, looking at the future of the Alabama-Huntsville program where he and brother Sebastien play

“According to multiple sources, WMU is expected to decline an invitation to join the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and formally accept an invitation from the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, with an announcement coming Thursday.”

- David Drew in the Kalamazoo Gazette, a report echoed by Brad Schlossman who says the Broncos and St. Cloud State will both be invited to the NCHC while the conference still waits on Notre Dame

“I don’t know if it’s the kiss of death or not. It’s an honor, something we’re proud of to be looked at by our coaches to be voted one up on Air Force.”

- RIT head coach Wayne Wilson on his team’s selection at the top of the Atlantic Hockey preseason coaches poll

“That’s a good option for Bowling Green. The question is can we make it better and that’s some of the conversations we’re having behind the scenes with those schools now. Ultimately, how big would that league look and (what would) the configuration of that league (look like)?”

- BGSU athletic director Greg Christopher to Kevin Gordon of the Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune on the WCHA as the school’s deadline for a conference decision nears