Dick,

Why pay money to go ...?

Here's why; to support players who are risking their good health for your entertainment in exchange for a part of their educational expenses being paid. These young men play for the love of the game and play a more entertaining game versus one filled with overaged junior players who've no place else to go and old ECHL geezers who barely ever stepped up to the A. 

The top 20 NCAA Division 1 programs would all prosper in the ECHL. There's more talent in Division 1. How many Aces players or ECHL players can you name that worked their way to the show? I can name about 30 percent of NHL players who played in/developed in Division 1 hockey.

Buddy. you need to shut your festering muktuk-hole about UAA hockey here because you are absolutely clueless. You and the other RUBE hockey fans just stick to your $300 a week AA beer league.