Notre Dame. BU and BC, for sure. There are all sorts of people who'd rather live in the Northeast or CO, rather than Minnesota.
For sure.
Cornell - best location
Harvard
Yale - interesting rink anyhow, and good pizza
Dartmouth - obviously Hanover crushes New Haven as a place to live but the program is weak
Princeton
Brown -- all better due to the perks of free tuition for your kids, possibly, and nice places to live
BU
BC
Northeastern -- better due to living in Boston / prestigious programs (not a big Boston fan, but it's a city)
CC
Denver -- yes, Colorado is nice
Notre Dame -- for the right person, sure. Close to Chicago.
Wisconsin - Madison is a much nicer city than MSP, easier recruiting due to being a better school, etc., rebuilding program trending up
Michigan - Ann Arbor is terrible and so is the town
UMD -- easier recruiting for kids who come from small towns in MN, AB, SK, BC, plus program success... top of the food chain in terms of student life, dating life generally
North Dakota -- recruiting advantage/facilities
Penn State -- no thanks
Miami of Ohio - nice town, well-endowed program
Ohio State -- offers anonymity I guess
Colgate -- good school, nice little town
Providence -- good school I guess?
UMN -- troubled times, booster interference, crazy campus, sprawling suburban area
Mankato
Bemidji - should be better?
St. Cloud -- probably easier to recruit kids to St. John's
Michigan State
U Mass - Lowell
Air Force -- kind of hard to get in, I've heard