From Harvard website:

"Long-time Harvard coach Bill Cleary chose to lengthen the playing surface by 
five feet to emphasize the skating game he favored. The skating surface is now 
204 feet by 87 feet."
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----- Original Message ----
From: Andy Loggia <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Wed, January 26, 2011 12:51:04 PM
Subject: Re: D-I Rink sizes

> Army - 200 x 90, Boston College - 200 x 87, Boston University - 200 x 
> 90, Dartmouth - 200 x 90, Harvard - 204 x 87, Massachusetts - 200 x 
> 95, Northeastern - 200 x 90, RIT - 185 x 85, Vermont - 200 x 90, 
> Wisconsin - 200 x 97

So, this begs the question, why? Is there a story behind any of these? 
Especially with Harvard, MIT engineer do that one (says the RPI grad)?

Andy
RPI 1991


> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:52:38 -0500
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: D-I Rink sizes
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 
> North American (200 x 85) rules (40 rinks), followed by 
> Olympic/International (200 x 100) (8, 5 of which are in the WCHA), 
> and 200 x 90 (5, 3 of which are Hockey East).
> 
> Rink size by conference:
> Atlantic Hockey: 185 x 85 - 1; 200 x 85 - 10; 200 x 90 - 1
> CCHA: 200 x 85 - 9; 200 x 100 - 2
> ECAC: 200 x 85 - 10; 200 x 90 - 1; 204 x 87 - 1
> Hockey East: 200 x 85 - 4; 200 x 87 - 1; 200 x 90 - 3; 200 x 95 - 1; 
> 200 x 100 - 1
> Independent: 200 x 85 - 1
> WCHA: 200 x 85 - 6; 200 x 97 - 1; 200 x 100 - 5
> 
> Conferences by rink size:
> 185 x 85: Atlantic Hockey - 1
> 200 x 85: Atlantic Hockey - 10; CCHA - 9; ECAC - 10; Hockey East - 4; 
> Independent - 1; WCHA - 6
> 200 x 87: Hockey East - 1
> 200 x 90: Atlantic Hockey - 1; ECAC - 1; Hockey East - 3
> 200 x 95: Hockey East - 1
> 200 x 97: WCHA - 1
> 200 x 100: CCHA - 2; Hockey East - 1; WCHA - 5
> 204 x 87: ECAC - 1
> 
> Schools with North American sheets:
> Air Force, Alabama-Huntsville, American International, Bemidji State, 
> Bentley, Bowling Green, Brown, Canisius, Clarkson, Colgate, 
> Connecticut, Cornell, Denver, Ferris State, Holy Cross, Lake 
> Superior, Maine, Massachusetts-Lowell, Mercyhurst, Merrimack, Miami, 
> Michigan, Michigan State, Michigan Tech, Minnesota-Duluth, 
> Nebraska-Omaha, Niagara, North Dakota, Notre Dame, Ohio State, 
> Princeton, Providence, Quinnipiac, Rensselaer, Robert Morris, Sacred 
> Heart, Saint Lawrence, Union, Western Michigan, Yale
> 
> Schools with Olympic sheets:
> Alaska, Alaska-Anchorage, Colorado College, Minnesota, Minnesota 
> State, New Hampshire, Northern Michigan, Saint Cloud State
> 
> Schools with sizes other than North American or Olympic:
> Army - 200 x 90, Boston College - 200 x 87, Boston University - 200 x 
> 90, Dartmouth - 200 x 90, Harvard - 204 x 87, Massachusetts - 200 x 
> 95, Northeastern - 200 x 90, RIT - 185 x 85, Vermont - 200 x 90, 
> Wisconsin - 200 x 97
> 
> D-I schools by state:
> MA 10; NY 10; MI 7; MN 5; CT 4; CO 3; OH 3; NH 2; PA 2; AK 2; RI 2; 
> ME 1; AL 1; NE 1; ND 1; IN 1; NJ 1; VT 1; WI 1
> 
> Source: USCHO team pages, with a few references to other sites where 
> the rink size isn't listed on USCHO
> 
> Joe
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