Hi All,

Not to mention the 28 league games the WCHA plays, thus limiting them to
6 non -league games. I believe the CCHA does something similar, which
has always been the problem with western team schedules. If you want to
play nonconference eastern teams, you should somehow work to free up
some games. I bet this will never happen.

I believe the ECACHL plays 22 league games and thus the non-ivies in the
league, schools like RPI, have 12 games to play against non conference
foes... but each year RPI really only plays about 2-3 against western
teams. Thus they opt for HEA games (good from the RPI view) and CHA and
AHA teams also. Good for those leagues too.

I, for one, would like to see the ECAC play more western teams, but as
Ed points out, the Ivies have a game limit problem, and I see western
schedules dominated heavily by league games. Put the two together and
you can see the problem.

Tony Buffa
RPI '64

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Moller Edward N wrote:

>The answer is to Eric's query is none of the above.  Cornell's
>membership in the Ivy League limits their number of games per year.  The
>Ivies start play weeks after everyone else, including non-Ivy members of
>the ECAC.  This rule was the catalyst for the breaking away of the
>Hockey East schools back in the 1980's.  I'm sure Cornell would have no
>trouble attracting big name programs to Lynah if they chose to add a
>certain number of games to its schedule, nor would they be adverse to
>traveling to the Mariuccis and Yosts of the world.  They certainly have
>the money to do so.  It's simply the university's decision to limit
>their games so that their student-athletes can concentrate on academics
>(insert your own snide remark here).
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>This is also why I largely dismiss silly comments regarding the ECAC
>when people ask of the Ivies, "who have they played?"  The answer is
>they've played each other.  It isn't that they choose not to play anyone
>else; it's that they choose not to play any more.
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