In fact, I think it was mostly in the 80s and was called "interlocking'
because the games against the other conference counted in your
standings, as I recall. My old 1985 tape of the RPI championship
contains a few commetns to that affect by Lou Nanne I believe.

Tony Buffa
RPI '64

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Nathan Hampton wrote:

>Subject becomes "Addendum to WCHA at Lynah or Been There Done That"
>because a decade or so ago the WCHA had a CONTRACT with Hockey East that the
>member schools had to play each other -- HE at WCHA and WCHA at HE. They
>dropped the idea because the travel was too expensive. The Hockey showcase
>is the same idea is between CCHA and WCHA but on a much smaller scale since
>it is just Michigan State and Michigan (CCHA) vs. Minnesota and Wisconsin
>(WCHA) and people like to call this the Big - 10 series.
>
>Nathan Hampton
>
>