And with Hockey East going to a 27-game league schedule next year (most
likely), that will mean more ECAC games against CHA and AH opponents.

-Deron


On Tue, March 29, 2005 5:24 pm, Anthony Buffa said:
> 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).
>>
>>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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