The BGSU 99-00 outlook posted by Jeff Weiss contains the following:
 
>         The University of Nebraska at Omaha joins the CCHA and the new
> league schedule format consists of 28 conference games.  The format also
> includes the return of two-game weekend sets against the same opponent.
 
So with twelve teams now in the CCHA, what is the schedule format?
How do you come up with 28 games? Is it the WCHA strategy of an
unbalanced schedule? Divisions? Can someone provide the details?
 
Also in the posting:
 
>         Ten schools will qualify for the CCHA tournament with the top five
> teams hosting a best-of-three series.  Winners will be re-seeded with a
> tournament play-in game between the fourth and fifth seeds taking place on
> March 14 at the site of the No. 4 seed.  The top three quarterfinal series
> winners plus the play-in winner advance to the CCHA Championships at Joe
> Louis Arena in Detroit on Friday and Saturday, March 17-18.
 
Stop the madness! What is the deal with all of this Final Five foolishness.
What is so wrong with an eight team tournament? (I know, I know, money...)
 
Keith Kannenberg
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