On Nov 5, Joe LaCour wrote:
 
>Speaking of number of games allowed.  What is the
>NCAA regular season max and does the ECAC have
>a lesser number?
 
Regular-season maximums:
 
NC$$:  34 games
ECAC:  32
Ivy League:  29
 
>  I do remember hearing that the
>ECAC counted Alaska games while the NCAA does
>not.
 
Under NC$$ rules, there are a number of exemptions granted that may allow a team
to play more than 34 regular-season contests.  Games in Alaska (for non-Alaska
teams) is the most common one, which explains how a team like Miami can schedule
36 regular-season games this year.  Three of them are at Alaska-Fairbanks.
 
I don't know if this is still the case, but the ECAC used to ignore these
exemptions and count all games (except exhibitions) toward their limit.  This
gave rise to a situation some years ago in which an ECAC team (I think it was
RPI, but I wouldn't swear to it) wanted to play in a round-robin tournament in
Alaska.  They had already scheduled the maximum number of games allowable under
ECAC rules (the limit at the time was 30), and when they petitioned the league
to add the Alaska games (not counted under NC$$ rules), they were turned down
flat.  Interestingly enough, an Ivy League team then stepped in and was able to
add the three Alaska games to its schedule.  This put them over the Ivy League
limit (26 at the time) but not over the ECAC limit, which was apparently OK.
 
The league probably still counts all games, regardless of NC$$ exemptions.  I'll
have to check, but I don't believe any ECAC team has played more than the league
maximum in the last several years.
 
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