Matt Glaccum writes...
 
>I wonder if anyone on HOCKEY-L might be able to give me some background on
>hockey at the club level (what leagues there are, rankings, etc.)  I am
very
>unfamiliar with it and would deeply appreciate some help.
 
I will defer to Jeremy Hall for more info on the various leagues, divisions,
rankings, etc.  I believe there was an extensive post last year detailing
all of the above.
 
I can say that at the Div I level, the national championship is an eight
team invitational tourney with the host team receiving an automatic bid.
 The teams are divided into two groups of four for round-robin play, then
the top two teams from each group advance to single elimination play.  I
believe the following to be a complete list of Division I teams for 1993-94:
 
American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Division I
 
Eastern Michigan University *
Iowa State University *
Lehigh University
Marquette University *
North Dakota State University-Fargo
Ohio University *
Pennsylvania State University
Purdue University *
SUNY-Buffalo
Towson State University
United States Naval Academy
University of Arizona
University of Colorado-Boulder
University of Delaware
University of Denver
University of Illinois-Champaign *
University of Maryland
University of Michigan-Dearborn *
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities *
University of Pennsylvania
University of Rhode Island
University of Toledo *
University of Wisconsin-Stout
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater *
Washington University
West Chester University
West Virginia University
 
Teams denoted with an asterisk are members of the Central States Collegiate
Hockey League (CSCHL).  Eastern Michigan has also scheduled games this
season against Northwood Univ and Central Michigan Univ.  EMU also appeared
in a tournament with club teams from Ferris State and Kent.
 
This past weekend, EMU split a pair of games at Penn State, both 6-3 I
believe.
 
  John H
  U Mich