Travel would not be a real problem with the following strategy:

Half the conference can play in Alaska one year and the other the next.  The
trips can be combined to play a Saturday/Sunday  one week in one city and a
Friday/Saturday the next in the other giving each school just one Alaska
trip every other year. The WCHA half can play mostly among themselves and
the same for the CCHA half with the occasional cross division series to
flesh out the schedule.

Jim


Joe writes:
>  BTW, the only Division I school in that whole mix is BGSU.  The rest are
all D-II play-ups.

I expect that most of those "D-II play-ups" would have fared well against
BGSU last season.



On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Mike Abegg <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I think it probably gives BGSU the "excuse" it's been seeking to drop
> hockey. But perhaps Alabama-Huntsville as the 10th team?
>
> There's a lot of sense in this new league. It was pretty clear that the
> CCHA was in trouble with only 3 remaining D-1 teams (Notre Dame, WMU,
> Miami).  The WCHA could probably have survived okay as is if they wanted to.
>
> Mike
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 7, 2011, at 15:28, Joseph LaCour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I wonder about the AHA schools.  Travel will be a beast.  BTW, the only
> Division I school in that whole mix is BGSU.  The rest are all D-II
> play-ups.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: John Edwards
> > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 04:15 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Here comes the "Super League"?
> >
> > If this report from Grand Forks is to be believed, a new western
> conference
> > is going to form from the ashes of the post-Big Ten west, to start play
> in
> > 2013.
> >
> > http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/209049/
> >
> > This league would consist of Denver, CC, Nebraska-Omaha,
> Minnesota-Duluth,
> > Miami and North Dakota. The article lists Notre Dame and Western Michigan
> as
> > possibilities to join as well.
> >
> > Assuming all 8 do that, by my reckoning that would leave the WCHA with:
> > - Bemidji State
> > - St. Cloud State
> > - Minnesota State, Mankato
> > - Michigan Tech
> > - Alaska Anchorage
> >
> > And the CCHA would have:
> > - Northern Michigan
> > - Ferris State
> > - Lake Superior State
> > - Bowling Green
> > - Alaska (Fairbanks)
> >
> > I imagine they would have to combine to form a ten-team league, and I
> could
> > see a scenario where they go for 12 teams by picking off a couple of
> > Atlantic Hockey squads (Niagara & Mercyhurst, perhaps).
> >
> > John
> >
> > --
> > John Edwards
> > "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against
> > incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell
>



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