>
> Perhaps someone could enlighten me.  Do the Alaska teams reimburse their
> opponents for shlepping all the way up to the the Great White North?  Somehow
> I thought at one time that was the case-- as an inducement to get teams to
> schedule games on their home turf UAA and UAF would pay the travel expenses.
> Perhaps the CCHA and WCHA affiliation agreements changed this practice?
> Frankly I can't imagine how the presidents of the Western schools permit their
> hockey programs to spend all that money for travel to Alaska.  I could never
> see an ECAC president agreeing to such scheduling.  Not that I don't admire the
> tenacity of those Alaska teams, especially in putting up with those
> incredible road trips and the strain it must place on their academics.
 
        I don't know the specifics (and wish I did) but Yale of all teams
went out to Alaska last year to play in a tourney with Bowling Green,
Maine, and (I think) Anchorage. Obviously, they were looking for an ECAC
team, but how Yale ever agreed to trek out there is beyond me. It was
during Thanksgiving break and I wanted to road trip, but I couldn't find
any takers.  :)
 
        BTW, we almost beat Maine in that game, losing 2-1. What could
have been...
 
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7000 miles. 10 days. 26 states. 1 cop.                   Rob Callum
Des Moines to New York.                 [log in to unmask]
Sault Ste. Marie to New Orleans.
                   --11 June to 20 June 1993.