Gary Robinson asks:
>Does anybody know if the Central States Collegiate Hockey League will
>operate this year? If so, who will participate?
Yes. Based on the schedule below, I believe the teams are Eastern
Michigan, Illinois, Iowa State, Marquette, Michigan-Dearborn, Minnesota,
Ohio and Wisconsin-Whitewater. Toledo is definitely out, and it appears
[from the schedule] that Purdue is also gone. Kent State would be a
natural addition, but who knows.
Again, from EMU's schedule, it looks as if EMU, UI, UMD and OU will
form one division with ISU, UM, MU and UWW in the other. My gut
feeling says this is correct, since EMU would be playing it's divisional
opponents four times each and non-divisional opponents once. Btw,
given the scoring system used recently in the CSCHL, that *may* mean
non-divisional conference games are worth 8 points! Usually, each
season series between CSCHL teams are worth an equivalent number
of points. Last year, season series were either four games or two games
[where each game was worth 4 points].
Here's the 1994-95 Eastern Michigan University Eagles schedule.
It's not set in stone, but it's damn close.
OCT 2 1:30 ALUMNI GAME
OCT 7 8:00 Central Michigan
OCT 8 7:30 Northwood Institute
OCT 14 9:00 MINNESOTA
OCT 15 8:00 IOWA STATE
OCT 21 7:30 Illinois
OCT 22 7:30 Illinois
OCT 28 7:30 OHIO
OCT 29 7:30 OHIO
NOV 4 7:30 Dusquense
NOV 5 4:00 West Virginia
NOV 11 7:30 ILLINOIS
NOV 12 7:30 ILLINOIS
NOV 18 9:00 KENT STATE
NOV 19 7:30 KENT STATE
NOV 25 ---- UMD Thanksgiving Classic
NOV 26 ---- UMD Thanksgiving Classic
DEC 2 9:00 Penn State
DEC 3 3:30 Penn State
DEC 9 7:30 Michigan-Dearborn
DEC 10 7:30 MICHIGAN-DEARBORN
JAN 6 9:00 NORTHWOOD INSTITUTE
JAN 7 9:00 ARIZONA [at Yost Arena in Ann Arbor]
JAN 13 7:30 Michigan-Dearborn
JAN 14 7:30 MICHIGAN-DEARBORN
JAN 20 7:30 DUSQUENSE
JAN 21 7:30 WEST VIRGINIA
JAN 27 9:00 MICHIGAN STATE
JAN 28 9:30 PENN STATE [at Yost Arena in Ann Arbor]
FEB 3 7:30 FERRIS STATE
FEB 4 7:30 FERRIS STATE
FEB 10 7:30 Wisconsin-Whitewater
FEB 11 7:30 Marquette
FEB 17 7:30 Ohio
FEB 18 7:30 Ohio
CSCHL CHAMPIONSHIPS FEB 23-25 at Ohio Univ
ACHA CHAMPIONSHIPS MAR 1-4 at Univ of Arizona
I believe the final arrangements are being made for the games in
Ann Arbor. January 7 is an off date for the University of Michigan
and the January 28 Penn State-Eastern Michigan game will follow
the Illinois-Chicago at Michigan CCHA game.
EMU has arguably the toughest schedule in the ACHA. The
grouping of EMU, Illinois, Mich-Dearborn and Ohio features
four of the top 8-10 in the country at this level. These teams
will beat on each other all season. Add three games with
perennial power Penn State and a spotlight match with Arizona.
And, that is the same ol' Kent State, comprised predominantly
of former CCHA players. I'd LOVE to see a weak CCHA team
[admittedly depleted due to graduation and transfer of many
top players] against a tough ACHA team. However, I'm not
curious enough to skip out on the Miami-Michigan series that
weekend. :-)
John Haeussler
Univ of Michigan
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