Steve Weisfeldt wrote:
 
>Earlier this week someone had posted a rumour they had heard about the
>establishment of a fifth Division I conference to, supposedly, begin full
>D-I play in the 1996-97 season.  Holy Cross was among the schools that
>were mentioned.  I imagine that their success against UMass gives them
>alot of confidence in their choice to give up their indepedent status.
 
and then Bill Fenwick wrote:
 
>A couple of follow-up posts on hockey3 have indicated that this is more
>of a scheduling agreement than a full-blown fifth Div. I conference.  The
>teams will play one game against each other and conference "standings" will
>be kept, but all the teams involved (except for Army) have ties to other
>Div. III conferences, and they are not expected to break those ties.
 
 
I wonder why these schools would set up this conference and then play
only a single round robin.  This would mean that they were playing five
games against other Div-I schools and would still need another 15 to be
eligible for the NC$$ Div-I tournament.  Besides for Army, none of
these teams will be coming close to the 20-game minimum, so why form
this conference unless the schools have visions of expanding the number
of games within the conference in the future?
 
 
Ralph Baer
RPI '68, '70, '74