John Edwards writes:
 
>Given that the ECAC schedule is only 22 games long, it seems to me that
>there is still, should the league decide, some room for expansion. If the
>league were to go to 14 teams, that would be a 26-game schedule - less
>than the WCHA and CCHA. A 16-team ECAC would lead to a 30-game schedule.
>That equals (I think) the CCHA, and is less than the WCHA's schedule of
>two years ago.
 
        Although it would require changing the Ivy League's 29-game
limit (which for Harvard is 27 plus the Beanpot), and probably the
ECAC's 32-game one as well.  A 16-team ECAC would probably have to be
in two divisions.
 
        But I don't think I've heard any sign that the ECAC is
interested in expanding, especially with the formation of the MAAC.
 
                                         John Whelan, Cornell '91
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