Let's play "what if"
 
What if UAF joins the WCHA. That would mean 11 teams, and more
scheduling problems.
 
One solution would be to split into 2 divisions (in the early 70s
the wcha had divisions).
 
I would propose:
 
    WCHA-west:
        UAF, UAA, Denver, Colorado College, North Dakota
 
        each team plays each west team 4 times: 2 home, 2 road (16 games)
        each team plays each east team 2 times 2 home or 2 road (12 games)
        total: 28 league games
 
    WCHA-east:
        Minnesota, Minnesota-Duluth, St. Cloud State
        Wisconsin, Northern Michigan, Michigan Tech,
 
        each team plays each east team 4 times: 2 home, 2 road (20 games)
        each team plays each west team 2 times: 2 home or 2 road (10 games)
        total: 30 league games
 
Well, it isn't balanced. The west needs one more team. Or some other variation.
 
Playoffs (this is really funky):
        1 - 5 other division
        2 - 4 other division
        3 - 3 other division
        (6 east is out)
 
Actually, the best plan was Rick Comley's (did I spell that right?) idea
of merging the CCHA and the WCHA and then splitting into THREE divisions...
 
        --david