Somebody mentioned at the HE playoffs this past weekend that Saturday's Boston
Herald carried a story about an agreement between HE and ECAC for inter-league
play the next three years.  The two leagues would be broken down into three
groups and the groups would play each other, with the groups changing each
year.  Since the ECAC has 12 teams and HE has 9, then HE teams would play four
different ECAC teams in year one, then another four in year two, and the
remaining four in year three.  The ECAC teams would each play three HE teams,
so there would be 36 total games (9*4, 12*3, for you non-math majors out there).
It would be a way of getting a good cross-section of HE-ECAC matchups.
 
For some of the Ivies, this might totally fill up their schedule.  To use
someone else's example, Harvard only has 7 NC games available and
2 are in the Beanpot.  If they're in another tourney that leaves 3, which this
would fill up.
 
Can anyone confirm this or provide further details?
 
DaveH
 
HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey;  send information to
[log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.