>The WCHA is cutting back from 32 to 28 league games for the 97-98 and
>98-99 seasons.  This reduction in league games will allow WCHA teams to
>play more games against both Manakato State and UNO.  Under the reduced
>league game schedule, each team will choose one opponent to play four
>times and then draw to determine which four of the remaining eight teams
>they will play four times each.
 
Aaaaarrrgghhhh!!!!  We have obviously decided that the WCHA regular season
crown is going to be absolutely meaningless.  Who in the world can possibly
think that a schedule in which a team plays half of the league twice as
often as the other half of the league can possibly produce any meaningful
results in determining a regular season champion?
 
J. Michael Jackson
 
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