Jeff writes:
>Would someone please explain what the "travel partner" system is and does?
 
    Unlike the CCHA & WCHA, which have teams play two-game weekend
    series against rivals, the ECAC divides its 12 teams into
    six pairs of travel partners.  The current pairings, designed
    with geographical location in mind, are RPI-Vermont, Harvard-
    Dartmouth, Brown-Yale, Colgate-Cornell, and Army-Princeton.
    On a typical weekend, for example, Cornell will play at Harvard
    the first night while Colgate plays at Dartmouth, then the next
    night Colgate plays at Harvard and Cornell plays at Dartmouth.
 
    It's just a different way of scheduling, made possible by the
    fact that teams only play one away game and one home game
    against each opponent.
 
 
    - mike (going home to watch NU-BU & Colgate-Cornell)