> This concerns us very much and I am curious as to how games are > going out East, the CCHA and the independants.. > Minnesota has not played a home game yet, so I am interested to see how things go next Saturday against St. Cloud. At Gopher games I work for the University Ticket Office as the liaison with the officials and the teams informing them as to when they should be coming up to the ice (both before the games and in between periods.) Games start at 7:05 (sometimes a couple of minutes later due to TV). Last year games ended anywhere from 9:30 to 10:00 (2 hours 25 minutes to 2 hours 55 minutes). Lengths of games varied due to TV, between period promotions, ice conditions, injuries, number of penalties, icings, etc. I am looking forward to the pregame meeting between the off-ice and on-ice officials to hear the on-ice officials explanations of how things will be handled this year. If I was a betting person, I would expect Ron Foyt (supervisor of WCHA officials) to be on hand on Saturday. If anything of special interest comes up I will post it next week. -- John J. Feigal phone: (612) 638-7834 NCR Network Products Group email: [log in to unmask] 2700 Snelling Avenue North St. Paul, MN 55113