Keith writes: [stuff about Hockey East's new scheduling deleted] >OPINION: This is great for college hockey. I can't argue with that. (Well, I s'pose I COULD...) > I hope the WCHA follows suit (32/34 league >games is ridiculous), but I suspect the CCHA is too busy dealing with >its own growth problems to worry about non-league concerns. The >non-Ivy ECAC is already in good shape (22/34 league games) but the >Ivies could help out by beefing up their non-league play. Except that the ECAC has a self-imposed limit of 30 regular-season games (the Ivies limit themselves to 26). The ECAC is not likely to increase this limit, but the eight non-league games is probably still enough for the non-Ivies to get a decent amount of exposure to the rest of Division I. I'm hoping the higher number of Hockey East non-league games will allow Hockey East and the ECAC to continue scheduling a fair number of games with each other -- maybe even increase that number. Maybe this will all be for naught. It wouldn't surprise me if by the year 2000, the NCAA has reduced its regular-season limit on hockey to 30 games. (only half joking) -- Bill Fenwick Cornell '86 and probably '94 LET'S GO RED!! "My friend has a 16-month-old baby. Ugly baby, really -- the doctor said, 'Keep the receipt on this one.'" -- Garry Shandling