The Division I Men's Ice Hockey Committee met in Kansas City, Missouri from June 15-18 and made several decisions affecting college hockey. Because I haven't seen much discussion of these actions of the list, I am posting a synopsis of these actions from the June 24, 1992 issue of _The NC$$ News_. * The Committee voted to continue the present regional format for the Division I Championship for at least one more year. The Committee will evaluate the present format and then decide if it will be used in future championships. Currently, the tournament format features regional play at two predetermined sites, with six teams assigned to each site. Single-elimination play is used, with the top two seeds in each region receiving a bye in the first round. * The Committee voted to recommend to the NC$$ Executive Committee that Joe Louis Arena in Detroit and the Centrum in Worcester, Mass., be selected as sites for the 1993 West and East regionals, respectively. The regionals will be March 26-27, 1993. The committee did, however, leave open the possibility that it may decide to conduct the regionals at on-campus sites after 1993, noting that the *financial health* of the championship must be maintained. *Voted to recommend to the NC$$ Executive Committee that the championship bracket be expanded to 16 teams, citing clear support for expansion by the American Hockey Coaches Association. * Voted to recommend that the two-referee/one-linesman officiating system be used for the championship regionals and finals and noted that expenses for officials will not increase in 1993. * Voted to recommend that coaches not be required to attend the officiating-improvement clinics and that the clinics include more on-ice demonstrations and intensive discussions about officiating mechanics. * Voted to continue to use the Ratings Percentage Index as a guideline in the selection process and expressed the view that the selection-criteria system is working satisfactory. * Voted to assign the best officials for the regionals and championship semifinals and finals, regardless of whether an offical subsequently works bot the semifinal and championship game. * Voted to provide automatic qualification to the Eastern College Athletic Conference, Hockey East, and the Central Collegiate Hockey and Western Collegiate Hockey Associations. * Noted that a recent Executive Commitee decision regarding polls would preclude the NC$$ from conducting a Division I poll in the future. * Noted that the selection announcement for the 1993 championship will be made from Minneapolis, at 8:00 p.m. Central time Sunday, March 21, 1993. There is some interesting stuff here, I think, but unfortunately I have to get back to work for now. I will post my thoughts later today or tomorrow. My best, Craig Cheslog