I'd have to agree with Carol that the regional would probably have done better in Minneapolis (or Madison for that matter). Detroit just isn't a HUGE hockey town. It likes the Red Wings but as far as college hockey, I doubt there is much sympathy. In Minneapolis or Madison, where there is a core of solid hockey fans, you would get a lot more attendance even without the Gophers or Badgers. I know I and many other in the North Coutnry would go to a regional if it were held in Potsdam or Canton even if Clarkson/SLU weren't playing. MInneapolis and Madison have proven that they support college hockey and deserve it more than Detroit. You see, Michigan and MSU just aren't big hockey schools. Football and basketball rule there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRI FARENELL | CONGRATS TO: CLARKSON '95 | 1992 CALDER CUP CHAMPIONS [log in to unmask] | the ADIRONDACK RED WINGS rec.sport.hockey's AHL contact | Also: 1981, 1986 and 1989 Champs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Eleven Israelis were dead. Machine guns were everywhere. Who knew what would happen next. Going on made sense only if you believed in the idea of sport as more than a game." ---Dave Kindred, on the 1972 Olympics