Quotation Bill says: >The teams involved are Colgate, Toronto, Lake Superior State, and York, and >according to TSN, Colgate will play Toronto on the 27th, while Lake Superior >plays York. Then on the 28th, Colgate plays York and Lake Superior goes up >against Toronto. It looks like this "Challenge" is neither a round-robin >tournament (in which each team would play the other three) nor a traditional >two-day tournament (there appears to be no consolation or championship game >scheduled). If TSN's schedule is correct, perhaps this is a case of both >Toronto and York wanting to play a couple of US teams, and electing to play >all the games in one arena, with a corporate sponsor. A bit of a strange >arrangement, but I suppose it would cut down on the traveling... I checked with the CCHA, and the dates and match-ups are correct. One reason for this "strange" format is due to Lake Superior. LSSU is using an NC$$ exception to play these games. That is, the games will not apply to the Lakers' limit of 34. The rule is the travel-to-a-foreign- country-during-a-holiday rule. Notre Dame went to Switzerland last year under this rule. One stipulation of this rule is that you cannot play against any other NC$$ teams. Thus, LSSU cannot face Colgate (but Colgate can face LSSU because Colgate isn't applying the exception). That, I think, is the main reason behind the unusual format. Keith