>The Ice Griffs are a Div. I team, and have been for quite some time (including >last year!). The program would probably be better off in Div. III, since that >would allow us to aim for the Div. III championship, but since the sports >program as a whole at Canisius is Div. I, our hockey team must follow suit. We >share this status with a handful of other eastern schools which sponsor Div. I >athletics, but do not fund ice hockey to a level that would allow full-fledged >participation against Div. I opponents. Yes, Canisius is Division I, but because of a rule that says a team must play at least 20 games _against Division I teams_ to be eligible for the NCAA* Div. I tournament, you don't hear much about them. I do not include them in TCHCR, for example. The Ice Griffs don't even come close to getting the 20 games, nor do they even try or care to. In the 92-3 schedule, I count about 5 games that *might* be against teams that call themselves Division I. My memory is fading on this, but I believe St. Bonaventure, Fairfield and Holy Cross may be in the same category. St. John's used to be, but I read somewhere that they finally put an end to it all and went ahead an cancelled the entire hockey program. Keith *sue me