> Obviously most ECAC teams shy away from match-ups with the Western teams... It isn't obvious to me at all. I would think that, given the limited exposure of the ECAC caused by its 8 NC (4 for Ivy) game limit, the better teams would try to schedule as many NC quality opponents as possible. After all, there's everything to gain when trying to overcome the myth of western/HE superiority. Still, Cornell for example NEVER seems to play the WCHA. I don't know why, and I welcome any ideas or insider knowledge. I for one would love to see the Big Red set up home-and-home series with teams like Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Lake Superior State. I'd assume that AD Laing Kennedy would grab any chance he could get to raise the team's flat US recruiting profile. The team will be competing out in Minnesota in January, 1994, and I hope this is a sign of things to come. Greg Somerville Let's Go Red! p.s. In the latest THN, Parris Duffus has dropped off the face of the Earth: he's not on the Peoria or St. Louis rosters, and he's not mentioned in any transaction. What happened? (And if you tell me they've given up on him already (.829 Save Pct), I'll think about our current defense and get very, very depressed.) p.p.s. Re: the Super-team. It figures: finally, we don't have any players good enough to make the Olympics, and now everybody's program will be safe, anyway.