Let's play "what if" What if UAF joins the WCHA. That would mean 11 teams, and more scheduling problems. One solution would be to split into 2 divisions (in the early 70s the wcha had divisions). I would propose: WCHA-west: UAF, UAA, Denver, Colorado College, North Dakota each team plays each west team 4 times: 2 home, 2 road (16 games) each team plays each east team 2 times 2 home or 2 road (12 games) total: 28 league games WCHA-east: Minnesota, Minnesota-Duluth, St. Cloud State Wisconsin, Northern Michigan, Michigan Tech, each team plays each east team 4 times: 2 home, 2 road (20 games) each team plays each west team 2 times: 2 home or 2 road (10 games) total: 30 league games Well, it isn't balanced. The west needs one more team. Or some other variation. Playoffs (this is really funky): 1 - 5 other division 2 - 4 other division 3 - 3 other division (6 east is out) Actually, the best plan was Rick Comley's (did I spell that right?) idea of merging the CCHA and the WCHA and then splitting into THREE divisions... --david