John Haeussler posted: > UAF's proposal brings the Nanooks and Mankato State (or another school) >into the WCHA together bringing the league's membership to 12. > Within the four-page proposal, UAF details how the league would be split >into three four-team divisions (North, Central and West); how teams would >play 28 league games (14 home, 14 away), including four against each >divisional rival and two against all other schools; and how teams would be >grouped in pairs as travel partners (UAF-UAA, Wisconsin-Minnesota, etc.). The article didn't provide details of the three divisions or the travel partners. It must work like this: North: Michigan Tech & Northern Michigan Minnesota-Duluth & North Dakota Central: Minnesota & Wisconsin St Cloud & Mankato State West: Colorado College & Denver Alaska-Anchorage & Alaska-Fairbanks This could work. It's certainly worthy of consideration. The biggest problem I see is the potential travel problems between pairs host schools on a given weekend. Minneapolis--Madison and Duluth--Grand Forks are both 260 mile trips. Winter storms could cause some difficult travel. -- Erik