A couple of thoughts on schedules: - a balanced schedule is best - if using divisions within the conference, the divisions should be meaningful: winning the division should be worth something. So there should be more division games than non-division games. But not *too many* more, or (as has been pointed out), the records can be very distorted. - Teams in the WCHA really like the two-game series format. Nearby teams (CC and Denver, MTU and Northern Michigan) have been known to play home-and-home on consecutive nights. I don't know what fans and teams think about that. - With the vast distances in the WCHA, travel partners and next-day or even friday-sunday games may not be practical. Not to mention the ticket headaches at places like Wisconsin (which sell SERIES not season tickets due to high demand). I started typing in part of the WCHA history here, but it is long and will be in a separate message. --david