I went back and found the weekend sports sections which fortunately were not yet lining the bottom of the guinea pigs' cage. The current proposal is to allow the non-Ivy ECAC schools two extra games next season. Thus moving the limit from the current 30 to 32 (which is still 2 below the NCAA limit of 34 - not counting Alaska, Hawaii, or games played outdoors when the moon is full). There was no mention of a change for the Ivies from their current self-imposed limit of 27. Union was also said to voluntarily opt to adhere to the Ivy guidelines. The following quote was attributed to Joe Bertanga - ECAC Hockey executive "The potential gap in games doesn't concern Ivy coaches because their teams will benefit from the proposal anyway. The NCAA Tournament's selection criteria takes into consideration not only a team's opponents' record, but the record of teams a team's opponent plays. So Ivy League teams like Harvard and Yale stand to gain by playing league opponents that have bulked up their schedules." Assuming the proposal goes through as easily as Bertagna seems to expect, the big question would seem to be: Who are the "high calibre" teams to provide the new "bulk" in the ECAC schedules who still have slots left to schedule? Any ideas? Robin Lock St. Lawrence University [log in to unmask]