Mike writes: > * The first two weekends in January are when teams will play each of > the two opponents who they face only twice this season. Here is the that's good news. It didn't make much sense that the only games between the WCHA's top 2 teams this year (Minn and CC) were in October. > listing of the 2-time opponents. All are two game sets. > > Alaska-Anchorage Minnesota (H), Wisconsin (H) Let me be the first to predict that this will hurt UAA's "strength of schedule" component of their RPICH (and other) ratings. (Why wait 'til next spring to fret about it! :-) ) I find it a little surprising that the schedule would be set up so that any team avoids full series with the two most consistently strong teams in the league the same year. If UAA were to win that gorgeous trophy** after playing a schedule like that, expect considerable griping! > Minnesota Alaska-Anchorage (A), Northern Michigan (A) > > But UAA is listed as hosting BOTH two game sets, while Minnesota is > playing away in both of theirs. UAA has 18 WCHA home games and 14 > WCHA away games, while Minnesota has to play 18 of 32 WCHA games on > the road. Yikes. BTW, this is the same as was on the Minnesota Yikes is right!!!! ** Speaking - er, writing of the MacNaughton Cup: does CC have a place to display it now that they're arena-less? I imagine they'll have to display it somewhere on campus. (Of course, if they want to lend it to the second-place team, we wouldn't mind... :-) We've got a place for it, right next to that Broadmoor Trophy...) Pam Sweeney Go Gophers!!! [log in to unmask] 1993 & 1994 WCHA Playoff Champions!!! 1994 NC$$ PHinal PHour!!! Ski-U-Mah!!!