Some thoughts from a naive fan: I'm not privy to any of the motivation or politicking behind it, but when PRIME really kicked in with the GotW two seasons ago, the PASS CCHA GotW was dropped. As part of the new deal, the CCHA was heavily featured. (I *believe* it was specified that each CCHA team be seen at least once for the first couple of years or so.) This may have been the only way to get PASS and/or the CCHA involved. I don't know. What does strike me is that, as a *general* rule, Hockey East and the WCHA already have plenty of local TV coverage. The CCHA does not. The only way to see the CCHA is on PRIME. I can understand why fans in non-college hockey areas (e.g. California) would be peeved at having the CCHA forced upon them with respect to the national GotW, but *many* fans IN college-hockey areas have little grounds to complain. They can pick and choose between PRIME, NESN, MSC, etc. Here in the Midwest, if the PRIME GotW is an ECAC clash, we don't have the option of flipping the channel and finding a non- nationally broadcast CCHA game. I would hope that this is some of the motivation for making PRIME CCHA-heavy. Something to consider. As for dubbing it the Michigan GotW, that is one of the most absurd things I've ever heard. That's like blaming the 49ers and Cowboys for appearing on Monday Night Football. As a fan, there are very few things as annoying as having a home game televised. I doubt that a PRIME telecast is anyone's first exposure to the University of Michigan, so I'd prefer to never see the PASS/PRIME crew at Yost. The best solution *for me* would be to bring back the PASS CCHA GotW and get the CCHA off of PRIME, period. That way, assuming I had access to viewing the PRIME game, I'd always have a pair of games to choose from. It doesn't make sense to me that fans who have their local team or conference already on TV wouldn't want to see something different (e.g. the CCHA) on the national telecast. *My* bottom line is this: When the PRIME GotW became a reality, it had a positive impact on ECAC/HE/WCHA viewers because if offered them something in addition to what they already had. It had a neutral or, more likely, negative impact on CCHA viewers because it removed something that they had (and enjoyed). If any of the other conferences had a reduction in their number of TV games due to the PRIME GotW, I'd like to hear about it. The voice of a college hockey fan (disregarding "the greater good of the game", etc.)... John H / U Mich HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.