Tony wrote (with regard to UAF's "vacation"): >Seriously, was this just a coincidence, unfortunate circumstance or what. >Seems like once the season gets started you want to have at least a game >each weekend, no? Not really an unfortunate circummstance. It would appear to be more scheduled that way. Since UAF hosts 5 teams for 3-game series, that's going to leave a few weekends open. (And most of those schools have tried to schedule those during breaks, such as MSU's trip up there Jan. 4-6.) After the weekend trip to Michigan, they go home to play BG 3 times (Nov. 23,24,25), have a weekend off, go to OSU and Miami (Dec. 8,9), go home for UIC for 3 (Dec. 14,15,16), then are off until MSU. They have an extended trip to the lower 48 in mid-January (with 5 games in 2 weeks) then don't play until early February. They have one more weekend off in February and finish up with Western at home at the end of Feb- ruary/beginning of March. They're sort of at the mercy of the teams that need to play in Alaska (though I would imagine the CCHA did try to get them as workable a schedule as possible). Though I agree with you, three weeks is a long hiatus. G. M. Finniss Michigan State University 7-2-0, 9-3-0 HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.