As to the dividing the WCHA into divisions, I must admit that I don't like the idea, but I can't give any good reasons as to why not. It might be a matter of missing some teams I've gotten used to playing. I may well be that the whole concept is just something I associate with SEC football, and I want to reject it purely on that entirely arbitrary grounds. Whatever, it's purely a matter of aesthetics. I'm less keen on adding more teams to the league. If two were going to be added, I assume that one would be Mankato State. I guess the other would be Bemidji State (unless Air Force wanted to join). I'm worried about the same thing happening here as did when the CCHA expanded a few years back. Kent State disappeared pretty quick and Notre Dame seems to have merely added to the problem of the CCHA having a glut of programs that don't seem capable of putting anything together. I'll admit that my worries about the same thing when the WCHA expanded at the same time have been at least half groundless. I've really enjoyed the addition of St. Cloud; Craig Dahl has done a fine job with that program. The two Alaska schools largely pose problems that aren't solvable by any means. I'm still hoping that Anchorage can pick itself up, but I'm not sure that it's going to be possible to overcome the effect of that much travel. So, I remain dubious, but concede the possibility that I'm simply hunting for rocks to find a problem under. J. Michael Jackson HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.