A curious question... Over the holidays, Maine will be traveling throughout Canada, playing six exhibition matches against Canadian schools (British Columbia (2), Calgary(2), Concordia, and Ottawa). These games are in addition to the Penney's Classic, where they play one non-conference game (Union, methinks), and one exhibition against a team from the World Junior tournament. My question is: what (if any) are the NCAA rules regarding the total number of games, exhbition or otherwise, that a team is allowed to play during its regular season? I know that with other NCAA sports there are strict limitations regarding the total number of games played (exhibition plus regular), total number of exhibition games, and total number of in-season games. Additionally, many other NCAA sports are restricted as to their practice time and schedule (e.g., basketball teams cannot have a single practice until Midnight Madness). What are the regulations regarding college hockey? It would seem unfair if a team with "money & fame" can use its resources to schedule a number of games as "practice," while other teams with limited budgets and lesser notoreity remain at home, practicing intra-squad as usual. note: I'm not flaming Maine, their holiday schedule just made me curious... HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.