> How do the Western schools (Denver, CC, UAA, UAF) handle this lengthy > travel problem during the regular season? they fly. For the WCHA, it is also less of a problem during the regular season, becuase the games are almost always Friday and Saturday night, without a Sunday game. It does mean missing 1 (friday) or 2 (thursday and friday) days of school on the week of a road trip. Take only 8 or 9 road trips (for the league regular season), and probably 1 or 2 of those is during a school vacation, and it isn't so bad. Having worked for a WCHA team for 5 years (I won't mention any names), I = can say that this statement is almost correct. On a regular road trip = these teams (minus CC vs. DU) would always miss at least their thurs. = classes, and sometimes their wed. classes. For teams traveling to their = barns, they would almost always miss at least part, if not all, of = their wed. classes. It isn't always easy to get a good flight time with = no layovers out of Houghton or Marquette, even though they plan their = traveling in early summer. Needless to say, playoffs are hell if the = series lasts three games. Scott Bershing HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.