[log in to unmask] (Deron Treadwell) wrote: >At 02:56 PM 3/21/96 EST, Dave Hendrickson wrote: >>Somebody mentioned at the HE playoffs this past weekend that Saturday's Boston >>Herald carried a story about an agreement between HE and ECAC for inter-league >>play the next three years. The two leagues would be broken down into three >>groups and the groups would play each other, with the groups changing each >>year. Since the ECAC has 12 teams and HE has 9, then HE teams would play four >>different ECAC teams in year one, then another four in year two, and the >>remaining four in year three. The ECAC teams would each play three HE teams, >>so there would be 36 total games (9*4, 12*3, for you non-math majors out >there). >I wonder two things immediately. #1- when is this set to begin? #2 When >was this approved? >The Maine schedule I have for next season has Maine playing only TWO ECAC >teams, not including Vermont who Maine plays in the Governor's Cup) so that >would lead me to believe it will not begin till 97-98. Since most teams >have their schedules already done, and are already full, it would be >difficult for all the HEA and ECAC teams to go through their schedules and >reconfigure. Incidently, Maine's schedule is full already. From what I've been told of RPI's schedule, they're playing 6 Hockey East schools next year. I can't imagine, if this plan is true, limiting the ECAC to only 3 games against Hockey East schools. Who the hell would RPI play for their other NC games? Kurt Stutt [log in to unmask] HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.