I read the Academy speak from the press release. This means lose and you are gone? That is the reality of the Academy's action. They have given Delich (and the next lucky coach) an impossible mission statement. The USAFA schedule is an up and down afffair with a lot of travelling to the east. Their home rink while nice is "tired". Army's rink is much more fan friendly and the USMA has two hockey tasks- beat RMC and USAFA and the rest will fall into place. USAFA has very few close opponents and is somewhat isolated in Colorado Springs where it plays 2nd banana to Colorado College and shares its own rink with them. It just makes you wonder if there isn't more to the story? HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.