That certainly appears a possibility this year with CC Denver and North Dakota in the west and Maine, BC, and UNH in the east A scenario like this almost GUARANTEES a matchup between two teams from the same conference for the right to go on to the frozen four. I know there are issues of geographic proximity at the division 2 level in other sports to cut travel expenses. It seems to me that it might be reasonable to have the third (and 4th) teams from a conference go to the other regional. For example, Denver has played North Dakota four times, will play them a 5th time in the WCHA championship game, and most likely will play them again in the west regional. If we look at maine, unh, and bc bc has played unh 3 times already, will play them again today and might play them in the regional bc has played maine 3 times already, and might play them in the regional maine has played unh 3 times already, and might play them in the regional charlie shub University of Colorado at Colorado Springs [log in to unmask] -or- [log in to unmask] -or- [log in to unmask] (719) 262-3492 (fax) 262-3369 http://www.cs.uccs.edu/~cdash HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.