ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Would two college hockey conferences be willing to scale back their schedules to accommodate more nonconference games between members who also happen to belong to the Big Ten Conference?
It may not be as far-fetched as you think.
Seeing a growing market for games between Big Ten schools, Western Collegiate Hockey Association commissioner Bruce McLeod and his counterpart in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, Tom Anastos, are in the early stages of exploring options to make it happen.