You're an idiot and a troll. The Bobcats have 7 Hockey East games scheduled this year. They also just dispatched their lone "west" challenger with relative ease, twice. Like the rest of the country you tend to forget that Quinnipiac plays in the ECAC. A conference that is no longer a bottom feeder despite any argument you could try to make. This conference has had three conference members (2 champions) in the NCAA Championship over the last three years. Your "powerhouse" conference hasn't had one team IN since Duluth in 2011. This conference is dominating the early non-conference slate to the tune of a 21-10-3 record, the best non-con record of any conference. To that point, the "EZAC" is 5-1 against your conference brethren in the NCHC. Therefore, Quinnipiac has a battle every night in conference. This strengthens their schedule. To claim that the non-conference schedule is weak, maybe you could have an argument, though it's not one I would like to make with Northeastern, BU and St. Cloud on it. But the ECAC is as good as any conference now and this point is what makes your original post stupid, arrogant and really poorly researched. Take care Sue.