On those points:
* RIT's Frozen Four appearance last season, while impressive, doesn't fill me with any concern that RPI won't be the favorite in that game. We'll see how the early season plays out.
* While I'm glad the Institute is doing even more than its fair share to help UAH fill out its independent schedule with four games - it's so much harder to schedule when you don't have a whole block of games already in the can before you start - I worry that we might end up playing them on Saturday night in the tournament and have three games with them on the schedule. Nothing wrong with the team, I just prefer a little more variety.
* The CC series has definitely been in the works for a while now and I'm glad to see it come to fruition. We might even be able to count on a return trip in 2011-12, since Clarkson went out to CC in 07-08 and got a return in 08-09. That would be fun.
* I'm sure it'll be some Canadian team. That early in the season I think the likelihood of playing the U-18 team is pretty low. PEI was a great matchup last year, I'd honestly rather see that than see a team like Ottawa which came in and was never close to being a match. Since it doesn't matter if the team wins or loses the exhibition, it's better to have a challenge to better prepare them for the coming season.