Re: The 2016-17 Schedules Thread
In trying to figure out Atlantic's conference opponents, I am going to put forth a hypothesis, based on the number of teams, that each team will play the other four times twice over the course of five years.
AIC: (USMA, AFA, CC, RMU), (BU, CHC, NU, RIT): None found
Army: (AIC, BU, CC, MU), (BU, SHU, MU, RMU): Bentley and Mercyhurst
Bentley: (USMA, CHC, SHU, MU), (AIC, USMA, MU, RIT): Army and Mercyhurst
Holy Cross: (BU, SHU, NU, RIT), (AIC, SHU, AFA, CC): Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart: (BU, CHC, MU, RIT), (USMA, CHC, CC, RMU): Holy Cross
Air Force: (AIC, CC, NU, RMU), (CHC, CC, NU, RMU): Canisius, Niagara, and Robert Morris
Canisius: (AIC, USMA, AFA, MU), (CHC, SHU, AFA, RMU): Air Force
Mercyhurst: (USMA, BU, SHU, CC), (USMA, BU, NU, RIT): Army, Bentley
Niagara: (CHC, AFA, RMU, RIT), (AIC, AFA, MU, RIT): Air Force, RIT
Robert Morris: (AIC, AFA, NU, RIT), (USMA, SHU, AFA, CC): Air Force
RIT: (CHC, SHU, NU, RMU), (AIC, BU, MU, NU): Niagara
We don't have enough information from this to determine who will play each other four times for sure, but would it be a safe assumption that any teams listed at the end would only play each other twice? Obviously I see no other pattern in who plays who, similar to the WCHA.