Have talked to a number of people (coaches/administrators) in @collegehockey over the last week or so. There seems to be a movement to try to uniform conferences as much as possible. There has been and will be additional communications between leagues and members/coaches. 1/

The prevailing focus seems to be a Jan. 1 start date for CONFERENCE GAMES in all six @collegehockey conferences. IF schools allow for play prior, those schools can work to schedule non-conference games. This would allow for critical conference play to take place w/ uniformity. 2/

All that said, it seems likely that there may need to be a waiver to change the minimum number of games to from 25 to a lower number so that every @collegehockey team will remain eligible for the NCAA tournament. 3:

This is FAR from decided but it does seem like there is some positive momentum to get at least a partial @collegehockey season played this year. And of course, it all could be halted again if COVID-19 numbers continue to spike in key markets.