frontsfan2005
Registered User
Why have SSM and Sudbury play 6 times in opposing conferences? That has been the case for many years.
The Colts going Mid-West is sort of dumb since they are the midway team for North Bay and Sudbury. I could understand Missy moving but then Erie would have to play against Sudbury and North Bay only for the purpose of justifying the 6 games out of conference they play against Niagara? For real? That isn't too bright either.
There is no combination of realignments that make sense. Every time you try to match up two teams that are seemingly close together, they end up playing the other games against teams so much further away for the rest of their division/conference....the net effect is less than zero.
Like you said, there isn't a perfect realignment, someone is going to be upset. The proposed realignment in the original article would keep pretty much everyone happy except Barrie and Owen Sound. Maybe the Colts and Attack could go up to the Soo and play two games up there to limit travel? Owen Sound already does this with Erie in their division.
Perhaps the minor tweak will be to move Niagara to the Midwest, and Owen Sound out to the Central? At least they would be with Barrie, who they already play six times.
Midwest - Erie, Guelph, Kitchener, London, Niagara
Central - Barrie, Missy, North Bay, Owen Sound, Sudbury
I'm sure the other Midwest teams would welcome the IceDogs as a divisional rival, St. Catharines is closer to all those cities than Owen Sound is. The Battalion and Wolves would be ok with the Attack in their division, Barrie already plays them six times, so that isn't an issue, while the Steelheads would most likely be happy with Niagara instead of Owen Sound. The Attack wouldn't be happy though, they'd rather be with London, Kitchener and Guelph.