The Pacific/Mountain time zone teams have played 68 games since the mass-move of all the California teams in 2015. The rest of the league has typically played 76, so I'm not sure why some teams only played 72 this season.
There doesn't seem to be any geographic reason for it. Utica (which is in upstate NY) played 72, but Syracuse and Rochester (also in upstate NY) played 76. Chicago and Milwaukee played 76, but Rockford (which is a short drive from both Chicago and Milwaukee) played 72.
With so many teams in the west now (10 in the Pacific and Mountain time zones next season when Seattle's affiliate in Palm Springs starts playing), it would be nice if they went back to every team playing the same number of games.
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