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Can anyone explain why teams play a conference schedule and not a section schedule?

Because they're different than one another.

Kinda guessing here but Conferences generally extend beyond hockey and include almost every/every sport a school plays.

Sections are developed more for sport specific playdowns.

observer wrote:Because they're different than one another.

Kinda guessing here but Conferences generally extend beyond hockey and include almost every/every sport a school plays.

Sections are developed more for sport specific playdowns.

Correct, and in addition sections are drawn up by class, then by location. Conferences can have a mixture of Class A and AA teams, and teams can be widely distributed geographically.

Does anyone know how much say a school has when sections get realigned periodically?
Conference affiliation I would guess is more of a choice by the schools, not the MSHSL, plus as pointed out it can cross over the A/AA line. As such, you can have decades long standing rivalries (sons now playing against past conference rivals of their dads or even grandpas).

Ready2GoYet wrote:Does anyone know how much say a school has when sections get realigned periodically?
Conference affiliation I would guess is more of a choice by the schools, not the MSHSL, plus as pointed out it can cross over the A/AA line. As such, you can have decades long standing rivalries (sons now playing against past conference rivals of their dads or even grandpas).

None, strictly geographical.