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Jim Hyla

Trotsky

Jim Hyla

Trotsky
Is it actually true of our jerkwater conference that there is *no* audio stream of the final by the league or either school?

The ECAC site lists U radio. As an aside CCHA had no video stream. What do you call that?

I call that video, which is harder.

I should have been clearer. I meant that you called the ECAC a "jerkwater conference" and having no audio (as an aside it did have audio). So what do you call a conference that has no internet video?

I should have been clearer. Union and Brown are jerkwater for not having an audio feed for their ECAC final appearance. (As an aside, no, they did not have an audio feed. Union was listed on the ECAC site as having an audio feed, which terminated in a page saying that they would not have a feed, and the link was removed from the ECAC site during the game.)

The ECAC, OTOH, farts butterflies and rainbows.

Michigan leading 1-0 after 1. Of course.

God I hate Michigan.

Trotsky
Michigan leading 1-0 after 1. Of course.

God I hate Michigan.

Why, because they're too good? Sort of how the rest of the ECAC used to feel about us?

Jim Hyla

Trotsky
Michigan leading 1-0 after 1. Of course.

God I hate Michigan.

Why, because they're too good? Sort of how the rest of the ECAC used to feel about us?

No. Notre Dame football fan. But nice jump to conclusions there Tonto.

Trotsky

Jim Hyla

Trotsky
Michigan leading 1-0 after 1. Of course.

God I hate Michigan.

Why, because they're too good? Sort of how the rest of the ECAC used to feel about us?

No. Notre Dame football fan. But nice jump to conclusions there Tonto.

I didn't jump to conclusions, I asked. You still didn't answer.

Yale gets in. ND beats Michigan 3-1. Let's hope for a good NC$$ showing by the ECAC.

jkahn

Jim Hyla
Q 3-0 final

I've run several YATC scenarios, and in the ones I've run, Yale is eliminated if either BU wins tonight or Michigan wins tomorrow. If both BU and Michigan win, then St. Cloud is also eliminated in the scenarios I tried. But, I certainly didn't try every possibility.

Notre Dame beats Michigan. Yale survives.

Rita
Yale gets in. ND beats Michigan 3-1. Let's hope for a good NC$$ showing by the ECAC.

Yale can well afford the plane ride to Grand Rapids. They will get the Goofers if I am reading things correctly.

The question for the ECAC is whether Union gets to stay east in Providence. My bracket matches Jason's with BC vs, Union there.

I'm brainwashed by reading his blog.

jkahn

jkahn

Jim Hyla
Q 3-0 final

I've run several YATC scenarios, and in the ones I've run, Yale is eliminated if either BU wins tonight or Michigan wins tomorrow. If both BU and Michigan win, then St. Cloud is also eliminated in the scenarios I tried. But, I certainly didn't try every possibility.

Notre Dame beats Michigan. Yale survives.

Very nice. Now hopefully they (or Union or Q) will answer the bell.

marty
The question for the ECAC is whether Union gets to stay east in Providence. My bracket matches Jason's with BC vs, Union there.

His bracket has Union and Q in the BC regional. Now watch it's Canisius that advances from there...

Oh well, now that Mich has lost, it looks like I won't be going to any regionals. Now the process of cancelling all the reservations and making new ones for next year. I'm always optimistic.

Jim Hyla

Trotsky
Michigan leading 1-0 after 1. Of course.

God I hate Michigan.

Why, because they're too good? Sort of how the rest of the ECAC used to feel about us?

That's pretty much it for me. I could give a bunch of subsidiary reasons like not being willing to travel, etc. but basically it's that they've been too good for too long.

If I had made the unfortunate decision to go another ECAC school I"d probably hate Cornell too. Perish the thought.

KeithK

Jim Hyla

Trotsky
Michigan leading 1-0 after 1. Of course.

God I hate Michigan.

Why, because they're too good? Sort of how the rest of the ECAC used to feel about us?

That's pretty much it for me. I could give a bunch of subsidiary reasons like not being willing to travel, etc. but basically it's that they've been too good for too long.

If I had made the unfortunate decision to go another ECAC school I"d probably hate Cornell too. Perish the thought.

Yankees too, bud: evil empire forever. I couldn't live with the hypocrisy, so I stopped faulting other programs for consistent success.

Kyle Rose
Yankees too, bud: evil empire forever. I couldn't live with the hypocrisy, so I stopped faulting other programs for consistent success.

Easy enough to find other reasons to dislike them than their winning.

Kyle Rose

KeithK

Jim Hyla

Trotsky
Michigan leading 1-0 after 1. Of course.

God I hate Michigan.

Why, because they're too good? Sort of how the rest of the ECAC used to feel about us?

That's pretty much it for me. I could give a bunch of subsidiary reasons like not being willing to travel, etc. but basically it's that they've been too good for too long.

If I had made the unfortunate decision to go another ECAC school I"d probably hate Cornell too. Perish the thought.

Yankees too, bud: evil empire forever. I couldn't live with the hypocrisy, so I stopped faulting other programs for consistent success.

Hypocrisy? It's sports fandom. It doesn't have to be rational and consistent. Besides, I don't mind if other people hate the Yankees. It actually warms my heart to hear somof the vitriol directed toward my baseball team. (I don't think I'll enjoy the likely gloating this year but that'll be much more due to the resulys than how anyone else feels about them.)

KeithK
It actually warms my heart to hear somof the vitriol

Definitely enjoy this about Cornell hockey. "Frustrated!"

KeithK
Hypocrisy? It's sports fandom.

I definitely enjoy the hate directed at the Yankees by the locals in Boston; I just have a hard time reciprocating. I guess I'm a bad fan.

Three years in a row that Jason Moy has nailed the seeding.

marty
Three years in a row that Jason Moy has nailed the seeding.

Was he in Atlantic City this weekend and happen to buy a Powerball ticket too?

Kyle Rose

KeithK
Hypocrisy? It's sports fandom.

I definitely enjoy the hate directed at the Yankees by the locals in Boston; I just have a hard time reciprocating. I guess I'm a bad fan.

Nah. Fandom just means you have a right to irrationally hate a bunch of guys (or uniforms) that really have no impact on your life. It doesn't mean you have to.

KeithK

Kyle Rose

KeithK
Hypocrisy? It's sports fandom.

I definitely enjoy the hate directed at the Yankees by the locals in Boston; I just have a hard time reciprocating. I guess I'm a bad fan.

Nah. Fandom just means you have a right to irrationally hate a bunch of guys (or uniforms) that really have no impact on your life. It doesn't mean you have to.

Speaking of which, the NCAA selection show featured the Quinnipiac team standing around looking very clean cut.

Trotsky

KeithK

Kyle Rose

KeithK
Hypocrisy? It's sports fandom.

I definitely enjoy the hate directed at the Yankees by the locals in Boston; I just have a hard time reciprocating. I guess I'm a bad fan.

Nah. Fandom just means you have a right to irrationally hate a bunch of guys (or uniforms) that really have no impact on your life. It doesn't mean you have to.

Speaking of which, the NCAA selection show featured the Quinnipiac team standing around looking very clean cut.

You were expecting the Hell's Angels look perhaps?

scoop85

Trotsky

KeithK

Kyle Rose

KeithK
Hypocrisy? It's sports fandom.

I definitely enjoy the hate directed at the Yankees by the locals in Boston; I just have a hard time reciprocating. I guess I'm a bad fan.

Nah. Fandom just means you have a right to irrationally hate a bunch of guys (or uniforms) that really have no impact on your life. It doesn't mean you have to.

Speaking of which, the NCAA selection show featured the Quinnipiac team standing around looking very clean cut.

You were expecting the Hell's Angels look perhaps?

Well, Rand Pecknold does have a sort of serial killer vibe about him.

Trotsky

KeithK

Kyle Rose

KeithK
Hypocrisy? It's sports fandom.

I definitely enjoy the hate directed at the Yankees by the locals in Boston; I just have a hard time reciprocating. I guess I'm a bad fan.

Nah. Fandom just means you have a right to irrationally hate a bunch of guys (or uniforms) that really have no impact on your life. It doesn't mean you have to.

Speaking of which, the NCAA selection show featured the Quinnipiac team standing around looking very clean cut.

A friend who was working in the Bristol campus tonight texted me that she passed by the QU hockey team in the hall as they were getting a tour (I'm sure for the selection show visit). "sweet & very well behaved," she said.

Rita
One potential bid stealer is eliminated. Norte Dame (who is in position for a possible at large bid) has beaten Ohio State.

On a positive note, ND wore "normal colored" uniforms: white jerseys, blue pants, gold trim. Not neon green eyesores.

But Ohio State wore helmets painted like their football helmets.

Very sad to note that all of the teams that made the final CCHA tournament were complicit in its demise (two Big Ten, one NCHC and one Hockey "East".

jtwcornell91

Rita
One potential bid stealer is eliminated. Norte Dame (who is in position for a possible at large bid) has beaten Ohio State.

On a positive note, ND wore "normal colored" uniforms: white jerseys, blue pants, gold trim. Not neon green eyesores.

But Ohio State wore helmets painted like their football helmets.

Very sad to note that all of the teams that made the final CCHA tournament were complicit in its demise (two Big Ten, one NCHC and one Hockey "East".

The CCHA still exists, it's just called the WCHA.

I for one really enjoy that the MacNaughton Cup and Broadmoor Trophy will now be contested and won by schools like Lake Superior, Bowling Green, and Alabama-Huntsville.

From the USCHO post-tourney article:

Perhaps it was only fitting: The Bulldogs didn’t show up on the ice, so why should we have expected them to appear for a press conference?

Yale ditched the obligatory post-game presser following the consolation-game loss, with nary a word of explanation. Per colleague Nate Owen, who was live at the scene:

“[The media] waited for a few minutes… someone went back to find [Yale], said they were showering and would be out. Then they came back and said they had already gotten on the bus and left.”

Read more: [www.uscho.com]

And from the Hockey East article:

While I believe the Eagles will be playing in the most forgiving of the four regional sites, that luck of the draw won’t be enough if they give up breakaways by the bushel the way they did against BU.

Read more: [www.uscho.com]

and:

(As an aside to the North Dakota fans who are upset that their team won’t be in the East Regional, you didn’t get placed in the easiest regional, but you didn’t get put in the toughest one either (that being the Northeast). And as an eighth seed, you deserve, in theory, the toughest second-round matchup, not the easiest.

(So you’re really getting what you deserve even though the selection committee’s reason for not giving you Quinnipiac — surely the weakest overall number one seed in memory — was attendance, not justice.

Read more: [www.uscho.com]

The new WCHA is getting off to a great start. As written on USCHO they announced their new format for their Final Five Tournament.

The top eight teams in the final regular-season standings will play in a best-of-three first-round series at the home site of the top four finishers, followed by the four first-round winners advancing to the WCHA Final Five the following weekend, which would consist of two semifinal games on the first day of the event followed by the Broadmoor Trophy title contest on day two.

Read more: [www.uscho.com]

Or is it The Final Four, or just bad writing?

Jim Hyla
The new WCHA is getting off to a great start. As written on USCHO they announced their new format for their Final Five Tournament.

The top eight teams in the final regular-season standings will play in a best-of-three first-round series at the home site of the top four finishers, followed by the four first-round winners advancing to the WCHA Final Five the following weekend, which would consist of two semifinal games on the first day of the event followed by the Broadmoor Trophy title contest on day two.

Read more: [www.uscho.com]

Or is it The Final Four, or just bad writing?

The Final Five (tm) seems like something the Big Ten should hold onto since making sense has never much mattered to them.

Jim Hyla
The new WCHA is getting off to a great start. As written on USCHO they announced their new format for their Final Five Tournament.

The top eight teams in the final regular-season standings will play in a best-of-three first-round series at the home site of the top four finishers, followed by the four first-round winners advancing to the WCHA Final Five the following weekend, which would consist of two semifinal games on the first day of the event followed by the Broadmoor Trophy title contest on day two.

Read more: [www.uscho.com]

Or is it The Final Four, or just bad writing?

Or poor math?

More on Allain not showing up for the post-game news conference from Ken Schott.

Allain embarrass ECACH

It was not a great championship round for Yale. The Bulldogs were shut out by Union and Quinnipiac.

After Saturday’s loss to Quinnipiac, the media waited for Yale coach Keith Allain to come to the dais for the postgame press conference. They waited, and waited, and waited.

Allain decided not to show up. Nor did any of his players.

This is unacceptable. The league needs to come down hard on Allain and Yale. Now, Allain isn’t a media-savvy coach. His answers and short and bland.

However, he is not above the league where he can blow off the media. And it’s not the first time. He was a no-show for last Tuesday’s conference call for the championship round.

Allain embarrassed the ECACH, and he embarrassed Yale. It was a classless act. There is no excuse for his actions. He should be severely reprimanded.

And on AC.

The Dutchmen may be the only ones that will miss Atlantic City. I can speak for the rest of the ECACH nation and say, “Good riddance!”

The three-year stay in Atlantic City was a disaster for the league. Start with the attendance, or lack there of. The announced attendance for Friday’s semifinals was 3,145, and 4,017 for Saturday’s games. Were those numbers that were provided by Boardwalk Hall from the New Jersey Lottery Pick-4? Or were those numbers for the seats NOT filled? Or were those numbers the three-year total attendance?

This is unacceptable. The league needs to come down hard on Allain and Yale.

Hell hath no fury like the media scorned.

I think the beat writers of the ECAC might have just a bit of a case of inflated self-importance.

Trotsky

This is unacceptable. The league needs to come down hard on Allain and Yale.

Hell hath no fury like the media scorned.

I think the beat writers of the ECAC might have just a bit of a case of inflated self-importance.

Is it really inflated? The press might have outnumbered the fans in Atlantic City this year.

Kyle Rose

Trotsky

This is unacceptable. The league needs to come down hard on Allain and Yale.

Hell hath no fury like the media scorned.

I think the beat writers of the ECAC might have just a bit of a case of inflated self-importance.

Is it really inflated? The press might have outnumbered the fans in Atlantic City this year.

Is that our measuring stick for importance?

When media types feel snubbed (as they appear to more often than operatic divas) they have the luxury of reporting about themselves to themselves using themselves. That's not news; it's a circle jerk.

Trotsky

Kyle Rose

Trotsky

This is unacceptable. The league needs to come down hard on Allain and Yale.

Hell hath no fury like the media scorned.

I think the beat writers of the ECAC might have just a bit of a case of inflated self-importance.

Is it really inflated? The press might have outnumbered the fans in Atlantic City this year.

Is that our measuring stick for importance?

When media types feel snubbed (as they appear to more often than operatic divas) they have the luxury of reporting about themselves to themselves using themselves. That's not news; it's a circle jerk.

I don't disagree with you; I was mostly making a flippant comment about the lack of interest in ECAC hockey.

That said, if there's a league policy about attending post-game press conferences and Allain violated it, he should be sanctioned. The alternative is an even bigger media black hole for the ECAC, which struggles as it is to get coverage for a league that very few people give a crap about. (24 years and counting. Is this the year? I'll go out on a limb and say, "Probably not".)

The media circle-jerk isn't the issue here: rather, the issue is that college hockey media could completely ignore the ECAC and almost no one would care. The ECAC is like the sub-Saharan Africa of college hockey: virtually no one covers it, and everyone—including most of the alumni and students of the ECAC schools themselves—mostly seems okay with that.

Kyle Rose

Trotsky

Kyle Rose

Trotsky

This is unacceptable. The league needs to come down hard on Allain and Yale.

Hell hath no fury like the media scorned.

I think the beat writers of the ECAC might have just a bit of a case of inflated self-importance.

Is it really inflated? The press might have outnumbered the fans in Atlantic City this year.

Is that our measuring stick for importance?

When media types feel snubbed (as they appear to more often than operatic divas) they have the luxury of reporting about themselves to themselves using themselves. That's not news; it's a circle jerk.

I don't disagree with you; I was mostly making a flippant comment about the lack of interest in ECAC hockey.

That said, if there's a league policy about attending post-game press conferences and Allain violated it, he should be sanctioned. The alternative is an even bigger media black hole for the ECAC, which struggles as it is to get coverage for a league that very few people give a crap about. (24 years and counting. Is this the year? I'll go out on a limb and say, "Probably not".)

The media circle-jerk isn't the issue here: rather, the issue is that college hockey media could completely ignore the ECAC and almost no one would care. The ECAC is like the sub-Saharan Africa of college hockey: virtually no one covers it, and everyone—including most of the alumni and students of the ECAC schools themselves—mostly seems okay with that.

If Allain violated a league rule then by all means fine him. I just don't need Ken Schott using his column to bray that not getting his post-game cliche to pad out his paint-by-numbers article is a Crime Against Humanity.

Trotsky

Kyle Rose

Trotsky

Kyle Rose

Trotsky

This is unacceptable. The league needs to come down hard on Allain and Yale.

Hell hath no fury like the media scorned.

I think the beat writers of the ECAC might have just a bit of a case of inflated self-importance.

Is it really inflated? The press might have outnumbered the fans in Atlantic City this year.

Is that our measuring stick for importance?

When media types feel snubbed (as they appear to more often than operatic divas) they have the luxury of reporting about themselves to themselves using themselves. That's not news; it's a circle jerk.

I don't disagree with you; I was mostly making a flippant comment about the lack of interest in ECAC hockey.

That said, if there's a league policy about attending post-game press conferences and Allain violated it, he should be sanctioned. The alternative is an even bigger media black hole for the ECAC, which struggles as it is to get coverage for a league that very few people give a crap about. (24 years and counting. Is this the year? I'll go out on a limb and say, "Probably not".)

The media circle-jerk isn't the issue here: rather, the issue is that college hockey media could completely ignore the ECAC and almost no one would care. The ECAC is like the sub-Saharan Africa of college hockey: virtually no one covers it, and everyone—including most of the alumni and students of the ECAC schools themselves—mostly seems okay with that.

If Allain violated a league rule then by all means fine him. I just don't need Ken Schott using his column to bray that not getting his post-game cliche to pad out his paint-by-numbers article is a Crime Against Humanity.

I think we all, in some form or another, inflate the importance of our little hockey league and/or our place in it. Schott is a small fish in a small pond: again, I agree with you, but I have a hard time getting worked up over it.

Kyle Rose

Trotsky

Kyle Rose

Trotsky

Kyle Rose

Trotsky

This is unacceptable. The league needs to come down hard on Allain and Yale.

Hell hath no fury like the media scorned.

I think the beat writers of the ECAC might have just a bit of a case of inflated self-importance.

Is it really inflated? The press might have outnumbered the fans in Atlantic City this year.

Is that our measuring stick for importance?

When media types feel snubbed (as they appear to more often than operatic divas) they have the luxury of reporting about themselves to themselves using themselves. That's not news; it's a circle jerk.

I don't disagree with you; I was mostly making a flippant comment about the lack of interest in ECAC hockey.

That said, if there's a league policy about attending post-game press conferences and Allain violated it, he should be sanctioned. The alternative is an even bigger media black hole for the ECAC, which struggles as it is to get coverage for a league that very few people give a crap about. (24 years and counting. Is this the year? I'll go out on a limb and say, "Probably not".)

The media circle-jerk isn't the issue here: rather, the issue is that college hockey media could completely ignore the ECAC and almost no one would care. The ECAC is like the sub-Saharan Africa of college hockey: virtually no one covers it, and everyone—including most of the alumni and students of the ECAC schools themselves—mostly seems okay with that.

If Allain violated a league rule then by all means fine him. I just don't need Ken Schott using his column to bray that not getting his post-game cliche to pad out his paint-by-numbers article is a Crime Against Humanity.

I think we all, in some form or another, inflate the importance of our little hockey league and/or our place in it. Schott is a small fish in a small pond: again, I agree with you, but I have a hard time getting worked up over it.

Well, as things go my Urge To Kill is only about a 6 on this. And since it baselines at a 5, that's not too bad.

Let's not talk about Barry Melrose as the ESPN resident "expert" for college hockey, however. That's 9 territory.

Trotsky

Kyle Rose

Trotsky

Kyle Rose

Trotsky

Kyle Rose

Trotsky

This is unacceptable. The league needs to come down hard on Allain and Yale.

Hell hath no fury like the media scorned.

I think the beat writers of the ECAC might have just a bit of a case of inflated self-importance.

Is it really inflated? The press might have outnumbered the fans in Atlantic City this year.

Is that our measuring stick for importance?

When media types feel snubbed (as they appear to more often than operatic divas) they have the luxury of reporting about themselves to themselves using themselves. That's not news; it's a circle jerk.

I don't disagree with you; I was mostly making a flippant comment about the lack of interest in ECAC hockey.

That said, if there's a league policy about attending post-game press conferences and Allain violated it, he should be sanctioned. The alternative is an even bigger media black hole for the ECAC, which struggles as it is to get coverage for a league that very few people give a crap about. (24 years and counting. Is this the year? I'll go out on a limb and say, "Probably not".)

The media circle-jerk isn't the issue here: rather, the issue is that college hockey media could completely ignore the ECAC and almost no one would care. The ECAC is like the sub-Saharan Africa of college hockey: virtually no one covers it, and everyone—including most of the alumni and students of the ECAC schools themselves—mostly seems okay with that.

If Allain violated a league rule then by all means fine him. I just don't need Ken Schott using his column to bray that not getting his post-game cliche to pad out his paint-by-numbers article is a Crime Against Humanity.

I think we all, in some form or another, inflate the importance of our little hockey league and/or our place in it. Schott is a small fish in a small pond: again, I agree with you, but I have a hard time getting worked up over it.

Well, as things go my Urge To Kill is only about a 6 on this. And since it baselines at a 5, that's not too bad.

I think mine was a 9 in college. I'm down to about a 4. I consider this a great improvement, though I'm probably still at elevated risk for a heart attack.

Let's not talk about Barry Melrose as the ESPN resident on college hockey, however. That's 9 territory.

The reason I'm at a 4 is that I turn the TV off whenever he's on. That's the key: avoiding the stressful inputs.

Kyle Rose
I think mine was a 9 in college. I'm down to about a 4. I consider this a great improvement, though I'm probably still at elevated risk for a heart attack.

Car keys rule in reverse. Do not exceed the number of decades you have left.

(Arthur should announce "one minute to play" at 90th birthday parties...)

Kyle Rose

Trotsky

Kyle Rose

Trotsky

Kyle Rose

Trotsky

This is unacceptable. The league needs to come down hard on Allain and Yale.

Hell hath no fury like the media scorned.

I think the beat writers of the ECAC might have just a bit of a case of inflated self-importance.

Is it really inflated? The press might have outnumbered the fans in Atlantic City this year.

Is that our measuring stick for importance?

When media types feel snubbed (as they appear to more often than operatic divas) they have the luxury of reporting about themselves to themselves using themselves. That's not news; it's a circle jerk.

I don't disagree with you; I was mostly making a flippant comment about the lack of interest in ECAC hockey.

That said, if there's a league policy about attending post-game press conferences and Allain violated it, he should be sanctioned. The alternative is an even bigger media black hole for the ECAC, which struggles as it is to get coverage for a league that very few people give a crap about. (24 years and counting. Is this the year? I'll go out on a limb and say, "Probably not".)

The media circle-jerk isn't the issue here: rather, the issue is that college hockey media could completely ignore the ECAC and almost no one would care. The ECAC is like the sub-Saharan Africa of college hockey: virtually no one covers it, and everyone—including most of the alumni and students of the ECAC schools themselves—mostly seems okay with that.

If Allain violated a league rule then by all means fine him. I just don't need Ken Schott using his column to bray that not getting his post-game cliche to pad out his paint-by-numbers article is a Crime Against Humanity.

I think we all, in some form or another, inflate the importance of our little hockey league and/or our place in it. Schott is a small fish in a small pond: again, I agree with you, but I have a hard time getting worked up over it.

I read somewhere that there is no rule, but your point above is one important issue. We need the coverage, and all coaches should realize that and work to help it. The other issue was that he told the league officials that they would be out, and then just left, leaving them with egg on their face. If there is no rule, just say there won't be a post-game interview. Don't say yes, then walk out the back door.

Jim Hyla
The new WCHA is getting off to a great start. As written on USCHO they announced their new format for their Final Five Tournament.

The top eight teams in the final regular-season standings will play in a best-of-three first-round series at the home site of the top four finishers, followed by the four first-round winners advancing to the WCHA Final Five the following weekend, which would consist of two semifinal games on the first day of the event followed by the Broadmoor Trophy title contest on day two.

Read more: [www.uscho.com]

Or is it The Final Four, or just bad writing?

The article is in error; it's still going to be a Final Five. Each semifinal will actually consist of a two-game total goals series, followed by the championship game, which brings the total to five.



No, not really, but couldn't you just see that happening?

Give My Regards

Jim Hyla
The new WCHA is getting off to a great start. As written on USCHO they announced their new format for their Final Five Tournament.

The top eight teams in the final regular-season standings will play in a best-of-three first-round series at the home site of the top four finishers, followed by the four first-round winners advancing to the WCHA Final Five the following weekend, which would consist of two semifinal games on the first day of the event followed by the Broadmoor Trophy title contest on day two.

Read more: [www.uscho.com]

Or is it The Final Four, or just bad writing?

The article is in error; it's still going to be a Final Five. Each semifinal will actually consist of a two-game total goals series, followed by the championship game, which brings the total to five.



No, not really, but couldn't you just see that happening?

You are a few days early. And you should probably have posted it in this thread.

Give My Regards

Jim Hyla
The new WCHA is getting off to a great start. As written on USCHO they announced their new format for their Final Five Tournament.

The top eight teams in the final regular-season standings will play in a best-of-three first-round series at the home site of the top four finishers, followed by the four first-round winners advancing to the WCHA Final Five the following weekend, which would consist of two semifinal games on the first day of the event followed by the Broadmoor Trophy title contest on day two.

Read more: [www.uscho.com]

Or is it The Final Four, or just bad writing?

The article is in error; it's still going to be a Final Five. Each semifinal will actually consist of a two-game total goals series, followed by the championship game, which brings the total to five.



No, not really, but couldn't you just see that happening?

That would have actually fooled me, I must admit.

It's just dumb enough for somebody to do.

(Hey, in a world with the Memorial Cup, any configuration is possible.)