>with all the talk of so many teams from Hockey East making the NCAA tourney
>this year, does anyone know how the other bids work. For example, the winner
>of the hockey east tourney at the end of the season has traditonally always
>been given a bid, what are the other tournaments or conferences that will
>have automatic bids available to them this year?
 
For a different perspective on selection and seeding, please see John
Whelan's excellent web site ...
 
   http://www.slack.net/~whelan/tbrw/
 
(especially the "NCAA Features" section).
 
cheers, wayne