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I said (I added the times to save additional space in this post and to
correct a grevious error)
>>Thursday:
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>>Game 1: # 1 vs #5 winner to finals 1PM or 4PM
>>Game 2: # 3 vs #4 7PM
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>>Friday
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>>Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs Loser Game 2 (loser gets 5th) early
>>Game 4: #2 vs Winner Game 2
late
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>>Saturday
OOPS! This
was a typo
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>>Game 5 Winner Game 3 vs Loser Game 4 (third place game)
early
>>Game 6 Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 4 (Championship) late
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>>This setup rewards the #1 seed (assuming they win). They get a day
>off against either the #2, 3 or 4 seed.
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Jeff said:
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>But it also has the potential to reward the #5 seed with a day off,
>while still definitely requiring #3 or #4 to win three nights in a row
to
>get the championship.
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>Jeffrey Anbinder, CU '94
>Ithaca Times Hockey Columnist
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I reply:
I hate the 10 team format, but my idea has the following rewards and
punishments:
(a) The #1 seed gets to play the weakest remaining team. This year it
would have been Yale vs Cornell and No Dak vs UMD. I know they do now,
but....
(b) Assuming the #1 seed wins - they get a day off. Lose and you don't
deserve to play for the marbles. Heck, if #5 wins, give 'em a day off
for beating #1. Big Red fans would like this, the way Yale was going at
year end, Cornell could have had a 3rd straight trip to the finals.
(c) #2 seed gets an extra day of rest - & gets to meet a tired foe. They
are rewarded for finishing 2nd, but the winner of this game meets a
rested foe.
(d) Seed 3 has to play an extra game. Sorry guys, somebody loses in a
10 team setup. Seed #4 loses a bit by playing a higher seeded team in
the 1st round but then gets to play the #2 seed, not the #1 seed as they
do now.
This setup seems to benefit everyone, especially in the WCHA where the
winner of the play-in game plays 14 hours or so later. Now they'd have
closer to 24 hours of rest.
Joe
PS Anybody believe the ECAC can win a game this weekend?
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