>In a post a few weeks ago, someone said that the East should contain
>4 Hockey East teams and 2 ECAC.  Judging by the outcomes of this weekend's
>scores, his idea may have been worth a try.  UNH beat BU and played them
>tough all year.  BU had no problems in the first round.  ULowell took BU
>to OT and lost a 2 goal lead in the 3rd in another game, not to mention
>playing tough against Maine.  Should there have been more HE teams in the
>tourney?  What is your opinion?  With the small amount of Seniors in HE,
>could next year have 3 or 4 teams in the tourney?  This weekend's scores
>prove how tough a league it is!  UNH and UML should have made the tourney
>just on having a .500 record against these 2 powerhouses.  These ECAC teams
>with the sharp records didn't beat Maine or BU either.  So look for more than
>2 temas next year!
 
I don't think so. I always thought the purpose of the tournament was
to invite the 12 best teams. The purpose is not to invite the teams
that might do well in the future, as part of your posting might suggest.
 
The fact is that even if the ECAC got only 2 teams, Hockey East would
not have gotten four. One of the west teams (Wisconsin in this case),
would have crossed over.
 
DID UNH and UML have a .500 record against Maine/BU? Maine, at least,
got all possible points against the Wildcats and Chiefs. Did
they dominate BU that much?
 
Wait a sec, PC tied Maine. Does this mean, by your logic, that
they should have gotten an NC$$ bid just on that alone?
 
Just curious.
 
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