From:   US2RMC::"[log in to unmask]" "David Carroll"  7-APR-1994 16:54:29.32
To:     Multiple recipients of list HOCKEY-L <[log in to unmask]>
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Subj:   A More Meaningful Tournament?
 
>While we're mulling over changes we'd like if we were the
>Gods of hockey, how about changing the tournament to an 8-team
>round-robin preliminary round from which two teams advance to a
>best-of-three championship series? I realize that this would
>take longer than the current one weekend for regionals and
>one for Frozen Four. How could it be scheduled?
 
  Instead of an 8 team round robin, I'd like to see the final 4 as a double
elimination.  Like the 8 team baseball format, I guess it would look like
this:
        Mon: Round one     Seed 1 vs Seed 4
             Round two     Seed 2 vs Seed 3
        Tue: Round three   Loser Round one vs Loser Round two (one team out)
        Wed: Round four    Winner Round one vs Winner round two
        Thu: Round five    Winner Round three vs Loser Round four (one team out)
        Fri: Open day Hobby award, whatever.
        Sat: Round six     Two remaining teams play. (one team 2-0, one 2-1)
        Sat: Round seven   If needed.
 
   That's a lot of hockey for four college teams to play in a week, but it's
no worst then the NCAA baseball tourny is for college teams that play two or
three games a week in the regular season.