Joe LaCour writes:
 
>Now if you win the RS title you're in.  The only thing (a BIG thing,
>maybe) you're playing for in your conference tourny is a bye.  BU did not
>need the HEA playoffs, they had the bye sewed up.
 
        Well, you're also playing for your *Conference*
*Championship*.  Maybe that doesn't mean so much in Hockey East (BU
fans certainly don't seem to care much about it), but for most ECAC
teams, it's what counts.  The NCAAs are just gravy.
 
>IF the tournament was expanded to 16, I'd like to see automatics just for
>the conference tourny champ with the rest of the field decided on PWR.
>The "Clarkson Rule" can stay, I suppose.
 
        The Clarkson Rule wouldn't mean very much in a sixteen-team
tournament, since there would be no byes.  But you could reward
double-champions by assuring them a place in their own regional.
 
                                         John Whelan, Cornell '91
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