On Oct 13, 12:21, Joseph M LaCour wrote:
>OK now that everybody has weighed in, I have a question just for the ECAC
>fans, because our league seems to be the only one that does it this way
>come playoff time.
>
>I can understand the 5 min OT in ECAC playoff games #1 and #2 because it
>is a race to 3 points, not 2 wins like the WCHA, CCHA, and HEA.  But what
>happens if game #3 is tied after 60 minutes?  Do we play 5 + 20,20,etc.
>or do we go to 20 minute OT's directly?
 
Directly to 20-minute OTs.  Case in point:  the 1995 quarterfinals between
Princeton and Brown.  Princeton won game three, and the series, at 2:06 of the
second overtime, after a 20-minute first OT.
 
The Academic League does it right :-)
 
P.S.  Unless something has changed recently, HE, the CCHA, and the WCHA play
all their playoff games, including first-rounders, "to conclusion" with
20-minute OTs.  I don't know what format the MAAC will use if they have a
tournament, but given the relatively strong ECAC (Div. III) history of their
teams, you can expect something odd.
 
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