While I agree it was MOST unfortunate that the pairings were announced
before the WCHA championship game was played, I must disagree slightly
with Erik saying these tournaments have no bearing on seedings. With a
loss to Maine on Sunday, I am pretty sure BU would have been placed 3rd or
4th and BC would have received a bye. That win had to figure
significantly in the decision process and proved perhaps to be the
difference between 2nd and 3rd position. However, the choice of Cornell over
St. Lawrence would tend to support the opinion that the tourneys are
relatively unimportant.
 
While WCHA fans must have been somewhat disconcerted, I must ask why
the WCHA played its games on Sunday/Monday as opposed to earlier
in the weekend? Was there some scheduling difficulty at the Civic
Center or was this by choice of the league? It is a shame, but it
would probably also be inconvenient for Alaska-Anchorage to find out
Tuesday that they had a game in Boston on Friday.
 
				Mark Daly
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