>                                                         Kennedy said the
>committee may propose to keep the current 12-team format but make the first
>round and the quarterfinals single-game affairs, and also have the games
>take place at one Eastern and one Western site.  Personally, I'm in favor of
>the single-game idea (it has always seemed strange to me for college hockey
>to play a multiple-game series in its first two playoff rounds and then
>switch to a single game in the Final Four), but I don't like the two-site
>idea.
 
I think I like the best of 3 series at the home site of the highest
seed better as it stands now. But maybe the committee is thinking of
a television contract in the future (ESPN?). In that case I think a
single game format at two different sites would be more attractive.
 
The way I understand it this years playoffs would look like this:
 
At a predetermined western site (say North Dakota)
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Thurs.	Clarkson vs. Wisconsin
	Michigan vs. Cornell
Sat.	Clarkson/Wisconsin winner vs. Lake Superior State
	Michigan/Cornell winner vs. Boston University
 
At a predetermined eastern site (say New Hamphire)
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Fri.	Minnesota vs. Providence
	Boston College vs. Alaska - Anchorage
Sun.	Minnesota/Providence winner vs. Maine
	Boston College/A-A winner vs. Northern Michigan
 
Final Four at St. Paul as originally scheduled.
 
I think this would be a very attractive set-up for a tv network,
but maybe I'm just dreaming too.
 
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