I wrote this morning:
 
> >  Now, the real headaches can start when a tournament game also counts as
> > part of a *conference* schedule, as with the Northeastern-BC Beanpot semi in
> > 1997 and the Quinnipiac-Iona semi in the Q cup in ten days.
 
Greg Berge replied last night :-)
 
> That seems less problematic to me.  Obey the conference o.t. rules, and if
> no goal results, then apply the NCAA rules.  Game goes in the books as a
> conference tie but an NCAA win or loss.  Inelegant (okay, that's being
> charitable), but it satisfies both conference and NCAA criteria.
 
> Added to which, what other choice is there?
 
Slightly less unpalatable might be to determine advancement by a
shootout, so that it's a tie according to everyone, but apparently the
NCAA forbids that.  Bill Fenwick pointed out at the time that it would
have been even more interesting (in the sense of the Chinese curse) if
Hockey East had still been using shootouts in its conference
standings.
 
> I don't recall the Beanpot/HE game -- was that at the Gahden or the Fleet,
> and who was the
> "home" team?
 
 
02/03/97 Northeastern        1 vs Boston College      4 HE    Beanpot (Boston,
MA) 6:00 ET
 
In '97, it would have beek at the En--er, Fleet Center.
 
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