Rick O'Donnel writes:
:
: (2) Wasn't there 2 days between last year's 1st round and quarterfinal
: games? A bye is an advantage already (and should be), but it seems
: more fair (to me) to play first round games Thursday, with quarter-
: finals on Saturday.
most hockey east teams play two games each weekend, so i doubt that the
friday night games will adversely affect those teams. in fact, i'd bet that
the teams with friday off might be a little sluggish saturday. i had the
pleasure of watching a maine/merrimack game with cal ingraham's mom and she
said maine players feel they play better on the second night.
-jeff