Tim writes: >Has the ECAC ever considered a venue like MSG? Anyone have any insights >on the plusses and minuses of college hockey tournies in NYC? Occasionally, the ECAC has held its "Holiday Tourney" (of the past) at MSG, but I can't speak for how well it drew. The last DivI hockey played in that area that I know of was about 4-5 years ago when the Long Island Classic was played in, I believe, Nassau Coliseum. I don't know how it drew, but it featured BC, Harvard, UIC, and Minn-Duluth. From my perspective, NYC is a college hoop town, but definitely not a college hockey town. Also, NYC is about as far away from most of the ECAC schools as Lake Placid is, and it has to cost much more to stage a final four at MSG. BTW, since we're discussing NYC, I saw in the transactions section of the paper a while ago that St John's (of NYC) dropped its hockey program. - mike