The hotel problem does exist at Lake Placid - I know that many of the "bigger name" hotels were booked several months ago, when I called. There is an International PEE WEE tournament in town - ALSO - the same weekend !!! IMHO: 1. Lake Placid is a great place for any college tournament. It has a great "atmosphere" for hockey. It's unfortunate that a major youth hockey tournament will compete for hotel space - but consider the possible "young fans" that might get a chance to see a college game. 2. Supposedly, the ECAC has reserved blocks of rooms for TEAMS and FANS, PARENTS, etc. I hope they have. I called Mr. Don Cronin , ECAC Coordinator at 1-800-462-6236 and he had a lot of info.... on rooms, etc. ----------- ALSO....... 3. The NC$$ D-II championship between Mercyhurst and Bemidji St. is this weekend - 3/19 and 3/20. in Minnesota. To All - please keep those scores and summaries coming in this weekend - were up against b-ball - for some of us your news.. is the only news.... thanks. Brian Cavanaugh Canisius College Cavanaugh @ Canisius