[log in to unmask] (Mike Fessler) writes: >I believe that the ECAC format is a three-point, not best of three, sort >o' deal. Ties are one point, wins are two, first to three points wins. >Thus, two ties mean a 2-2 tie necessitating a third game, and so do a >win for each team. A tie and a win, though, makes it 3-1, yielding a >winner. Or something like that... I've heard both "best of 3" and "point system" in describing it. Here's the rundown: Games 1 and 2: a team gets 2 pts for a win and 1 pt for a tie. At the end of 2 games, if one team is ahead, it advances. This means that the team won twice or won once and tied once (4-0 or 3-1 in terms of pts.) If there is a tie (2-2) at the end of 2 games, a 3d game is declared. Game 3: played for 2 pts, but no ties are allowed. If the score is tied at the end of regulation, then overtimes are played (and played and played...) until one team scores. And fwiw- all of the ECAC teams have been advanced for Lake Placid, except for Colgate v. RPI, which will be decided tonight... :) Nick [log in to unmask]