Thanks to Mike for his elegant summary of the ECAC in my college hockey formative years (the early 80's). One question: in each case in which a division winner was bumped up to a home ice berth, it was an Ivy team which benefited. I once heard that this was a privilege specific to the Ivies, and a condition for their joining the conference in the first place. I have no idea whether this be fact or urban (suburban?) legend.