Ken wrote: >> ECAC Tournament: >> Omit #11-#12; then 7 vs 10 and 8 vs 9 single game; >> reseed then 1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, and 4 vs 5; >> 2 out of 3 with 5 minute overtime in 1st 2 games; >> reseed, then; 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3; then consolation and final. >Question about the 2/3 with 5 minute overtimes. Does this mean as many >5 minute overtimes as needed to determine a winner? >If not, what happens when: > Game 1, tie > Game 2, team A wins > Game 3, team B wins OK, I'm not from the ECAC, but what the hey... Games 1 and 2 of the "3-game set" are the same as regular season games; i.e. if tied at the end of regulation, the two teams play a 5-minute overtime. If the game is still tied at that point, it goes down as a tie. The teams get points the same as in the regular season; 2 for a win, 1 for a tie, 0 for a loss. Only if both teams have 2 points each is the third game of the series played, and that is played like a playoff game in HE, CCHA, WCHA, or NCAA would be played: sudden death with 20-minute periods where the ice is resurfaced between the third period and the first overtime. In the scenario you gave above, team A would win the series 3 points to 1 in two games and Game 3 would not be played. G. M. Finniss Michigan State University 21-4-0, 25-7-0 HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.