At 10:38 PM -0600 11/19/96, Mike Bresina wrote: > 1) Is the ECAC West a division-1 conference? > 2) Does the playoff winner receive an auto bid? No, and no. The six teams in the ECAC West span all three divisions: DivI: Canisius, Niagara DivII: Mercyhurst DivIII: Elmira, Hobart, RIT Each of these teams must hope for an at-large bid to the NCAA tourney in the division in which they are classified. For Canisius and Niagara, this is impossible - they don't play enough games against DivI teams. But Mercyhurst, Elmira and RIT have all made NCAA appearances lately. --- --- Mike Machnik [log in to unmask] *HMM* 11/13/93 ***** (Part-Time) Color Voice of Merrimack Hockey WCAP 980 AM ***** ***** Unofficial Merrimack Hockey home page located at: ***** ***** http://www.tiac.net/users/machnik/MChockey/MChockey.html ***** >>> U.S. College Hockey Online http://www.uscollegehockey.com/ <<< HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.