[log in to unmask] (Ralph N. Baer) wrote: >It is mentioned on the Clarkson hockey web page that the ECAC is going >to a Final-5 playoff format similar to the WCHA. The source given was >the Schenectady Daily Gazette, but by the time I located the Daily >Gazette, they had updated to the next day's paper, and they apparently >don't keep old news on the web. Does anyone have any independent >confirmation of the change in the ECAC playoff structure? Yes it is true, but still unofficial. See my article on US College Hockey Online. http://www.uscollegehockey.com/news/1997/09/30_ecacplayoff.html >Needless to say, this means that Tuesday night 7 vs 10 and 8 vs 9 games >will disappear and as in the WCHa the first round will be 1 vs 10, >2 vs 9, etc. I assume that the first game in Lake Placid will be 4 vs 5 >after reseating, but does anyone know this for certain? Precisely. Jayson Moy [log in to unmask] HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.