I said (I added the times to save additional space in this post and to correct a grevious error) >>Thursday: >> >>Game 1: # 1 vs #5 winner to finals 1PM or 4PM >>Game 2: # 3 vs #4 7PM >> >>Friday >> >>Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs Loser Game 2 (loser gets 5th) early >>Game 4: #2 vs Winner Game 2 late >> >>Saturday OOPS! This was a typo \/ >>Game 5 Winner Game 3 vs Loser Game 4 (third place game) early >>Game 6 Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 4 (Championship) late >> >>This setup rewards the #1 seed (assuming they win). They get a day >off against either the #2, 3 or 4 seed. === Jeff said: > >But it also has the potential to reward the #5 seed with a day off, >while still definitely requiring #3 or #4 to win three nights in a row to >get the championship. > >Jeffrey Anbinder, CU '94 >Ithaca Times Hockey Columnist === I reply: I hate the 10 team format, but my idea has the following rewards and punishments: (a) The #1 seed gets to play the weakest remaining team. This year it would have been Yale vs Cornell and No Dak vs UMD. I know they do now, but.... (b) Assuming the #1 seed wins - they get a day off. Lose and you don't deserve to play for the marbles. Heck, if #5 wins, give 'em a day off for beating #1. Big Red fans would like this, the way Yale was going at year end, Cornell could have had a 3rd straight trip to the finals. (c) #2 seed gets an extra day of rest - & gets to meet a tired foe. They are rewarded for finishing 2nd, but the winner of this game meets a rested foe. (d) Seed 3 has to play an extra game. Sorry guys, somebody loses in a 10 team setup. Seed #4 loses a bit by playing a higher seeded team in the 1st round but then gets to play the #2 seed, not the #1 seed as they do now. This setup seems to benefit everyone, especially in the WCHA where the winner of the play-in game plays 14 hours or so later. Now they'd have closer to 24 hours of rest. Joe PS Anybody believe the ECAC can win a game this weekend? _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.