paul-laus
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- Jun 20, 2007
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I was wondering if anyone can help answer a couple of questions regarding college hockey for me. Please excuse my ignorance as I'm out of my depth here.
I understand that some conferences in Division 1 such as the ECAC have much less games played than say the CCHA or WCHA. How is this weighted (if at all) in terms of berths in the NCAA tournament? Also, how does the play-off set up look at the conclusion of the season? Would I be correct in assuming that in all the conferences other than Hockey East (top 8 qualify) all teams make the postseason and how does it work from there? Is each series a one game winner take all, a best of three? etc. Is it the same lay out as the NHL where the 1st seed would play the 10th, 2nd the 9th, and so on? Is it uniformed across Division 1 hockey?
If a team finishes first in their conference on point totals in the regular season and lose in the conference play-offs could they still potentially make the NCAA tournament and what are the contributing factors to a team qualifying for the NCAA tournament if they don't win the conference play-offs? How is this decided?
Lastly, how does it work with statistics for the conference play-offs and NCAA tournament for individual players and team stats such as goals for and agasint? Are players point totals and team stats in conference tournament games and NCAA tournament tabulated seperately for play-offs or is it all accumulated under a regular and combined post season total. Is it the same for the beanpot tournament with stats being added to one regular season total. Also with an independent school such as Alabama-Hunstsville who are playing many of their games against schools that aren't div. 1. are their player and team stats tabulated under a division 1 banner?
Thanks for any help. I've got to fill my hockey gaps somewhere with the lack of the NHL and if I'm going to follow college hockey I better understand the lay-out of it. Thanks again and I hope people aren't overwhelmed by too many questions.
I understand that some conferences in Division 1 such as the ECAC have much less games played than say the CCHA or WCHA. How is this weighted (if at all) in terms of berths in the NCAA tournament? Also, how does the play-off set up look at the conclusion of the season? Would I be correct in assuming that in all the conferences other than Hockey East (top 8 qualify) all teams make the postseason and how does it work from there? Is each series a one game winner take all, a best of three? etc. Is it the same lay out as the NHL where the 1st seed would play the 10th, 2nd the 9th, and so on? Is it uniformed across Division 1 hockey?
If a team finishes first in their conference on point totals in the regular season and lose in the conference play-offs could they still potentially make the NCAA tournament and what are the contributing factors to a team qualifying for the NCAA tournament if they don't win the conference play-offs? How is this decided?
Lastly, how does it work with statistics for the conference play-offs and NCAA tournament for individual players and team stats such as goals for and agasint? Are players point totals and team stats in conference tournament games and NCAA tournament tabulated seperately for play-offs or is it all accumulated under a regular and combined post season total. Is it the same for the beanpot tournament with stats being added to one regular season total. Also with an independent school such as Alabama-Hunstsville who are playing many of their games against schools that aren't div. 1. are their player and team stats tabulated under a division 1 banner?
Thanks for any help. I've got to fill my hockey gaps somewhere with the lack of the NHL and if I'm going to follow college hockey I better understand the lay-out of it. Thanks again and I hope people aren't overwhelmed by too many questions.