--- In cctigerhockey@y..., rvitam <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> > WEST
> 1. DU
> 2. Minnesota
> 3. Michigan State
> 4. St. Cloud
> 5. Michigan
> 6. CC
>
> EAST
> 1. UNH
> 2. BU
> 3. Maine
> 4. Cornell
> 5. Quinnipiac
> 6. Harvard
>
As a college hockey fan I really hope that the committee doesn't go
with the straight East-West brackets. The competitive imbalance
between the two regionals would be ridiculous. However, I won't be
shocked if indeed that is how the brackets look.

I realize that any team can beat another on a given day---Mercyhurst
was thisclose to upsetting Michigan last year---but under this
scenario the East darn near becomes the Hockey East Tournament, Part
Deux, with a huge dogfight in the West.