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St. Norbert General

SNC can clinch the two seed in the NCHA tournament with a regulation sweep against Lawrence this weekend. Trine is playing Adrian, a series which could have major implications for an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament, pending the results of the Harris Cup playoffs. An intense weekend of college hockey is set to take place in the NCHA, with Lawrence, MSOE, Marian, Lake Forest, and Concordia all within three points of each other. One of these teams will not play in the Harris Cup playoffs. MSOE vs. Lake Forest and Concordia vs. Marian. The scenarios are far too complicated for me to waste time on typing them all out, so here's the NCHA's article on the matter.
 
I guess I don't understand why/when the NCHA changed their 2 plus a mini-game format for the quaterfinal round of the conference playoffs. Concordia should've had to win last night in regulation to force a mini.

It seems like nobody knew what was going on in that OT (5x5? 3x3? 5 minutes? 20 minutes?)

An overtime win is not supposed to be equal to a regulation win in this format.

Concordia should've been looking to pull their goalie last night with the score tied and a couple of minutes remaining in regulation. Overtime should've been 3x3 for 5 minutes and only played to establish a potential winner/loser for NPI purposes, or the game should've been called a tie and OT not played at all.
 
altazo said:
I guess I don't understand why/when the NCHA changed their 2 plus a mini-game format for the quaterfinal round of the conference playoffs. Concordia should've had to win last night in regulation to force a mini.

It seems like nobody knew what was going on in that OT (5x5? 3x3? 5 minutes? 20 minutes?)

An overtime win is not supposed to be equal to a regulation win in this format.

Concordia should've been looking to pull their goalie last night with the score tied and a couple of minutes remaining in regulation. Overtime should've been 3x3 for 5 minutes and only played to establish a potential winner/loser for NPI purposes, or the game should've been called a tie and OT not played at all.
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This format has been the same as long as I've been around, which is before the turn of the century. Back in the mid-90s when the NCHA did not play overtimes in the conference tournament it was doing so in violation of NCAA rules - somewhere in my archives I saw a note about this once upon a time. By rule, you must play overtime.

In the post-season, the overtime is 5x5 and the wins and losses are not weighted as they are for 3x3 OT. In a two-game series the OT is 5 minutes. In single-game elimination, the OT is a resurface and 20 minutes until somebody scores.
 
Hmmm, I must be confused. Maybe it was the mid-90’s but I swear I remember a time when there were 3 points awarded in every game: 3 for a regulation win, 2 for an overtime win, 1 for an overtime loss. The two game and a mini format was first team to 4 point on the weekend advances. I realize the point system is different now, but I thought that aspect was essentially the same.

I don't think I'm the only one confused on this - SNC sent out 3 skaters to start overtime, and during the Adrian/MSOE mini game, the (student?) play-by-play guy calling that game said that MSOE's regulation win in game 2 of that series earned them the mini.

/shoulder shrug/
 
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altazo said:
Hmmm, I must be confused. Maybe it was the mid-90’s but I swear I remember a time when there were 3 points awarded in every game: 3 for a regulation win, 2 for an overtime win, 1 for an overtime loss. The two game and a mini format was first team to 4 point on the weekend advances. I realize the point system is different now, but I thought that aspect was essentially the same.

I don't think I'm the only one confused on this - SNC sent out 3 skaters to start overtime, and during the Adrian/MSOE mini game, the (student?) play-by-play guy calling that game said that MSOE's regulation win in game 2 of that series earned them the mini.

/shoulder shrug/
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As long as I have been around it is two points for a win and one for a tie, and three points wins you the series. Regulation or overtime doesn't matter. The tie yesterday snapped a 47-game winning streak for St. Norbert in the quarterfinal round of the NCHA Playoffs. The last loss came in 1996. The closest call for a mini-game during that stretch was an overtime game against UW-Stevens Point, when St. Norbert scored an OT ENG to win the second game.

When last night's game ended as a tie I think the crowd was confused too because there was no reaction. When I announced St. Norbert won the series three points to one then everyone cheered. Not to sound haughty but it had been so long since a mini-game in any round was a possibility I think everyone was a bit off. There has never been a mini-game at the Cornerstone since it opened in 2000-01.
 
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