Understood, but
by Pat85 (2019-03-26 20:31:25)

In reply to: One if the conditions on going to 16  posted by Wearendhockey

Post Reply Return to Lefty's Rink

is there any pushback for the fact that league has consistently failed to deliver a top 20 PW team to the tourney? If they even had an occasional top 10 or 20 team, they would have a greater claim to legitimacy, but upsets in the one-and-done hockey tourney do not validate their worthiness for an auto-bid, IMO. Play-in game is not a great idea, and soothing the pain of a legit #16 team is not something to be overly concerned about - it just seems Atlantic is playing a different level of hockey during the year, and perhaps not worthy of auto-bid status.

I think there has been occasional pushback
by Wearendhockey  (2019-03-27 00:01:49)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

from fans but I'm sure coaches around the NCAA love to have teams that will give you a weekend series in your rink and not ask for one in return. Atlantic Hockey also was a 14 scholarship league until fairly recently, and there was no way they were going to compete like that.