{"id":31746,"date":"2010-10-04T18:40:43","date_gmt":"2010-10-04T23:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2010\/10\/04\/ecac-hockey-prepares-for-another-crazy-ride-in-201011\/"},"modified":"2010-10-13T11:10:29","modified_gmt":"2010-10-13T16:10:29","slug":"ecac-hockey-prepares-for-another-crazy-ride-in-201011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2010\/10\/04\/ecac-hockey-prepares-for-another-crazy-ride-in-201011\/","title":{"rendered":"ECAC Hockey prepares for another crazy ride in 2010-11"},"content":{"rendered":"
The whole point of a playoff series, as opposed to individual games, is to insure — to a certain extent — that the better team actually wins, right? It’s a solid attempt to diminish the number of “fluke” advancements by teams that simply got lucky.<\/p>\n
So how does one explain Team A, at 8-17-4, upending Team B (17-15-4) in three games on the road? Or, for that matter, Team C (10-18-4) downing Team D (19-7-3), also at Team D’s joint? What about Team E, with only three wins and 21 losses on the year, taking to the road and sweeping anybody?<\/i><\/p>\n