March 7, 2008 - 1:00am
By Michael Mix
With the regular season officially over, it is tournament time in ECAC Hockey. Under the format that was first adopted for the 2002-03 season, the top-4 teams in the league receive first-round byes and will get home-ice advantage for the league quarterfinals, which start one week from today. This year, the top-4 squads are Clarkson, Princeton, Harvard and Union. The other eight teams — including Cornell, which finished No. 5 in the league — aim to use this weekend’s first-round contests as a stepping stone to playoff glory. Each matchup is a best-of-three series and is held at the higher seed’s home rink. The winners will be re-seeded next week for the quarterfinals.
No. 9 St. Lawrence at No. 8 Colgate
