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Originally Posted by getbak
No, Atlantic Hockey is the weakest Conference by far. They only ever send one team to the NCAA Tournament and that's their champion because it's an automatic berth. The other Conferences are all pretty even, but it's no different than the NHL where the relative strengths shift from year to year.
For example, Boston College and Boston University used to be dominant for a long time, but they've both been weaker in recent years. Providence used to be weak, but since Nate Leaman took over, they've become a pretty consistent team -- winning the tournament with Jankowski and Gillies.
Even if the ECAC is a little weaker, Harvard still ends up playing a lot of non-Conference games against Hockey East because of their location. Every year, they participate in the Beanpot tournament with the other 3 Boston-area teams and hold their own.
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Thanks for clearing that up, I was sure that somebody on this site was saying that-perhaps the ECAC was having a downturn for a few years or something. Either way, this makes MC's stats all the more tantalizing. He's a different player than Zegras, but it would be nice if he was anything close to that ballpark.