Exciting ECRHA Inter-regional Details

The ECRHA has altered the format of its annual inter-regional event, this will mark the first major change to the event’s format since its inception in 2009.

The 2013 inter-regional tournament, which will be held in Mount Pleasant, PA, at Hot Shots Sports Arena for the 5th consecutive year.

 

For the first time, the tournament will follow a double elimination bracket (Division I Only) in which the 12 teams are seeded 1-12. To ensure the max amount of inter-regional games, the top 4 seeds will be issued to ECRHA teams in a random order to be determined by a blind draw prior to the start of the tournament. The remaining teams will be seeded 5-12 and will pit an ECRHA teams versus an inter-regional guest. All teams would be guaranteed 3 games.

 

Games will start on Saturday morning and continue into the early afternoon on Sunday. The contests are double elimination, with a single elimination final on Sunday. The tournament field will include 7 teams from the ECRHA (Stony Brook, West Chester, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Temple, Rowan, Neumann), Michigan State from the MCRHL and George Mason from the SECRHL.

 

There is still space for 3 Division I teams to enter the tournament, but space is filling up fast, please get your commitments in soon, before space fills up.

In addition to the new format for Division I, there will be contests held in Division II and the B Division. Currently, 2 ECRHA Division II teams have committed to attend the event, Binghamton and Slippery Rock. Space is available for up to 3 more DII teams from out of region to attend the event.

 

In the B Division, Slippery Rock and Temple from the ECRHA will be joined by Eastern Carolina and Michigan State to compete, there is still space for 1 more B team.

 

More information about the event will be made available as details become available.