This weekend marks the beginning of playoff hockey in Hockey East, with the opening round getting underway. The ECAC playoffs begin as well, along with the AHC tournament. The tournaments out west start to get underway next week. It's an exciting time and the look of the tournament field is really taking shape. Let's take our weekly look at how the field would look if the season ended right now.
AUTOBIDS
Six teams qualify as autobids based on the conference tournaments. Right now, two conferences are only going to end up sending their conference champ, the AHC and the WCHA.