KNICK WANTS RPI-UNION GAME ARENA EXEC SEEKS ANNUAL ECAC MEETING BETWEEN TWO AREA RIVALS.(SPORTS)

Byline: BOB CROCE Staff writer

ALBANY On a day when Knickerbocker Arena officials announced that the building will play host next year to college hockey's premier tournament, an additional idea was floated at the press conference.

As reported by the Times Union a month ago, the Knick has won the rights to the 1996 Division I East Regional for the second time in three years.

Along with Bob Ducatte, the athletic director for host school RPI, Knick general manager Rick Linio lobbied for the Knick to become the site of at least one regular-season Eastern College Athletic Conference game between RPI and Union.

``Let's talk about that. We'd …