College Hockey: Road to St. Paul

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  1. Rabid

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    It was all beautiful. My favorite part though is seeing the players and fans celebrating. This clip from Sports Center gives a better view.

    https://www.facebook.com/matt.cote.98/posts/10205499113347770

    That is what March is all about
     
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  2. mtsucalico85

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    Love seeing a ton of new blood in the Tourney this year. No Edina, no Hill-Murray, no Duluth East, no St. Thomas, etc.
     
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  3. petey23

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    Pulling for Grand Rapids. 2 future Sioux(errr, F'n Hawks) and a good friend of mine who recently moved there has a kid on the team as well
     
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    I'm good with anyone other than EP winning. But I guess I'll end up pulling for whoever gets out of that GR/Bemidji game. Always had a soft spot for northern schools, especially ones that aren't Duluth East.
     
  5. petey23

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    Anti Cake Eater!
     
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  6. Rabid

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    Screw you guys. I like cake.
     
  7. petey23

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    E very
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  8. petey23

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    Current Bracketology

    This week’s brackets
    East Regional (Albany):
    13 Omaha vs. 4 Providence
    11 Harvard vs. 5 Boston College
    Northeast Regional (Worcester):
    16 Minnesota State vs. 1 Quinnipiac
    10 Boston University vs 8 Yale
    Midwest Regional (Cincinnati):
    15 Robert Morris vs. 3 St. Cloud State
    9 Notre Dame vs. 6 Michigan
    West Regional (St. Paul):
    14 Minnesota vs. 2 North Dakota
    12 Massachusetts-Lowell vs. 7 Denver


    Assuming the following auto-bids
    Atlantic Hockey: Robert Morris
    Big Ten: Minnesota
    ECAC Hockey: Quinnipiac
    Hockey East: Boston College
    NCHC: North Dakota
    WCHA: Minnesota State

    Omaha is the last team in and Penn State and Duluth are bumped by Minnesota State and Robert Morris auto-bids while Minnesota doesn't officially bump Michigan Tech as they are currently tied for 16 in the pairwise rankings.

    Could be 2 weekends in the Twin cities in a row for me if this holds up. 1 in Minneapolis at Target Center and 1 in St. Paul at the Excel Energy Center(aka...Engelstad Arena East)
     
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    Very unselfish play by Chorney on this one as he had a pretty good look at scoring but instead fed a nice drop pass to Bina!
     
  12. petey23

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    Current Bracketology.
    Assuming the current conference leaders earn their conferences auto-bids you have UND, Quinnipiac, BC, Michigan Tech, Minnesota, and Robert Morris currently leading.

    West Region(St. Paul, MN)
    1. UND vs. 15. Minnesota
    8. Michigan vs. 9. Boston U

    Northeast Region(Worcester, MA)
    2. Quinnipiac vs. 16. Robert Morris
    7. Yale vs. 10. Notre Dame

    Midwest Region(Cincinnati, OH)
    3. St. Cloud State vs. 14. Michigan Tech
    6. Denver U vs. 12. Mass-Lowell

    East Region(Albany, NY)
    4. Providence vs. 13. Minnesota-Duluth
    5. Boston College vs. 11. Harvard

    Nebraska-Omaha and Cornell are the victims of the Big 10 and Atlantic Hockey leaders auto-bids. If Michigan wins the big 10 tournament an addition al spot would open up for Omaha.....of course if there are upsets in the other conferences additional spots could disappear.
     
  13. OTM

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    Good lord at that St. Paul regional.
     
  14. petey23

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    A few National titles in that group.
     
  15. Rabid

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    With the Saturday loss at MSU, we are now there.
     
  16. Rabid

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    I can't imagine attendance in Cincinnati would be very good.
     
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    I am guessing they are hoping they can find a way to put Notre Dame there and then hope Ohio State or Miami some how win their conference tournaments since if they have UND in St. Paul it wouldn't be a total disaster without the Gophers there.

    Denver is playing lights out right now and UMD is playing very good playoff hockey(i.e., real tough to score against).
    I like how my squad(UND) is playing right now as well although we had to overcome a little hiccup in goal on Saturday night.
    St. Cloud has a nasty power play which is always crucial this time of year. I could see 3 NCHC teams in Tampa with this bracket although UMD would have to beat the defending champs in Providence and then the Evil Empire BC which is a tall order.
     
  18. fattus

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    DU is playing really, really well since they got curb stomped by St. Cloud at Magness. I just can't see them beating both St. Cloud and UND back to back to win NCHC.

    Whatever happens, at least CC sucks this year.
     
  19. petey23

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    Current Bracketology

    East Regional (Albany):
    13 Minnesota-Duluth vs. 4 Providence
    11 Harvard vs. 5 Boston College
    Northeast Regional (Worcester):
    16 Robert Morris vs. 2 Quinnipiac
    9 Boston University vs 7 Yale
    Midwest Regional (Cincinnati):
    14 Michigan Tech vs. 3 St. Cloud State
    10 Notre Dame vs. 8 Michigan
    West Regional (St. Paul):
    15 Minnesota vs. 1 North Dakota
    12 Massachusetts-Lowell vs. 6 Denver

    Swapping Michigan for Denver for attendance issues is a brutal exchange. Denver is playing best hockey in the country right now and Michigan is so bad defensively....would much rather have Michigan in St. Paul.
     
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    So the conference tournaments are underway and if they are any indication of what is to come in the NCAA tournament then good luck picking a winner.
    Atlantic Hockey Regular season champion Robert Morris has it's season and NCAA post season hopes on the line against 8th place Bentley today.
    Hockey East Regular season champion is forced to a 3rd game today against 9th place Vermont.
    ECAC regular season champion and #2 ranked Quinnipiac is in a 3rd game today with 7th place Cornell.
    WCHA Co-Champion Minnesota State-Mankato is in a 3rd game today with #7 Lake Superior State and Bowling Green who finished 2 points from making it a 3 way tie for the league title is in a 3rd game with Bemidji State today....NCAA elimination games for both of them today.
     
  22. petey23

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    Final version of bracketology before the conference tournies wrap up this weekend.



    East Regional (Albany):
    13 Minnesota-Duluth vs. 4 Providence
    11 Harvard vs. 5 Boston College

    Northeast Regional (Worcester):
    16 Robert Morris vs. 2 Quinnipiac
    10 Yale vs 8 Massachusetts-Lowell

    Midwest Regional (Cincinnati):
    14 Michigan Tech vs. 3 St. Cloud State
    12 Notre Dame vs. 7 Michigan

    West Regional (St. Paul):
    15 Minnesota vs. 1 North Dakota
    9 Boston University vs. 6 Denver
     
  23. Jack Bauer

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    So if UMD beats UND they're pretty much in. If UND beats UMD, UMD is likely out. Does that sound right?
     
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  25. OTM

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    Not terribly surprising. They've been uncharacteristically bad the last few years.
     
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    Wisconsin has to be a Top ___ job? 5?
     
  27. Rabid

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    On one hand it is slightly disappointing as I enjoy Wisconsin being terrible. On the other hand, they were so terrible it was really damaging to the conference and our rivalry.
     
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    Off the top of my head, BC, Mich, Minn and UND (alphabetically) are better and BU and Wisconsin are certainly in the conversation for #5. Others that come to mind that are a step behind are UMD, MSU, Maine, UNH and maybe Notre Dame and Miami (OH) now that they have new facilities. I respect CC and Denver too but I don't think they have the resources some of the others do.
     
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    loved Notre Dame's setup when I visited
     
  30. Fran Tarkenton

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    nice win for Duluth
     
  31. OTM

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    Like Rabid said, 5th at best 7th at worst.
     
  32. OTM

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    grats on the tournament birth, bulldog fans.
     
  33. Rabid

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    :feelsgoodman:
     
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  35. Rabid

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    Does it feel good to never win a B1G conference title? Bitch.

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  36. Manny

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    Did it last year, babe?
     
  37. Rabid

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    Huh? You finished 3rd last year.
     
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    With a bullet!
     
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  39. Manny

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    Oh, gotcha. I read it wrong I thought you were bashing our sorry conference saying does it ever feel good to win the conference haha. Anyway, enjoy watching from home this year :).
     
  40. DeToxRox

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    The Big Ten needs to die as a hockey conference. But I will still be smuggy that we won tonight.
     
  41. Rabid

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    I'm not actually on the team so I always watch from home.
     
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    Yes, Old WCHA >>> B1G. It either needs to go away or Wisconsin & MSU need to pull their heads out of their collective asses and put up a fight. It also needs to get more intense between the two powers of the conference. Michigan, challenge us during the season.
     
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    Also needs 2-8 more teams.
     
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  44. OTM

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    That or it needs to accept hockey only schools.
     
  45. RockHardJawn39

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    Yeah. They had discussed adding hockey only schools. Conference needs it. Also Illinihockey needs to make a transition.
     
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    Will never happen at Illinois unless I win the power ball when it's at a billion dollars again.
     
  47. OTM

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    The B1G has the money to cherry pick any school it wants that's not in Boston. I don't think they need to count on current B1G schools starting hockey programs
     
  48. RockHardJawn39

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    I didn't mean that the conference NEEDS Illinois to improve. Illinois should do it though. There was talk a year or two ago about trying to add UNO and startup ASU. Obviously I have hopes for better than ASU, but if they progress like PSU did they could be respectable in a few years.
     
  49. Rabid

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    Is this the women's hockey thread too?
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    Back-to-back and 4 of the last 5. We also killed BC's undefeated season.

    Women's volleyball Final 4 and this is all we've got right now. :tebow:
     
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  50. OTM

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    The Nebraska fan in me knows these feels.