The "Other" College Tournament D1 Ice Hockey College Championship

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The field is now set. 6 Auto bids to conference tournament winners plus 10 at large teams.
Sweet 16 round this coming weekend then the 4 winners advance to the Frozen Four Tournament in Chicago in early April.

Midwest at Cincinnati
#1 Denver (29-7-4) vs Unranked Michigan Tech (23-14-7)
#6 Union (25-9-3) vs #15 Penn State (24-11-2)

Northeast at Manchester NH
#5 Minnesota (23-11-5) vs #10 Notre Dame (21-11-5)
#4 UMass Lowell (26-10-3) vs #9 Cornell (21-8-5)

West at Fargo ND
#3 Minnesota Duluth (25-6-7) vs #13 Ohio State (21-11-6)
#7 Boston U (23-11-3) vs #11 North Dakota (21-15-3)

East at Providence RI
#2 Harvard (26-5-2) vs #12 Providence (22-11-5)
#8 Western Michigan (22-12-5) vs #17 Air Force (26-9-5)

[Kurt Cobain]

Pulling for the defending champs or Air Force. But if Union wins again, I'm okay with that.

[mstove]

Badgers lost in double overtime last night - needed a win to get in. But, the fact they were playing to get in is a nice change from the last few years. The womens' championship is going on right now with UW down 1-0 going into the third period. Clarkson is playing well so it is going to be a challenge to come back.

I've been to several NCAA hockey tournaments over the years and always love them.

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Have to agree i would love to see Air Force win it. 2nd choice the defending champs!

Have been to some of the tournament games in the past and enjoyed them when i lived in the midwest. Very happy that now i live in Arizona that Arizona State started its team two years ago. They are not good enough to make this tournament but maybe i will see some games again.

[mstove]

Have to agree i would love to see Air Force win it. 2nd choice the defending champs!

Have been to some of the tournament games in the past and enjoyed them when i lived in the midwest. Very happy that now i live in Arizona that Arizona State started its team two years ago. They are not good enough to make this tournament but maybe i will see some games again.

Maybe you will host it in the future.

[Ken-Paul]

My BGSU Falcons lost in 2 OTs to MTU for a trip to the NCAA.

MTU seems like a great team. I am rooting for them now.

[thehairpin]

O - H!

[Slim]

We're hosting it this year (Miami University) instead of playing in it. The media doesn't pay any attention to
the Cincinnati Cyclones much less an NCAA team that does well (or in this case, didn't do well). It pains me
to say that I'll root for Notre Dame to win it all. I'm anti-ND in every other sport. I did get to see a couple of
games on TV earlier in the year. Honestly, if the Miami RedHawks aren't playing I don't have that much interest
unless I could go down and watch in person and I'm not physically strong enough to do that right now.

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For anybody interested here is the TV schedule

West Regional, Fargo, N.D., March 24-25
• Boston University vs. North Dakota, 2 p.m. CDT Friday, ESPN2
• Minnesota Duluth vs. Ohio State, 5:30 p.m. CDT Friday, ESPNU
• Regional championship, 5 p.m. CDT Saturday, ESPNU

East Regional, Providence, R.I., March 24-25
• Harvard vs. Providence, 4 p.m. EDT Friday, ESPNU
• Western Michigan vs. Air Force, 7:30 p.m. EDT Friday, ESPN3
• Regional championship, 8:30 p.m. EDT Saturday, ESPNU

Midwest Regional, Cincinnati, March 25-26
• Denver vs. Michigan Tech, 1 p.m. EDT Saturday, ESPNews
• Union vs. Penn State, 4:30 p.m. EDT Saturday, ESPN3
• Regional championship, 6 p.m. EDT Sunday, ESPNU

Northeast Regional, Manchester, N.H., March 25-26
• UMass Lowell vs. Cornell, noon EDT Saturday, ESPN3
• Minnesota vs. Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m. EDT Saturday, ESPNU
• Regional championship, 3:30 p.m. EDT Sunday, ESPNU

Frozen Four, Chicago, April 6 and 8
• Midwest Regional champion vs. Northeast Regional champion, 5 or 8:30 p.m. CDT, ESPN2
• East Regional champion vs. West Regional champion, 5 or 8:30 p.m. CDT, ESPN2
• National championship, 7 p.m. CDT, ESPN

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Four games on tap today as the field shrinks from 16 to 12.

West at Fargo ND
#3 Minnesota Duluth (25-6-7) vs #13 Ohio State (21-11-6)
#7 Boston U (23-11-3) vs #11 North Dakota (21-15-3)

East at Providence RI
#2 Harvard (26-5-2) vs #12 Providence (22-11-5)
#8 Western Michigan (22-12-5) vs #17 Air Force (26-9-5)

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Boston U was up on North Dakota 3-1 with 9:05 to play but the Fighting Hawks came back to tie it 3-3... TO overtime we go. This game has been better then any NHL game i saw all year.

Harvard up 2-0 on Providence after 2. Harvard really looks good in particular on power plays.

[Kurt Cobain]

Boston U was up on North Dakota 3-1 with 9:05 to play but the Fighting Hawks came back to tie it 3-3... TO overtime we go. This game has been better then any NHL game i saw all year.

Harvard up 2-0 on Providence after 2. Harvard really looks good in particular on power plays.

Thanks, I'm watching it now. No shots on goal in OT yet.

BTW, I'm certain the PC police are freaking out at all the fans wearing North Dakota SIOUX jerseys instead of Hawks.

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20 minutes of OT still tied. Heading to a 2nd overtime period between Boston U and North Dakota!
One North Dakota goal in the 1st overtime disallowed.

Harvard outclassed Providence 3-0.

Also seeing a ton of Fighting Sioux jerseys in of Fighting Hawks

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12:48 into 2nd overtime period Boston U wins over North Dakota 4-3...


Minnesota-Duluth and Ohio State have been sitting in the locker room for a long time waiting to get on the ice

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Air Force so far pulling first upset of tournament. Up 3-1 midway thru 2nd over #8 ranked Western Michigan.

Minnesota-Duluth vs Ohio State finally started.

[Kurt Cobain]

Air Force so far pulling first upset of tournament. Up 3-1 midway thru 2nd over #8 ranked Western Michigan.

Minnesota-Duluth vs Ohio State finally started.

Some very nice goals in that Air Force-WMU game. That steal and breakaway was beautiful.

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Yep Air Force really looked good in that 2nd period. WMU better quit taking penalties.
After 2 Air Force 3-1
After 1 Minnesota-Duluth vs Ohio State 0-0

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Air Force won 5-4 over West Michigan
Minnesota-Duluth won 3-2 in OT over Ohio State.

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Field down to 12. Todays 6 games takes the field down to 6.

Midwest at Cincinnati
#1 Denver (29-7-4) vs Unranked Michigan Tech (23-14-7)
#6 Union (25-9-3) vs #15 Penn State (24-11-2)

Northeast at Manchester NH
#5 Minnesota (23-11-5) vs #10 Notre Dame (21-11-5)
#4 UMass Lowell (26-10-3) vs #9 Cornell (21-8-5)

West at Fargo ND Championship
#3 Minnesota Duluth (25-6-7) vs #7 Boston U (24-11-3)

East at Providence RI Championship
#2 Harvard (27-5-2) vs #17 Air Force (26-9-5)

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Well the first two were nothing to write home about.

UMass-Lowell easy over Cornell 5-0

Denver over Michigan Tech 5-2
Must say on this one a unranked Michigan Tech tried their best against the #1 ranked team. They never quit trying even when down 5-0.

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Two good games going on right now.

Minnesota vs Notre Dame 2-2 after 2 periods
Penn State vs Union 2-2 after 1 period

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Notre Dame upsets Minnesota 3-2
Penn State upsets Union 10-3 Wow for the Lions !

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For a berth in the frozen 4

Minnesota Duluth and Boston U heading to overtime tied 2-2.
All three games in Fargo Region went to overtime including the Boston U game yesterday that went to a 5th period before it ended.

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Minnesota-Duluth wins at 1:42 of overtime on a power play.
Boston U player called for tripping at 1:00 of overtime.
The Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs now head to the United Center in Chicago home of the Blackhawks next week.

Final game of the day for a berth in the frozen 4 just started between Harvard and Air Force.

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Darn Harvard holds off Air Force 3-2 for a Frozen 4 Bid at the United Center in Chicago home of the Blackhawks.

This it for today.

Two games tomorrow for the final two berths in Chicago

#1 Denver (30-7-4) vs #15 Penn State (25-11-2)
#4 UMass-Lowell (27-10-3) vs #10 Notre Dame (22-11-5)

[Kurt Cobain]

Darn Harvard holds off Air Force 3-2 for a Frozen 4 Bid at the United Center in Chicago home of the Blackhawks.

This it for today.

Two games tomorrow for the final two berths in Chicago

#1 Denver (30-7-4) vs #15 Penn State (25-11-2)
#4 UMass-Lowell (27-10-3) vs #10 Notre Dame (22-11-5)

This has been a great tournament thus far (well except for Penn State's win). I've been watching this over the NHL. I really thought Air Force had the momentum with those two goals within 15 seconds of each other. Not to be, but Harvard did a great job of not panicking.

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Me too a great tournament. I was really surprised by Penn State.. Did not expect that one.. They have a tough one today with Denver. I also have enjoyed this more then the NHL.

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Wow UMass-Lowell and Notre Dame heading to sudden death overtime tied 2-2 !

The 4th game to head to sudden death this weekend.

[Ken-Paul]

Wow UMass-Lowell and Notre Dame heading to sudden death overtime tied 2-2!

Allen Bestwick is doing a nice job with the play-by-play on ESPNU.

[Kurt Cobain]

Me too a great tournament. I was really surprised by Penn State.. Did not expect that one.. They have a tough one today with Denver. I also have enjoyed this more then the NHL.

They sure do. It's Denver 2, Penn State 0, but it's early and who knows? I think Penn State should have saved some of those goals the other night for Denver.