Konu: College Hockey

wow 3 1 seeds from the WCHA?

not sure... the committee could take BC over NoDak, tie in the pairwise, we'll see tomorrow

can't wait for the tourney. watch the draw live on espn2 at 11:30 am sunday

Yeah, unfortunately thats practically the only thing stupid ESPN has on ESPN2... 90% of the tourney is on ESPNU, which I don't get.

Midwest Bracket
1 Miami- 4 Ala. Huntsville
2 Bemidji St.- 3 Michigan

Sets up a great Miami- Michigan matchup

East Bracket
1 Denver- 4 RIT
2 Cornell- 3 New Hampshire

I think Cornell could come out of this bracket, especially with the way G Ben Scrivens is playing.

Some of these games are on espn360.com website too, which i hear is actually pretty good. Would love to see Denver's goalie

West Bracket
1 Wisconsin- 4 Vermont
2 SCSU- NMU

Hmm, Catamounts not an easy opening opponent, but Wisconsin should come out of this.

Northeast Bracket
1 Boston College- Alaska
2 NoDak- 3 Yale

Great game BC-NoDak.

Frozen 4 Prediction:

1 Miami- 2 NoDak
2 Cornell- 1 Wisconsin

Final: 2 NoDak- 2 Cornell

Winner: 2 Cornell- Too much Ben Scrivens. Riley Nash and Colin Greening get the job done offensively, Cornell wins what I believe is their 3rd NCAA Title.

Pronos :

Miami, Cornell, Alaska, Vermont.

^^

I don't like making bold predictions, and I admittedly don't watch enough outside the WCHA. But the Sioux have really come together at the right time. Their only loss since Feb 12 was game 2 of the 3 game series against Minnesota. I think them making the Frozen 4 is very realistic.

The hot teams going into the tourney are NoDak, Michigan, Cornell and somebody else I'm forgetting.

I think Miami is the favorite in the Midwest but Michigan may spring a surprise. (I, at least, hope so.) So Michigan it is for me.

In the East, I'm going with Denver over Cornell. I think Denver really blew it in the WCHA tournament (they even lost the 3rd place game and they pulled their goalie.) However, I think they'll get it together and beat Cornell. I've seen Cornell play and they're really good. But I think they're gonna have a heartbreaking loss again this year.

In the West I'm taking Wisconsin. They are pretty hot right now and only lost to the Sioux. I think they'll come out on top here.

And in the Northeast, I'm taking BC over the Sioux. They'll be in their region and home ice will be huge. The Sioux are really hot right now playing some great hockey, but their run ends with BC and their hot goalie.

The the F4, I got Michigan over Denver and Wisconsin over BC, with Michigan winning it all. It's our year. We finally have a goalie who makes the stops and whom the teams like to work for. We've been really hot and we got all the talent in the world.

Go Blue!

I would agree that Miami will play Michigan in the Midwest, but I would still put money on Miami beating Michigan.

I say it will be Miami and Denver for the Championship.

Some thoughts-

-never doubt Bemidji. That team is tough and will wreak havoc on the WCHA next season.

-Denver is good, and its not unusual for a team that fails to make a championship to just fall flat and not care about a consolation game. I think they will be back up for the tourny, but I still suspect an early exit.

-Wisonsin/SCSU in the same bracket will be interesting. sure to be some bad blood there. Someone needs to squish Aaron Marvin

-BC is tough. I think Sioux drew the worst 1 seed to be paired with and they could likely end their season.