With the month of February upon us, it isn’t too early to think about the 16-team Frozen Four field. This week, I play the role of the selection committee and reveal which teams my Tournament field would consist of if I was the selection committee; think Bracketology for college hockey. For the purposes of my tournament field, the 1st place team after last week’s action will win the conference tournament.
I will now unveil my tournament field, first with the #1 seeds in each region:
#1 Seed Northeast (Manchester) Regional (#1 overall and Hockey East Tournament Champion)-Boston College
#1 Seed Midwest (Green Bay) Regional (#2 overall and WCHA Tournament Champion)-North Dakota
#1 Seed West (St. Louis) Regional (#3 overall)-Denver
#1 Seed East (Bridgeport) Regional (#4 overall and ECAC Champion)-Yale
We’ll start with the Northeast Regional:
#4 Nebraska-Omaha at #1 Boston College
#3 Niagara at #2 New Hampshire
Moving to the Midwest Regional:
#4 Boston University at #1 North Dakota
#3 Western Michigan at #2 Minnesota-Duluth
Out West:
#4 RIT (Atlantic Hockey Champ) at #1 Denver
#3 Norte Dame (CCHA Champ) at #2 Wisconsin
In the East:
#4 Miami at #1 Yale
#3 Michigan at #2 Rensselaer
Bids by Conference:
WCHA: 5
CCHA: 3
ECAC: 3
Hockey East: 3
Atlantic Hockey: 2
Bubble Watch
In:
Nebraska-Omaha
Miami
Out:
Merrimack
Colorado College
-Andy Sorensen, CHW Blogger
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