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Author / Nathaniel Brose
March 29, 2019

“Midwest” Regional Preview

The best weekend of the year has arrived, with 12 games across three days that are sure to ruin your productivity! This year’s edition of the NCAA tournament is full of storylines including first ever appearances (Hello, Arizona State and American International) to programs returning for the first time since their glory days (looking at...
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Series Preview
March 29, 2019

East Regional Preview

WCHA Regular Season and Tournament Champions Minnesota State come in as the top seed in the East and is attempting to end their drought at six straight first round exits in the NCAA tournament. This is their sixth appearance under Mike Hastings. Northeastern is the "home" team in the other half of this regional after winning the Hockey East tournament with their opponent Cornell, losing the championship for the ECAC. Providence was one of the last teams in and is again rewarded with being placed in their home town even though they're not hosting (Brown is again host in Providence).
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March 29, 2019

West Regional Preview

St. Cloud State lost their coach to the Gophers last season and return as the #1 overall seed in the tournament under the direction of former UMD assistant Brett Larson. Denver enters as the third NCHC team after finishing fourth in their league in the regular season but the better non-conference record and reaching the NCHC Frozen Faceoff was enough to get them in over Western Michigan. Ohio State was the regular season champ of the Big Ten but fell in the conference tournament allowing Notre Dame to all earn a spot in the tournament while American International had its best season since 1989 and makes their first appearance.
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March 29, 2019

Northeast Regional Preview

The Northeast Regional features Massachusetts as the 1-seed in only its second NCAA appearance ever. Second in this bracket is Clarkson, making the tournament in back to back years for the first time in over a decade. The Golden Knights will face Notre Dame, which game just short of winning last year and last on the list is Harvard. The Crimson are in the tournament again after a one year absence.
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March 14, 2019

Western Power Rankings: Week 10

Time flies, doesn’t it? We have arrived at the final rankings of the season, where we find nine of the 26 western teams already eliminated (including, unfortunately, Michigan Tech). In a year full of parity, we amazingly had only one playoff series go to three games: Wisconsin vs. Penn State. This week, we have cut...
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Rankings
March 5, 2019

2019 Power Rankings: Week 9

Well folks, we have arrived at the penultimate power rankings for this season. The postseason begins this weekend for two of three western conferences, so by this time next week, seven more teams will have joined Ferris State and Alaska-Anchorage on the golf course. These rankings received a real shake-up, with a re-evaluation at the...
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