PWR Update (through Friday 1/27 games)
1. Minnesota-Duluth (32)
2. Boston University (31)
3. Mass.-Lowell (28)
4. Michigan (27)
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5. Northern Michigan (27)
6. Ohio State (27)
7. Ferris State (26)
8. Boston College (24)
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9. Minnesota (23)
10. Merrimack (21)
11. Notre Dame (21)
12. Miami (21)
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13. Maine (20)
14. Denver (20)
15. Union (19)
16. Atlantic Hockey Champ
St. Paul:
1. Minnesota-Duluth
7. Ferris State
9. Minnesota (host)
16. Atlantic Hockey Champ
Worcester:
2. Boston University
6. Ohio State
10. Merrimack
15. Union
Bridgeport:
3. UMass-Lowell
8. Boston College
11. Notre Dame
14. Denver
Green Bay:
4. Michigan
5. Northern Michigan
12. Miami
13. Maine
Had to switch around the 2 seeds to have only 1 CCHA first round matchup. Besides that, everything else is straight bracket integrity.
January 28th, 2012 at 2:14 AM ^
January 28th, 2012 at 2:18 AM ^
Do not want.
Other than that, I really don't want to play Miami either but they're not the world-destroyers they were last year, so the regional could be far, far worse.
BU's looks pretty easy, Lowell's looks pretty hard except (ironically) for Lowell, who I'm not sold on. Denver hasn't been as good as normal this year, but they just got a couple players back from injury, so they'll likely improve. A Duluth-Minny match-up in St. Paul would be awesome, but FSU-Minny could also be interesting.
January 28th, 2012 at 2:29 AM ^
It wasn't long ago where it seemed like an uphill battle just to get into the tournament, and now we are slotted to get a one seed. Madness.
January 28th, 2012 at 2:40 AM ^
of the CCHA standings. They were so overrated going in. If there's one thing I know Ohio State hockey has NEVER shown consistency. Sucks we dropped to 6th today though. F ing Miami is getting up there again. MUST sweep them for good next weekend at Yost.
January 28th, 2012 at 3:00 AM ^
Where did Northern Michigan come from? Humans have them ranked 19th. Oh, PairWise.
January 28th, 2012 at 3:08 AM ^
Exactly, and they are currently in 9th place in the CCHA. On the other hand, first place Western Michigan is #16 in the PWR and first team out.
January 28th, 2012 at 6:48 AM ^
amazing how one weekend (about 3 weeks ago) changed EVERYTHING
January 28th, 2012 at 9:00 AM ^
Do NOT want to see UMD again in the tourney...
January 28th, 2012 at 10:54 AM ^
This is exciting, and I enjoy getting the constant updates especially since the hockey system seems too complicated to calculate myself, but let's be real. There's a lot of season left so let's not start worrying or getting excited about who we potentially play a couple months from now
January 28th, 2012 at 11:58 AM ^
- The fact that CCHA has been killing it this year is really helping our cause. Every win we get seems to be a huge boost in the PWR
- If Notre Dame's regional were to stand, I'd say that has frozen four written all over it for them. Umass-Lowell is Umass-Lowell and BC has been struggling lately
- Our regional would probably lose Miami to avoid the first round conference match-up but I don't know where they'd go because there's 3 CCHA 2-seeds. Maybe swap with Denver?
- I'm hoping we get an all CCHA frozen four. I'd feel a lot better about our chances against familiar teams than new teams (assuming we make the frozen four)