No you can’t sleep on anyone as the field is so deep but UND might be able to squeak by Holy Cross with their C- game. Meanwhile Auggie has one of the hottest goalies in the country Josh Kotai sporting 5 shutouts and a .936 save %
I'd argue it'd be the equivalent of seeding malpractice to give the 1 overall seed essentially the 15th ranked team vs the 34th ranked team in the country.
From the few scenarios I ran, to get the #1 overall seed either UND needs to win the Frozen Faceoff AND have Michigan St beat Michigan in the Big Ten Championship OR UND can lose to UMD or the title game AND have Michigan and Mich St lose in the semifinals
We also are 100% on the PK in the last 7 games, but I agree. There's no doubt in the world we're the better team 5 on 5, no need to buy into their "rivalry".
Exactly, it may be UND bias but I believe we have essentially 2 head coaches on staff and we greatly benefit from it with player development and recruiting. I can’t imagine he won’t be an extremely attractive target for the next program that cans their head coach.
My first thought looking at the new format. Yikes that’s a long time between games. Even losing in the semifinals leaves a an additional week gap from previous years.