Wilbur

Wait! They could've put Merrimack in Worcester and packed the rink!!! Exactly...so a #1 seed has an almost true road game in the playoffs against a team that barely snuck in. Makes all the sense in the world. Maybe the east teams whining about heading west makes the push for home regionals more of a reality during the coaches get together in Florida.

Funny thing is that these teams will be on their charter flights for a shorter time period than UND will spend on their bus from Grand Forks to Sioux Falls.

Kiss of death officially applied to Duluth. If Sandy wins the natty he's a hall of famer.

The Warriors are a gritty group. Super bought into the cause of defensive hockey and scoring on limited opportunities. They won their championship much like Northeastern did. Time to win ours.

Beautiful.....Duluth out East.

6 hour bus trip to Sioux Falls....yikes.

Ahh yes, good point. My dream of Duluth vs Penn State right away crumbles....

How about you swap the Q and Cornell? The Q is in Connecticut, and it would make sense for them to go to Worcester. Then you are flopping the 10 and 11 instead of the 9 and 10.

Joe Exter. #goaliebrotherhood

I think we play Merrimack first. Duluth finished 8th in the NPI. If it went chalk you'd have: Michigan vs. Bentley and Duluth vs. Penn State in Albany. UND vs. Merrimack and Providence and the Q in Sioux Falls. I invision a Providence and Duluth swap.

Fun game to watch. I'd say Duluth had the edge in OT1.

Carle with a bad challenge. Max and Zam were gassed.

I'd guess Western is hoping Duluth wins? That would likely mean Worcester and not Carle and company in CO.

If all the right guys come back for them they are my pick to win the NCHC next year.

UCONN flat out got goalied. I'll take Merrimack in Sioux Falls to start. If you can't get by a one man show you don't deserve to win the natty. Sorry Pony Express.....

Great to see Merrimack win HE!

Duluth played just about a perfect game last weekend. Denver very much firing on all cylinders. Looks like Loveland is the region of death.

It was fun watching UCONN take it to BC at times. They very much deserved to win that one.

Predictions for tonight: I'll say: Michigan over Ohio State Dartmouth over Princeton Denver over Duluth. UCONN over Merrimack. I'd love chaos, but home ice wins out and Dartmouth and UCONN are better teams.

What about Hakstol? Kidding aside I think they'll be just fine with the kids they have committed. Need to get away from the portal goalie world that UND fans know too well.

I think we live in a day where these guys see the grass isn't always greener, while using the "opportunity" as leverage to get the AD to throw a contract extension their way. As far as the GPL diehards throwing out ridiculous names like Carle....I'd say beggars can't be choosers.

A national tournament without a beanpot school? Wha.... No gophers either.... Is this heaven?

Mankato about 5 minutes away from Sioux Falls as the 15....unless Princeton and Ohio State both win tomorrow.

Sounds like Western is throwing money at him, as they should.

My gopher buddies all predicting Larson. I'm a fan of his. I mean how in the world can you sell SCSU to a kid? It may not be around in ten years.