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No. That was my mistake. I meant UND as the 3 seed and MN as the 2 seed.

Or - (1) Denver vs. (4) Mn-Mankato (2) UND vs. (3) Minnesota

I see at potential west regional of - (1) UMD vs. (4) Air Force (2) UND vs. (3) Minnesota

Ah. That answers my question. Thanks, UNDColorado!

My apologies if this has already been posted but I was unable to find anything on the topic. It appears Weber State and Sacramento State are playing 9 conference games this season, while all other teams are playing 8. Am I seeing this correctly? If so, any idea why this would be the case?

Green and Beast I'm a fan of the singular tense. Has a more united feel to me than plural options.

Oh. Cool. My last post can be disregarded. Thanks!

More annoying: 1. Missing UND hockey for lacrosse 2. Missing UND hockey for last 8 minutes of Gopher game that was technically over an hour a ago?

Here's how the match-ups shape up going by pure bracket rules: East (1) Miami vs. (4) Yale (2) Denver vs. (3) St. Cloud State Northeast (1) Boston University vs. (4) Quinnipiac (2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (3) Boston College Midwest (1) Minnesota State vs. (4) RIT (2) Nebraska-Omaha vs. (3) Harvard West (1) North Dakota vs. (4) Providence (2) Michigan Tech vs. (3) Minnesota It would seem the committee will swap Denver and Michigan Tech to avoid a first round intra-conference match-up between Denver and St. Cloud State. I think there's also a good chance they swap Yale and Providence to boost attendance in the East regional: East (1) Miami vs. (4) Providence (2) Michigan Tech vs. (3) St. Cloud State Northeast (1) Boston University vs. (4) Quinnipiac (2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (3) Boston College Midwest (1) Minnesota State vs. (4) RIT (2) Nebraska-Omaha vs. (3) Harvard West (1) North Dakota vs. (4) Yale (2) Denver vs. (3) Minnesota

Those were the host schools in your examples, correct? Similar to when UND was a one seed and had to play Wisconsin in Madison. This is a little different since providence isn't the host so they aren't required to play in the east regional. I understand your point though. It'll be interesting to see what happens.

I could see that. At the same time if you're the #4 overall, like Miami, they're less likely to protect you from that scenario. It would be sound logic though.

This will be interesting to see. I realize providence isn't the host but it seems like a pretty clear choice to maximize attendance. Plus UND played providence already this year. I'm not sure if that's a factor the way it is in, say, football bowl season. I wouldn't be surprised if providence played out east though.

The actual PWR on CHN doesn't match the prediction with Minnesota and Miami winning tonight, which happened. I guess I'll wait until morning to make a prediction. Or I could just wait for the selection show tomorrow. But what fun is that?

Here's my west regional prediction: (1) UND vs. (4) Yale (2) UMN vs. (3) UNO

I agree. I think what's been overlooked during their recent run is that they've been playing exclusively against the B1G for the past two and a half months with the exception of the north star cup, where they lost both games.

I didn't think to look at the regional locations. I can't imagine providence doesn't play in their backyard. Looking like Quinnipiac.

If Minnesota wins is there any chance the committee swaps providence for Quinnipiac or Yale since we already played providence this year? I'm not sure if avoiding repeats of regular season matchups matters to the committee or not. I hope not. I'd rather face providence again than either of those other two teams.

Hi, yababy8. In the current standings, and based on the tiebreaker procedures you posted, UND comes out on top with rule 3: 3. If not determined by (1) or (2), the seeding for the NCHC Tournament shall be the team with the best NCHC regular-season winning percentage among the games played against the other teams tied in the standings, regardless of the schedule being balanced among the teams tied; Rule 1 does not apply because UND, UNO, and Miami have not yet played an equal number of games in the "round robin". Rule 2 is a wash because all three teams have an equal number of wins in the conference. Rule 3 essentially considers our 1 less loss an advantage since that gives UND a winning percentage of 67% while the other two teams have a winning percentage of 64%. I hope I didn't confuse things further.

I'm thinking a split on the road against the #5 team in the country should be enough to hold onto our #1 ranking.

I hope to see UND come out playing in the first period with the intensity they displayed in the third period last night.

This would be great!