Monday reading: Playoff scenarios, polls, AFA-CC series
February 27, 2012 Leave a comment
The Tigers need to rally this weekend to get home playoff ice and keep their slim NCAA Tournament hopes alive.
The Western College Hockey Blog explained the WCHA playoff scenarios. Thank you Chris.
CC is in better shape than some may fear, though it will take a good run starting this weekend, and some help, to make the NCAAs.
The Tigers fell to No. 19 in the USCHO.com poll, just ahead of No. 20 Air Force. CC, rated No. 21 in the Pairwise rankings, did not receive a vote in the USA Hockey poll. The Falcons did.
The Gazette is excited about the very strong chance (early October is my guess) of a home-and-home series between the Falcons and CC. It makes great sense from travel expense and ticket sale standpoints for both programs.
The Wisconsin Badgers are feeling better about themselves after a road sweep at Bemidji State.
Minnesota State Moorhead will not add Division I hockey after falling short of the $37 million needed to start. This opens the door for Alabama-Huntsville to become the 10th WCHA school in fall 2013. Here’s hoping that pans out.
Pine Creek High School graduate Emily West’s two goals Saturday, three on the weekend, helped the Minnesota women advance to the WCHA Final Faceoff. Host Minnesota Duluth (20-13-1) faces top-rated Wisconsin (31-3-2) at 4:37 p.m. CT Friday at Amsoil Arena, while No. 2 Minnesota (29-5-2) plays No. 5 North Dakota (22-10-3) at 7:37 p.m. The title game, with an automatic NCAA tournament berth at stake, is 7:07 p.m. Saturday.
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