It appears that 4 teams from the State of Hockey will be making the NCAAs and a 5th is possible if the Beavers can upset Mankato on Saturday. St Cloud is not playing this weekend but they will earn an at-large bid on Sunday.
Starting Friday:
Duluth vs Denver in St Paul
Western Michigan vs North Dakota in St Paul
Saturday
Bemidji vs Mankato in Mankato
Michigan vs Minnesota in Minneapolis
Friday winner vs Friday winner in St Paul
Sunday
NCAA Tournament announced
Hope we can find these on TV for us streamers. I’ll have to look into it.
ESPN and ESPN2 have the Frozen 4, so I’d assume the Ocho will have the prior games.
so I’d assume the Ocho will have the prior games.
Haha. The Ocho is for Dodgeball!
CBS Sports has both NCHC semi-finals today and the final on Sat.
Big Ten Network has the final on Sat.
Can’t find a TV listing for the CCHA final.
The NCAA regional games are ESPNU and ESPN2.
Post season hockey is fun. We were in St Cloud last weekend watching my nieces BF play his last game at the Brooks. Wish they could have won it but still fun. Might have made a difference if David was in net but who knows?
Fun too watch this time of year
Looks like Duluth prevailed so they will be playing Western Michigan for the conference title tonight at the X.
Four teams from MN going for a conference title tonight in Minneapolis, St Paul, and Mankato.
Really enjoy college playoff hockey. UMD sure did hold down Denver.
Wild scene in Mankato last night. The Mavericks appeared to beat the Beavers in OT. The celebration ensues, they present the trophy, and everyone leaves. Apparently new video footage is then showed to CCHA Commissioner Don Lucia that the post was up when the puck went in and it slid under the net. So he calls the refs and teams back onto the ice and makes a statement. They restart after a 5 minute warmup with most of the fans gone. Almost 90 minutes after the game previously ended, Mankato scores again 2:17 later.
With all the camera angles and reviews in this modern age of calls, how can this even happen? Not a good look for Donny or the CCHA.
Imagine if the Beavers would have scored and won that game after the Mavs were given the trophy and celebrated in front of their fans.
Crazy ending.
All-time record crowd at Mariucci last night.
Could be an all MN frozen 4!! Wouldn’t that be sweet!?!?
Here is the bracket. The first game is Thursday at 11am, Mankato versus Harvard. All 12 of the games are televised live on ESPNU or ESPN News.
Mankato is taking Harvard to the wood shed. Its already 3-0 and the shots are 30-11 in the 2nd.
4-3 MSU. Definitely didn’t take them to the woodshed the second half of the game.
UMD moving on 3-0 with an empty netter.
Lets go Minnesota schools! it would be pretty awesome to have an all-Minnesota frozen four!
Can someone please tell me how to stream ESPNU???
UMD moving on 3-0 with an empty netter.
Is there goalie on fire? Not sure if the NCHC tourney was their last games, but shutout in the semi and in the final. Now again??? If so, that’s trouble for anyone going against them!
Yep, he is playing lights out.
His entire team is not afraid to block shots either.
They swarm to the front of the net in the D zone to clear pucks.
UND done. Never sad to see that. Even though I hate Notre Dame
UND done. Never sad to see that. Even though I hate Notre Dame
That was weird at the end of regulation. The overhead timer was clearly too late and the game clock on the scoreboard wasn’t synced up with the green light behind the net.
Kind of a moot point now that the Irish won in OT but come on. Get your facilities on point. It’s the NCAA tournament for Christ sake.
Gophers are making a game of it! Heading to overtime 👍
I really hope the Wild can sign Ben Myers…nice OT winner!
3 of 4 wins for MN teams in the first round. St Cloud needs to make it 4
3 of 4 wins for MN teams in the first round. St Cloud needs to make it 4
They had there chances, just couldn’t capitalize! Hect of a game!
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3 of 4 wins for MN teams in the first round. St Cloud needs to make it 4They had there chances, just couldn’t capitalize! Hect of a game!
Apparently they had to start the back up goalie and he was a sieve. The regular starter is recovering from pneumonia. Unfortunate timing because other than the goaltending, they were clearly the better team.
gophers are hopefully 9 minutes from the frozen four…up 2-0!!!!!!!! 
gophers are hopefully 9 minutes from the frozen four…up 2-0!!!!!!!!
A date with in state rival Mankato looms.
Dutch may want to start tuning in…😂
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