2012 NCAA Hockey Tournament
Boston College, Michigan, Union and North Dakota got the No. 1 seeds in the four regionals when the brackets for the 2012 Division I men’s tournament were released on Sunday.
The CCHA led the tournament with five teams in the field (Michigan, Miami, Ferris State, Western Michigan, Michigan State), with four for Hockey East (Boston College, Massachusetts-Lowell, Maine, Boston University) and the WCHA (North Dakota, Minnesota-Duluth, Minnesota, Denver).
Union and Cornell represent ECAC Hockey, while Air Force earned Atlantic Hockey’s automatic bid.
Boston College returns to Worcester, Mass., from where it made the Frozen Four in 2006, 2008 and 2010.
Read more: http://www.uscho.com/2012/03/18/boston-college-michigan-union-north-dakota-get-no-1-seeds-for-2012-ncaa-tournament/#ixzz1pUnPV0J6
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against UND, they might be WCHA champs. But alas, the better team won 
They are good. I worked out in NW Iowa a bit, visited the UND campus. 
http://www.uscho.com/team/north-dakota/mens-hockey/
Check back in during the playoffs! 
Couple of Johnny come late-lies trying to bring their big schools out on our ice. 
They have been around long enough. They were mediocre for so long they were under my radar until the last few years. 
I guess I'll just have to hate on ND for it's own sake.
Are you a ND alumni, jb? 
(I figure rather than cluttering up the forum with multiple threads, I'll just keep this one going.)
The Division I playoffs opened with a bang last night, with two of the four games going to overtime upsets! The Midwest and East Regionals began play Friday night, with the Northeast and West Regionals going tonight.
In the Midwest: #14 Cornell upset #2 Michigan, 3-2 in OT!
#9 Ferris State held on to beat #10 Denver 2-1.
Cornell and Ferris State face off tonight at 8 CT (espnu) to advance to the Frozen Four!
In the East: #13 Massachusetts-Lowell upset #7 Miami(OH) 4-3 in OT.
#3 Union beat #15 Michigan State 3-1.
Union and Massachusetts-Lowell will play tonight at 6:30 E (espnu).
The West Regional begins tonight featuring the #4 North Dakota Fighting Sioux taking on the #12 Western Michigan Broncos at 12:30 C (FSN). Also, the #6 Minnesota Golden Gophers meet the #8 Boston University Terriers at 4 C (FSN, espnu).
Finally, the Northeast Regionals kick off with #16 Air Force meeting #1 Boston College (4 ET, espnu), and the #11 Maine Black Bears drawing #5 (and defending national champion) Minnesota-Duluth (7:30 ET, FSN).
Lots more indepth coverage and analysis may be found here: http://www.uscho.com/
Good luck to everybody not playing Maine! Go Black Bears! 
I'm glad they made it!
Things didn't go so well for my team, Maine, but first, the two little guys that could:
Union beat Mass-Lowell 4-2 to advance to the Frozen Four in the East Regional! Never heard of Union? Me either.
Read more: http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2012/03/24/union-advances-to-frozen-four-with-win-over-umass-lowell/#ixzz1q8jOSxOG
In the Midwest Regional, mighty Ferris State knocked off Cornell 3-1 to punch it's first ticket to the Frozen Four!
Over in the West bracket, Minnesota had their way with Boston University, winning 7-3. The other match up was a bit closer, with North Dakota advancing to the West finals against Minnesota, after a 3-1 victory over Western Michigan. North Dakota and Minnesota play this afternoon at 4:30 CT (espnu/espn3).
In the Northeast Regional, top ranked Boston College blanked Air Force 2-0. The other contest saw my Maine Black Bears go down to last year's champions Minnesota-Duluth 5-2. The Black Bears got out to a 2-0 lead, until bluedigger started watching the game on espn3. They then proceeded to give up 5 unanswered goals (the last was an empty-netter) to lose 5-2. (Bluedigger is now accepting contributions not to watch and cheer for your team as the playoffs progress.) BC and M-D meet tonight at 8 ET (espnu/espn3).
