College Hockey talk

[Nick]

1 team is not like the others?

[Matthew]

Is there a way to see the stats for this tournament?

[Shoalzie]

There's not necessarily tournament stats...the regular season stats carryover. Kyle Connor finished the year with 71 points in 38 games...includes the 2 assists he got in two tournament games for Michigan.

My two favorite sites to follow college hockey are:

http://www.uscho.com/
http://www.collegehockeynews.com/

[Shoalzie]

Quinnipiac vs. North Dakota for the title on Saturday night. A blue blood program in NoDak going against a green horn...Quinnipiac has been a D1 program since around the turn of the millennium. Only 2 drafted players on Quinnipiac compared to a dozen on NoDak. Quinnipiac makes the 2nd appearance in the finals in 4 years. Crazy to think a program like North Dakota hasn't been to the title game since 2005.

The last 3 champs in D1 haven't been the bedrock programs...Yale, Union and Providence. Plus, Duluth was a first time winner 2011. I think college hockey is seeing a similar trend what we see in college hoops...the big name programs attract the bigger recruits (Eichel to BU, Larkin to Michigan, et al) but they don't stay 4 years. Many want to go pro as soon as possible. The smaller programs can build over time and I think this is what's happened in recent years. It makes these tournaments more unpredictable.

[Shoalzie]

Jimmy Vesey wins the Hobey Baker...edges out Kyle Connor and Thatcher Demko for the award.

[The BBKL Insider]

Future leaf star

[thom54]

Future leaf star

Vesey To CAR in BBKL in a month's time #TG4

[The BBKL Insider]

He has nothing that could fetch vesey.

[Shoalzie]

Much like their first round matchup last year, North Dakota gets a decisive win over Quinnipiac to win their 8th title...just one behind Michigan for the most all-time.

I believe this will be the first time...the United Center in Chicago will host next year's Frozen Four. A far less remote location than Tampa this year. I give the fan bases credit...the crowds were quite good in Tampa this year. There's not really a Sun Belt presence in college hockey like their in the NHL.

[CAM]

Who is that number one waiver pick gonna fetch me...lol

[Shoalzie]

Well, Caggiula signed with the Oilers...interesting considering Stecher signed with the Canucks and his linemate Boeser was a Canucks pick last year.

Undersized but very feisty and highly competitive. Had a very productive senior year at North Dakota...6 goals and an assist in the 4 game run to the national title.

[Shoalzie]

2017 Tournament field announced...

Midwest (Cincinnati, OH)
#1 Denver vs. #4 Michigan Tech
#2 Union vs. #3 Penn State

Northeast (Manchester, NH)
#1 Minnesota vs. #4 Notre Dame
#2 UMass-Lowell vs. #3 Cornell

East (Providence, RI)
#1 Harvard vs. #4 Providence
#2 Western Michigan vs. #3 Air Force

West (Fargo, ND)
#1 Minnesota-Duluth vs. #4 Ohio State
#2 Boston University vs. #3 North Dakota

*Frozen Four is at United Center in Chicago: Midwest vs. Northeast / East vs. West

[timwebb1212]

UMD, BU, and UND are all in the same region? Not gonna pretend I've been closely following NCAA this season but that seems like a tough group.

[koomzzz]

UMD, BU, and UND are all in the same region? Not gonna pretend I've been closely following NCAA this season but that seems like a tough group.

they all look pretty tough to me. but that region has some extra name power

[Shoalzie]

BU-North Dakota is definitely the most loaded matchup as far as prospects. It's not always a given the team with the most talent will win.

You get programs like Union where most of their guys go undrafted and play all 4 years and they'll have some strong senior class that leads them to a great season. Plus, when we're dealing with one game scenarios...the hot goalie factor always plays in.

To me, this one of the most balanced tournament fields in a long time. I can see 10 of the 16 teams winning the title.

[hong57]

Tanner Laczynski for me.. go ohio state!

[Matthew]

Jordon greenway on bu. All my other uni guys on bad teams.

[Lee]

I dont even kow which team cholowski is on

[Tony]

Go DU!!

[Arian The Insider]

Notre Dame:
Jake Evans

BU:
Clayton Keller
Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson
Chad Krys

Providence:
Jake Walman
Anthony Florentino

Too bad I don't have time to watch