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1 team is not like the others?

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

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/

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.

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

Future leaf star

The BBKL Insider wroteCOLONFuture leaf star

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

He has nothing that could fetch vesey.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

timwebb1212 wroteCOLONUMD, 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

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.

Tanner Laczynski for me.. go ohio state!

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

I dont even kow which team cholowski is on

Go DU!!

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