NCAA Tournament (formerly Hockey East Playoffs)

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Buccigross, Melrose to call NCAA hockey East Regionals

John Buccigross and Barry Melrose will call the action of the NCAA hockey tournament East Regional from the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, R.I., this weekend, ESPN announced Monday.

Saturday's second semifinal between Union and Boston College will be on ESPNU at 9 p.m. The first semifinal will be on ESPN3 at 5:30 p.m. It will be re-aired on ESPNU at 11:30 p.m. Sunday's final will be on ESPNU at 6:30 p.m.

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There's at least one more game to watch this weekend, with Kenny Agostino and the Yale Bulldogs playing against a tough Minnesota team. The Notre Dame - St. Cloud State game takes a more prominent role for Flames fans, with the addition of Ben Hanowski.

Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef

East Regional
1. Quinnipac v. 4. Canisius - Mar 30th 3:30pm
2. Boston College v. 3. Union - Mar 30th 7:00pm
Regional Championship - Mar 31st 4:30pm

Midwest Regional
1. Notre Dame v. 4. St. Cloud State - Mar 30th 11:30am
2. Miami (Ohio) v. 3. Minnesota State (Mankato) - Mar 30th 3:00pm
Regional Championship - Mar 31st 2:00pm

Northeast Regional
1. UMass-Lowell v. 4. Wisconsin - Mar 29th 2:30pm
2. New Hampshire v. 3. Denver - Mar 29th 6:00pm
Regional Championship - Mar 30th 4:30pm

West Regional
1. Minnesota v. 4. Yale - Mar 29 12:00pm
2. North Dakota v. 3 Niagra - 3:30pm
Regional Championship - Mar 30th 2:00pm

Frozen Four:

Winner of East Regional vs. Midwest Regional - April 11th
Winner of Northeast Regional vs. West Regional - April 11th

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Team Notes: Bulldogs, Gophers in Friday's West Regional

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's hockey team makes its sixth NCAA Hockey Tournament appearance as the No. 4 seed at the West Regional in Grand Rapids, Mich. The No. 15 Bulldogs (18-12-3) face top seed University of Minnesota (26-8-5), No. 1/2 in the polls, at 2 p.m. EDT on Friday at Van Andel Arena. The contest airs live on ESPNU.

AGOSTINO
Yale junior forward Kenny Agostino (Flanders, NJ) is an All-America candidate who leads the team with 37 points and is 17th in Division I with 1.12 points per game (19th in assists, .67). Agostino impacted four (1-3-4) of the six goals on the last weekend of the regular season and then had four points in the quarterfinal series against SLU. His four-point road weekend at SLU/Clarkson earned him ECAC Player of the Week. Agostino's biggest goal of the year beat No. 2 Denver in OT on Nov. 23. Agostino, a second-team All-Ivy pick this winter, had 14 goals and 34 points in 2011-12, while he earned ECAC Player of the Week honors for his three-goal, Feb. 17-18 weekend. Agostino (95 gp, 40-56-96) has scored other significant, late goals. Last winter, he scored goals in consecutive games with under 35 seconds left in regulation (win, OT loss). Agostino beat Dartmouth at Hanover with 34.8 ticks remaining, followed by a GTG against SLU with 34.2 left at home. His season-high was 2-2-4 against both UConn and Harvard at Ingalls in 2011-12. Agostino became the first Yale newcomer in 30 years to record five points in one game on Jan. 2, 2011. He notched 3-2-5 against Holy Cross and became the school's first freshman to tally five points in 27 years. Yale's rookie of the year in 2010-11, Agostino had 11 goals and 25 points and was the HCA National Rookie of the Month for January (8-4-12), the first Bulldog to receive that award. He was ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week on Jan. 23 (3 goals vs. Clarkson/SLU), becoming the only Bulldog to earn conference rookie honors in 2010-11. The former Delbarton School star had a goal and three assists before the holiday break, and 10 goals and 11 assists after. He ranked 11th among D1 rookies with .86 points per game.

[devo22]

Originally Posted by devo22

I wonder if they'll sign Tim Schaller now, he looked good at the prospect camp last year and he was named HE's best defensive forward this year. Maybe an AHL deal for the rest of the year, just like Seigo?

Schaller has signed with the Sabres, according to Gillies ... too bad.

Jon Gillies ‏@JGillies32
tears in my eyes as Dr. @TimScha11er signs with the Buffalo Sabres, he's growing up so fast, congrats stud #highglass #backcheckoptional

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Saturday's going to be one hell of a day. At 7:00am PST you've got Iggy playing his first game not in a Flames uniform. Then later, you've got Hanowski and St. Cloud State. Then after that, you've got BC taking on Union.

Saturday can't come soon enough.

[868904]

Originally Posted by devo22

Schaller has signed with the Sabres, according to Gillies ... too bad.

Jon Gillies ‏@JGillies32
tears in my eyes as Dr. @TimScha11er signs with the Buffalo Sabres, he's growing up so fast, congrats stud #highglass #backcheckoptional

Interesting. Thought the Flames would sign him given having him in development camp and his connection to Gillies and Jankowski. Wonder if they were interested or not.

[Johnny Rotten]

Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire

Saturday's going to be one hell of a day. At 7:00am PST you've got Iggy playing his first game not in a Flames uniform. Then later, you've got Hanowski and St. Cloud State. Then after that, you've got BC taking on Union.

Saturday can't come soon enough.

You're a better man than I...

[iLoveLamp]

Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire

Saturday's going to be one hell of a day. At 7:00am PST you've got Iggy playing his first game not in a Flames uniform. Then later, you've got Hanowski and St. Cloud State. Then after that, you've got BC taking on Union.

Saturday can't come soon enough.

PIT/NYI is at 10:00am PST on Saturday

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Originally Posted by iLoveLamp

PIT/NYI is at 10:00am PST on Saturday

Whoa, you're right. Thanks for the heads up. I'm so used to converting EST to PST. Thanks.

Wasn't looking forward to getting up for 7:00am on a Saturday morning, but have to to see Iggy play.

[Alberta_Beef]

Brackets:

In spoiler in case its too big

Spoiler!

[Hockey]

My picks

Quinnipiac
BC
Miami
Notre dame
Uml
UNH
Minnesota
North dakota

[Ashasx]

Really cool NHL fan guide:

http://collegehockeyinc.com/articles...ns-guide-ncaas

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

Really cool NHL fan guide:

http://collegehockeyinc.com/articles...ns-guide-ncaas

Flames with the 2nd most players (along with Chicago and Washington)... Florida with the most.

[PeteMoss]

For lazy or uninformed

Boston College - Johnny Gaudreau & Bill Arnold
Notre Dame - Nick Larson
Wisconsin - John Ramage
Yale - Kenny Agostino
St.Cloud St - Ben Hanowski

[calgarybornnraised]

Is there any way to watch the Yale game?I wouldnt mind watching the new kid.

[Canada 02]

Agostino just scored 1 - 0 Yale

[Flame19,289]

Originally Posted by calgarybornnraised

Is there any way to watch the Yale game?I wouldnt mind watching the new kid.

I'm watching it at work. Not sure if you can do so in Canada.

http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_...nchPlayer/true#

You need to sign in with your cable provider.


Agostino just had a beauty of a goal. Yale up 1-0 with 12:00 left in the 2nd.

[calgarybornnraised]

No that does not work here in Canada but thanks anyways.

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Yale scores on the PP.
Yale up 2-0.
4:24 left in the 2nd.

[Hockey]

Interested to see if Bjustad plays for Florida.