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Originally Posted by jg13
Please correct me if i'm wrong.
The winner of the hockey east final which is Saturday goes onto the frozen four tournament?
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nope. they advance the the NCAA Hockey tournament. It's like the basketball tourney except it starts at the sweet 16.
There are 5 conferences in NCAA hockey.The playoff winner from each conference gets an automatic berth in the tournament. The final 11 seeds are decided by other criteria, including but not limited to the teams record against other opposition that are being considered for the tournament, as well as head to head matchups. It's the usual way the NCAA makes things seem like they aren't being done fairly.
For example if Providence losses to UMass-Lowell this weekend there is a good chance UNH advances (UNH willl likely be in regardless) to the NCAA tournament and Providence's season is finished, even though Providence beat them in the playoffs and finished ahead of them in the hockey east standings.