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Originally Posted by fotze
Only way that is possible is if BC gets upset. If they get to the final it is the last game of the season for the flames.
Need someone to give a rundown on how the college playoffs work and dates. Can't remember how that works.
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First they have the Hockey East playoffs, which run over the next three weekends. Boston College has this week off as it is a qualification round, and they received a bye for being in the top-5 in Hockey East. Next weekend, they play a best-of-3 series in the Hockey East quarter finals, which they should easily win. The weekend of the 21st is the Hockey East semifinal and final.
Regardless of how they do in the Hockey East championship, they will get an invite to the NCAA Championship. The NCAA Championship is a single-elimination 16-team bracketed playdown.
The first round of the NCAA Championship is the Regionals, which run on the weekend of March 28-30. There are four Regionals with four teams in each. The winners of each Regional go to the Frozen Four, which is held from April 10-12 in Philadelphia.
If they get upset in the Regionals, their season could end as early as March 28, and Gaudreau could be a Flame in time for the game in Ottawa on the 30th. The latest they could play is the Frozen Four final game, which is April 12.
Also, the Hobey Baker Award ceremony will be on April 11 in Philadelphia. He is virtually guaranteed to win, and his home town is just outside of Philly, so his whole family can easily be at the ceremony. They'd probably let him accept the award via satellite, but he'd probably want to be there live.