Interesting to note that Harvard is dropping the pairwise rankings as well. They are currently 13th according to uscho, which means if 4 teams with lower pairwise rankings upset and win their conferences in the playoffs, Harvard won't be at the NCAA national tournament. (The 6 conference playoff champs and the next ten highest pairwise rankings go to the national tournament). The more they drop in the pairwise, the less likely they will be in the National Tournament.
Colgate is curently tied for 48th in the pairwise rankings they will need to win their conference playoffs to go to the national tournament.
Boston University is currently 3rd in the pairwise rankings, which means Hickey will play in the national tournament if that holds. If Hickey decides to go to pro, then his college season will end on March 24, 25, or 26 at the earliest and that is likely when the Flames will sign him. If BU makes it to the Frozen Four, his season will end on April 6th or 8th, which coincides with the Flames last 2 games of the regular season.
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