2014 Frozen Four Tournament (and conference championships)

[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by getbak

Noon eastern. Broadcast live on ESPN-U, if you can find that somewhere.

I believe ESPN-U is only available online. I am not sure if you need an American IP address or not. I was able to watch the Boston College Frozen Four games 2 seasons ago without issue at home on ESPN-U, I never tried last year as I was working during the games and we had an American IP at work.

[Alberta_Beef]

It appears even if you have an American IP that you need to sign in through your cable provider to watch online

[Alberta_Beef]

Not that it wasn't a sure thing, but it's official Boston College and Providence are in the NCAA Tournament.

[MissTeeks]

[Alberta_Beef]

NCAA TOURNAMENT
ROAD TO THE FROZEN FOUR

West Regional in St. Paul, Minn.


Northeast Regional in Worcester, Mass.


East Regional in Bridgeport, Conn.


Midwest Regional in Cincinnati, Ohio

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

I think Providence is going to get the asses handed to them. Quinnipiac is a pretty tough matchup.

Hopefully Janko can stay hot and Gillies can return to pre-2014 form.

[getbak]

If they can both get to the Frozen Four, BC and PC would face each other in the semifinal on April 10.

Here is the full bracket: http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-brac...ehockey-men/d1


Looking at the Regional match-ups and the road to the Frozen Four:

This season, Providence played Quinnipiac once in Quinnipiac and played to a 3-3 tie. They played Vermont twice, both games were back-to-back in Vermont, and Providence won both games. The Friars did not play Union this season.

Boston College did not play Denver or Minnesota State this season. They played a home-and-home series with Mass-Lowell, winning the game in Boston, and tying the game in Lowell.

Colgate played Ferris State three times this season, winning 2 and losing 1. Both of their wins were shutouts. They did not play any games against North Dakota or Wisconsin.

[Alberta_Beef]

double post

[Alberta_Beef]

anyone else interested in filling out brackets for some bragging rights?

[Alberta_Beef]

Round of 16

West Regional
Minnesota over Robert Morris
St. Cloud State over Notre Dame

Northeast Regional
Boston College over Denver
UMass-Lowell over Minnesota State

East Regional
Union over North Dakota
Providence over Quinnipiac

Midwest Regional
Wisconsin over North Dakota
Ferris State over Colgate

Round of 8

West Regional
Minnesota over St. Cloud State

Northeast Regional
Boston College over UMass-Lowell

East Regional
Providence over Union

Midwest Regional
Wisconsin over Ferris State

Frozen Four Semi-Finals
Providence over Boston College
Wisconsin over Minnesota

Frozen Four Championship
Wisconsin over Providence

[getbak]

WEST:
Minnesota over Robert Morris
Notre Dame over St Cloud
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Minnesota over Notre Dame


NORTHEAST:
Boston College over Denver
Mass-Lowell over Minnesota State
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Boston College over Mass-Lowell


EAST:
Union over Vermont
Providence over Quinnipiac
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Providence over Union


MIDWEST:
Wisconsin over North Dakota
Colgate over Ferris State
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Wisconsin over Colgate


FROZEN FOUR:
Minnesota over Wisconsin
Boston College over Providence

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP:
Boston College over Minnesota



Johnny just wins.

[Flame19,289]

The Bridgeport region holds lots of interest for fans of Union College.

Union faces off against Vermont and former Union coach Kevin Sneddon.

If they win that game, they could very well face off against Providence College and another former coach, Nate Leaman.

[GreenLantern]

[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by Flame19,289

The Bridgeport region holds lots of interest for fans of Union College.

Union faces off against Vermont and former Union coach Kevin Sneddon.

If they win that game, they could very well face off against Providence College and another former coach, Nate Leaman.

I wonder how good Union could be if Jooris hadn't left a year early too

[FlameZilla]

The 1st round kicks off today! Will anyone be watching/providing updates for those of us without ESPN?

P.S. What is Denver doing in the Northeast regional bracket? Seems like an awful long way for them to travel for a 'regional' competition!

[getbak]

Originally Posted by FlameZilla

P.S. What is Denver doing in the Northeast regional bracket? Seems like an awful long way for them to travel for a 'regional' competition!

The "Regional" groupings are set to ensure the match-ups align closely to the final NCAA rankings and geography isn't taken into account except for the top-ranked teams.

They want to have the first round match-ups be 1 vs. 16; 2 vs. 15; 3 vs. 14; etc. Then, assuming all the higher-ranked teams win their first games, the second round will be 1 vs. 8; 2 vs. 7; 3 vs. 6; etc. The Frozen Four will then be 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3 and the final will be 1 vs. 2 (if all the favourites win each game).

Because of this, only the top 4 teams are typically playing in the closest regional to their home town. In this case, as the #2 team, Boston College was assigned to the Northeast region and Denver matches up against BC, so Denver has to travel to Worcester.

[BChockeyJunkie]

Round of 16

West Regional
Minnesota over Robert Morris
St. Cloud State over Notre Dame

Northeast Regional
Boston College over Denver
UMass-Lowell over Minnesota State

East Regional
Union over Vermont
Quinnipiac over Providence

Midwest Regional
North Dakota over Wisconsin
Ferris State over Colgate

Round of 8

West Regional
Minnesota over St. Cloud State

Northeast Regional
UMass-Lowell over Boston College

East Regional
Union over Quinnipiac

Midwest Regional
Ferris State over North Dakota

Frozen Four Semi-Finals
Union over UMass-Lowell
Minnesota over Ferris State
Frozen Four Championship
Union over Minnesota

[Canada 02]

Northeast Regional
UMass-Lowell over Boston College

Johnny's not gonna like that

[PeteMoss]

Ridiculous with all 8 million channels that you can't see any of this in Canada until maybe the semis/finals.

[jg13]

nm