Which four D-I teams advance to the Frozen Four at Quinnipiac?

[UCONN FAN]

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Oh, cool, thanks.

No problem Grant

[DC78-82]

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Don't see that game as a coin flip. Clarkson is a clear favorite.

I saw the coin flip scenario until Ambrose got hurt. That is a big injury for that team. Even if she is cleared to play this weekend, a high ankle sprain is going to be tender, and BC is not a team that plays gently with others.

[ARM]

I saw the coin flip scenario until Ambrose got hurt. That is a big injury for that team. Even if she is cleared to play this weekend, a high ankle sprain is going to be tender, and BC is not a team that plays gently with others.

That's a tough injury to return from quickly. I'd think it would be huge if she could get on the ice enough to run Clarkson's PP if nothing else.

[TonyTheTiger20]

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I'd think it would be huge if she could get on the ice enough to run Clarkson's PP if nothing else.

I read this too quickly and thought it said "ruin" and was about to agree with you haha

[DC78-82]

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I read this too quickly and thought it said "ruin" and was about to agree with you haha

Jenn Wakefield sprained her ankle just prior to the HE playoffs her sophomore (last) year at UNH. She was back for the quarters with a special boot on her ankle over her skate.(she actually wore one on each angle - to throw off the opposition I presume.) She wasn't at 100%, but there are players who's 60 - 75% is still better than watching from the stands.

[Timothy A]

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The rodents have this one in the bag, why even post the pole? These eastern teams can dream all they want that they can beat them, but's it's not gonna happen.

[DC78-82]

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The rodents have this one in the bag, why even post the pole? These eastern teams can dream all they want that they can beat them, but's it's not gonna happen.

BU went 0 - 4 against BC until yesterday. BC nearly took Minny out last year. One bounce in the other direction and it was BC moving on and not Minny. In both instances, a best two out of three is very likely a slam dunk, but 60 minutes with all the chips on the table...Kind of like saying that Bucky ought to start digging a tunnel east, because Harvard has a short bench, a key player out, and no mascot

[ARM]

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... because Harvard has a short bench, a key player out, and no mascot

It's tough to win w/o a mascot. Watch just about any Minnesota goal in a highlight video, and you can hear a distant chant of, "Spin your head, spin your head …" and you can see the gaze of the opposing defenders start to wander into the crowd. For statistical evidence, only one team had a mascot in Bemidji this weekend, and that team won. Although, I'm not sure if it helps to have a mascot if it can't skate any better than what I've seen from those of BC and Cornell at the FF in recent years.

[Watson Rink]

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..Kind of like saying that Bucky ought to start digging a tunnel east, because Harvard has a short bench, a key player out, and no mascot

Harvard used to have an official mascot at football games, a cheerleader dressed as a Puritan with a tall steeple hat, a tailcoat, lace collar, etc. but he seems to have vanished, probably on the ground of unbelievable lameness.

Two unofficial mascots at men's hockey games over the years, one who climbed up behind a wall-mounted scoreboard to change into a gorilla suit and one in a Superman outfit who would stretch out horizontally on the shoulders of fellow undergraduates and pretend to fly while the band played the Superman theme. Also pretty lame, when you think about it.

[Beantown Puckfan]

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Really tough. I think BC/Clarkson is a total coin flip.

Report from the BC practice:
The first drill today was the Heimlich maneuver!!!!!!! Another HE choke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TonyTheTiger20]

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Report from the BC practice:
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Yeah no but seriously BC really did choke. It was sad and it made me feel sad.

[Eeyore]

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Inspired by TTT's RPI calculator last week I decided to see what KRACH has to think about this tournament. So I plugged it all into an Excel spreadsheet which, assuming I can use the Public Folder on my Dropbox correctly, you can find here.

Some highlights:

KRACH thinks Minnesota has a 95% chance of winning its quarterfinal game. Everyone else is between 30% and 70% with Clarkson/BC being the closest to a toss up.

Chances of winning the whole thing: Minnesota 72.8%; Wisconsin 9.0%; Cornell 6.6%; Clarkson 5.6%; BC 2.8%; Harvard 1.6%; Mercyhurst 1.3%; BU 0.4%

[TonyTheTiger20]

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Really tough. I think BC/Clarkson is a total coin flip.

Don't see that game as a coin flip. Clarkson is a clear favorite.

Clarkson/BC being the closest to a toss up.

Well, imagine that!

[joegrav]

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Chances of winning the whole thing: Minnesota 72.8%; Wisconsin 9.0%; Cornell 6.6%; Clarkson 5.6%; BC 2.8%; Harvard 1.6%; Mercyhurst 1.3%; BU 0.4%

So you're saying there's a chance.

[Eeyore]

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Well, imagine that!

I said closest thing to a tossup. You can decide for yourself whether a 57.6%/42.4% split qualifies as one.