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  • Re: 2020 NCAA Hockey Tournament - What If: A Simulation of the 2019-2020 Postseason

    Congrats to Cornell on retaining the Belt.
    Code:
                       Current Holder         Next Defense
    The Belt           Cornell                next weekend
    The Belt Alt 3x3   Penn State             next weekend
    The Belt Alt SO    Massachusetts Lowell   next weekend
    AHC Belt           Sacred Heart           next season
    B1G Belt           Penn State             NCAA Tourney at earliest
    ECAC Belt          Cornell                NCAA Tourney at earliest
    HEA Belt           Massachusetts Lowell   NCAA Tourney at earliest
    NCHC Belt          North Dakota           NCAA Tourney at earliest
    WCHA Belt          Bemidji State          NCAA Tourney at earliest
    Ivy Belt           Cornell                next season
    New England Belt   Massachusetts Lowell   NCAA Tourney at earliest
    Connecticut Belt   Sacred Heart           next season
    Massachusetts Belt Boston College         NCAA Tourney at earliest
    Michigan Belt      Michigan Tech          next season
    Minnesota Belt     Minnesota              NCAA Tourney at earliest
    New York Belt      Cornell                NCAA Tourney at earliest
    D II Play up Belt  Bemidji State          NCAA Tourney at earliest
    D II P u Alt SO    American International next season
    D III Play up Belt Rensselaer             next season
    Play up Belt       Rensselaer             next season
    Corrections are always appreciated.


    I am regarding Thursday as next weekend. I will post this again after the brackets are announced.
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    • Re: 2020 NCAA Hockey Tournament - What If: A Simulation of the 2019-2020 Postseason

      Originally posted by Fighting Sioux 23 View Post
      Hockey East Championship

      Maine v. Massachusetts – Lowell
      The Black Bears and RiverHawks squared off this evening at the Garden with the Hockey East Championship on the line. Maine’s Jeremy Swayman, a Hobey Baker finalist, and Massachusetts Lowell’s Tyler Wall, staged an epic dual between the pipes, thwarting some of Hockey East’s and the nation’s finest scorers time after time to keep the game scoreless in the first twenty minutes. Lowell’s Carl Berglund had a grade A opportunity to put the RiverHawks on the board early in the second when Chase Blackmun’s shot from the point deflected off a Black Bear in the slot, and right onto Berglund’s stick at the bottom of the near circle. Berglund’s wrister was destined for the top shelf, but Swayman got his glove over just in time to keep the game scoreless. Wall then took his place on the highlight reel late in the middle stanza, when he kicked out Tim Doherty’s wrister from the slot out, but it went straight to Adam Dawe, who had Wall out of position. Unfortunately for Maine, Wall performed an epic double stack cartwheel save to keep Dawe’s wrister from finding the back of the net. After forty minutes of action the game remained 0-0. Finally, about six minutes into the final frame, Chase Blackmun won a puck battle near the blue line along the near boards, and then cycled the puck behind the net to Andre Lee, who quickly completed a wraparound on the forehand that snuck through Swayman’s pads and into the back of the net to give Lowell a 1-0 lead. That would be all Wall would need, as the Senior netminder completed his herculean effort in net by blanking the Black Bears the rest of the way. When the game ended, it was Massachusetts Lowell edging Maine 1-0 to capture the Hockey East Championship.
      Les finally gets her Andre Lee wraparound and it wins Lowell a title!
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      "I just hate Boston College to be perfectly honest'' -Ken Dorsey
      "It's time for my favorite NCAA tradition ... that's right, rooting against BC!" -Bill Simmons

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      • Re: 2020 NCAA Hockey Tournament - What If: A Simulation of the 2019-2020 Postseason

        Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
        The final pairwise.

        1 North Dakota
        2 Cornell
        3 MSU-Mankato
        4 Minnesota-Duluth
        5 Denver
        6 Boston College
        7 Penn State
        8 Clarkson
        9 Massachusetts
        10 Mass.-Lowell
        11 Maine
        12 Bemidji State
        13 Ohio State
        14 Western Michigan
        15 Michigan
        AQ Sacred Heart

        In an unexpected twist the bubble burst for Arizona State.

        Now to see where the committee sends them...
        1 Hockey East team is a 2-seed and 3 are 3-seeds. Looks like BC is playing Bemidji in the 2nd round. The question is where will they be playing?
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        "I just hate Boston College to be perfectly honest'' -Ken Dorsey
        "It's time for my favorite NCAA tradition ... that's right, rooting against BC!" -Bill Simmons

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        • Re: 2020 NCAA Hockey Tournament - What If: A Simulation of the 2019-2020 Postseason

          Originally posted by ScottK View Post
          Les finally gets her Andre Lee wraparound and it wins Lowell a title!
          When I saw the results and he had the game winner...well, I just had to.
          North Dakota
          National Champions: 1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2016

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          • Re: 2020 NCAA Hockey Tournament - What If: A Simulation of the 2019-2020 Postseason

            Originally posted by ScottK View Post
            1 Hockey East team is a 2-seed and 3 are 3-seeds. Looks like BC is playing Bemidji in the 2nd round. The question is where will they be playing?
            That question, and others, to be answered during the Simulated Selection Show tomorrow afternoon!
            North Dakota
            National Champions: 1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2016

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            • Originally posted by Fighting Sioux 23 View Post
              That question, and others, to be answered during the Simulated Selection Show tomorrow afternoon!
              You win. We lose.

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              • Re: 2020 NCAA Hockey Tournament - What If: A Simulation of the 2019-2020 Postseason

                You have to match up #3 Kato and #14 Western. Let one of us win an NCAA game!

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                • Re: 2020 NCAA Hockey Tournament - What If: A Simulation of the 2019-2020 Postseason

                  Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
                  The final pairwise.

                  1 North Dakota
                  2 Cornell
                  3 MSU-Mankato
                  4 Minnesota-Duluth
                  5 Denver
                  6 Boston College
                  7 Penn State
                  8 Clarkson
                  9 Massachusetts
                  10 Mass.-Lowell
                  11 Maine
                  12 Bemidji State
                  13 Ohio State
                  14 Western Michigan
                  15 Michigan
                  AQ Sacred Heart

                  In an unexpected twist the bubble burst for Arizona State.

                  Now to see where the committee sends them...
                  Damm algorithms. I knew I should have hacked KRACH!

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                  • Re: 2020 NCAA Hockey Tournament - What If: A Simulation of the 2019-2020 Postseason

                    My prediction/how I'd do the regionals

                    Albany:
                    1 North Dakota vs 16 Sacred Heart
                    8 Clarkson vs 9 Massachusetts

                    Allentown
                    2 Cornell vs 15 Michigan
                    7 Penn State vs 10 UMass Lowell

                    Worcester
                    3 Minnesota State vs 14 Western Michigan
                    6 Boston College vs 12 Bemidji State

                    Loveland
                    4 Minnesota-Duluth vs 13 Ohio State
                    5 Denver vs 11 Maine

                    I pretty much only switch Maine and Bemidji State. Since BC has to play Bemidji State and Mankato and the 13-15 seeds are all from the midwest, Worcester has 3 western teams, but there's nothing that can be done to change that without seriously messing with bracket integrity.

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                    • Re: 2020 NCAA Hockey Tournament - What If: A Simulation of the 2019-2020 Postseason

                      Originally posted by Fighting Sioux 23 View Post
                      And now the Championship games coming in...

                      ....

                      Hockey East Championship

                      Maine v. Massachusetts – Lowell
                      The Black Bears and RiverHawks squared off this evening at the Garden with the Hockey East Championship on the line. Maine’s Jeremy Swayman, a Hobey Baker finalist, and Massachusetts Lowell’s Tyler Wall, staged an epic dual between the pipes, thwarting some of Hockey East’s and the nation’s finest scorers time after time to keep the game scoreless in the first twenty minutes. Lowell’s Carl Berglund had a grade A opportunity to put the RiverHawks on the board early in the second when Chase Blackmun’s shot from the point deflected off a Black Bear in the slot, and right onto Berglund’s stick at the bottom of the near circle. Berglund’s wrister was destined for the top shelf, but Swayman got his glove over just in time to keep the game scoreless. Wall then took his place on the highlight reel late in the middle stanza, when he kicked out Tim Doherty’s wrister from the slot out, but it went straight to Adam Dawe, who had Wall out of position. Unfortunately for Maine, Wall performed an epic double stack cartwheel save to keep Dawe’s wrister from finding the back of the net. After forty minutes of action the game remained 0-0. Finally, about six minutes into the final frame, Chase Blackmun won a puck battle near the blue line along the near boards, and then cycled the puck behind the net to Andre Lee, who quickly completed a wraparound on the forehand that snuck through Swayman’s pads and into the back of the net to give Lowell a 1-0 lead. That would be all Wall would need, as the Senior netminder completed his herculean effort in net by blanking the Black Bears the rest of the way. When the game ended, it was Massachusetts Lowell edging Maine 1-0 to capture the Hockey East Championship.
                      w0000t!!!! Yay LEEEE!!! And without the pepperkakor!
                      Originally posted by ScottK View Post
                      Les finally gets her Andre Lee wraparound and it wins Lowell a title!


                      Originally posted by Fighting Sioux 23 View Post
                      When I saw the results and he had the game winner...well, I just had to.
                      You are the man!!! wahoooooo!!! Happy Dance!!

                      Originally posted by Fighting Sioux 23 View Post
                      That question, and others, to be answered during the Simulated Selection Show tomorrow afternoon!
                      Will a simulated Lax game interrupt it?

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                      • Re: 2020 NCAA Hockey Tournament - What If: A Simulation of the 2019-2020 Postseason

                        USCHO article about Saturday's games. https://www.uscho.com/2020/03/21/sim...ield-produced/

                        Edit: They are going to predict the field and bracket this afternoon.
                        Last edited by Ralph Baer; 03-22-2020, 07:52 AM.
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                        • Originally posted by purpleinnebraska View Post
                          You have to match up #3 Kato and #14 Western. Let one of us win an NCAA game!
                          I'd prefer we meet in Detroit!

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                          • Re: 2020 NCAA Hockey Tournament - What If: A Simulation of the 2019-2020 Postseason

                            No wins in the Frozen Faceoff and UMD is still a one seed!
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                            • Re: 2020 NCAA Hockey Tournament - What If: A Simulation of the 2019-2020 Postseason

                              Welcome everyone to the 2020 NCAA Ice Hockey Tournament - Simulated Selection Show! A special thanks to ticapnews, and the USCHO guys Jim Connelly and Jayson Moy for their bracketologies. Now, let's get started!

                              The four #1 seeds are North Dakota, Cornell, Minnesota State, and Minnesota Duluth! North Dakota earns the top overall seed, and let's see where they get slotted:

                              Overall top seed North Dakota gets slotted in the Albany Regional. There, the NCHC Champion Fighting Hawks will take on the Atlantic Hockey Champions, the Sacred Heart Pioneers, who will make their first ever NCAA Tournament Appearance! North Dakota and Sacred Heart will play the first game of the East Regional, on Saturday, March 28, 2020. Joining the Fighting Hawks and the Pioneers in Albany will be the #2 Seed Clarkson Golden Knights, who will square off with the #3 Seeded Massachusetts Minutemen in the evening game on the 28th. The East Regional Final will take place on the evening of Sunday, March 29, 2020, with a spot in the Frozen Four at stake!

                              The Cornell Big Red earned the second overall #1 seed, and have been placed in the Worcester Regional. Cornell, the ECAC Champions, will take on perennial powerhouse, but the last at-large team in the field, Michigan Wolverines out of the Big Ten. Cornell and Michigan will play the first game of the Northeast Regional, on Friday, March 27, 2020. The winner of that game will take on the winner of the evening game on the 27th, which will feature #2 Seed Boston College Eagles matching up with the #3 Seeded Bemidji State Beavers. The Northeast Regional Final will take place on the afternoon of Saturday, March 28, 2020, with the winner going to Detroit two weeks later.

                              The third overall #1 seed, and WCHA Regular Season Champion, Minnesota State Mankato will travel to Allentown, Pennsylvania for the Midwest Regional. The Mavericks will play the #4 Seeded Western Michigan Broncos in the afternoon matchup on Saturday, March 28, 2020. Minnesota State and Western Michigan currently have the honor of having played the most NCAA Tournament games without ever earning a victory, so that streak will snap for one of those two programs. Joining the Mavericks and the Broncos in the Midwest Regional are Regional host, and Big Ten Champion, the Penn State Nittany Lions, the #2 seed in the regional. Penn State will square off against the champions out of Hockey East, the #3 Seed Massachusetts Lowell RiverHawks. The winners of these matchups will play in the Midwest Regional final on the afternoon of Sunday, March 29, 2020 to earn a trip to the Frozen Four and a game against the Northeast Regional Champion.

                              Last, but certainly not least, and two-time defending National Champion Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs will be the #1 seed in the Loveland Regional. The Bulldogs will play the #4 Seeded Ohio State Buckeyes on Friday, March 27, 2020 in a rematch of their 2018 Frozen Four Semifinal, as well as their 2017 West Regional Semifinal, both won by UMD in tight one-goal games. Joining Duluth and Ohio State in Loveland is the Regional host, and #2 seeded Denver Pioneers, who will matchup against the #3 seed, out of Hockey East, the Maine Black Bears. The winners of the semifinals will square off on Saturday, March 28, 2020, for a spot in the Frozen Four against the East Regional Champion.

                              So there we have it, regionals are set as follows:

                              Albany (March 28-29, 2020)
                              1 North Dakota
                              8 Clarkson
                              9 Massachusetts
                              16 Sacred Heart

                              Worcester (March 27-28, 2020)
                              2 Cornell
                              6 Boston College
                              12 Bemidji State
                              15 Michigan

                              Allentown (March 28-29, 2020)
                              3 Minnesota State
                              7 Penn State
                              10 Mass.-Lowell
                              14 Western Michigan

                              Loveland (March 27-28, 2020)
                              4 Minnesota-Duluth
                              5 Denver
                              11 Maine
                              13 Ohio State
                              North Dakota
                              National Champions: 1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2016

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                              • Originally posted by ubish View Post
                                I'd prefer we meet in Detroit!
                                That would be the perfect ending to this crazy year

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