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Puck Swami said:
There is no "closest to home" advantage for Denver going to St. Paul whatsoever. Denver fans need to fly no matter what, and facing St. Cloud, a league rival near their home city is a tough draw. Most Denver fans would probably rather fly to Worcester or Albany so as not to have to face a WCHA team in the regionals.
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march/april hockey in MA has served the pios rather well this decade, eh?
 
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nmu_27 said:
Wait until the Predictor comes out (after the games today) and all will be answered. No reason making Priceless answer everyone's questions.
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Especially since he's wrong half the time.

Alaska fans tonight should be rooting for Colorado College and Maine for sure. New Hampshire/Vermont has the Nanooks between a rock and a hard place though. The winner of that game may well flip a comparison, but at least if Vermont flips it, they have a possibility of flipping it back later on via RPI, so root for Vermont.

Ohio State becoming a TUC would be a boost for the Nanooks' TUC record, it's probably worthwhile to pull for them as well, and against BU (for Merrimack) to facilitate such an occurrence if the Buckeyes beat Miami.
 
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So I was looking at the PWR and to me it seems like Miami has locked up the 2 seed (granted it was just the cursory glance). So basically (and yes I know there are a few outcomes that might make this wrong) the AHA champ is likely headed to Ft. Wayne. Am I correct in that? Or does RIT (should they win their tourney) have a legit chance at a #14?
 
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komey1 said:
So I was looking at the PWR and to me it seems like Miami has locked up the 2 seed (granted it was just the cursory glance). So basically (and yes I know there are a few outcomes that might make this wrong) the AHA champ is likely headed to Ft. Wayne. Am I correct in that? Or does RIT (should they win their tourney) have a legit chance at a #14?
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NM - I see that Miami could swap with Denver (at least temporarily) if they beat Ohio St. The second part I think is still interesting. Granted - they won't get to 14 or so in PWR, but just curious if RIT could get up to 14 thought the only way I can think of is Brown winning the ECAC tournament.
 
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komey1 said:
So I was looking at the PWR and to me it seems like Miami has locked up the 2 seed (granted it was just the cursory glance). So basically (and yes I know there are a few outcomes that might make this wrong) the AHA champ is likely headed to Ft. Wayne. Am I correct in that? Or does RIT (should they win their tourney) have a legit chance at a #14?
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Miami may yet be the #1 overall seed but it will require at least one loss by Denver in St. Paul (and would have to come against a TUC, which at this point means not Mankato).

The only real chance for RIT to be #14 at this point would be for St. Lawrence, Quinnipiac, or Brown to win the ECAC championship, for Merrimack to win the Hockey East championship, or for Mankato to win the WCHA championship. Ohio State as CCHA champion is another possibility but not as sure, since a Buckeye title would easily make them a TUC and could possibly lead them to overtake RIT. So in theory, RIT could become a low #3 seed if there are enough tournament upsets. :D
 
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Red Cloud said:
Miami may yet be the #1 overall seed but it will require at least one loss by Denver in St. Paul (and would have to come against a TUC, which at this point means not Mankato).

The only real chance for RIT to be #14 at this point would be for St. Lawrence, Quinnipiac, or Brown to win the ECAC championship, for Merrimack to win the Hockey East championship, or for Mankato to win the WCHA championship. Ohio State as CCHA champion is another possibility but not as sure, since a Buckeye title would easily make them a TUC and could possibly lead them to overtake RIT. So in theory, RIT could become a low #3 seed if there are enough tournament upsets. :D
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So your saying there's a chance... :D

I think Ohio State would overtake RIT as well.
 
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fairbanks hockey puck said:
what keeps in alaska in the tourney and what knocks alaska out???
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I answered you via email, but the short answer for all teams is to hope bad things happen to teams around you in the PWR. This goes for everyone on the bubble. Root against teams near you and hope conference autobids go to teams already in the tournament.
 
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Puck Swami said:
There is no "closest to home" advantage for Denver going to St. Paul whatsoever. Denver fans need to fly no matter what, and facing St. Cloud, a league rival near their home city is a tough draw. Most Denver fans would probably rather fly to Worcester or Albany so as not to have to face a WCHA team in the regionals.
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BWAHAHAHAHA! SCSU waiting in the wings... that's a good one!
 
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Yale out of ECAC playoffs.

Will they play again this year?

Looks like they are currently 12th in Pairwise.

It's going to be close for Eli's.
 
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Merrimack, Ohio State and Quinnipiac have been eliminated. Maine and Lowell are going to OT, UNH and Vermont already are in OT. CC is about to be eliminated...oh how the mighty have fallen.
 
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