Tuesday, March 11, 2008

WCHA Hockey Playoff time

The first round of Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs, set for this Friday, March 14 thru Sunday, March 16 (if necessary), have been set. The five, best-of-3 first round post-season series will feature:

No. 1 seed and 2007-08 WCHA regular season champion and Colorado College hosting No. 10 seed Alaska Anchorage

No. 2 seed North Dakota hosting No. 9 seed Michigan Tech

No. 3 seed Denver entertaining No. 8 seed Minnesota Duluth

No. 4 seed Minnesota State hosting No. 7 seed Minnesota

No. 5 seed St. Cloud State hosting No. 6 seed Wisconsin

Following next weekend's first round of playoffs, the five winning teams will be re-seeded No. 1 through No. 5 depending on their regular season finish and advance to the 2008 Red Baron WCHA Final Five, set for March 20-22 at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn. The winner of the Broadmoor Trophy at the Final Five will receive the WCHA's automatic berth into the NCAA Men's Div. 1 Tournament.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Followed by the Frozen Four in Denver. It's gonna be awesome! Nothing better than Fado's, Bushmill's and hockey!

Kimkay said...

I'm jealous. I want to go. Raise a Bushmill's for me at Fado's. You guys rock!!!!