While there's a 'Sweet 16' in Division I men's and women's basketball this weekend, there is the men's Division I 'Sweet 16' in ice hockey.
Quinnipiac was not a surprise regarding the number 1 seed in the tournament. Power play and penalty kill top notch for them this year. Minnesota, Massachusetts-Lowell and Notre Dame get the four top seeds.
Five conference tournament champions, including Wisconsin, who won the last WCHA tournament, and Notre Dame, which won the last CCHA tournament, along with 11 at large bids. WCHA and CCHA will dissolve, resulting in a new B1G conference for ice hockey as well as the new National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC). Notre Dame, which was in CCHA the last few years, will move to Hockey East next year.
With that in mind, here are the seedings!
EAST (Providence) region
Semifinals
(1) Quinnipiac v Canisius
Union (NY) v Boston College
NORTHEAST (Manchester NH) region
Semifinals
(3) Massachusetts Lowell v Wisconsin
Denver v New Hampshire
MIDWEST (Toledo) region
Semifinals
Miami (OH) v Minnesota State Mankato
(4) Notre Dame v St. Cloud State
WEST (Grand Rapids) region
Semifinals
North Dakota v Niagara
(2) Minnesota v Yale
Regional semifinals and finals on ESPNU and online.
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