Time to rev the awards engine back to full speed. Today, we head East to ECAC hockey. In what was a very good year for the league, Yale, Cornell and Princeton all made the NCAA Tournament, and St. Lawrence just missed by the skin of their teeth. In the preseason we ranked both Princeton and [...]

First of all, take a peek at the header switch at the top of the page, updated with the logos of the four participating teams at next weekend’s Frozen Four.
Now, to the task at hand. This year, 4 seed Miami (22-12-5), 3 seed Vermont (22-11-5) and 4 seed Bemidji State (20-15-1) will join top seeded [...]

First of all, congrats to the Vermont Catamounts. Vermont became the first team to advance to the 2009 Frozen Four with a double OT win over Air Force. Air Force got absolutely robbed of a goal late in the game, and Vermont came up with a great goal to win it in double OT and [...]

The folks over at The Rookies previewed the NCAA Tournament, and they asked me to write the previews for North Dakota and Cornell, so if you want to check those out click here. Obviously I picked both the teams I wrote about to win, because who wants to write about a loser?
In other news, Air [...]

So we come to our final bracket, in which the #1 overall seeded BU Terriers reside. BU is the 3rd ranked offensive and defensive team in America. They are also the 2nd best team in the country on the power play, and 11th on the kill. So as you can see, they’re going to be [...]

It’s a couple years old, but damn I love that picture. It must be the helmets.
Anyways, the East regional in Bridgeport is definitely the most balanced of the four regionals. It features two conference champions, a team that was in the Frozen Four last year, and one that is back to the tournament after a [...]

Grand Rapids is the site of our Midwest Regional. It features three very good teams, three in fact who could win the regional, but it also features the best team in the country, and my pre-tournament pick for the national championship.
The Fighting Irish come in on a hot streak, having won both the CCHA regular [...]

Starting our bracket breakdown is the West regional in Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis. All regionals are going to be wide open affairs. This Friday-Saturday regional is no different. It features a coach going against his old coach, the WCHA tournament champs, and the only Hobey finalist in the region.
Denver, the 2nd place team in both [...]

Here are your pairings:
Minneapolis
1 Denver vs. 4 Miami
2. Minnesota-Duluth vs. 3. Princeton
Grand Rapids
1. Notre Dame vs. 4 Bemidji State
2. Northeastern vs. 3. Cornell
Bridgeport
1. Michigan vs. 4. Air Force
2. Yale vs. 3. Vermont
Manchester
1. BU vs. 4. Ohio State
2. North Dakota vs. 3. New Hampshire
Thoughts? Right now all of the regionals look tough for the top seeds. [...]

They can be found here
My thoughts…
3 Goalies. Johnson, Kalemba and Thiessen have all been fantastic. Kalemba has the best numbers, Thiessen plays for the best team, but it was Johnson that led a team with 1, yes you read that correctly, 1 10 goal scorer to a top 4 CCHA finish.
WCHA only gets one candidate. [...]