The ramifications of Ohio State and Penn State’s wins on Thursday night:
– Michigan and Michigan State being eliminated from a possible bid
– Air Force can now no longer be an at-large team and Atlantic Hockey will only get one team into the tournament.
Let’s summarize after Thursday’s games.
In:
Atlantic Hockey – Winner of the Tournament
Big 10 – Minnesota
ECAC – Harvard, Union
Hockey East – Lowell, BU
NCHC – Denver, UMD, Western Michigan
WCHA – Winner of Bowling Green/Michigan Tech
That makes ten teams in, leaving six spots left.
There are nine teams for those six spots
Big 10 – Wisconsin, Ohio State, Penn State
ECAC – Cornell, Quinnipiac
Hockey East – BC, Notre Dame, Providence
NCHC – North Dakota
Teams that need to win its Championship in order to get in (two, aside from Atlantic Hockey and WCHA):
Big 10 – Wisconsin
ECAC – Quinnipiac
Teams that can still get in at-large (seven):
Big 10 – Ohio State, Penn State
ECAC – Cornell
Hockey East – BC, Notre Dame, Providence
NCHC – North Dakota
