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Bracketology: Thoughts on how the committee came up with the 2018 NCAA men’s hockey tournament bracket

August 24, 2020March 18, 2018 by Todd D. Milewski

17 Mar 18: The University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks play against the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs in the Third Place game of the 2018 NCHC Frozen Faceoff at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN. (Jim Rosvold)

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Thoughts on how the committee came up with the 2018 NCAA men’s hockey tournament bracket
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