Now that there is so much time until the actual bracket is announced, we start to do what we all do best — overanalyze our bracket prediction (photo: Jim Rosvold).
In a back-and-forth game in front of 10,621 fans at the Xcel Energy Center, Minnesota Duluth won the first NCHC championship game to be decided in overtime, 3-2 over St. Cloud State (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
For the second year in a row, Clarkson found itself in overtime in the ECAC Hockey championship game. This time, it ended differently for the Golden Knights (photo: Clarkson Athletics).
Luckily for Minnesota State, regulation time for a hockey game is still 60 minutes (photo: Tim Brule).
Jayson Moy makes his picks for how he thinks the committee will lay out the brackets (photo: Tim Brule).
The NCAA tournament selection show is scheduled to air on ESPNU at 7 p.m. EDT Sunday (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Cam Morrison appears to have a knack for delivering championships. Morrison scored the game-winning goal Saturday for Notre Dame as it captured a 3-2 victory over Penn State to win its second straight Big Ten tournament title (photo: Mike Miller/Fighting Irish Media).
Hugo Reinhardt’s goal 1:16 into overtime led American International to its first Atlantic Hockey championship in school history, a 3-2 victory over Niagara (photo: Omar Phillips).
Northeastern won the Hockey East championship on Saturday, 3-2 over Boston College, and now will work to win games in the NCAA tournament beginning next weekend (photo: Melissa Wade).
With Boston College’s loss in the Hockey East championship game, the 16 spots are all taken (photo: Melissa Wade).
Behind four points from defenseman Ian Mitchell, three points each from Liam Finlay and Tyson McLellan, and 22 saves from goalie Devin Cooley, Denver defeated rival Colorado College in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff consolation game 6-1 Saturday night (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Three teams are vying for two spots in the NCAA tournament on the day before selection Sunday (photo: Melissa Wade).
Boston College became the first seventh seed to advance to a Hockey East championship game (photo: Melissa Wade).
The Bulldogs rode 25 saves from Hunter Shepard and an early third-period goal from Cole Koepke to a win over the Pioneers (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Brown had already beaten one of ECAC Hockey’s co-regular season champions. Cornell made sure it didn’t take down the second one (file photo: Omar Phillips).
Niagara freshman Ludwig Stenlund’s goal 7:03 into overtime broke a scoreless tie between the Purple Eagles and Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers in the second semifinal of the Atlantic Hockey tournament (photo: Omar Phillips).
Before the first NCHC Frozen Faceoff semifinal, top-ranked St. Cloud State might have had reason for concern (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Survive and advance. That’s the motto in playoff hockey (photo: Omar Phillips).
If teams haven’t figured it out yet, Friday’s semifinal between Northeastern and Boston University proved that you simply cannot give the Huskies life late in a game (photo: Melissa Wade).
It’s conference championship weekend, and our conference columnists make their picks (photo: Melissa Wade).