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Minnesota and Quinnipiac will play for the 2023 championship (photo: Jim Rosvold).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TAMPA, Fla. — It’s rare that the highest seed from the West plays the highest seed from the East in the Men’s Frozen Four championship game.<\/p>\n

That’s what we’ll get Saturday when No. 1 overall seed Minnesota plays No. 2 Quinnipiac for the NCAA championship at Amalie Arena.<\/p>\n

It’ll be the first time since Maine’s 1993 victory against Lake Superior State in Milwaukee that the highest seeds from each region square off with the title on the line.<\/p>\n

Seeds are listed in NCAA records for the last 53 tournaments, going back to 1970. Back then, it was a four-team event — two teams from the East, two from the West.<\/p>\n

The field expanded to five teams in 1977, six for one year in 1978, eight in 1981, 12 in 1988 and 16 in 2003.<\/p>\n

But this is only the third time in those 53 events that the highest seed from the East has played the highest seed from the West. Maine’s 5-4 victory was the most recent, and Wisconsin defeated Harvard 6-2 in 1983 in Grand Forks, N.D.<\/p>\n

This season’s championship game also is a rarity in seeing the top two overall seeds reach the last game of the tournament. Only No. 1 Denver’s 3-2 victory against No. 2 Minnesota Duluth in 2017 in Chicago also qualifies in the 20 tournaments played in the 16-team format.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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