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Massachusetts-Lowell, Boston College and Johnny McInnis.<\/p>\n

Who will have the biggest fan base at the Northeast Regional in Worcester, Mass.?<\/p>\n

McInnis, Minnesota State’s captain and the only Boston-born player for the Mavericks, hopes his friends and family members are there cheering on his team from nearly 1,400 miles away.<\/p>\n

“We’re going to make it a home game as much we can,” McInnis said.<\/p>\n

Minnesota State will play Lowell in the first round of the national tournament next Saturday.<\/p>\n

Lowell and BC are the local teams, each located an hour or so from Worcester’s DCU Center. But the McInnis faithful lives nearby, too.<\/p>\n

“My phone’s been blowing up,” he said during a Selection Show viewing party at a downtown Mankato, Minn., Buffalo Wild Wings.<\/p>\n

The viewing party took place only a few hours after the team returned from an overnight bus trip from Grand Rapids, Mich., where they won their first WCHA playoff championship on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

They defeated Ferris State, which will be the No. 2 seed in the Midwest, 4-1 for the Broadmoor Trophy. Now they are seeded third and face the No. 2-seeded River Hawks.<\/p>\n

“This time of year, it doesn’t matter who you get slotted up against,” Mavericks coach Mike Hastings said. “It’s going to be a challenge.”<\/p>\n

The Mavericks are in the tournament for the second year in a row and the third time in their Division I history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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