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...Dartmouth can hold on and beat Brown for the third time this season, then the St. Lawrence-Harvard winner would also be essentially assured of a tournament berth. The loser of that game, in all likelihood, would have its selection chances come down to a comparison with No. 6 Minnesota to determine who gets the final berth...
...bottom line is that the team who captures the ECAC tournament this weekend will essentially be guaranteed a berth in the NCAA Frozen Four. Although there is no official automatic berth on the line, the ECAC championship should be as hotly contested as ever this season...
...Four Could Score No. 4 seeds are 7-4 in the regional finals, which is certainly impressive when compared to No. 2 seeds' 13-17 record when playing for a berth in the Final Four...
Knocking off Clarkson from the No. 1 berth moves the remaining four squads--St. Lawrence, Harvard, Cornell, and Dartmouth respectively--up one position and slides the Catamounts into the final slot. The Saints will face off against the victor of the play-in game between Vermont and the Big Green, while Cornell gets to avoid that dreaded Thursday night contest...
...course, this is all speculation. The tournament championship and the lone NCAA berth are both up for grabs this weekend, and any of the five teams could be the taker. Certainly there are favorites heading in to the tournament, but as Vermont clearly proved last Sunday, nobody is safe...