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Minnesota is also the only team outside the ECAC with a legitimate claim to a championship invitation. Ranked No. 3 in U.S. College Hockey Online and No. 4 in USA Today/American Hockey Magazine, the Gophers have only lost to Harvard and No. 2 Brown. They tied No. 3 UNH twice and have victories over No. 5 Northeastern, No. 7 Providence and No. 8 Princeton...
...those bids will automatically go to the victor of the eight-team ECAC Tournament. But the heavy favorite is Harvard, which is already invited. If the Crimson does make the ECAC championship game, as expected, its opponent in that contest should get a bid regardless of the outcome...
That means the ECAC Tournament will directly affect the championship hopes of powerhouses UNH, Brown and Northeastern. At the same time, recent upstarts Princeton and Dartmouth still have a chance to sneak into Minnesota with a few upsets in the ECACs...
...seed Brown (20-4-4, 19-4-3) can survive the first round, it will have the advantage of playing at home for the semifinal and championship games as defending ECAC champion. But the Bears may have drawn the toughest quarterfinal match-up in No. 6 seed Dartmouth...
Despite several close losses, the team will most likely be the most successful team since the 1993 one that won the Ivy Championship...