Word: ecacs
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...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...
...fifth of those games, however, was an embarrassing 4-0 loss to Brown, thanks in large part to 30 saves by Bear goaltender Ali Brewer. That was the Kazmaier nominee's 13th shutout of the season and earned her yet another ECAC Goaltender of the Week award. If Brewer is her typically stellar self against the Big Green, the Bears should be able to play at home again in the conference semifinals...
...best netminder in the country--other than Brown's Brewer--in Kazmaier nominee Sara DeCosta, who managed to hold even Harvard's high-scoring offense, which averages 6.59 goals a game, to five goals Feb. 14. But without a single Friar skater amongst the top 20 scorers in the ECAC, not even DeCosta could keep Providence from losing six of its last 10 games...
Second-tier teams like Dartmouth, Princeton and Providence probably need to win the ECAC Tournament to have a shot at a trip to Minnesota. But that feat will not be easy, because if any of those teams do manage a first-round upset, the lowest seed to advance will probably have to face Harvard in the semifinals...
...four favorites advance to the ECAC semifinals, however, the Mar. 20 semifinals should be very intense. UNH, Brown and Northeastern would all have a legitimate chance at the two remaining bids to the national championships. And snapping the nation's longest winning streak with a win over Harvard would probably guarantee a trip to Minnesota. ECAC HOCKEY STANDINGS ECAC Overall Team W L T W L T Harvard 24 1 1 28 1 0 Brown 19 4 3 20 4 4 NewHampshire 19 4 3 20 5 5 Northeastern 18 4 4 24 6 3 Dartmouth...