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Minnesota-Duluth at Providence: The Friars must be thankful to have been spated they really hit a scoring dry speli, managing just six goals in their four playoff games. The Hulldogs bring a decent goalie from out West in Bob Mason, who played 41 games for UMD this season...
...controversy surrounds the CCHA squads Michigan St. ranked ninth in the final regular season polls, nipped Bowling Green in the playoff championship, 4-3 in overtime. The Spartans received their automatic berth in the nationals. But Bowling Green's season was ended by the sudden death loss in Detroit as the four-man selection committee chose Minnesota Duluth for the final western spot...
...they started slipping in late December, went 9-9 after the New Year finished fourth in the WCHA and were blow out in the playoff semifinals by Minnesota, which won, 8-2, and coasted in the second game while UMD won, 4-3. Most coach say that picking Minnesota-Duluth (lower ranked in the final polls) over Bowling Green was indefensible...
...November, and played the first eight games on the J.V. squad, returning to the varsity at the beginning of January. From then on Olson and the rest of the Crimson went on a late-season rampage that led to a second-place finish in the ECAC championship and a playoff berth in the NCAA tournament...
They also have a great playoff performer--Mitch Olson...