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Sertich coaches the University of Minnesota-Duluth, traditionally one of the powerhouses in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). This year, Sertich and his club had the privilege of playing both North Dakota and Harvard--tonight's NCAA Tournament semifinal opponents. This year, Sertich and his club had the distinction of falling to North Dakota six time and to Harvard twice...
...WCHA champion Fighting Sioux (38-8) and ECAC champion Crimson (28-4) will battle in Joe Louis Arena in Detroit tonight at 8 p.m. for the right to advance to the NCAA final. Harvard, which features seven seniors and eight juniors, made it to the championship game last year in Providence, R.I., but fell to Michigan State...
Both teams have additional motivation to win tomorrow's game. In 1981, the WCHA lost four of its teams to a rapidly expanding CCHA--one of which was Michigan State. The Spartans' conference defection curtailed a rivalry spanning 55 years and 127 games...
...also the first meeting since a memorable WCHA playoff victory by Minnesota in 1976. The Gophers won the two-game, total-goals series...
...four Western teams almost undoubtedly will be WCHA champion North Dakota (36-8 and the nation's number one team), CCHA Champion Michigan State (30-9-2), WCHA runner-up Minnesota (32-12-1) and CCHA runner-up Bowling Green (33-8-2). They should be seeded in that order...