NCHC Frozen
Faceoff
Miami vs
North Dakota
How they got here - The RedHawks swept the Huskies a dramatic two game set. Friday the Huskies scored with 1 second left to force overtime, and then Miami wins in OT. Saturday night the RedHawks untied the score with 3 seconds left to punch their ticket to Minneapolis.
NoDak won the opener, forced OT in the second only to fall short, and the rebounded for the game three winner.
Season series – NoDak wins 3-1-0 – split in Oxford and swept in Grand Forks
These teams met about a month ago in GF, with
UND beating MU 3-2 on Valentine’s Day and then crushing them 9-2 the next
evening. I don’t UND will hang another
9-spot on MU, but I don’t see UND losing on Friday either. UND hasn’t lost on a Friday since November
29. NODAK WINS
Denver
vs Western Michigan
How they got here - The Pioneers dropped the opener to Omaha and then won the next two games (4-3L, 5-1W, 2-0W) to advance to Minneapolis.
The Broncos swept the playoff series in Duluth (3-2, 4-3) to advance to the Frozen Faceoff.
Season series – Denver wins 3-1-0 – sweep in Denver and split in Kalamazoo
These teams played just three weeks ago in
Kalamazoo, with Denver winning the opener 4-2 and the Broncos taking the next
game 3-1. WMU has now won three of their
last four games and five of seven. The
Pioneers have won three of their last five and four of the last seven. I think this game comes down to defense and
goal tending and who’s on their A-game.
I’m giving this match up to the “away” team. PIONEERS WIN
So if my predictions are right, UND v DU, will
be the championship game and MU v WMU for third place. Thus, I will pick UND to win the championship
and WMU to take third.
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