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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Rhody Rematch

Just back from a trip to the dentist and I see that Kyle Rossi has the opening round matchups for the 20th ACHA National Championships on his blog.

As I said earlier, it's going to be a tough road for the Icers if they hope to make it through the early rounds to the finals on Wed., March 9.

Penn State is seeded 10th, and will open against ESCHL rival and conference regular season champion Rhode Island.

The Icers and Rams will do battle on the Gold rink at the University of Delaware. The secondary rink is NHL size, unlike the Rust Arena's Olympic-size surface where the Icers battle the Blue Hens annually. Game time is set for 2:00 pm on Sat., March 5.

There's the potential for another meeting with Rhody this weekend at the ESCHL Tournament in South Kingstown. The Icers face Delaware in the opening game at 4 pm on Saturday. The Rams will get either Robert Morris or West Chester, with the winners meeting Sunday at 1 for the conference title.

The Icers are 1-2-1 against Rhody this season, losing two at the Boss Arena, winning the first of two at the Greenberg two weekends ago before dropping a shootout loss on Alumni Day.

If the Icers are able to knock off the Rams in Newark, they'll come up against the winner of the Davenport - Rutgers game. As I said earlier today, it's likely that the Icers would have to go through Davenport AND Lindenwood to make it to the final.

All games at the tournament will be streamed on FastHockey.com. I'll have full information on the cost to view the tournament games as soon as I receive it.

Here's the matchups for the opening round and the quarter-finals:
Saturday, March 5th

#3 Ohio vs. #14 Canton, 10:00 a.m.
#6 Minot State vs. #11 Oakland, 11:00 a.m.

#2 Davenport vs. #15 Rutgers, 1:00 p.m.
#7 Rhode Island vs. #10 Penn State, 2:00 p.m.

#1 Lindenwood vs. #16 Slippery Rock, 4:00 p.m.
#8 Arizona State vs. #9 Oklahoma, 5:00 p.m.

#5 Delaware vs. #12 Robert Morris, 7:00 p.m.
#4 Adrian vs. #13 Stony Brook, 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, March 6th (Times to be determined)

Ohio/Canton vs. Minot State/Oakland
Davenport/Rutgers vs. Rhode Island/Penn State
Lindenwood/Slippery Rock vs. ASU/Oklahoma
Delaware/Robert Morris vs. Adrian/Stony Brook

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