On Mar 17, 19:11, Rowe, Thomas wrote:
>Its a final - UNO ousts Michigan 7-4.  What a great effort!  First time ever
>for a 7th seed to get to the final in the CCHA.  Anybody know about stats
>like that for the other conferences?
 
Here are the lowest-seeded tournament champions and finalists for the four
"major" conferences (the MAAC tournament has only been around for two years,
and the CHA obviously for one):
 
ECAC -- Finalist:  #8 Cornell, 1980
        Champion:  #8 Cornell, 1980
 
        Unlike the other conferences, the ECAC has had a lot of teams seeded
        lower than fourth make the finals, and even win the whole tournament.
        Five #7's have been finalists -- St. Lawrence (1964), Providence
        (1978), Princeton (1995), Providence (1981), and Princeton (1998),
        with the last two of those winning the championship.  Five #6's have
        reached the finals -- Boston College (1968), Clarkson (1988), Vermont
        (1989), Harvard (1996), and RPI (1995), with the Engineers winning the
        tournament.  And three #5's have made it -- Clarkson (1986), Cornell
        (1992), and Boston College (1978), which won the tournament.
 
Hockey East -- Finalist:  #6 Providence (1995), #6 Maine (1998)
        Champion:  #4 Providence (1996), #4 Maine (2000)
 
CCHA -- Finalist:  #7 Nebraska-Omaha (2000)
        Champion:  #4 Lake Superior (1995)
 
WCHA -- Finalist:  #7 Michigan Tech (1996)
        Champion:  #3 Wisconsin (1983), #3 Northern Michigan (1992), #3 Minne-
                   sota (1993), #3 Denver (1999)
 
        The WCHA appears to have begun seedings in 1972.  Prior to 1982, there
        was no championship game (except in 1977), and the two finalists simply
        advanced to the NCAA's.  In 1978, #5 Colorado College reached the final
        round and went to the NCAA's.
 
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Bill Fenwick
Cornell '86 and '95                                             DJF  5/27/94
LET'S GO RED!!                                                  JCF  12/2/97
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