From Associated Press, here are the pairings and a story on the CCHA
championship game.
 
By The Associated Press
All Times EST
EAST REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
At Centrum
Worcester, Mass.
Friday, March 24
   New Hampshire (22-9-4) vs. Denver (24-14-2), 4:30 p.m.
   Clarkson (23-9-4) vs. Lake Superior State (22-11-6), 8 p.m.
Regional Finals
Saturday, March 25
   Maine (29-5-6) vs. New Hampshire-Denver winner, 4:30 p.m.
   Boston University (28-6-3) vs. Clarkson-Lake Superior State winner, 7:30 p.m.
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WEST REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
At Dane County Coliseum
Madison, Wis.
Friday, March 24
   Minnesota (23-13-5) vs. RPI (18-13-4), 5 p.m.
   Wisconsin (23-14-4) vs. Michigan State (25-11-3), 8:30 p.m.
Regional Finals
   Colorado College (30-11-1) vs. Minnesota-RPI winner, 4:30 p.m.
   Michigan (28-7-1) vs. Wisconsin-Michigan State winner, 8 p.m.
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National Semifinals
At Providence Civic Center
Providence, R.I.
Thursday, March 30
Times TBA
   Boston University--Clarkson-Lake Superior State winner vs. Colorado
College--Minnesota-RPI winner
   Maine--New Hampshire-Denver winner vs. Michigan--Wisconsin-Michigan State
winner
National Championship
Saturday, April 1
   Semifinal winners
 
CCHA CHAMPIONSHIP
 
   DETROIT (AP) -- Freshman defenseman Ted Laviolette scored on a rebound with
5:29 left in the third period to lead Lake Superior State to a come-from-behind
5-3 victory over Michigan State on Sunday in the CCHA championship game.
   The defending NCAA champions, who entered the tournament as the fourth seed,
have 16 victories and a tie in their last 18 games.
   The CCHA title was the fourth in five years for Lake Superior, which has
played in seven straight championship games. The Lakers are 20-1 in CCHA playoff
games under coach Jeff Jackson.
   Tournament MVP Wayne Strachan set up the winning goal when he carried the
puck into the Michigan State end and fired a shot off the goalpost. The rebound
bounced to Laviolette, whose slap shot beat Michigan State goalie Mike Buzak.
   Mike Morin scored an empty-net goal for Lake Superior with 56 seconds
remaining.
   Michigan State took a 3-2 lead at 7:52 of the third period. Chris Smith
intercepted a Lakers' pass and fed a long pass to Mike Watt, who faked a slap
shot and then put a wrist shot through the legs of goalie John Grahame.
   Lake Superior pulled into a 3-3 tie when Brian Felsner jammed his own rebound
past Buzak at 12:10.
   Lake Superior scored twice in less than four minutes late in the second
period to tie the game at 2-2. Jason Trzcinski took a cross-ice pass from Gerald
Tallaire and fired a wrist shot past Buzak at 13:08 to make it 2-1. Bates
Battaglia pulled the Lakers into a tie with 3:06 left in the period when he
flipped Strachan's rebound over a fallen Buzak.
   Lake Superior turnovers helped Michigan State build a 2-0 lead. Grahame
attempted to clear the puck but Rem Murray intercepted and fed a centering pass
to Dean Sylvester, who scored from the slot at 6:06 of the first period.
   Anson Carter scored his 33rd goal of the season for the Spartans at 1:45 of
the second period when he stole the puck from defenseman Keith Aldridge and
broke in alone on Grahame.
 
 
 
 
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|                   Lynn Burke    Newport News, Va.                     |
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