There's yet another national tournament getting underway - the ACHA (club)
Division I championships. It's kind of a neat format, with round-robin play
deciding the top 2 teams that square off for the championship. The teams that
made the tournament are:
 
1. Iowa State
2. Penn State
3. Michigan-Dearborn
4. Ohio University
5. Delaware
6. Arizona
7. Towson University
8. Illinois
9. Eastern Michigan
10. Western Michigan
 
This year's tournament will be held at the University of Delaware.
 
Pool A
#1 Iowa State
#4 Ohio
#5 Delaware
#8 EMU/Illinois winner
 
Pool B:
#2 Penn State
#3 Michigan-Dearborn
#6 Arizona
#7 Towson/WMU Winner
 
Tournament Game Schedule:
 
Tuesday, March 2, 1999
 
Play-in Game #1 - 6:00pm #10 Western Michigan vs. #7 Towson
Play-in Game #2 - 9:00pm #9 Eastern Michigan vs. #8 Illinois
 
Wednesday, March 3, 1999 - Round Robin Play
 
Game #1 - 10:00am #6 Arizona vs. #3 Michigan-Dearborn
Game #2 - 1:00pm #7 (play-in game #1 winner) vs. Penn State
Game #3 - 4:00pm #8 (play-in game #2 winner) vs. Iowa State
Game #4 - 7:00pm #5 Delaware vs. #4 Ohio
 
Thursday, March 4, 1999 - Round Robin Play
 
Game #5 - 10:00am #7 (play-in game #1 winner) vs. #3 Michigan-Dearborn
Game #6 - 1:00pm #8 (play-in game #2 winner) vs. #4 Ohio
Game #7 - 4:00pm #6 Arizona vs. #2 Penn State
Game #8 - 7:00pm #5 Delaware vs. #1 Iowa State
 
Friday, March 5, 1999 - Round Robin Play
 
Game #9 - 10:00am #7 (play-in game #1 winner) vs. #6 Arizona
Game #10 - 1:00pm #4 Ohio vs. #1 Iowa State
Game #11 - 4:00pm #3 Michigan-Dearborn vs. #2 Penn State
Game #12 - 7:00pm #8 (play-in game #2 winner) vs. #5 Delaware
 
Saturday, March 6, 1999
 
Game #13 - 4:00pm Consolation Game (Pool A and B Runners-up)
Game #14 - 7:00pm National Championship Game (Pool A and B winners)
 
And, believe it or not, it looks like ALL of these games are available on
realaudio at:
http://udel.edu/~milo/webcast.html
 
The Division II teams haven't been selected yet, so we don't know if Kentucky
made it, or if Ashely Judd will be there supporting her team...you all know
about the most successful fundraiser in the history of college hockey, right?
Check out: http://www.ukhockey.com/stuff.shtml
and then...
http://www.ukhockey.com/
 
 
Chris Lerch
US College Hockey Magazine
US College Hockey Online -- www.uscollegehockey.com
Color Voice of RIT Hockey on 89.7 WITR
http://members.aol.com/chrislerch/main.html
 
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