Greenie wrote:
 
> o  This would be a bizarre occurrence indeed, but imagine if Harvard storms
> through the rest of the season, wins the ECAC playoff, and manages a 5th or
> 6th seed -- and plays through to the final four to join BU and BC. Of all
> the Frozen Fours that have been played, how many have had 3 teams from the
> same region -- let alone the same city?
 
That all depends upon what you mean by "region".  If you mean simply "east" or
"west", it's been a fairly common occurence in the 90s: 1990 (BU, BC, Colgate),
1991 (BU, Maine, Clarkson), 1993 (Michigan, Michigan State, Lake Superior,
Wisconsin), and 1997 (Michigan, Colorado College, North Dakota).   This was
also the case at least once in the 80s (1986; I don't have a source right handy
to check for others).  If you mean more narrowly than that, 1993, with three
Michigan teams, is the only one that I can think of.  I'm pretty sure that's
the only time that one conference has put three teams into the final four.
 
J. Michael Neal
 
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