Craig Roberts writes, on INFO:
 
>The outcome of the ECAC Final Four will have a bearing on
>the Gophers' chances of receiving an invitiation to the AWCHA Championships.
>        In the league quarterfinals Saturday, three of the top four seeds advance to
>this weekend's Final Four at Matthews Arena on the campus of Northeastern
>University in Boston. However, the Huskies are not one of those teams.
>        Top-seed New Hampshire, which receives an automatic berth in the national
>championships, third-seeded Dartmouth and fourth-seeded Brown were all
>victorious but second-seeded Northeastern lost to seventh-seeded Princeton.
>        Dartmouth and Brown will faceoff in one semifinal Saturday while New Hampshire
>and Princeton will meet in the other. The championship game is slated for
>Sunday.
 
        I thought the national championship tournament was guaranteed
to have three Eastern teams and one Western (of which only Minnesota
is eligible).  In that case, if UNH doesn't win the ECAC tournament,
the field would seem to be UNH (ECAC RS champ), Northeastern (at
large), Minnesota (western rep) and whoever wins the ECACs.
 
                                         John Whelan, Cornell '91
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