I find it shocking that NMU made the tourney. I'll tell you why. A friend of mine sat next to Rick Comley at the Duluth-Wisconsin game yesturday. Since Comley is on the commitee, my friend asked what do the Gophers have to do to make it. Comley's reply, "They have to win tonight." I assumed then that since the Gophers finished ahead of NMU in the WCHA and were just as hot(10-1-2 vs 10-3-1), obviously NMU would also have to win too. Apparently thing's don't work that way. By the way, Miami finished ahead of Michigan in the CCHA. Miami did better in the CCHA playoffs, so Michigan get's a higher sead. Go figure. Gary Hatfield [log in to unmask]