[hockeyalumniguy]

The final ranking to determine the national championship came out today. Liberty secured a bid by remaining at #8 in the the poll. Later today the brackets are supposed to come out. D1 is different in their playoffs then D2. No pool play, brackets are used, just like the NCAA bball tourney. Winners move on, losers play in consolation brackets to determine final ranking spots in March. Unless the seeds change because of automatic bids, Liberty is slated to play the host team, Kent State in the 8-9 game, with the winner most likely facing Penn State who retook the #1 spot from Illinois

[bigsmooth]

awesome news. thanks for the info.

[PeterParker]

Great news for LU Hockey...here's to a great run in the tournament.


Side note: speaking of the ACHA and the rankings, I checked out the site to check them out and it seems like the ACHA and some of it's member teams have lost several of their own...condolences and prayers to the families.

http://www.achahockey.org/

The ACHA Remembers Tony Villella (M1 - Towson University)
2007-02-13

The ACHA and the Towson University Hockey family wishes to extend their condolences and heartfelt sorrow to the Villella family after the untimely passing of Tony Villella this past Saturday. Tony, 19, played in 35 games for the Tigers last season. A graduate of DeMatha, Tony was a sophomore at Towson

The ACHA Remembers Brent Ullom (M3 - University of Alabama)
2007-01-29

[12/21/81 - 1/26/07]

The University of Alabama & the ACHA regrets to announce the passing of Assistant Coach Brent Ullom.

Brent passed while courageously battling cancer on Friday, January 26.

Brent grew up in Phoenix, Arizona where he started out his hockey career with the Arizona Sports Ranch Thunder roller hockey travel team. After moving to Huntsville, AL, Coach Ullom started his ice hockey career with the Huntsville Travel East team

The ACHA Remembers John Cavagnaro (M1 - University at Buffalo)
2007-01-14

The University at Buffalo & the ACHA regrets to announce the passing of Sophomore Defenseman John Cavagnaro.

John passed suddenly on Saturday, January 13.

[PAmedic]

yeah- sad stuff- pretty rough season for many teams.

On a positive note- what a GREAT accomplishment for Coach and the guys in their first season as D I.

They've exceeded even my most positive expecations this year- enough can NOT be said about the job they've done this year- hoping they get a announcement and standing "O" in convo this week.