Conference tournament pre-season picks

Today I will give you my conference tournament predictions before the final bracketology.

First lets start with Atlantic Hockey.

Play-in game (#8 vs #9 seed):

#9 American International over #8 RIT

Quarterfinals:

#1 Sacred Heart over American
#2 Bentley over #7 Army
#3 Connecticut over #6 Air Force
#5 Mercyhurst over #4 Holy Cross

Semifinals (Rochester, NY):

Sacred Heart over Mercyhurst
Connecticut over Bentley

Finals:

Sacred Heart over Connecticut (Sacred Heart gets automatic bid)

CCHA Tournament (First and Second round are best of three)

First Round (On-Campus at higher seed):

#12 Western Michigan over #5 Northern Michigan (2-1)
#6 Nebraska-Omaha over #11 Lake Superior (2-0)
#7 Alaska over #10 Bowling Green (2-1)
#8 Notre Dame over #9 Ferris State (2-1)

Second Round (On-Campus):

#1 Michigan over #12 Western Michigan (2-0)
#2 Michigan State over #8 Notre Dame (2-1)
#3 Miami over #7 Alaska (2-1)
#4 Ohio State over #6 Nebraska-Omaha (2-0)

Semi-Finals (Detroit, MI):

Michigan over Ohio State
Michigan State over Miami

Consolation:

Ohio State over Miami

Championship:

Michigan State over Michigan

CHA Tournament

Play-In:

#4 Robert Morris over #5 Wayne State

Semi-Finals (Des Moines, IA):

#1 Bemidji State over Robert Morris
#3 Alabama-Huntsivlle over #2 Niagara

Finals:

#1 Bemidji State over #3 Alabama Huntsville

ECACHL Tournament (First and Second Round best of three):

First Round (On-Campus):

#5 St. Lawrence over #12 Brown (2-0)
#6 Cornell over #11 Yale (2-0)
#7 Quinnipiac over #10 Union (2-0)
#9 Rensselaer over #8 Princeton (2-1)

Second Round (On-Campus):

#1 Harvard over Rensselaer (2-0)
#2 Dartmouth over Quinnipiac (2-1)
Cornell over #3 Clarkson (2-0)
#4 Colgate over St. Lawrence (2-1)

Semi-Finals (Albany, NY)

Harvard over Colgate
Dartmouth over Cornell

Consolation

Cornell over Colgate

Championship

Harvard over Dartmouth

Hockey East

First Round (On-Campus best of three):

#1 Boston College over #8 UMASS-Lowell (2-0)
#2 Boston University over #7 UMASS-Amherst (2-0)
#3 Maine over #6 Vermont (2-0)
#4 New Hampshire over #5 Providence (2-1)

Semifinals (Boston, MA):

Boston College over New Hampshire
Maine over Boston University

Finals:

Boston College over Maine

WCHA Tournament

First Round (On-Campus best of three):

#1 Minnesota over #10 Alaska-Anchorage (2-0)
#2 Wisconsin over #9 Michigan Tech (2-0)
#3 North Dakota over #8 Minnesota State (2-0)
#7 Minnesota-Duluth over #4 St. Cloud State (2-1)
#5 Colorado College over #6 Denver (2-1)

WCHA Final Five (St. Paul, MN)

Play in game:

Colorado College over Minnesota-Duluth

Semifinals:

Minnesota over Colorado College
North Dakota over Wisconsin

Consolation game:

Wisconsin over Colorado College

Championship game:

North Dakota over Minnesota

Now that you have an idea of what my predictions are, I will have my final pre-season bracketology tommororw. 5 more days till college hockey season begins.