Weekend Preview: Welcome to playoff hockey
Making picks in every playoff series this weekend, and more
We’ve officially reached playoff hockey.
The NCHC, Atlantic Hockey, CCHA, ECAC, and the United Collegiate Hockey Cup headline a packed weekend across the college hockey landscape. In today’s newsletter (#654), we take a look at every series around the country, offering a few notes on each matchup along with a prediction.
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