Each region has six teams and those six teams are further broken down into groups three. The team that wins this tournament is generally the one that plays consistent focused hockey for four straight games. No big down sides and no big up sides, you want steady focused hockey. The winning team also usually catches one or two big breaks along the way. A little bit of luck goes a long way in this tournament.
Lets take a quick look at which teams went to which region and their seedings.
In the East, playing on Friday and Saturday night we have the following teams. They ended the year at number 2 in the national polls and number 2 in the Pairwise rankings. They were in the frozen four last year and were ousted by Michigan in their semi-final game. They are still loaded with talent this year and will be a formidable opponent for anyone who has to play them. They get a first round bye in this weekends action.