I doubt it - they have rarely, if ever, looked beyond round 1 and as such we have seen far too many AUS/AUS and CW/CW semi-finals. I wish they would though - that would be great.
Yes, because they've already said they're playing Friday night.
CON had a full beard lead over UQTR, 4-0 before they gave up 5 goals.
You can't say anything about UNB fans or you'll be labelled a UNB hater as I am.
I will say that UNB has a much larger following than the rest of the conference but I’ve had far more intelligent conversations with fans in other rinks. UNB crowd is full of people looking for something to do on a Friday night and after 30 seconds of talking you realize they have zero knowledge on the sport as opposed to say PEI where most people in the building are hardcore hockey fans.
Numbers can be misleading if they're mostly fanboys.
Just an opinion, but based on the fact that Concordia swept McGill and pushed UQTR to the limit in overtime game 3. UQTR is basically the same team that won the UCup last year.
Lakehead will absolutely have some good push from the crowd, but Concordia should be a heavy favourite. They've been consistently the next-best team behind UQTR all year, and there is still a wide disparity between the top of the west and the top of the east in the OUA. Including playoffs, Concordia is 22-4 against everyone else outside of UQTR.
I think WSR, CON or LAK "should be" easy pickings for UNB. SMU has the tougher path for every scenario but one.
Where were they ranked? Spots 1-4 are pre-ordained, the rest are determined by final rank and if necessary regional match-up in 1st game. If UBC was ranked lower than the UWO or SMU then they would go in the 7 spot.
I think they were. But up until that year I don’t think we ever saw a conference runner-up seeded lower than a 3rd place team. It had always been the three conference champions 1-2-3, the runner-ups 4-5-6, and then the bronze/“host” team in the 7-8 spots.
This.
