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2012-2013 CCHA REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS!

On the strength of a 4-2 victory over duhOSU, the Miami RedHawks claimed the final CCHA regular season championship and fourth in program history. Curtis McKenzie, Riley Barber, Blake Coleman and Cody Murphy netted the Miami goals while Ryan McKay earned the victory in net.

It is the RedHawks third regular season title in the past eight seasons earning Miami a bye in the first round of the CCHA playoffs. The RedHawks will host a second round, best-of-three playoff series at Steve Cady Arena March 15-17 against the lowest remaining seed after the completion of the three first round series. Speaking of which, here are the first round match-ups.

#6 Alaska vs. #11 Michigan State

#7 Michigan vs. #10 Northern Michigan

#8 Lake Superior vs. #9 Bowling Green

All series’ will be played at campus sites with the higher seed hosting the best-of-three playoff round.

As for the second round, one matchup is locked in as #4 Ohio State will host #5 Ferris State in Columbus while Miami, #2 Notre Dame and #3 Western Michigan await their second round opponent.

If I were to wager a guess tonight, I could easily see Miami facing #11 Michigan State but more likely, the winner of the Lake/BG series in round two.

We’ll have more on tonight’s game as well as the CCHA playoffs in the days to come.