Frozen Four:
St. Charles (#1 seed Columbus)
Northview (#2 seed Sylvania)
Lake Catholic (#3 seed Kent)
St. Ignatius (#1 seed Brooklyn)
Regular season results of note: St. Charles beat Northview 5-2 in a regular season matchup back in December. Against the Cleveland area teams, St. Charles had regular season wins over Holy Name and Gilmour as well as two ties against Walsh. Northview did not fair as well against Cleveland area teams with losses to St. Edward (0-2), Ignatius (0-2-1), Padua, and Walsh. Ignatius and Lake played to a 4-4 tie in December.
Semis on Friday and Championship game on Saturday. Ignatius was considered the favorite (although not overwhelming) coming in and still should be. The game against Lake will be a good one with the winner, IMO, being the favorite in the Championship game against the St. Charles/Northview winner. Northview had a so-so regular season, but is playing well now coming off the upset of St. John's. Very solid program. St. Charles is the big dark horse. Usually the southern teams can be easily dismissed, but the Columbus area has been stepping up their game recently and St. Charles faired well against some good northern programs this year.