A new year brings about another conference season in NCAA Hockey and time to look at the potential match-ups in the 16-team tournament. There's still a long way to go, but let's look at the first edition of 2016 Bracketology:
Worcester Regional
1. Quinnipiac vs. Holy Cross
Providence vs. Penn State
Minneapolis Regional
4. St. Cloud State vs. Minnesota State
North Dakota vs. Yale
Albany Regional
2. Harvard vs. UMass-Lowell
Cornell vs. Boston University
Cincinnati Regional
3. Nebraska-Omaha vs. Notre Dame
Michigan vs. St. Lawrence