Neil’s Notebook: Spartans Erupt in The Third to Top Minnesota on the Road
2/9/2020 9:17:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
By Neil Koepke
MSUSpartans.com staff writer
MINNEAPOLIS – Michigan State was one period away from getting swept by Minnesota and probably falling out of the race for the Big Ten regular-season championship.
Trailing 2-1 and being outshot 32-20, the Spartans were thankful their deficit was only one goal against the red-hot Gophers, winners of six games in a row, eight of their last nine and suddenly looking like the best team in the conference.
For sure, MSU has been in this situation before and they've been known for some spirited and successful third-period comebacks.
The Gophers had the Spartans on their heels in the first period and part of the second with great puck movement, puck control and lots of quality scoring chances.
The Spartans returned the favor in the third period, one of their best of the season, and certainly the most satisfying.
Michigan State erupted for three goals within 8 minutes and 3 seconds – from 5:04 to 13:07 – and stayed in title contention with a 4-2 victory over the Gophers to earn a split in the Big Ten series on Saturday night at 3M Arena at Mariucci.
Sophomore defenseman Dennis Cesana tied the game with a power-play goal at 5:04, senior defenseman Butrus Ghafari gave MSU a 3-2 lead at 10:01 and junior right wing Brody Stevens scored with 6:53 left to give his team some breathing room in the final minutes.
"That's probably our biggest win of the year,'' said Cesana, who had arguably his best game as a Spartan with a goal, nine shots on goal, two heavy hits and was solid defensively. "If we would have dropped this game, we'd be six points behind Minnesota, and Penn State won tonight. We'd have been in a tough spot.
"That was a monumental win and we'll run with it.''
The victory lifted Michigan State (14-13-1 overall, 10-7-1-0 Big Ten) into a three-way for second place with Minnesota (13-11-4, 8-6-4-3) and Ohio State (16-10-4, 9-8-3-1), each with 31 points, and two behind first-place Penn State (18-9-3, 10-7-3-0).
However, the Spartans and Gophers each have six games remaining while the Nittany Lions and Buckeyes have on four.
Notre Dame (12-11-5, 7-7-4-3), which had this weekend off, is in fifth place with 28 points, one head of sixth-place Michigan (13-12-3, 8-8-2, 2).
"That was a lot of fun, very exciting for our guys,'' MSU coach Danton Cole said. "It does keep us in it. I told our guys in the room that I was here for four years as a player and this is my third year as the coach and this is one of the biggest (victories) that we've had.
"You fall behind the pack and sweeps are hard to get. It's hard to get back into it if you fall too far behind.''
The Gophers, who were seeking their third straight series sweep after defeating the Spartans, 4-1, on Friday, had an outstanding first period, outshooting MSU 18-9. They were held to one goal with 4:22 left in the period mostly because of stellar goaltending by Spartans senior John Lethemon.
"I give Minnesota a lot of credit. They came out flying and we were hoping to have some momentum from the third period last night. But they put it on us,'' Cole said. "I thought the second period was better and the guys came out pretty determined in the third period.
"We got our forechecking going, finally, and we got a couple of pucks to go in. That's a team that doesn't give up many goals and we found a way to scratch and claw and score four goals against them.''
Since Michigan State beat Minnesota, 4-1, on Jan. 10 at Munn Arena, the Gophers had won six in a row, scored 26 goals and allowed only nine.
Their sudden turnaround includes sweeps of Ohio State and Wisconsin and two wins one month apart over the Spartans.
"To me, that's the best team we've played all year,'' MSU senior right wing and captain Sam Saliba said. "The growth they've had from the start of the season, even since we played them last, you really notice it. From top to bottom, that's the most complete team we've played.''
The Gophers, with nine freshmen and six sophomores in the lineup Saturday, looked like a team in sync on Friday and they came out with even more energy on Saturday.
In the first period, it wasn't that MSU was playing poorly; it was more that the Gophers' game was at high level. They used their speed, make crisp passes and possessed the puck for most of the period.
The Spartans survived the first period and were much better in the second with 11 shots on goal and more quality chances.
With 5:56 left in the period, MSU tied it 1-1. Logan Lambdin's shot from the left circle was stopped by goalie Jerad Moe, but the rebound popped out front and Patrick Khodorenko swooped in and shot it into the right corner of the net.
But the Spartans' euphoria didn't last too long. Less than three minutes later, Minnesota regained the lead at 2-1 when Blake McLaughlin got open in front and tapped the puck into the left corner.
MSU was disappointed but not demoralized.
"I really liked our second period. That's when we started to play better,'' Saliba said. "I know they got one late but we liked our game and we just said to stick with the game plan and keep at it. That's what we did. We took it to them.''
At that point, Minnesota had three power plays that were effectively skated off by MSU penalty killers. But there were no penalties called on the Gophers in the first 40 minutes.
"Nobody got down. Everybody banded together and we just had to work hard and stick to our game,'' Cesana said. "Puck luck went our way.
"We knew we were bound to get a power play in the third period. We executed and fortunately that shot went in. I know the boys were fired up and I was fired up too.''
Cesana, near the point in the middle of the ice, took a pass from Mitchell Lewandowski and let go with a slap shot that eluded Moe at 5:04 to tie it, 2-2.
Four minutes and 57 seconds later, Michigan State took the lead on one of most unique goals of the season – or several seasons.
You don't often see a defenseman fire a shot from the point and have it tipped in by his defensive partner. But that's what happened as Tommy Miller and Ghafari combined to score the game winner at 10:01 of the third period.
Ghafari started the play when he raced over from the left point to his right to keep the puck in the offensive zone.
"The play was down low and the puck squirted out to the blue line and I sprinted across and picked it up and came down the (right) wall,'' Ghafari said. "Patty (Khodorenko) came over from the other side so I dropped it to him and he (passed it back) Miller (at the point). Miller shot it and I saw it coming and got a piece of it with my stick and it went in.
"I went to the front of the net with kind of a net-front screen and I just go a piece of it.''
Ghafari actually circled the net and come out front on the left and was in the right spot when Miller let go with his shot.
Without question, it was the most important goal of Ghafari's career as a Spartan. Ghafari, a 5-foot-11, 197-pound left-hand shot defenseman from West Bloomfield, Mich., now has two goals this season and four in his career.
"We've been a good third-period team all year so we were confident coming out. We just wanted to relax, get back out there,'' Ghafari said. "When Denny (Cesana) scored, we got a huge momentum boost. Then it was like going downhill.
"This was a stepping stone game. It's a step in the right direction and we have to keep stepping in the right direction and keep moving up.''
Stevens gave MSU a two-goal cushion with he tapped his own rebound past Moe at 13:07, set up by a Gopher turnover behind the net.
The Spartans were solid defensively in the final seven minutes against the desperate and frustrated Gophers.
"It was a huge third period,'' Saliba said. "When the season is done, you can look back at this game and see whether it was a turning point or not. It's a huge win. We knew what we had to do and we just said to keep the belief in what we're doing.
"Johnny (Lethemon) was unbelievable. That's the reason he's our MVP. He kept us in it, especially in the first period with some huge stops.''
Cole said he was impressed with the way his team reacted to the late second-period goal that gave Minnesota a 2-1 lead.
"I don't want to say it was a harmless play but boom, boom – a couple of our guys fall down and they whack it in and suddenly it's 2-1,'' he said. "To get yourself mentally back and jump in and play a heck of a third period like we did is impressive.
"We're going to need more of those. We've been playing weekends like this all season. To stay near the top of the standings and (high) in the Pairwise, we have to keep battling.''
The Spartans and Gophers split their season series, 2-2, with each team winning one game at home and one on the road.
MSU needed several players to play at a high level on Saturday to keep Minnesota from winning the series.
"I thought Johnny (Lethemon) was great between the pipes. Leth did an outstanding job,'' Cole said. "Dennis Cesana and Jerad Rosburg were really good. They logged a lot of ice time. Tommy Miller and Butrus Ghafari are just warriors.''
UP NEXT: After battling the hottest team in the Big Ten, Michigan State's next challenge is against another team that is suddenly piling up victories and moving up in the standings – Michigan.
The Wolverines, who swept Wisconsin this weekend, 8-4 and 5-3, are 6-1-1 since the Great Lakes Invitational and back over .500 overall (13-12-3) and at .500 in the Big Ten (8-8-2-1).
MSU and U-M meet at 6 p.m. Friday at Munn Arena and then take two days off before closing out the series at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17 in the annual Duel in the D at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
The Wolverines are in sixth place with 27 points, one behind fifth-place Notre Dame (28), four points in back of Michigan State, Minnesota and Ohio State, who are tied for second place with 31 points.
The Spartans swept Michigan in mid-November – 4-3 in Ann Arbor and 3-0 at Munn Arena.
DEFENSIVE PRODUCTION: Michigan State's defense made a welcome impact offensively in the Spartans' come-from-behind 4-2 victory over Minnesota on Saturday. Five Spartan blueliners combined for two goals and three assists and 18 shots on goal, led by sophomore defenseman Dennis Cesana's team-high nine.
Cesana and Butrus Ghafari scored the tying and game-winning goals, respectively, Jerad Rosburg had two assists and Tommy Miller assisted on Ghafari's goal with a shot from the point that deflected off Ghafari's stick and found the back of the net at 10:01 of the third period.
Cesana had a few others shots that missed the net, was dangerous through most of the game and was a force in bringing the puck out of the defensive zone and making outlet passes.
Rosburg had four shots on goal, Ghafari had three and Miller and Cole Krygier each had one.
Cesana is MSU's third-leading scorer with five goals and 13 assists for 18 points in 28 games. His D partner, Rosburg, is tied with Sam Saliba for fourth in team scoring with four goals and 11 assists for 15 points.
SPECIAL TEAMS THRIVE: Michigan State's power play and penalty killers played a big role in setting up the Spartans' biggest victory of the season on Saturday against Minnesota.
The penalty-killing units made the first impact by skating off two Gophers' power plays in the first period and another in the second. Minnesota had two shots on goal on each power play but couldn't solve goalie John Lethemon.
The Spartans didn't get a power play until the third period. They had two shots on goal but didn't score on their first power play, but the second one turned the game around.
MSU had four shots on goal and Dennis Cesana's one-timer from the point eluded goalie Jerad Moe to tie the game 1-1 at 5:04.
Michigan State has not allowed a power-play goal in the last seven games. Opponents have gone for 0-for-15 during this stretch.
The Spartans are skating off 84.3 of opponents' power plays, and that ranks No. 16 nationally and No. 2 in the Big Ten.
PAIRWISE WATCH: After MSU's split with Minnesota and all the other weekend games, the Spartans are now No. 19 in the Pairwise Rankings. Penn State is No. 8, Ohio State is 15th and Minnesota is 21st and Notre Dame is 23rd.
The 16-team field for the NCAA Tournament includes six automatic berths for league champions and 12 at-large teams. A team has to finish at least No. 15 to have a good chance to make the tournament because, in most cases, Atlantic Hockey's champion has a Pairwise ranking well below No. 16.
Upsets in conference tournaments can knock out teams ranked No. 15, 14 or even 13. The final PWR won't be set until after all conference playoffs are complete on March 21.
IN THE BIG TEN: Penn State took over first place with a 6-3 victory over Ohio State on Saturday in Columbus. The teams tied the series opener, 2-2, on Friday with the Buckeyes winning the shootout to earn two points in the standings to only one for the Nittany Lions.
PSU was up 3-0 before OSU scored in the second period but the Nittany Lions made it 4-1 after two periods. The Buckeyes scored two goals in the third period to make it 4-3 before Penn State scored two empty-net goals.
Michigan completed a sweep of Wisconsin with a 5-3 victory on Saturday in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines won the series opener, 8-4. The Badgers have lost five games in a row.
Notre Dame has this weekend off.
So for this weekend, Michigan picked up six points with its sweep, Penn State added four points, MSU and Penn State earned three, Ohio State got two points and Wisconsin went pointless.
Next week, in addition to the Michigan State-Michigan series, Penn State plays host to Wisconsin and Minnesota is at Notre Dame. Ohio State has a bye.
Michigan State, Minnesota, Notre Dame and Michigan have six conference games left in the regular season. Penn State, Ohio State and Wisconsin have four. The Badgers do have a non-conference series at home against Arizona State the second-last weekend of the season, Feb. 28-29.
The first round of the Big Ten Tournament is March 6-8 with teams finishing No. 2, 3 and 4 hosting best-of-three series against teams finishing 7th, 6th and 5th. The league champion gets a first-round bye and will host a one-game semifinal against the lowest surviving seed from the first round on March 14.
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MINNEAPOLIS – Michigan State was one period away from getting swept by Minnesota and probably falling out of the race for the Big Ten regular-season championship.
Trailing 2-1 and being outshot 32-20, the Spartans were thankful their deficit was only one goal against the red-hot Gophers, winners of six games in a row, eight of their last nine and suddenly looking like the best team in the conference.
For sure, MSU has been in this situation before and they've been known for some spirited and successful third-period comebacks.
The Gophers had the Spartans on their heels in the first period and part of the second with great puck movement, puck control and lots of quality scoring chances.
The Spartans returned the favor in the third period, one of their best of the season, and certainly the most satisfying.
Michigan State erupted for three goals within 8 minutes and 3 seconds – from 5:04 to 13:07 – and stayed in title contention with a 4-2 victory over the Gophers to earn a split in the Big Ten series on Saturday night at 3M Arena at Mariucci.
Sophomore defenseman Dennis Cesana tied the game with a power-play goal at 5:04, senior defenseman Butrus Ghafari gave MSU a 3-2 lead at 10:01 and junior right wing Brody Stevens scored with 6:53 left to give his team some breathing room in the final minutes.
"That's probably our biggest win of the year,'' said Cesana, who had arguably his best game as a Spartan with a goal, nine shots on goal, two heavy hits and was solid defensively. "If we would have dropped this game, we'd be six points behind Minnesota, and Penn State won tonight. We'd have been in a tough spot.
"That was a monumental win and we'll run with it.''
The victory lifted Michigan State (14-13-1 overall, 10-7-1-0 Big Ten) into a three-way for second place with Minnesota (13-11-4, 8-6-4-3) and Ohio State (16-10-4, 9-8-3-1), each with 31 points, and two behind first-place Penn State (18-9-3, 10-7-3-0).
However, the Spartans and Gophers each have six games remaining while the Nittany Lions and Buckeyes have on four.
Notre Dame (12-11-5, 7-7-4-3), which had this weekend off, is in fifth place with 28 points, one head of sixth-place Michigan (13-12-3, 8-8-2, 2).
"That was a lot of fun, very exciting for our guys,'' MSU coach Danton Cole said. "It does keep us in it. I told our guys in the room that I was here for four years as a player and this is my third year as the coach and this is one of the biggest (victories) that we've had.
"You fall behind the pack and sweeps are hard to get. It's hard to get back into it if you fall too far behind.''
The Gophers, who were seeking their third straight series sweep after defeating the Spartans, 4-1, on Friday, had an outstanding first period, outshooting MSU 18-9. They were held to one goal with 4:22 left in the period mostly because of stellar goaltending by Spartans senior John Lethemon.
"I give Minnesota a lot of credit. They came out flying and we were hoping to have some momentum from the third period last night. But they put it on us,'' Cole said. "I thought the second period was better and the guys came out pretty determined in the third period.
"We got our forechecking going, finally, and we got a couple of pucks to go in. That's a team that doesn't give up many goals and we found a way to scratch and claw and score four goals against them.''
Since Michigan State beat Minnesota, 4-1, on Jan. 10 at Munn Arena, the Gophers had won six in a row, scored 26 goals and allowed only nine.
Their sudden turnaround includes sweeps of Ohio State and Wisconsin and two wins one month apart over the Spartans.
"To me, that's the best team we've played all year,'' MSU senior right wing and captain Sam Saliba said. "The growth they've had from the start of the season, even since we played them last, you really notice it. From top to bottom, that's the most complete team we've played.''
The Gophers, with nine freshmen and six sophomores in the lineup Saturday, looked like a team in sync on Friday and they came out with even more energy on Saturday.
In the first period, it wasn't that MSU was playing poorly; it was more that the Gophers' game was at high level. They used their speed, make crisp passes and possessed the puck for most of the period.
The Spartans survived the first period and were much better in the second with 11 shots on goal and more quality chances.
With 5:56 left in the period, MSU tied it 1-1. Logan Lambdin's shot from the left circle was stopped by goalie Jerad Moe, but the rebound popped out front and Patrick Khodorenko swooped in and shot it into the right corner of the net.
But the Spartans' euphoria didn't last too long. Less than three minutes later, Minnesota regained the lead at 2-1 when Blake McLaughlin got open in front and tapped the puck into the left corner.
MSU was disappointed but not demoralized.
"I really liked our second period. That's when we started to play better,'' Saliba said. "I know they got one late but we liked our game and we just said to stick with the game plan and keep at it. That's what we did. We took it to them.''
At that point, Minnesota had three power plays that were effectively skated off by MSU penalty killers. But there were no penalties called on the Gophers in the first 40 minutes.
"Nobody got down. Everybody banded together and we just had to work hard and stick to our game,'' Cesana said. "Puck luck went our way.
"We knew we were bound to get a power play in the third period. We executed and fortunately that shot went in. I know the boys were fired up and I was fired up too.''
Cesana, near the point in the middle of the ice, took a pass from Mitchell Lewandowski and let go with a slap shot that eluded Moe at 5:04 to tie it, 2-2.
Four minutes and 57 seconds later, Michigan State took the lead on one of most unique goals of the season – or several seasons.
You don't often see a defenseman fire a shot from the point and have it tipped in by his defensive partner. But that's what happened as Tommy Miller and Ghafari combined to score the game winner at 10:01 of the third period.
Ghafari started the play when he raced over from the left point to his right to keep the puck in the offensive zone.
"The play was down low and the puck squirted out to the blue line and I sprinted across and picked it up and came down the (right) wall,'' Ghafari said. "Patty (Khodorenko) came over from the other side so I dropped it to him and he (passed it back) Miller (at the point). Miller shot it and I saw it coming and got a piece of it with my stick and it went in.
"I went to the front of the net with kind of a net-front screen and I just go a piece of it.''
Ghafari actually circled the net and come out front on the left and was in the right spot when Miller let go with his shot.
Without question, it was the most important goal of Ghafari's career as a Spartan. Ghafari, a 5-foot-11, 197-pound left-hand shot defenseman from West Bloomfield, Mich., now has two goals this season and four in his career.
"We've been a good third-period team all year so we were confident coming out. We just wanted to relax, get back out there,'' Ghafari said. "When Denny (Cesana) scored, we got a huge momentum boost. Then it was like going downhill.
"This was a stepping stone game. It's a step in the right direction and we have to keep stepping in the right direction and keep moving up.''
Stevens gave MSU a two-goal cushion with he tapped his own rebound past Moe at 13:07, set up by a Gopher turnover behind the net.
The Spartans were solid defensively in the final seven minutes against the desperate and frustrated Gophers.
"It was a huge third period,'' Saliba said. "When the season is done, you can look back at this game and see whether it was a turning point or not. It's a huge win. We knew what we had to do and we just said to keep the belief in what we're doing.
"Johnny (Lethemon) was unbelievable. That's the reason he's our MVP. He kept us in it, especially in the first period with some huge stops.''
Cole said he was impressed with the way his team reacted to the late second-period goal that gave Minnesota a 2-1 lead.
"I don't want to say it was a harmless play but boom, boom – a couple of our guys fall down and they whack it in and suddenly it's 2-1,'' he said. "To get yourself mentally back and jump in and play a heck of a third period like we did is impressive.
"We're going to need more of those. We've been playing weekends like this all season. To stay near the top of the standings and (high) in the Pairwise, we have to keep battling.''
The Spartans and Gophers split their season series, 2-2, with each team winning one game at home and one on the road.
MSU needed several players to play at a high level on Saturday to keep Minnesota from winning the series.
"I thought Johnny (Lethemon) was great between the pipes. Leth did an outstanding job,'' Cole said. "Dennis Cesana and Jerad Rosburg were really good. They logged a lot of ice time. Tommy Miller and Butrus Ghafari are just warriors.''
UP NEXT: After battling the hottest team in the Big Ten, Michigan State's next challenge is against another team that is suddenly piling up victories and moving up in the standings – Michigan.
The Wolverines, who swept Wisconsin this weekend, 8-4 and 5-3, are 6-1-1 since the Great Lakes Invitational and back over .500 overall (13-12-3) and at .500 in the Big Ten (8-8-2-1).
MSU and U-M meet at 6 p.m. Friday at Munn Arena and then take two days off before closing out the series at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17 in the annual Duel in the D at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
The Wolverines are in sixth place with 27 points, one behind fifth-place Notre Dame (28), four points in back of Michigan State, Minnesota and Ohio State, who are tied for second place with 31 points.
The Spartans swept Michigan in mid-November – 4-3 in Ann Arbor and 3-0 at Munn Arena.
DEFENSIVE PRODUCTION: Michigan State's defense made a welcome impact offensively in the Spartans' come-from-behind 4-2 victory over Minnesota on Saturday. Five Spartan blueliners combined for two goals and three assists and 18 shots on goal, led by sophomore defenseman Dennis Cesana's team-high nine.
Cesana and Butrus Ghafari scored the tying and game-winning goals, respectively, Jerad Rosburg had two assists and Tommy Miller assisted on Ghafari's goal with a shot from the point that deflected off Ghafari's stick and found the back of the net at 10:01 of the third period.
Cesana had a few others shots that missed the net, was dangerous through most of the game and was a force in bringing the puck out of the defensive zone and making outlet passes.
Rosburg had four shots on goal, Ghafari had three and Miller and Cole Krygier each had one.
Cesana is MSU's third-leading scorer with five goals and 13 assists for 18 points in 28 games. His D partner, Rosburg, is tied with Sam Saliba for fourth in team scoring with four goals and 11 assists for 15 points.
SPECIAL TEAMS THRIVE: Michigan State's power play and penalty killers played a big role in setting up the Spartans' biggest victory of the season on Saturday against Minnesota.
The penalty-killing units made the first impact by skating off two Gophers' power plays in the first period and another in the second. Minnesota had two shots on goal on each power play but couldn't solve goalie John Lethemon.
The Spartans didn't get a power play until the third period. They had two shots on goal but didn't score on their first power play, but the second one turned the game around.
MSU had four shots on goal and Dennis Cesana's one-timer from the point eluded goalie Jerad Moe to tie the game 1-1 at 5:04.
Michigan State has not allowed a power-play goal in the last seven games. Opponents have gone for 0-for-15 during this stretch.
The Spartans are skating off 84.3 of opponents' power plays, and that ranks No. 16 nationally and No. 2 in the Big Ten.
PAIRWISE WATCH: After MSU's split with Minnesota and all the other weekend games, the Spartans are now No. 19 in the Pairwise Rankings. Penn State is No. 8, Ohio State is 15th and Minnesota is 21st and Notre Dame is 23rd.
The 16-team field for the NCAA Tournament includes six automatic berths for league champions and 12 at-large teams. A team has to finish at least No. 15 to have a good chance to make the tournament because, in most cases, Atlantic Hockey's champion has a Pairwise ranking well below No. 16.
Upsets in conference tournaments can knock out teams ranked No. 15, 14 or even 13. The final PWR won't be set until after all conference playoffs are complete on March 21.
IN THE BIG TEN: Penn State took over first place with a 6-3 victory over Ohio State on Saturday in Columbus. The teams tied the series opener, 2-2, on Friday with the Buckeyes winning the shootout to earn two points in the standings to only one for the Nittany Lions.
PSU was up 3-0 before OSU scored in the second period but the Nittany Lions made it 4-1 after two periods. The Buckeyes scored two goals in the third period to make it 4-3 before Penn State scored two empty-net goals.
Michigan completed a sweep of Wisconsin with a 5-3 victory on Saturday in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines won the series opener, 8-4. The Badgers have lost five games in a row.
Notre Dame has this weekend off.
So for this weekend, Michigan picked up six points with its sweep, Penn State added four points, MSU and Penn State earned three, Ohio State got two points and Wisconsin went pointless.
Next week, in addition to the Michigan State-Michigan series, Penn State plays host to Wisconsin and Minnesota is at Notre Dame. Ohio State has a bye.
Michigan State, Minnesota, Notre Dame and Michigan have six conference games left in the regular season. Penn State, Ohio State and Wisconsin have four. The Badgers do have a non-conference series at home against Arizona State the second-last weekend of the season, Feb. 28-29.
The first round of the Big Ten Tournament is March 6-8 with teams finishing No. 2, 3 and 4 hosting best-of-three series against teams finishing 7th, 6th and 5th. The league champion gets a first-round bye and will host a one-game semifinal against the lowest surviving seed from the first round on March 14.
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