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Arizona Hockey gets No. 9 seed in the National ACHA Tournament

By Eric Townsend

UNIONDALE, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 01: A general view of the ice and the crease prior to the game between the New York Islanders and the Columbus Blue Jackets at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on December 01, 2018 in Uniondale, New York. The Islanders were playing in their first regular season game since April of 2015 when the team moved their home games to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Islanders defeated the Blue Jackets 3-2. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
UNIONDALE, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 01: A general view of the ice and the crease prior to the game between the New York Islanders and the Columbus Blue Jackets at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on December 01, 2018 in Uniondale, New York. The Islanders were playing in their first regular season game since April of 2015 when the team moved their home games to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Islanders defeated the Blue Jackets 3-2. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /
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It’s Tournament time! Following a historic season, the Arizona Hockey team gets the nine-seed for the National ACHA Tournament.

Who’s excited for tournament hockey? We are! Following a historic season by the Arizona Hockey team, the Wildcats are going dancing in the National ACHA Tournament.

While it’s been a great season of hockey here in the ‘ole Southwest’, after winning the Cactus Cup and the WCHL League title, the Cats are now on to bigger and better things! Those bigger and better things of course would be the upcoming National ACHA Tournament!

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This season, the Cats have largely been led by their leading scorer, Bayley Marshall and with Anthony Ciurro between the pipes. However, it’s without a doubt been a complete, team effort.

After winning their first, league title and finishing 26-6, the Wildcats will enter the Tournament with plenty of hype and still lots to prove.

On Wednesday, we learned of Arizona’s fate, just prior to the tournament. The annual, ACHA Tournament released the tournament bracket for the 2018-19 season, and the Wildcats will come in at No. 9 overall.

A bit low? It sure seems like it, but regardless, Arizona must focus and get prepped for their upcoming game versus Liberty University (23-6-3) on Saturday, March 23 at 8:30 pm in Dallas, TX.

The Tournament will take place in Dallas, TX at the Star-Center and Dr. Pepper Arena, and will last just a few days before a champion is crowned!

Lindenwood enters the tournament as the No. 1 seed and an impressive 27-1 record. Their lone loss this season came to the University of Central Oklahoma, one of Arizona’s main rivals in the WCHL.

The tournament bracket can be seen here:

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At Zona Zealots, we’re excited for hockey to kick-off the 2019 ACHA Tournament and can’t wait to see how they perform. Hopefully, they are bringing back some hardware! Bear Down, Arizona!

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