NCAA Loveland Regional Preview

Omaha goaltender Isaiah Saville. (photo: Mark Kuhlmann/NCHC)Related ArticlesThe Loveland Regional is highlighted by top seed Minnesota, and features three of the best offenses in the country — Minnesota, Minnesota State and Quinnipiac are all in the top 10. At the same time, those three allow under two goals per game.

The Gophers' Sampo Ranta is second in the country with 18 goals, and the Quinnipiac duo of Ty Smilanic and Ethan De Jong are tied for eighth with 14. Quinnipiac also boasts Hobey Hat Trick hopeful Odeen Tufto, whose 45 points are second in the country.

One of the oddities of the region is that it boasts teams from four different conferences, which doesn't happen as often as…