The NCAA men's hockey championship will be on the line Saturday night when the defending champion Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs collide with the UMass Minutemen in the Frozen Four final. The puck drops at 8 p.m. ET, and Minnesota Duluth is the favorite at -120 on the money line.
Before making any Minnesota Duluth vs. UMass picks of your own, you'll want to know what SportsLine hockey expert David Kelly has to say.
Kelly is a Toronto-born hockey analyst with multiple advanced degrees. His academic work includes five years of empirical NHL research, including home/visiting team performance and penalty/power play effects on Over/Unders. He continues to pursue innovative models of in-depth statistical analysis of the NHL.