NCAA Tournament of NHL Players: Vote Toews vs. Quick in the final!

Graphic by Amber Matsumoto, Yahoo Sports

Puck Daddy’s NCAA Tournament of NHL Players had reached the FINAL!

Here’s how it works: We’ve taken 64 current NHL players who also played NCAA men’s ice hockey and through the pain-staking work of our Selection Committee (i.e. at least four emails) ranked them from 1-through-64, placing them in four regions.

The Final Four saw a razor-thin win for Jonathan Quick over Joe Pavelski on one side the bracket, where the margin was less than 100 votes; on the other side, Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks trounced Johnny Gaudreau of the Calgary Flames. 

So here we are: Quick vs. Toews, for all the marbles. 

Loser has to go by "Jon."

Here's the full bracket: 

We need your votes! Cast yours in each matchup below through midnight on Tuesday night (PT). We're also taking your votes on Twitter via the Yahoo Sports NHL feed. We’ll announce the winners on the Puck Daddy Facebook page throughout the tournament.

The criteria? In theory, it should be who the better player is. But we know your votes will undoubtedly be influenced by popularity, ties to your favorite team and/or alma mater and other arbitrary things like "guys on the Blackhawks."

Whatever your criteria: Vote early. Vote often. And vote … now!

On the one hand, you have Captain Serious, a three-time Stanley Cup champion, a Conn Smythe winner and two-time gold medalist.

On the other, you have a goaltending Jedi, a two-time Stanley Cup champion, a Conn Smythe winner and an Olympic silver medalist. (Let's not speak about Sochi.)

Which one carries the torch for NCAA players-made-good in the NHL?

VOTE NOW

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Greg Wyshynski is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Contact him at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com or find him on Twitter. His book, TAKE YOUR EYE OFF THE PUCK, is available on Amazon and wherever books are sold.

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