2020–21 NCHC season

2020–21 NCHC season
2020–21 NCHC season
Season	2020–21
Conference	NCHC
Division	Division I
Sport	ice hockey
Duration	December 1, 2020–; April 10, 2021
Number of teams	8
2021 NHL Entry Draft
Top draft pick	Connor Kelley
Picked by	Chicago Blackhawks
Regular Season
Season champions	North Dakota
Season MVP	Shane Pinto
Top scorer	Jordan Kawaguchi
NCHC Tournament
Tournament champions	North Dakota
Runners-up	St. Cloud State
Tournament MVP	Riese Gaber
Top scorer	Collin Adams; Jordan Kawaguchi
NCAA tournament
Bids	4
Record	5–4
Best Finish	Runner-Up
Team(s)	St. Cloud State
	NCHC seasons; « 2019–20 2021–22 »

The 2020–21 NCHC season was the 8th season of play for National Collegiate Hockey Conference and took place during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The start of the season was delayed until December 1, 2020 and concluded on April 10, 2021.^[1] St. Cloud State made its first championship appearance, finishing as the national runner-up.

Season

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all NCHC teams scrapped their non-conference schedules. The league ended up delaying the start to the season until the beginning of December, 2 months later than usual. All eight member teams began the year playing at the Baxter Arena in Omaha, Nebraska.^[2] All games in the month of December were set at the Mavericks' home arena and the pattern for the remainder of the season was set. North Dakota and Minnesota Duluth lived up to their preseason billing while Denver and Western Michigan both eventually fell from the rankings. The later two were quickly replaced by St. Cloud State and Omaha. From the time the clubs returned home in January to the end of the season, very little movement was seen as far as their national rankings.

By the time the conference tournament began, the NCHC was all but guaranteed to receive 4 bids to the NCAA tournament. Even after Omaha was upset in the quarterfinals by Denver, they only fell from 12 to 14 and did end up with one of the final at-large bids. North Dakota, the #1 team for much of the season, received the top overall seed after winning the conference title and opened NCAA play against #16 American International. They did not, however, have the easiest path into the quarterfinals as Duluth ended up getting advanced due to a withdrawal by Michigan.

The NCHC proved to be the strongest conference by having the most teams in every round of the NCAA tournament. One of the biggest games, outside of the championship, was the quarterfinal match between North Dakota and Minnesota Duluth that set a new NCAA record for the longest game in tournament history. The match required 5 extra periods and went on so long that UMD starting goaltender Zach Stejskal had to be replaced due to cramping.^[3] The Bulldogs did eventually win the game on a goal by Freshman Luke Mylymok and make their 4th consecutive Frozen Four. While St. Cloud State had a chance to extend the conference's championship run to five, they were defeated in the final by Massachusetts.^[4]

Standings

2020–21 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Standings v t e
	Conference record											Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	3/SW	PTS	PT%	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#5 North Dakota †*	24	18	5	1	2	1	0	54	.750	94	47	29	22	6	1	114	57
#2 St. Cloud State	24	15	9	0	3	3	0	45	.625	78	64	31	20	11	0	101	84
#3 Minnesota Duluth	24	13	9	2	1	2	1	43	.597	72	54	28	15	11	2	84	66
#13 Omaha	24	14	9	1	4	0	1	40	.556	79	69	26	14	11	1	85	81
Denver	22	9	12	1	0	2	1	31	.470	61	60	24	11	13	1	67	66
Western Michigan	24	10	11	3	1	0	1	33	.458	73	84	25	10	12	3	77	89
Colorado College	22	4	16	2	0	2	2	18	.273	35	77	23	4	17	2	36	79
Miami	24	5	17	2	0	1	0	18	.250	46	83	25	5	18	2	48	89
Championship: March 16, 2021 † indicates conference regular season champion (Penrose Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Frozen Faceoff Championship Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Coaches

Entering the season, Scott Sandelin needed 9 more wins to become 45th coach in NCAA history to record 400 victories for a career.

Records

Team	Head coach	Season at school	Record at school	NCHC record
Colorado College	Mike Haviland	7	63–136–20	31–95–19
Denver	David Carle	3	45–21–11	22–19–8
Miami	Chris Bergeron	2	8–21–5	5–16–3
Minnesota Duluth	Scott Sandelin	21	391–321–89	94–60–15
North Dakota	Brad Berry	6	116–57–23	67–41–13
Omaha	Mike Gabinet	4	40–58–8	23–43–6
St. Cloud State	Brett Larson	3	43–21–9	29–32–5
Western Michigan	Andy Murray	10	157–144–40	70–83–15

Conference tournament

Quarterfinals March 12–13			Semifinals March 15			Championship March 16

1	North Dakota	6

8	Miami	2
			1	North Dakota	2*

			5	Denver	1
2	St. Cloud State	2

7	Colorado College	1
						1	North Dakota	5

						2	St. Cloud State	3
3	Minnesota-Duluth	5*

6	Western Michigan	4
			2	St. Cloud State	3

			3	Minnesota-Duluth	2
4	Omaha	4

5	Denver	5

* denotes overtime periods

NCAA tournament

Regional semifinals

Midwest

March 26, 2021
7:30 PM

(1) North Dakota

5 – 1
(4–0, 0–0, 1–1)

(4) American International

Scheels Arena, Fargo, North Dakota
Attendance: 1,435

Game reference

Adam Scheel

Goalies

Stefano Durante (20 min)
Jake Kucharski (40 min)

Referees:
Bobby Lukkason
Brady Johnson
Linesmen:
Tyler Landman
Nathan Voll

(Bernard-Docker, Sanderson) Jasper Weatherby (13) – 08:58	1–0
(unassisted) Jasper Weatherby (14) – GW – 11:54	2–0
(Kleven, Caulfield) Grant Mismash (10) – 14:16	3–0
(Gaber, Bast) Collin Adams (12) – 16:22	4–0
	4–1	57:46 – Tobias Fladeby (10) (Theodore, Callahan)
(Kawaguchi) Collin Adams (13) – 58:08	5–1

12 min

Penalties

12 min

33

Shots

25

After seeding, Michigan, Minnesota Duluth's opponent in the first round, was forced to withdraw due to COVID-19 positive tests. UMD was automatically advanced to the second round by a no-contest decision.

West

March 27, 2021
8:00 PM

(1) Minnesota

7 – 2
(3–1, 3–0, 1–1)

(4) Omaha

Budweiser Events Center, Loveland, Colorado
Attendance: 125

Game reference

Jack LaFontaine

Goalies

Isaiah Saville (27:13)
Austin Roden (32:47)

Referees:
Scott Hansen
Holton Walker
Linesmen:
Kevin Briganti
Kyle Richetelle

(Munson, Faber) Mason Nevers (1) – 05:48	1–0
(Faber, Johnson) Jack Perbix (4) – 15:35	2–0
(McLaughlin, Walker) Scott Reedy (11) – GW – 17:36	3–0
	3–1	18:04 – Taylor Ward (12) (Weiss, Scanlin)
(Faber, Meyers) Ryan Johnson (2) – 20:41	4–1
(LaCombe, Brodzinski) Ben Meyers (12) – 27:13	5–1
(Ranta, Faber) Mason Nevers (2) – 36:13	6–1
	6–2	43:05 – Taylor Ward (13) (Weiss, Proctor)
(Nelson, Faber) Sampo Ranta (19) – 44:17	7–2

2 min

Penalties

4 min

30

Shots

28

Northeast

March 27, 2021
1:00 PM

(2) St. Cloud State

6 – 2
(0–0, 3–2, 3–0)

(3) Boston University

Times Union Center, Albany, New York
Attendance: 1,136

Game reference

Dávid Hrenák

Goalies

Drew Commesso

Referees:
Colin Kronfrost
Brett DesRosiers
Linesmen:
Sam Shikowsky
Nick Bradshaw

	0–1	20:08 – Wilmer Skoog (4) (Cockerill)
(Walker, Trejbal) Micah Miller (2) – 32:14	1–1
(Hammer, Kupka) Nick Perbix (7) – 33:29	2–1
	2–2	35:28 – PP – Jake Wise (9) (Tuch)
(Walker) Easton Brodzinski (12) – GW – 36:00	3–2
(unassisted) Jami Krannila (11) – SH PS – 44:17	4–2
(Walker) Easton Brodzinski (13) – 50:04	5–2
(Bushy, Krannila) Veeti Miettinen (11) – 55:02	6–2

23 min

Penalties

21 min

38

Shots

36

Regional finals

West

March 27, 2021
6:30 PM

(1) North Dakota

2 – 3 (5OT)
(0–0, 0–0, 2–2, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

(3) Minnesota–Duluth

Scheels Arena, Fargo, North Dakota
Attendance: 1,494

Game reference

Adam Scheel

Goalies

Zach Stejskal (124:37)
Ryan Fanti (17:36)

Referees:
Joe Carusoe
C. J. Hanafin
Linesmen:
Ryan Knapp
Brian Oliver

	0–1	43:21 – Jackson Cates (11) (Lellig, Bender)
	0–2	44:41 – Cole Koepke (14) (unassisted)
(Weatherby, Pinto) Collin Adams (14) – EA – 58:19	1–2
(Pinto, Kiersted) Jordan Kawaguchi (10) – EA – 59:03	2–2
	2–3	142:13 – GW – Luke Mylymok (2) (unassisted)

6 min

Penalties

6 min

65

Shots

54

Northeast

March 28, 2021
5:30

(1) Boston College

1 – 4
(1–0, 0–3, 0–1)

(2) St. Cloud State

Times Union Center, Albany, New York
Attendance: 1,136

Game reference

Spencer Knight

Goalies

Dávid Hrenák

Referees:
Ryan Sweeney
Mike Schubert
Linesmen:
Joe Sherman
Anthony Valley

(Newhook, Hardman) Matt Boldy (11) – 14:23	1–0
	1–1	29:21 – Luke Jaycox (1) (Okabe, Krannila)
	1–2	35:15 – GW – Will Hammer (2) (Perbix, Cockrell)
	1–3	39:15 – Nolan Walker (9) (Perbix)
	1–4	59:15 – EN – Micah Miller (3) (Bushy)

2 min

Penalties

4 min

27

Shots

36

Frozen Four

April 8, 2021
5:00 PM

(W2) Minnesota State

4 – 5
(1–2, 2–1, 1–2)

(NE2) St. Cloud State

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 3,660

Game reference

Dryden McKay

Goalies

Dávid Hrenák

Referees:
Peter Schlittenhardt
Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:
Nicholas Briganti
William Kingdon

	0–1	03:18 – PP – Spencer Meier (4) (Okabe, Fitzgerald)
(Hirose, Napravnik) Nathan Smith (8) – PP – 16:09	1–1
	1–2	16:19 – Kyler Kupka (3) (Walker, Hentges)
	1–3	22:40 – Will Hammer (3) (unassisted)
(Gerads, Carroll) Walker Duehr (10) – 32:07	2–3
(Morton, Hirose) Nathan Smith (9) – PP – 34:24	3–3
(Duehr) Dallas Gerads (9) – 44:18	4–3
	4–4	50:14 – Joe Molenaar (1) (Hammer, Meier)
	4–5	59:06 – GW – Nolan Walker (4) (Donohue, Kupka)

2 min

Penalties

4 min

29

Shots

22

April 8, 2021
9:00 PM

(E2) Massachusetts

3 – 2 (OT)
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

(MW3) Minnesota Duluth

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 3,660

Game reference

Matt Murray

Goalies

Zach Stejskal

Referees:
Brett DesRosiers
Brett Sheva
Linesmen:
Justin Cornell
Pat Richardson

(Kessel, Chau) Zac Jones (9) – PP – 15:33	1–0
	1–1	17:50 – Tanner Laderoute (3) (Olson, Kelley)
	1–2	31:01 – Cole Koepke (15) (Cates, Swaney)
(Lopina, Trivigno) Anthony Del Gaizo (2) – 48:25	2–2
(Trivigno, Lopina) Garrett Wait (9) – GW – 74:30	3–2

2 min

Penalties

4 min

28

Shots

38

National Championship

April 10, 2021
7:00 PM

(E2) Massachusetts

5 – 0

(NE2) St. Cloud State

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 3,963

Game reference

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	UMA	Aaron Bohlinger (1) – GW	Sullivan and Farmer	7:26	1–0 UMA
1st	UMA	Reed Lebster (2)	Kiefiuk	18:56	2–0 UMA
2nd	UMA	Philip Lagunov (6) – SH	unassisted	25:10	3–0 UMA
2nd	UMA	Matthew Kessel (10) – PP	Chau and Gaudet	33:45	4–0 UMA
3rd	UMA	Bobby Trivigno (11)	Lebster	46:00	5–0 UMA
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	UMA	Anthony Del Gaizo	Slashing	15:27	2:00
2nd	STC	Seamus Donohue	Tripping	20:24	2:00
	UMA	Ryan Sullivan	Tripping	23:57	2:00
	UMA	Jake Gaudet	Elbowing	30:31	2:00
	STC	Bench (served by Zach Okabe)	Too Many Men	32:35	2:00
3rd	None

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	T
St. Cloud State	3	12	10	25
Massachusetts	7	6	9	22

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
STC	Dávid Hrenák	17	5	60:00
UMA	Filip Lindberg	25	0	60:00

Statistics

Leading scorers

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes^[5]

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Shane Pinto	Sophomore	North Dakota	23	15	13	28	2
Nick Swaney	Senior	Minnesota Duluth	24	13	14	27	10
Jordan Kawaguchi	Senior	North Dakota	23	7	20	27	24
Collin Adams	Senior	North Dakota	24	9	15	24	8
Jackson Cates	Junior	Minnesota Duluth	24	10	13	23	4
Chayse Primeau	Junior	Omaha	24	9	14	23	2
Veeti Miettinen	Freshman	St. Cloud State	24	10	12	22	0
Ronnie Attard	Sophomore	Western Michigan	24	8	14	22	8
Drew Worrad	Junior	Western Michigan	24	5	17	22	6
Carter Savoie	Freshman	Denver	22	12	8	20	23
Tyler Weiss	Junior	Omaha	24	6	14	20	34

Leading goaltenders

Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Class	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Adam Scheel	Junior	North Dakota	21	1202	16	3	1	36	4	.928	1.80
Ryan Fanti	Sophomore	Minnesota Duluth	17	1027	9	6	2	39	0	.906	2.28
Ludvig Persson	Freshman	Miami	17	926	5	9	2	37	2	.930	2.40
Magnus Chrona	Sophomore	Denver	16	915	6	10	0	37	1	.908	2.43
Dávid Hrenák	Senior	St. Cloud State	20	1161	12	8	0	51	2	.907	2.63

Ranking

USCHO

Team	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Final
Colorado College	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A	NR
Denver	5	4	5	4	9	8	14	16	17	18	19	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A	NR
Miami	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A	NR
Minnesota Duluth	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	7	7	6	5	4	8	10	9	9	9	9	N/A	3
North Dakota	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	N/A	5
Omaha	NR	NR	NR	NR	18	17	11	11	11	10	11	9	9	10	9	11	12	11	12	12	N/A	13
St. Cloud State	NR	NR	NR	NR	13	9	6	6	6	4	6	5	4	6	6	6	8	8	8	7	N/A	2
Western Michigan	18	17	17	17	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A	NR

USCHO did not release a poll in week 20. ^[6]

USA Today

Team	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Final
Colorado College	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Denver	4	5	6	4	8	7	12	14	NR	NR	15	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Miami	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Minnesota Duluth	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	8	7	6	6	4	8	10	9	9	9	9	5	3
North Dakota	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	4	5
Omaha	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	14	11	11	9	11	9	10	10	10	12	12	12	13	12	14	14
St. Cloud State	NR	NR	NR	NR	11	9	6	6	7	5	6	5	5	7	7	6	8	6	8	7	3	2
Western Michigan	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

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Awards

NCAA

Award	Recipient
Lowes' Senior CLASS Award	Jordan Kawaguchi, North Dakota
AHCA All-American Teams^[8]
West First Team	Pos	Team
Ronnie Attard	D	Western Michigan
Shane Pinto	F	North Dakota
West Second Team	Pos	Team
Matt Kiersted	D	North Dakota
Jordan Kawaguchi	F	North Dakota

NCHC

Award		Recipient^[9]
Player of the Year		Shane Pinto, North Dakota
Rookie of the Year		Veeti Miettinen, St. Cloud State
Goaltender of the Year		Adam Scheel, North Dakota
Forward of the Year		Shane Pinto, North Dakota
Defensive Defenseman of the Year		Jacob Bernard-Docker, North Dakota
Offensive Defenseman of the Year		Ronnie Attard, Western Michigan
Defensive Forward of the Year		Shane Pinto, North Dakota
Scholar-Athlete of the Year		Kale Bennett, Western Michigan
Three Stars Award		Ludvig Persson, Miami
Sportsmanship Award		Kevin Fitzgerald, St. Cloud State
Herb Brooks Coach of the Year		Brad Berry, North Dakota
All-NCHC Teams^[10]^[11]
First Team	Position	Second Team
Adam Scheel, North Dakota	G	Ludvig Persson, Miami
Matt Kiersted, North Dakota	D	Nick Perbix, St. Cloud State
Ronnie Attard, Western Michigan	D	Jacob Bernard-Docker, North Dakota
Shane Pinto, North Dakota	F	Veeti Miettinen, St. Cloud State
Jordan Kawaguchi, North Dakota	F	Chayse Primeau, Omaha
Nick Swaney, Minnesota Duluth	F	Noah Cates, Minnesota Duluth
Honorable Mention	Position	Rookie Team
Isaiah Saville, Omaha	G	Ludvig Persson, Miami
Brandon Scanlin, Omaha	D	Jake Sanderson, North Dakota
Wyatt Kaiser, Minnesota Duluth	D	Wyatt Kaiser, Minnesota Duluth
Collin Adams, North Dakota	F	Veeti Miettinen, St. Cloud State
Cole Koepke, Minnesota Duluth	F	Carter Savoie, Denver
Grant Cruikshank, Colorado College	F	Riese Gaber, North Dakota
Ethen Frank, Western Michigan	F

Conference tournament

Frozen Faceoff MVP
Riese Gaber		North Dakota
Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team^[12]
Player	Pos	Team
Adam Scheel	G	North Dakota
Nick Perbix	D	St. Cloud State
Jake Sanderson	D	North Dakota
Collin Adams	F	North Dakota
Gavin Hain	F	North Dakota
Riese Gaber	F	North Dakota

NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team
Player	Pos	Team
Nolan Walker	F	St. Cloud State

2021 NHL Entry Draft

Round	Pick	Player	College	NHL team
2	36	Shai Buium^†	Denver	Detroit Red Wings
2	54	Jack Peart^†	St. Cloud State	Minnesota Wild
2	61	Sean Behrens^†	Denver	Colorado Avalanche
3	70	Carter Mazur^†	Denver	Detroit Red Wings
3	80	Brent Johnson^†	North Dakota	Washington Capitals
4	109	Jackson Blake^†	North Dakota	Carolina Hurricanes
4	114	Redmond Savage^†	Miami	Detroit Red Wings
4	119	Joaquim Lemay^†	Omaha	Washington Capitals
4	125	Cameron Berg^†	Omaha	New York Islanders
6	182	Nate Benoit^†	North Dakota	Minnesota Wild
7	204	Connor Kelley	Minnesota Duluth	Chicago Blackhawks

† incoming freshman ^[13]

References

^ "Schedule". NCHC. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
^ "NCHC Will Begin Season in Omaha Bubble". Neutral Zone. October 16, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
^ "Minnesota Duluth wins epic NCAA hockey game over North Dakota in five overtimes". Star Tribune. March 28, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
^ "St. Cloud State vs UMass Ice Hockey Game Highlights, 2021 NCAA National Championship". YouTube.com. NCAA. April 11, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
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^ "NCAA player rankings, selections in 2021 NHL Draft". USCHO.com. Retrieved July 24, 2021.

External links

Official website

[1] "Schedule". NCHC. Retrieved September 5, 2021.

[2] "NCHC Will Begin Season in Omaha Bubble". Neutral Zone. October 16, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2021.

[3] "Minnesota Duluth wins epic NCAA hockey game over North Dakota in five overtimes". Star Tribune. March 28, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2021.

[4] "St. Cloud State vs UMass Ice Hockey Game Highlights, 2021 NCAA National Championship". YouTube.com. NCAA. April 11, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2021.

[5] "Player Stats". HCHC. Retrieved September 25, 2021.

[6] "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.

[7] "USA Today Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.

[8] "Boston College, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin lead way with three All-American college hockey players apiece for '20-21 season". USCHO.com. April 9, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2021.

[NCHC-9] "North Dakota's Berry, Pinto Garner NCHC's Top Honors for 2020-21". NCHC. March 11, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2021.

[10] "North Dakota Paces 2020-21 NCHC All-Conference Teams". nchchockey.com. March 8, 2021. Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2021.

[11] "Five Teams Represented on 2020-21 NCHC All-Rookie Team". nchchockey.com. March 8, 2021. Archived from the original on April 12, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2021.

[12] "North Dakota Wins 2021 Frozen Faceoff Championship". SB Nation. March 16, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2021.

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