March 14th, 2025, 09:55 PM ET
As the final step before the NCAA tournament, the sports sprint into tournament mode will bring four 2025 men’s frozen four heats.
Six conference tournament champions will win spots on the NCAA field, closing out the field of 16 teams (based on pairwise rankings) by teams between 10. The NCAA Tournament Bracket will be released on March 23rd on ESPNU and ESPN+.
Regional play begins on March 27th with regional finals March 29th and 30th, and Frozen Four will be in St. Louis on April 10th and 12th. All games will be broadcast on the ESPN network and streamed on ESPN+.
The three leagues (Atlantic, CCHA, ECAC) look like a one-bid league. This means that conference tournaments are likely to determine the only NCAA representative.
Below is a picture of the tournament schedule for each conference that will be updated with the results as the game plays, and see photos of the NCAAs for each league. (All Times et.)
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Atlantic hockey
With Atlantic lining up as a one-bid league, Holy Cross, who won its first regular season title since 2006 and appeared on the 12-1-1 heater, will need to stay on the roll to make an NCAA field and win the league tournament. The Crusades sacrificed the AIC and advanced to the semi-finals. This did my best to extend my time as a Division I program, but I worked overtime in Game 3.
Quarterfinals, March 7th-9th
(Best of 3)
No. 8 No. 1 Holy Cross with AIC
Game 1: AIC 3, Holy Cross 2
Game 2: Holy Cross 3, AIC 2
Game 3: Holy Cross 4, AIC 3 (OT)
Holy Cross wins Series 2-1
No. 4 Niagara’s 5th Army
Game 1: Army 3, Niagara 2 (2 OT)
Game 2: Niagara 4, Army 3
Game 3: Army 4, Niagara 3 (OT)
The Army wins Series 2-1
No. 3 Canisius No. 3 Bentley
Game 1: Bentley 4, Canisius 0
Game 2: Bentley 2, Canisius 0
Bentley won the series 2-0
No. 2 Sacred Heart 7th Air Force
Game 1: Sacred Heart 4, Air Force 1
Game 2: Air Force 3, Sacred Heart 2 (2 OT)
Game 3: Sacred Heart 4, Air Force 1
Sacred Heart wins series 2-1
Semi-finals, March 14th-16th
(Best of 3)
Holy Cross Army
Game 1: Holy Cross 3, Army 2 (OT)
Sacred Heart Bentley
Game 1: Bentley 5, Sacred Heart 2
Last March 22nd
With the remaining seeds
Big Ten
Pennsylvania is as hot as any team in the country, closing out the regular season with four of the six points in the weekend series against Minnesota, heading towards the right side of the pairwise bubble by sweeping Michigan in the Big 10 quarterfinals. This loss leaves Wolverine on unstable ground due to a massive bid. Michigan and Minnesota are in positions to become the first species, but the Gophers’ lawsuit was hurt by a quarter-final loss to Notre Dame, while Ohio is in a position to make the field.
Quarterfinals, March 7th-9th
(Best of 3)
Pennsylvania No. 5, 4th Michigan
Game 1: Pennsylvania 6, Michigan 5 (OT)
Game 2: Pennsylvania 5, Michigan 2
Pennsylvania won the Series 2-0
Wisconsin 6, 3rd Ohio
Game 1: Wisconsin 4, Ohio 1
Game 2: Ohio 3, Wisconsin 2 (OT)
Game 3: Ohio 3, Wisconsin 2
Ohio State won the Series 2-1
No.Notre Dame in Minnesota
Game 1: Notre Dame 3, Minnesota 2
Game 2: Minnesota 4, Notre Dame 2
Game 3: Notre Dame 4, Minnesota 1
Notre Dame won the series 2-1
Semi-finals, March 15th
Notre Dame, Michigan’s No. 1, 6pm
Pennsylvania, Ohio, 8:30pm
Last March 22nd
With the remaining seeds
CCHA
Minnesota, which has pulled out of the pack by moving 6-0-1 in the past seven regular-season games, is just below the pairwise cut line, with no other CCHA teams in the top 30.
Quarterfinals, March 7th-9th
(Best of 3)
No. 1 No. 1 Lake 8 in Minnesota
Game 1: Minnesota 4, Lake Perior 1
Game 2: Minnesota 3, Lake Perior 2
Minnesota won the Series 2-0
No. 5 Michigan Institute of Technology No. 4 Bowling Green
Game 1: Bowling Green 2, Michigan Tech 1 (OT)
Game 2: Bowling Green 4, Michigan Institute of Technology 0
Bowling Green wins Series 2-0
No. 3 St. Thomas No. 6 Ferris
Game 1: St. Thomas 7, Ferris 3
Game 2: St. Thomas 4, Ferris
St. Thomas won the series 2-0
No. 7 Bemidji State at No. 2 Augustana
Game 1: Augustana 3, Bemidji State 1
Game 2: Bemidji State 4, Augustana 3
Game 3: Bemidji State 3, Augustana 2 (OT)
Bemidji State won the series 2-1
Semi-finals, March 15th
Bemidji, Minnesota, 8pm
St. Thomas Bowling Green, 5pm
Last March 22nd
With the remaining seeds
ECAC
Quinnipiac is in the fringe of the NCAA bubble, but there is another loss figure to knock the Bobcats out of a massive contest, and perhaps making this another bid league. However, the ECAC is deep and the tournament is wide open as Clarkson, Colgate, Cornell and Dartmouth are all in pairwise top 25.
First round
March 7th
No. 8 Brown 3, No. 9 Princeton 2
No. 7 Harvard 5, No. 10 Rensselaer 2
March 8th
No. 5 Dartmouth 6, No. 12St. Lawrence 2
No. 6 Cornell 5, No. 11 Yale 1
Quarterfinals, March 14th-16th
(Best of 3)
No. 1 Brown with Quinnipiac
Game 1: Quinnipiac 4, Brown 1
Harvard in 2nd Clarkson
Game 1: Clarkson 3, Harvard 2
Cornell of No. 3
Game 1: Cornell 4, Corgo 1
Dartmouth’s 4th Union
Game 1: Dartmouth 3, Union 2
Semi-finals, March 21st
In Lake Placid, New York
Last March 22nd
In Lake Placid, New York
Hockey East
Boston College, the number one team in the country, is all NCAA Rock, Maine, Providence, Boston University, UCONN and UMASS. In fact, all six of these teams are in the top 10 in pairwise.
First round, March 12th
No. 6 UMass 2, No. 11 Vermont 1
No. 7 Umass-Lowell 3, No. 10 New Hampshire 2 (OT)
No. 9 Northeastern 3, No. 8 Merrimack 2 (2 OT)
Quarterfinals
March 14th
No. 4 UConn 3, No. 5 Providence 1
March 15th
Boston University in the Northeast, 7:30pm
No. 2 Maine’s Umass-Lowell, 6pm
No. 3 Boston University UMASS, 4:30pm
Semi-finals, March 20th
In Boston
Finals, March 21st
In Boston
NCHC
Western Michigan hopes that national champion Denver will win the No. 1 NCAA seed while focusing on the second seed. Arizona (and the rest of the league) will need to win the NCHC tournament to go to ice dancing.
Quarterfinals, March 14th-16th
(Best of 3)
No. 8 St. Cloud State at No. 1 Western Michigan
Game 1: West Michigan 6, St. Cloud 2
Minnesota Duluth 7, 2nd Arizona
No. 6 Colorado College No. 3 Denver
No. 5 North Dakota at No. 4 Omaha
Semi-finals, March 21st
In St. Paul, Minnesota
Finals, March 22nd
In St. Paul, Minnesota
