The NCAA Men’s Hockey Tournament of 2025 is under way and a tournament of 16 teams will pave the way to Frozen Four in St. Louis. Regions begin hosting their slates on Thursday with finals scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. Then the Frozen Four comes to St. Louis on April 10 and 12 with all matches televised on ESPN networks such as ESPN+.
Champions in their six respective conference tournaments automatically earn a berth in the NCAA. The remaining berths are available to the top 10 at-large teams. Boston College, the only top seed overall, heads off into Manchester, New Hampshire regional. Other top seeds in the tournament include Big Ten champion Michigan State (Toledo, Ohio), Hockey East champion Maine (Allentown, Pennsylvania), and NCHC champion Western Michigan (Fargo, North Dakota).
The defending national champion, Denver, is off to the tournament seeded No. 3 in Manchester, while UConn (No. 2 in Allentown) and Bentley (No. 4 in Manchester) are both making their NCAA tournament bows.
NCAA Men’s Hockey Tournament Teams consist of:
1. Boston College
2. Michigan State
3. Maine
4. Western Michigan
5. Minnesota
6. UConn
7. Boston University
8. Providence
9. Denver
10. Ohio State
11. UMass
12. Quinnipiac
13. Penn State
14. Minnesota State
15. Cornell
16. Bentley
The Schedule is as follows, all times are in Eastern:
Semifinals-March 27
– Boston University vs. Ohio State, 2 p.m., ESPNU
– Michigan State vs. Cornell, 5:30 p.m., ESPN+
Final-March 29
– Semifinal winners, 4 or 6:30 p.m., ESPNU
Semifinals-March 27
– Western Michigan vs. Minnesota State, 5 p.m., ESPNU
– Minnesota vs. UMass, 8:30 p.m., ESPN2
Final-March 29
– Semifinal winners, 4 or 6:30 p.m., ESPNU
- Manchester (N.H.) Regional
Semifinals, March 28
– Boston College vs. Bentley, 2 p.m., ESPNU
– Providence vs. Denver, 5:30 p.m., ESPN+
Final, March 30
– Semifinal winners, 4:30 or 7 p.m., ESPN2
