NCAA Men's Hockey Tournament 2025 Bracket, schedule dates, groups, teams, Start times, How to watch, Live Stream, scores.

NCAA March Madness is about to cool off, and it has nothing to do with the action on the court.

Along with the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments, the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament is set to commence this week. After Sunday’s selection show, we now know who each of the 16 teams will be facing.

The road to the 2025 Men’s Frozen Four is set. Sixteen teams remain in the hunt for the NCAA men’s hockey national championship as they get set to compete in the NCAA regionals across the country next weekend.

One week after the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments tipped off, the puck is about to drop in the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament. Sunday’s selection show has now given 16 teams from across the country their road map to the Frozen Four.

Boston College enters the competition as the No. 1 overall seed. Denver will look to repeat and win its third national title in four seasons, while Quinnipiac (2023) and UMass (2021) are among the other recent champions looking to reach the mountaintop once again.

Here is the complete NCAA men’s hockey tournament field with their overall seeds. Keep in mind that regionals have a number of different criteria to placing teams in certain locations and do not always follow a straight No. 1-No. 16 pairing.

With the bracket now set, Sportshistori.com here’s a look at the full tournament field and the schedule for the first two rounds:

2025 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Regional groups, teams, location, venues.

Manchester Regional: SNHU Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire

Boston College (No. 1 overall)

Providence

Denver

Bentley

Toledo Regional: Huntington Center – Toledo, Ohio

Michigan State (No. 2 overall)

Boston University

Ohio State

Cornell

Allentown Regional: PPL Center – Allentown, Pennsylvania

Maine (No. 3 overall)

UConn

Quinnipiac

Penn State

Fargo Regional: Scheels Arena – Fargo, North Dakota

Western Michigan (No. 4 overall)

Minnesota

UMass

Minnesota State

What TV channel is the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament on?

Tournament games will be broadcast on the ESPN family of networks.

First round games will be on ESPNU and ESPNews. Regional finals will be on ESPNU and ESPN2. The Frozen Four and national championship game will be on ESPN2.

How to stream the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament.?

Games can be streamed on ESPN.com and on the ESPN App.

2025 NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament schedule, dates, Start times, scores, results.

Thursday, March 27:

Boston U. 8, Ohio State 3

No. 4 Western Michigan 2, MSU-Mankato 1 (2OT) |

Cornell 4, No. 2 Michigan State 3 |

UMass 5, Minnesota 4 (OT) |

Friday, March 28:

No. 1 Boston College 3, Bentley 1 |

UConn 4, vs. Quinnipiac 1

Denver 5, Providence 1

Penn State 5, No. 3 Maine 1

Saturday, March 29:

Boston U. 3, Cornell 2 (OT) |

No. 4 Western Michigan 2, UMass 1

Sunday, March 30:

Penn State 3, UConn 2 (OT)

Denver 3, No. 1 Boston College 1

When is the 2025 Frozen Four Schedule?

The Frozen Four will be held April 10 and 12 at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, home to the NHL's Blues. It marks the third time the city will serve as host for the Frozen Four after doing so in 1975 and 2007.

This year, the Manchester Regional champion will battle the Fargo Regional champion and the Toledo Regional champion will square off against the Allentown Regional champion in the national semifinals on Thursday, April 10. Those semifinal winners will then compete for the national title at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, April 12.

Here’s a look at how the semifinals are set up:

Thursday, April 10:

Western Michigan vs. Denver | 5 p.m. | ESPN2 (Fubo)

Boston University vs. Penn State | 8:30 p.m. | ESPN2 (Fubo)

When is the Frozen Four 2025 National Championship Game

Saturday, April 12:

7:30 p.m. ET - National Championship at Enterprise Center in St. Louis | (ESPN2/ ESPN+).

Frozen Four 2025 and tournament history

The Frozen Four will be held April 10 and 12 in at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, the Home of St. Louis Blues.

Last year in Tampa, Quinnipiac beat Minnesota to win its first championship in school history. The Bobcats, a nine-seed, will have a tough road back to the title game.

Boston College is gunning for its first crown since 2012 and its sixth in school history (the others: 1949, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2012). The Eagles haven’t seen the Frozen Four since 2016 and last made the NCAA tournament in 2021.

Boston University, winners of five titles (1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009) advanced to the Frozen Four last year before losing to Minnesota, 6-2.

UMass won its only title in 2021 with a victory over St. Cloud State. The Minutemen are making their fifth appearance in the NCAA tournament.

Maine is making its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2012. The Black Bears won it all in 1993 and 1999, and have made five total championship appearances — but none since 2004.

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