The 2025 D1 men’s ice hockey championship is about to begin. 16 teams from around the country will participate, including two Michigan based teams: Michigan State and Western Michigan.
How do teams get selected for the championship?
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16 teams will participate in the 2025 championship. Of those teams, 6 of those are conference champions who automatically qualify. The remaining 10 teams are selected by a national committee.
What teams were selected this year?
Automatic qualifiers:
- Bentley University (Waltham, Massachusetts) -Atlantic Hockey Association
- Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) - Big Ten Conference
- Minnesota State University - Mankato (Mankato, Minnesota) - CCHA
- Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) - ECAC Hockey
- University of Maine (Orono, Maine) - Hockey East Association
- Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, Michigan) - National Collegiate Hockey Conference
Selections:
- Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts)
- Providence College (Providence, Rhode Island)
- University of Denver (Denver, Colorado)
- Pennsylvania State University (University Park, Pennsylvania)
- University of Connecticut (Storrs, Connecticut)
- Quinnipiac University (Hamden, Connecticut)
- Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts)
- The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio)
- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
- University of Massachusetts (Amherst, Massachusetts)
When and where are regionals?
Allentown Regional (Allentown, Pennsylvania) – March 28-30
First round: UConn vs. Quinnipiac - March 28, 5pm ET
First round: Maine vs. Penn State - March 28, 8:30pm ET
Second round: Allentown Regional Championship - March 30, 4:30pm or 7pm ET
Fargo Regional (Fargo, North Dakota) – March 27-29
First round: Western Michigan vs. Minnesota State-Mankato - March 27, 5pm ET
First Round: Minnesota vs. Massachusetts - March 27, 8:30pm ET
Second Round: Fargo Regional Championship - March 29, 4pm or 6:30pm ET
Manchester Regional (Manchester, New Hampshire) - March 28-30
First Round: Boston College vs. Bentley - March 28, 2pm ET
First Round: Providence vs. Denver - March 28, 5pm ET
Second Round: Manchester Regional Championship - March 30, 4;30pm or 7pm ET
Toledo Regional (Toledo, Ohio) - March 27-29
First Round: Boston University vs. Ohio State - March 27, 2pm ET
First Round: Michigan State vs. Cornell - March 27, 5:30pm ET
Second Round: Toledo Regional Championship - March 29, 4pm or 6:30pm ET
What comes after regionals?
Frozen Four Semifinals (Saint Louis, Missouri) - April 10
Manchester Regional Champion vs. Fargo Regional Champion
Allentown Regional Champion vs. Toledo Regional Champion
The order of the games is still to be determined, but we know the options are either 5pm or 8:30pm ET.
The final round, the Frozen Four National Championship in Saint Louis, Missouri is on April 12 at 7:30pm ET.
The NCAA has all the details on its website.
