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2024 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the national championship tournament for men's college ice hockey in the United States held from March 28 to April 13, 2024. The tournament involved 16 teams in single-elimination play to determine the national champion at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the highest level of competition in college hockey. The tournament's Frozen Four—the semifinals and finals—were hosted by the University of Minnesota at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Denver defeated Boston College 2-0 to win the national championship, becoming the first program to win 10 NCAA titles.

The 2024 Frozen Four was the first Frozen Four held in the state of Minnesota without a team from Minnesota since 1991. It was also the first Frozen Four held in Minnesota to not have the national champion be from Minnesota since 1994.

Tournament procedure

The tournament is composed of four groups of four teams in regional brackets. The four regionals are named after their geographic areas. The following were the sites for the 2024 regionals:

Regional semifinals and finals

  • March 28 & 30
Northeast Regional, MassMutual Center – Springfield, Massachusetts (Hosts: University of Massachusetts, Amherst, American International College and Western MA Sports Commission)
West Regional, Denny Sanford Premier Center – Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Hosts: University of Nebraska Omaha and Sioux Falls Sports Authority)
  • March 29 & 31
East Regional, Amica Mutual Pavilion – Providence, Rhode Island (Host: Brown University)
Midwest Regional, Centene Community Ice Center – Maryland Heights, Missouri (Hosts: Lindenwood University and St. Louis Sports Commission)

National semifinals and championship (Frozen Four and championship)

  • April 11 & 13
Xcel Energy Center – Saint Paul, Minnesota (Host: University of Minnesota)

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 24, 2024, on ESPNU at 6:30 pm ET.

The Big Ten, Hockey East and NCHC each received four bids to the tournament. ECAC received two while Atlantic Hockey and the CCHA both received one berth.

<small>Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.</small>

Bracket

<small>Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.</small><br> <small>* denotes overtime period</small>

Results

<small>Note: All game times are local.</small>

East Region – Providence, Rhode Island

Regional semifinals

Regional final

West Region – Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Regional semifinals

Regional final

Northeast Region – Springfield, Massachusetts

Regional semifinals

Regional final

Midwest Region – Maryland Heights, Missouri

Regional semifinals

Regional final

Frozen Four – Saint Paul, Minnesota

National semifinal

National Championship

Tournament awards

All-Tournament team

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Most Outstanding Player

Record by conference

Media

Television

ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament for the nineteenth consecutive year. ESPN will air every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN2, ESPNews, or ESPNU. Additionally all matches will be streamed online via the ESPN app.

Broadcast assignments

Regionals

Frozen Four

  • John Buccigross, Colby Cohen, and Taylor Tannebaum – Saint Paul, Minnesota

Radio

Westwood One has exclusive radio rights to the Frozen Four and will broadcast both the semifinals and the championship.

References