2024 NCAA Frozen Four

 The 2 semi-final games of the NCAA Hockey Tournament took place in St. Paul, MN. this week with the University of Denver defeating Boston University 2-1 in the first game.   In the 2nd game Boston College shutout the University of Michigan 4-0.  

Now the No. 1 BC Eagles will meet the No. 3 Denver Pioneers Saturday April 13th for the 2024 NCAA Hockey Championship. 

This will also be a rematch. Denver went into Conte Forum on Oct. 21 and earned a hard-fought 4-3 victory in one of the best matchups of the early season. Carter King scored with 2:02 remaining in regulation to give the Pioneers the win.

A lot has changed since that early-season tilt. Boston College only had four more losses the rest of the season and are riding a 15-game winning streak into the national championship as the clear No. 1 team in the country.

Denver, meanwhile, is similarly hot. The Pioneers have won eight consecutive games including a double-OT thriller in the first round of the NCAA tournament against UMass. They ousted No. 2 Boston University Thursday night in the national semifinal at the Frozen Four to punch their ticket to Saturday’s game. DU is also seeking its second national title in three years and a record 10th all time.

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No. 3 Michigan loses to No. 14 Cornell in their opening game of the tournament
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No.1 Boston College opens its tournament tonight against No. 16 Air Force tonight in Worcester MA.
also in Worcester No. 7 Minnesota Duluth vs No. 10 Maine, this game will be seen on ESPNU tonight at 1030Pm.

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2011 Frozen Four

With all the excitement over the NCAA men's basketball Final Four, lets not forget the Men's Hockey NCAA Frozen Four in St Paul Minnesota this week. 

The national semifinals will be held Thursday night April 7th.  The first game will be Notre Dame Fighting Irish against the Minnesota- Duluth Bulldogs at 500pm eastern.   

The second game will see the Michigan Wolverines face off against the North Dakota  Fighting Sioux.  The Wolverines are led by legendary head coach Red Berenson while the Sioux have former Indianapolis Ice/Chicago Blackhawk Dave Hakstol behind the bench.

2 teams from last year's Frozen Four in Detroit made the Regional round of the tournament this year, last year's National Champion Boston College and Miami (OH) which lost last year to BC in the semi final.  The other 2 schools were Wisconsin and RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology).

This years overall #1 seed were the Yale Bulldogs, which have made 3 consecutive trips to the Regionals and their 2009 Regional trip was the the first for the Bulldogs since 1952.   That year the Tournament consisted of 4 teams and Yale lost to eventual runner up Colorado College.

The 2012 Frozen Four will be held in Tampa Fl, followed by Pittsburgh in 2013 at the new Consol Energy Center and in 2014 at the Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelphia.