ESPN to Cover Entire 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship
By: Caryn Robbins Mar. 23, 2016
ESPN will cover all 15 games from the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship, which begins with regional semifinals and finals (March 25-27) from Worcester, Ma., St. Paul, Minn., Albany, N.Y., and Cincinnati and concluding with the Frozen Four semifinals (April 7) and national championship (April 9) from Tampa, Fla. This is ESPN's 37th year airing college hockey's championship game, its 22nd televising the Frozen Four and 12th year covering every game from the tournament.
Regional Semifinals and Finals: The 16-team, single-elimination NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship begins with eight regional semifinals and four regional finals across ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS and ESPN3. Quinnipiac is the overall No. 1 SEED and will play in the Northeast Regional, St. Cloud State is the No. 2 SEED and in the West, North Dakota is the No. 3 SEED and in the Midwest and defending National Champion Providence is the No. 4 SEED and in the Northeast.The complete bracket can be found here.
- Midwest Regional: US Bank Arena in Cincinnati
- Dates: March 25-26
- Semifinal: Northeastern at 3 North Dakota
- Semifinal: Notre Dame at Michigan
- Networks: ESPNU and ESPN2
- Northeast Regional: DCU Center in Worcester, Ma.
- Dates: March 25-26
- Semifinal: Minnesota-Duluth vs. No. 4 Providence
- Semifinal: Harvard vs. Boston College
- Networks: ESPN3 and ESPNU
- West Regional: Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.
- Dates: March 26-27
- Semifinal: Ferris State at No. 2 St. Cloud State
- Semifinal: Boston University vs. Denver
- Networks: ESPNEWS and ESPNU
- East Regional: Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y.
- Dates: March 26-27
- Semifinal: RIT vs. No. 1 Quinnipiac
- Semifinal: Yale vs. UMass-Lowell
- Networks: ESPN3 and ESPNU
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