Frozen Four will have a 1st time Champion

With Quinnipiac, St. Cloud State and UMass Lowell first time teams and Yale who played in 1952 with a semi-final lost we are guarantee a new NCAA Champion . Yale beat UMass in the first game 3-2 in overtime with the hero being Andrew Miller with the game winner.  In the second game Quinnipiac came out strong in the first period with three unanswered goals to take a 3-0 lead after one period Live at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.

Preview of NCAA Hockey Tournament by Ryan Lambert

TV schedule for Frozen Four and Regions

ESPN will be doing The Frozen Four and ​the all the Regions in Men's D-1 Hockey. Most of the games will be on ESPNU and ESPN3. 

The NCAA hockey tournament gets going starting this weekend, which means we get our lone look of the calendar year of actual ice hockey on the networks of ESPN.

ESPNU and ESPN3 (and the WatchESPN mobile app, etc.) will carry the regional rounds, which will take place this Friday through Sunday. ESPN2 and ESPN will broadcast the Frozen Four, which takes place in Pittsburgh this year. Some regional sports networks around the country will also be covering the games being broadcast on ESPN3, so check your local listings.

John Buccigross and Barry Melrose are the lead broadcast team for the NCAA Tournament. Former NHL on VERSUS analyst Darren Eliot also joins the party. Buccigross, Melrose and Clay Matvick will call the Frozen Four.

Friday, March 29

West: Minnesota vs. Yale, 2 p.m. ET, ESPNU (Joe Davis/Sean Ritchlin)
Northeast: UMass-Lowell vs. Wisconsin, 4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN3 (Clay Matvick/Jim Paradise) 
West: North Dakota vs. Niagara, 5:30 p.m. ET, ESPNU (Joe Davis/Sean Ritchlin)
Northeast: New Hampshire vs. Denver, 8 p.m. ET, ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Jim Paradise)

Saturday, March 30

Midwest: Notre Dame vs. St. Cloud State, 1:30 p.m. ET, ESPN3 (Ben Holden/Darren Eliot)
West: Regional Final, 4 p.m. ET, ESPNU (Joe Davis/Sean Ritchlin)
Midwest: Miami (Ohio) vs. Minnesota State, 5 p.m. ET, ESPN3 (Ben Holden/Darren Eliot)
East: Quinnipiac vs. Canisius, 5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN3 (John Buccigross/Barry Melrose) 
Northeast: Regional Final, 6:30 p.m. ET, ESPNU (Clay Matvick/Jim Paradise)
East: Boston College vs. Union, 9 p.m. ET, ESPNU (John Buccigross/Barry Melrose)

Sunday, March 31

Midwest: Regional Final, 4 p.m. ET, ESPNU (Ben Holden/Darren Eliot)
East: Regional Final, 6:30 p.m. ET, ESPNU (John Buccigross/Barry Melrose)

April 11

National Semifinal, 4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2 (John Buccigross/Barry Melrose/Clay Matvick)
National Semifinal, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN2 (John Buccigross/Barry Melrose/Clay Matvick)

April 13

National Championship, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN (John Buccigross/Barry Melrose/Clay Matvick)

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