Four teams each from the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association are in the NCAA Division I men's hockey tournament, which will begin Friday with regional action in Albany, N.Y., and St. Paul.
On Saturday two more regionals begin in Worcester, Mass., and Fort Wayne, Ind. After a week off, the four regional winners will meet in Detroit for the Frozen Four, which will be played at Ford Field.
Miami, Michigan, Northern Michigan and Alaska will represent the CCHA. Denver, Wisconsin, St. Cloud State and North Dakota are in from the WCHA. Hockey East has New Hampshire, Vermont and Boston College in the field. Cornell and Yale are coming out of ECAC Hockey and Alabama Huntsville and Bemidji State will represent College Hockey America for the final time. RIT is the lone representative of Atlantic Hockey.
The regional pairings are as follows:
EAST REGIONAL
At Albany, N.Y.
Semifinals
Friday
Denver (27-9-4) vs. RIT (26-11-1) 3 Eastern
Cornell (21-8-4) vs. New Hampshire (17-13-7) 6:30 Eastern
Saturday
Final
6:30 Eastern
WEST REGIONAL
At St. Paul
Semifinals
Friday
St. Cloud State (23-13-5) vs. Northern Michigan (20-12-8) 5:30 Eastern
Wisconsin (25-10-4) vs. Vermont (17-14-7) 9 Eastern
Saturday
Final
9 Eastern
NORTHEAST REGIONAL
At Worcester, Mass.
Semifinals
Saturday
Boston College (25-10-3) vs. Alaska (18-11-9) 1:30 Eastern
North Dakota (25-12-5) vs. Yale (20-9-3) 5 Eastern
Final
Sunday
5:30 Eastern
MIDWEST REGIONAL
At Fort Wayne, Ind.
Semifinals
Saturday
Miami (27-7-7) vs. Alabama Huntsville (12-17-3) 4 Eastern
Bemidji State (23-9-4) vs. Michigan (25-17-1) 7:30 Eastern
Final
Sunday
8 Eastern
FROZEN FOUR
At Detroit
Semifinals
April 8
Midwest vs. Northeast
East vs. West
5 and 8:30 Eastern
Championship
April 10
7 Eastern
I don't follow college hockey, but I just think it's interesting that the Frozen Four will be played in a football stadium. Ford Field has hosted a Super Bowl (football), a Final Four (basketball), and now the Frozen Four (hockey). How many venues can you think of that have hosted a football game (I'm not talking arena football) and a hockey game. There can't be many.
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