Ok, for everyone who likes to watch NCAA hockey, the printable NCAA Hockey Bracket is out for the 2024 Frozen Four. The 2024 college playoffs get started with regional play on Thursday, and the national semifinals on April 11th, 2024. The championship game is set for April 12th at the Xcel Energy Center. ESPN will be showing all of the games this year between their family of networks and ESPN+. Boston College, Denver, Boston University, and Michigan State are the #1 seeds in the tournament. If you recall, Minnesota was the #1 seed in the 2023 Frozen Four.
Which Conferences get Automatic Qualifiers to the Tournament?
There are 16 teams in the NCAA Hockey tournament. The champions from Atlantic Hockey, the Big Ten, CCHA, ECAC, Hockey East and NCHC are automatic qualifiers. The ten at-large spots get determined by the PairWise rankings. This works pretty smoothly for US College Hockey, so we’ll have to see if the NCAA adopts it for March Madness. You know what would be interesting for future tournaments? Adding Canadian colleges and Universities into the Frozen Four. That would make the tourney a lot more competitive and wagering and casino free spins Canada would be financially beneficial to the NCAA and Canadian Association of Hockey. Until then, we’re locked into strong teams from the Northeast and Midwestern United States.
From Reddit: How does Canadian college hockey stack up against juniors and American college hockey?
Boston College is the #1 Seed
Boston College is the overall #1 seed. They will benefit from playing in the regional with #8 seed Wisconsin, #9 Quinnipiac, and #16 Michigan state. They are one of the teams to watch as favorites to win the Frozen Four. The remaining regions and scheduled dates are below.
Providence, R.I. (March 29 and 31)
- Boston College
- Wisconsin
- Quinnipiac
- Michigan Tech
Maryland Heights, Mo. (March 29 and 31)
- Michigan State
- North Dakota
- Michigan
- Western Michigan
Sioux Falls, S.D. (March 28 and 30)
- Boston University
- Minnesota
- Omaha
- RIT
Springfield, Mass. (March 28 and 30)
- Denver
- Maine
- Cornell
- Massachusetts
NCAA Hockey Tournament Schedule 2024
NCAA Hockey Tournament Schedule – Regionals
*All times listed are Eastern Time.
Springfield (Massachusetts) Regional
Semifinals, Thursday
No. 1 Denver vs. No. 4 UMass, 2 p.m. (ESPN2)
No. 2 Maine vs. No. 3 Cornell, 5:30 p.m. (ESPNews)
Final, Saturday
Semifinal winners, 4 p.m. (ESPNU)
Sioux Falls (South Dakota) Regional
Semifinals, Thursday
No. 1 Boston University vs. No. 4 RIT, 5 p.m. (ESPNU)
No. 2 Minnesota vs. No. 3 Omaha, 8:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
Final, Saturday
Semifinal winners, 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
Providence (Rhode Island) Regional
Semifinals, Friday
No. 1 Boston College vs. No. 4 Michigan Tech, 2 p.m. (ESPNU)
No. 2 Wisconsin vs. No. 3 Quinnipiac, 5:30 p.m. (ESPNews)
Final, March 31
Semifinal winners, 4 p.m. (ESPNU)
Maryland Heights (Missouri) Regional
Semifinals, Friday
No. 1 Michigan State vs. No. 4 Western Michigan, 5 p.m. (ESPNU)
No. 2 North Dakota vs. No. 3 Michigan, 8:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
Final, March 31
Semifinal winners, 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
2024 NCAA Hockey Tournament Schedule – Frozen Four
National semifinals, April 11, 5 and 8:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
National championship game, April 13, 6 p.m. (ESPN)
Printable 2024 NCAA Hockey Bracket – Frozen Four
In our experience, the best way to follow a tournament is to print the bracket out before you start watching the matches or games. The Frozen Four bracket is up in PDF for you here. You can also go to the 2023 Frozen Four post and download a blank 16 team bracket to print in Word document or PDF format. You can enjoy watching the tournament by using the fillable brackets to make your own notes and projections for the outcome of the games.
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