Minnesota gets the overall #1 seed but 5 of the 16 teams in the NCAA Tournament field come from Hockey East. That's the most of any college hockey conference. Boston College gets one of the four #1 seeds.

The other HE teams include UMass Lowell, Providence, Vermont and Notre Dame.

One of the interesting first round matchups is BC against the Denver Pioneers. DU is coached by the captain of UMaine's national championship team from 1992-93, Jim Montgomery. In his first season as head coach, his Pioneers won the NCHC tournament and got the automatic NCAA bid.

 

Here are the matchups...

East Regional, March 28-29
Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, Conn.

March 28, 2 p.m. ET, ESPNU/WatchESPN
No. 1 Union (N.Y.) (28-6-4) vs. No. 4 Vermont (20-14-3)

March 28, 5:30 p.m. ET, ESPNU/WatchESPN
No. 2 Quinnipiac (24-9-6) vs. No. 3 Providence (21-10-6)

March 29, 3 p.m. ET, ESPN2/WatchESPN
East Regional Championship

Midwest Regional, March 28-29
U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio

March 28, 4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN3/WatchESPN ESPN3 (ESPNU same-day re-air – March 28, 10:30 p.m. ET)
No. 2 Ferris State (28-10-3) vs. No. 3 Colgate (20-13-5)

March 28, 8 p.m. ET, ESPNU/WatchESPN
No. 1 Wisconsin (24-10-2) vs. No. 4 North Dakota (23-13-3)

March 29, 6:30 p.m. ET, ESPNU/WatchESPN
Midwest Regional Championship

Northeast Regional, March 29-30
DCU Center, Worcester, Mass.

March 29, 4 p.m. ET, ESPNU/WatchESPN
No. 1 Boston College (26-7-4) vs. No. 4 Denver (20-15-6)

March 29, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN3/WatchESPN ESPN3 (ESPNU same-day re-air – March 29, 11:30 p.m. ET)
No. 2 Massachusetts-Lowell (25-10-4) vs. No. 3 Minnesota State-Mankato (26-13-1)

March 30, 5 p.m. ET, ESPNU/WatchESPN
Northeast Regional Championship

West Regional, March 29-30
Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minn.

March 29, 5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2/WatchESPN
No. 1 Minnesota (25-6-6) vs. No. 4 Robert Morris (19-17-5)

March 29, 9 p.m. ET, ESPNU/WatchESPN
No. 2 Notre Dame (23-14-2) vs. No. 3 St. Cloud State (21-10-5)

March 30, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPNU/WatchESPN
West Regional Championship

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