Maine to Play Penn State in Allentown Pennsylvania in Opening Round of NCAA Hockey Tournament

After winning the Hockey East Championship, beating UConn 5-2 on Friday, Maine is the #1 seed in the Allentown, Pennsylvania Bracket and will face Penn State Friday night, March 28th at 8:30 p.m.

Maine, the #3 ranked team in the country has a record of 24-7-6 and Penn State #13 in the PairWise has a record of 20-13-4.

The other game in the Allentown Bracket will find #6 Connecticut with a record of 22-11-4 taking on #12 Quinnipiac with  record of 24-11-2. Both UConn and Quinnipiac are from Connecticut.

The winner of the Maine-Penn State game will play the winner of UConn-Quinnipiac game on Sunday, March 30th.

The Manchester, New Hampshire Bracket features

• #1 Boston College 26-7-2 vs. Bentley 23-14-2
• Providence 21-10-5 vs. Denver 29-11-1

The Fargo, North Dakota Bracket features

• #4 Western Michigan 30-7-1 vs Minnesota State 27-8-3
• Minnesota 25-10-4 vs. UMass 20-13-5

The Toledo Ohio Bracket features

• #2 Michigan State 26-6-4 vs. Cornell 18-10-6
• Boston University 21-13-2 vs. Ohio State 24-13-2

The Regional Finals will take place on March 29-30 and the Semifinals will take place in St. Louis on April 10th and the National Championship will take place on April 12th, also in St. Louis

Hockey East had 6 teams in the 16 team Tournament. Hockey East's representatives  include Maine, UConn, Boston College, Boston University, Providence and UMass.

Past NCAA Champions

• 2024 - Denver
• 2023 - Quinnipiac
• 2022 - Denver
• 2021 - Massachusetts
• 2020 - No Tournament
• 2019 - Minnesota Duluth
• 2018 - Minnesota Duluth
• 2017 - Denver
• 2016 - North Dakota
• 2015 - Providence
• 2014 - Union
• 2013 - Yale
• 2012 - Boston College
• 2011 - Minnesota Duluth
• 2010 - Boston College
• 2009 - Boston University
• 2008 - Boston College
• 2007 - Michigan State
• 2006 - Wisconsin
• 2005 - Denver
• 2004 - Denver
• 2003 - Minnesota
• 2002 - Minnesota
• 2001 - Boston College
• 2000 - North Dakota
• 1999 - Maine
• 1998 - Michigan
• 1997 - North Dakota
• 1996 - Michigan
• 1995 - Boston University
• 1994 - Lake Superior
• 1993 - Maine

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