ESPN platforms continue their winter sports championship season with the exclusive presentation of the NCAA men’s ice hockey tournament. Coverage begins with the first round games on Thursday, March 27 and culminates with the Men’s Frozen Four semifinals (April 10) and national championship (April 12) in St. Louis.
Thursday and Friday, the puck drops for the regional semifinals and the regional finals take place Saturday and Sunday across ESPN platforms. Boston College (26-7-2), last year’s runner-up is the No. 1 seed will take on Bentley, who will make their first-ever tournament appearance on Friday (2 p.m., ESPNU).
ESPN’s lead commentator team of John Buccigross, Colby Cohen and Quint Kessenich will call the Manchester, N.H. regional on Friday and Sunday. Analyst Kevin Weekes, one of ESPN’s top NHL analysts, joins the Frozen Four coverage team for the first time, paired with Jason Ross Jr. on the Allentown, Pa. regional. Additional teams include: Roxy Bernstein and Ben Clymer will call the Fargo, N.D. regional games, and Kevin Gehl and Sean Ritchlin take the Toledo, Ohio regionals on Thursday and Saturday.
The puck drops on the Men’s Frozen Four at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis with semifinal games on April 10 across ESPN2 and ESPN+. Buccigross will call his 12th Frozen Four, alongside analyst Cohen – who scored an overtime goal to secure Boston University’s National Championship at the 2009 event – and reporter Kessenich. The 2024-25 national champion will be crowned on Saturday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2, ESPN+).
ESPN continues its presentation with Game On: Journey to the NCAA Championship, an original content series surrounding NCAA Championships. The episode debuts Wednesday, March 26 at 2 p.m. on ESPN2.
*Available on ESPN+ beginning March 26
2025 NCAA Men’s Hockey Championship Schedule on ESPN:
*All matchups available on ESPN+
*Networks and times subject to change
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