Brewin Flames Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 2023 Men's Frozen Four: Bracket, dates, schedule for the college hockey championship The 2023 men's Frozen Four begins Thursday, April 6, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. The national championship will be held Saturday, April 8. Automatic qualifiers for this season's tournament were decided by Saturday, March 18, and the entire field was set, including seeding and at-large bids, during selections on Sunday, March 19. Regionals will begin Thursday, March 23 and run through Sunday, March 26. The dates, sites, times and pairings of this year’s championship are as follows (click or tap on each matchup for live stats): Manchester Regional, March 23-25 | SNHU Arena – Manchester, NH 2 p.m. ET Thursday, March 23 | ESPN2: Boston University vs. Western Michigan5:30 p.m. ET Thursday, March 23 | ESPNews: No. 4 Denver vs. Cornell 4 p.m. ET Saturday, March 25 | ESPNU: TBD vs. TBD Fargo Regional, March 23-25 | Scheels Arena – Fargo, ND 5 p.m. ET Thursday, March 23 | ESPNU: St. Cloud State vs. Minnesota State9 p.m. ET Thursday, March 23 | ESPN2: No. 1 Minnesota vs. Canisius 6:30 p.m. ET Saturday, March 25: ESPNU: TBD vs. TBD Bridgeport Regional, March 24-26 | Total Mortgage Arena – Bridgeport, CT 2 p.m. ET Friday, March 24 | ESPNU: Harvard vs. Ohio State5:30 p.m. ET Friday, March 24 | ESPNews: No. 2 Quinnipiac vs. Merrimack 6 p.m. ET Sunday, March 26 | ESPN2: TBD vs. TBD Allentown Regional, March 24-26 | PPL Center – Allentown, PA 5 p.m. ET Friday, March 24 | ESPNU: Penn State vs. Michigan Tech8:30 p.m. ET Friday, March 24 | ESPNU: No. 3 Michigan vs. Colgate 6:30 p.m. ET Sunday, March 26 | ESPN2: TBD vs. TBD Men’s Frozen Four, April 6-8 | Amalie Arena – Tampa, FL Semifinals: Fargo Regional Champion vs. Manchester Regional Champion Bridgeport Regional Champion vs. Allentown Regional Champion 5 p.m. ET Thursday, April 6 | ESPN2: TBD vs. TBD8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 6 | ESPN2: TBD vs. TBD National Championship: 8 p.m. ET Saturday, April 8 | ESPN2: TBD vs. TBD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewin Flames Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 Bracket is in the link.... https://www.ncaa.com/news/icehockey-men/article/2023-03-19/2023-mens-frozen-four-bracket-dates-schedule-college-hockey-championship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewin Flames Posted March 24, 2023 Author Share Posted March 24, 2023 Cornell taking out denver was a shock... Wins for Boston U, Minnesota and St.Cloud as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewin Flames Posted March 25, 2023 Author Share Posted March 25, 2023 Record-Setting Night Leads Michigan to Lopsided NCAA Tournament Win Over Colgate » Luke Hughes scored once and added four assists for a five-point night to lead U-M. » In total, 16 of 19 Wolverine skaters recorded a point. Seven skaters had multiple points, including Rutger McGroarty's hat trick. » With the win, Michigan's record in the NCAA Tournament moves to 56-31. Site: Allentown, Pa. (PPL Center) Score: #2 Michigan 11, #19 Colgate 1 Records: U-M (25-11-3), Colgate (19-16-5) Next U-M Event: March 26 -- vs. Penn State - NCAA Midwest Region Final (Allentown, Pa.), 6:30 p.m. ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Offense was the name of the game for the second-ranked University of Michigan ice hockey team on Friday night (March 24) at the PPL Center as the Wolverines dominated 19th-ranked Colgate en route to an 11-1 win in an NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinal. With the win, U-M sets up an intra-conference showdown vs. Penn State for a spot in the Frozen Four. The Wolverines put up the most goals in an NCAA tournament game since 1961 and the most goals ever in a Regional game. In addition, the team's 11-goal outburst marked the most goals for the Wolverines in an NCAA Tournament game since 1953, when U-M defeated Boston University in a 14-2 contest. Junior goalie Erik Portillo started in the blue paint for the Wolverines and made 20 saves on 21 Colgate shots to earn his third win in four career NCAA Tournament games. It was captain Nolan Moyle who first drove hard to the net to create chaos and a dangerous chance before the puck skittered out to Luke Hughes. The blue liner gathered the puck and went for a short skate behind the Colgate cage before flipping a slick pass out to Nick Granowicz at the top of the crease. The senior wasted no time burying his fourth goal of the season to put Michigan up 1-0 at 9:40 in the first period. After the Raiders were whistled for holding with the Wolverines bearing down on their crease, Michigan made it 2-0 on the power play at 7:33 of the second period when Eric Ciccolini finished off a strong possession with the extra skater. A pair of freshmen in T.J. Hughes and Seamus Casey assisted on Ciccolini's 15th career goal. Forty-five seconds later, Adam Fantilli collected a loose puck before accelerating through the neutral zone and across the blue line, carving in toward the blue paint, and calmly firing a low shot through the goalie's five-hole to make it a 3-0 game with an unassisted goal. Less than two minutes after the nation's leading scorer put Michigan up by three, the team scored a pair of goals in a 30-second span to make it a 5-0 game. Frank Nazar III netted the fourth by banging home a rebound after Jackson Hallum sped his way toward the net with a powerful rush. Defender Ethan Edwards picked up the secondary assist. The fifth goal came on the following shift at 11:36 when Mark Estapa skated to the blue paint and redirected a shot from Luke Hughes that snuck through the netminder's wickets. Hughes' defensive partner, Keaton Pehrson, earned the second assist on Estapa's hard-earned tally. With 7:29 left in the middle frame, Rutger McGroarty broke in toward the net from the left circle and elevated a gorgeous shot over the goaltender's shoulder and off of the net's framework to make it 6-0 in Michigan's favor. Fantilli and Casey, a pair of Big Ten All-Freshman Team standouts, assisted on their classmate's picturesque goal. Along with his goal earlier in the period, Fantilli's second point of the night secured his 19th multi-point game of the season. Overall, the freshman phenom has points in 31 of 34 games. Freshman forward Gavin Brindley skated into the heart of the Colgate zone and sent a rocket from the slot that beat Gylander up high to make it 7-0 with 4:11 left in the second period. T.J. Hughes and Dylan Duke earned assists on Brindley's 12th tally of his debut campaign. After Michigan was called for a penalty, Luke Hughes worked his way through the neutral zone with the puck on his blade and beat a defender with a fake slap shot before taking an extra stride and firing a low wrister against the grain that found the far-side of the back of the net for an unassisted goal. Hughes glided to the bench without a celebration after making it 8-0 with 2:25 left in the second period. Michigan's seven-goal second-period outburst marked the most goals in a single period for the program since Oct. 16, 2005 when the Wolverines put up seven in the first period of the early-season non-conference matchup against Merrimack. Shortly into the third period, the ECAC champions got on the board with a beautiful wrist shot that made it 8-1 at 3:03. Later in the third period at 9:49, Colgate's leading scorer was assessed a five-minute major penalty and ejected after butt-ending Mackie Samoskevich between the benches. Rallying to the aid of their teammate, the Wolverines rattled off three consecutive power-play goals while taking full advantage of the extended chance. With a goal and four assists, Hughes authored the first five-point game for the Wolverines since Kent Johnson had five versus Michigan State on Jan. 8, 2021. Sixteen of 19 Michigan skaters recorded at least one point in the record-setting win, with seven Wolverines recording multi-point games. In addition to the commanding 10-goal margin of victory, Michigan ended the night with a 52-21 advantage in shots on goal. On the power play, U-M was 4-for-6 while the Raiders were stymied by Michigan's penalty killers as they went 0-for-3. The teams did tie in the faceoff dot at 30-30. On Sunday (March 26), Michigan will face off against Big Ten foe Penn State in the Midwest Regional final with a spot in the Frozen Four on the line. Puck drop is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., and the game will be broadcast live on ESPN2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brewin Flames Posted March 25, 2023 Author Share Posted March 25, 2023 It's a long video, but it shows how good and deep this team is... Blackhawks already have Nazar, imagine what comes next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icechipper Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Minnesota is hot. In fact, all of Big 10 making noise. NCHC Denver bounced. CCHA entrants Michigan Tech and Minnesota State eliminated. Good crowds in Fargo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icechipper Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Boston U up 1-0 on Cornell on ESPNU 2nd period. Quarterfinal. St. Cloud and Minnesota I-94 collision at 530 in Fargo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icechipper Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Good one tied 1-1 at Allentown Penn State and Michigan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icechipper Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Top four NCAA Pairwise teams compose final four: Minnesota, Quinnipiac, Michigan and Boston College. Frozen Four in Tampa Bay April 6-8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icechipper Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Minnesota and Michigan youngest teams in NCAA hockey at 20.9 yrs. Quinnipiac oldest at 23.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaucyJack Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 On 3/25/2023 at 5:49 AM, Icechipper said: all of Big 10 making noise. People think it’s a basketball conference, but their Mud Marchless play this year (except Sparty) belied that. Apparently it’s a hockey conference! (Despite normally cold-as-hell places like Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana not participating.) It’s possible that Michigan and Penn State thought they were playing Sweet Sixteen games in the sky-high rather than Lehigh Valley ?!? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewin Flames Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share Posted March 28, 2023 An early look at the 2023 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four: Boston University, Minnesota, Quinnipiac, Michigan By Todd D. Milewski - March 26, 2023 Two from the East, two from the West. That’s how the field for the 2023 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four shaped up after the regionals. Boston University, Minnesota, Quinnipiac and Michigan won their way to the Frozen Four in Tampa, Fla., with regional championships this weekend. The Terriers will play the Golden Gophers and the Bobcats will play the Wolverines in the April 6 national semifinals at Amalie Arena. The winners play for the championship on April 8. The Boston University-Minnesota semifinal game will start at 5 p.m. and the Quinnipiac-Michigan game is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. The BU-Minnesota game will be the 27th in the all-time series between the teams; Each has won 12 with two ties. The most recent was also the last of eight NCAA tournament meetings between the teams, and the Gophers won 7-3 in the first round of the 2012 West Regional in St. Paul, Minn. They’ve played four times in the semifinals — Minnesota won in 1974 and 1976; BU won in 1994 and 1995 — and once in the championship game. The Terriers won the 1971 title with a 4-2 victory against the Gophers in Syracuse, N.Y. Michigan has defeated Quinnipiac in all five meetings between the teams. The most recent was a 7-4 triumph in last season’s Allentown Regional final. Boston University (29-10) advanced to its 23rd Frozen Four with a 2-1 victory against Cornell in the Manchester Regional final on Saturday. The Terriers ousted Western Michigan 5-1 in the first round. Their last Frozen Four trip was in 2015, when they lost to Providence in the championship game in Boston. BU’s most recent of five NCAA championships was in 2009. Minnesota (28-9-1) defeated St. Cloud State 4-1 in Saturday’s Fargo Regional championship after the Gophers routed Canisius 9-2 on Thursday. The No. 1 overall seed qualified for the Frozen Four for the second straight season and 23rd time overall. They lost to Minnesota State in the 2022 semifinals and are looking for their sixth NCAA championship and first since 2003. Quinnipiac (32-4-3) is back in the Frozen Four for the first time since 2016 — the last time the tournament was in Tampa — after winning the Bridgeport Regional. The Bobcats, the No. 2 overall seed, downed Merrimack 5-0 on Friday and Ohio State 4-1 on Sunday. The Bobcats are in the Frozen Four for the third time. They lost to Yale in the 2013 championship game and to North Dakota in the 2016 final. Michigan (26-11-3) qualified for its record 27th Frozen Four — and second straight — with a 2-1 overtime victory against Penn State on Sunday to win the Allentown Regional. The Wolverines set a regional record for goals in an 11-1 victory against Colgate in Friday’s first round. They’re looking to become the first team with 10 NCAA championships; they’ve been stuck on nine since 1998. Michigan lost to Denver in overtime in the 2022 semifinals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewin Flames Posted April 4, 2023 Author Share Posted April 4, 2023 Michigan heads to Frozen Four playing it’s ‘best hockey’ Story by Ryan Zuke, mlive.com • 7h ago ANN ARBOR – Brandon Naurato knows there is no secret formula for success when it comes to winning during the NCAA Tournament. Michigan’s first-year head coach, who had the interim tag removed by the university on Friday, is set to experience his third Frozen Four this week, with his first two ending in overtime heartbreak. He was a junior forward for the Wolverines in 2008, when the team lost to Notre Dame 5-4 in a national semifinal. Overtimes have not produced many favorable outcomes for the program during tournament play since then, including last year’s semifinal against Denver when Naurato was an assistant coach. Michigan, flush with future NHL talent and an NCAA-record seven first-round draft picks, was the favorite heading into the tournament as the No. 1 overall seed, but its bid for its first national championship since 1998 ended 14:53 into the first overtime. But the Wolverines have another shot at a title this season after Sunday’s 2-1 overtime victory over Penn State, just their third in the NCAA Tournament in their past eight overtime games. Naurato’s team is the youngest in the country with a 12-member freshman class, but the 38-year-old believes his group is equipped to handle anything when it takes the ice against Quinnipiac, another No. 1 seed, at 8:30 p.m. at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. “I think it’s just playing your best hockey at the right time,” Naurato said on a Frozen Four conference call last week. “Obviously everyone’s going to be up for the games. One thing I told the guys at the beginning of the year, and I think it rings true, is that it’s not the most talented teams that win at the end. It’s the teams that play together and it’s the teams that are closest, and we’ve got a really tight team. I would say for us, we’ve had this business approach going into the playoffs this year and what we do on the road.” No. 2 Michigan, which was ranked inside the top 10 all season, isn’t lacking talent. It features 12 draft picks on the roster and another two players expected to be early-round selections in 2023. Continuity, however, was not a luxury it had during the first half of the season. Naurato was forced to alter his lineup nearly every week because of injuries or an adenovirus outbreak in the fall that led to multiple players being hospitalized. The team started to get healthier in January and is now close to full strength. Naurato has kept the same lineup for every game during the Big Ten and NCAA tournaments, and the team is 14-3-2 since Jan. 14, with only one of those losses coming in regulation. “It’s pretty impressive,” said freshman forward Gavin Brindley, one of just two players to appear in every game this season. “I think a lot of guys coming back from World Juniors with a lot of confidence and guys decided to get back into it. Everyone’s so excited and realize we have a legit chance at winning.” Part of the Wolverines’ success in the second half can be attributed to the development of the freshmen, who have accounted for more than 50% of the team’s scoring. The class was highly touted and featured five draft picks, including three top-50 selections in forward Frank Nazar (No. 13), forward Rutger McGroarty (No. 14) and defenseman Seamus Casey (No. 46), along with two 2023 projected first-round picks in Brindley and Adam Fantilli, a top-three Hobey Baker Award finalists who leads the country with 65 points in just 35 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANN ARBOR – Brandon Naurato knows there is no secret formula for success when it comes to winning during the NCAA Tournament. Michigan’s first-year head coach, who had the interim tag removed by the university on Friday, is set to experience his third Frozen Four this week, with his first two ending in overtime heartbreak. He was a junior forward for the Wolverines in 2008, when the team lost to Notre Dame 5-4 in a national semifinal. Overtimes have not produced many favorable outcomes for the program during tournament play since then, including last year’s semifinal against Denver when Naurato was an assistant coach. Michigan, flush with future NHL talent and an NCAA-record seven first-round draft picks, was the favorite heading into the tournament as the No. 1 overall seed, but its bid for its first national championship since 1998 ended 14:53 into the first overtime. But the Wolverines have another shot at a title this season after Sunday’s 2-1 overtime victory over Penn State, just their third in the NCAA Tournament in their past eight overtime games. Naurato’s team is the youngest in the country with a 12-member freshman class, but the 38-year-old believes his group is equipped to handle anything when it takes the ice against Quinnipiac, another No. 1 seed, at 8:30 p.m. at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. “I think it’s just playing your best hockey at the right time,” Naurato said on a Frozen Four conference call last week. “Obviously everyone’s going to be up for the games. One thing I told the guys at the beginning of the year, and I think it rings true, is that it’s not the most talented teams that win at the end. It’s the teams that play together and it’s the teams that are closest, and we’ve got a really tight team. I would say for us, we’ve had this business approach going into the playoffs this year and what we do on the road.” No. 2 Michigan, which was ranked inside the top 10 all season, isn’t lacking talent. It features 12 draft picks on the roster and another two players expected to be early-round selections in 2023. Continuity, however, was not a luxury it had during the first half of the season. Naurato was forced to alter his lineup nearly every week because of injuries or an adenovirus outbreak in the fall that led to multiple players being hospitalized. The team started to get healthier in January and is now close to full strength. Naurato has kept the same lineup for every game during the Big Ten and NCAA tournaments, and the team is 14-3-2 since Jan. 14, with only one of those losses coming in regulation. “It’s pretty impressive,” said freshman forward Gavin Brindley, one of just two players to appear in every game this season. “I think a lot of guys coming back from World Juniors with a lot of confidence and guys decided to get back into it. Everyone’s so excited and realize we have a legit chance at winning.” Part of the Wolverines’ success in the second half can be attributed to the development of the freshmen, who have accounted for more than 50% of the team’s scoring. The class was highly touted and featured five draft picks, including three top-50 selections in forward Frank Nazar (No. 13), forward Rutger McGroarty (No. 14) and defenseman Seamus Casey (No. 46), along with two 2023 projected first-round picks in Brindley and Adam Fantilli, a top-three Hobey Baker Award finalists who leads the country with 65 points in just 35 games.
SaucyJack Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 I reckon they wuzz tootin’ car horns yesterday in Hamden CT, as well as tauntin’ any Yalies who happened to accidentally wander north from New Haven. Yale, Schmail. We gotz yi back, here’t Quinnipiac! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewin Flames Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 Minnesota, Quinnipiac advance to Frozen Four final TAMPA, Fla. -- Freshman Luke Mittelstadt scored two third-period goals in two-and-a-half minutes, and top-ranked Minnesota beat Boston University 6-2 on Thursday night in the opening game of the NCAA Frozen Four. Mittelstadt gave Minnesota a 3-2 lead on a power play with 18:20 left in the third period, and his second came from the same spot at the left circle for his fifth goal of the season -- and third in the NCAA tournament. Logan Cooley added two empty-net goals to reach 22 on the season. The five-time national champion Gophers (29-9-1) seek their first title since 2003 against Quinnipiac on Saturday. Minnesota has outscored its opponents 19-5 in the NCAA tournament. Quinnipiac, meanwhile, got a two-goal game for the second time during the NCAA tournament from Jacob Quillan while Yaniv Perets posted 29 saves in a 5-2 win over Michigan on Thursday. Quinnipiac (33-4-3), which set a program record for wins, advances to its third national title game in program history. The Bobcats seek their first title after losing in 2013 and '16. Michigan (26-12-3) was seeking its 10th NCAA championship. "They're loaded," Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold said of Minnesota. "Logan Cooley is, in my opinion, probably the best player in college hockey this year. ... It's a tough task. And we don't mind being the underdog. We came in here. Nobody gave us a chance to win tonight. And nobody gave us a chance to win on Saturday. But we'll find a way to figure it out." In the opening game, Minnesota took a 2-1 lead late in the first period on back-to-back goals in 50 seconds by Mike Koster and Rhett Pitlick. Koster scored his sixth goal of the year on a blast from the circle. Pitlick finished a between-the-legs pass from Aaron Huglen. Minnesota appeared to take a 3-1 lead with 44.5 seconds to go in the second period on Cooley's rebound, but it was taken away after a challenge for goaltender interference. Boston University (29-11-0) had its nine-game winning streak, dating to Feb. 24, snapped. The Terriers were seeking their first national title since 2009. BU entered unbeaten at 21-0-0 when scoring the game's first goal. And the Terriers led 1-0 when Sam Stevens sent in a rebound for his eighth goal of the season. BU tied it at 2-all on Jay O'Brien's deflection in front of the net for the lone goal of the second period. It was the fifth meeting between the two programs in the national semifinals and first since 1995. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewin Flames Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 GO Michigan....oh well Dammit. I was hoping they'd advance. GO Q ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Holy Christ my Goofers might actually win this thing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IllaZilla Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Come on you Goofers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Icechipper Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 If you are not watching check it out. Quinnipiac late pp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 3 minutes ago, Icechipper said: If you are not watching check it out. Quinnipiac late pp I’m flipping back and forth. I’m getting ferklept… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icechipper Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Q just scored! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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