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Defending national champion Denver completed the field headed to St. Louis on Sunday night by beating No. 1 overall seed Boston College 3-1 in a rematch from last year's national championship game.
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The time has come to decide the 2025 NCAA men's hockey championship. The Frozen Four is set, with Boston University and Penn State set to do battle for the chance to take on the winner of the Denver-Western Michigan contest for the national championship.
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Ohio State, Minnesota and No. 2 Michigan State all fell in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, leaving Penn State (22-13-4) as the final team remaining from the conference in the tournament. After their miserable start in conference play, the Nittany Lions proved it isn’t how you start, it’s how you finish.
The Frozen Four semifinals and championship game will air on ESPN2. Streaming options for the games include the ESPN App, ESPN+ — ESPN’s subscription streaming service — and Fubo, the last of which offers a free trial for potential subscribers.
That fact was never displayed more prominently than when Cerrato had the instincts to know his teammate was trailing behind him for the game-winning overtime goal in Sunday night’s 2-1 win over UConn to send Penn State to its first Frozen Four in program history.
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USA TODAY College Sports Wire on MSNOT win sends Penn State to first NCAA Frozen Four in school historyThe two teams went into the second intermission knotted at 2-2, and the third period saw a stalemate once again to send the game into overtime. UConn took some of the momentum with aggressive play and outshot the Nittany Lions in the third period.
UConn is coming off a 5-2 loss to Maine, the No. 3 overall seed in the 2025 NCAA Men's Hockey Tournament in the Hockey East championship game on Friday. The Huskies are 22-11-4 overall on the season and a dark horse team to make the Frozen Four, per former Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player Colby Cohen on the ESPNU bracket reveal show.
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One of the more intriguing players to watch this tournament is James Hagens of Boston College. Hagens is one of the youngest players in college hockey at 18 years old and is currently projected to be a top-five pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. A good showing for a loaded Boston College team might propel him even higher.