Northeastern will try to keep its Cinderella run in the Hockey East tournament going, with a semifinal matchup against No. 4 Maine up next on Thursday.
It’s down to the final four teams in the 2025 Hockey East tournament, with two semifinal matchups on Thursday to decide who will meet in the conference championship game. In the second of the two matchups, No. 4 Maine (21-7-6, 13-5-6 Hockey East) takes on Northeastern (12-19-3, 7-14-3 Hockey East) at TD Garden. The winner of this game will advance to face the winner of the first semifinal between No. 7 Boston College and No. 8 Connecticut, in the championship game also at TD Garden on Saturday.
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Game Date: Thursday, March 20, 2025
Game Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
TV Channel: NESN Plus
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Northeastern has made quite the run to TD Garden, and is on an improbable path to the championship game. The Huskies are the ninth seed in the tournament, and upset eighth seed Merrimack on the road in the first round in a two overtime game, then last weekend knocked off top seed and then-top ranked nationally Boston College. With a win on Thursday, the Huskies would be the lowest seeded team ever to reach the championship game (the Hockey East has played a conference tournament since 1985). They’re already the first nine seed to make the semifinal round in tournament history.
Maine is trying to get back to the championship for the first time since 2012. After a first round bye, the Black Bears beat UMass Lowell 7-1 in their quarterfinal matchup last week.
These teams played three times during the regular season. Maine won all three matchups – two in regulation and one in a shootout.
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