No. 3 overall seed Denver takes on UMass in the Northeast Regional at MassMutual Center in Springfield to open the NCAA hockey tournament.
Denver (28-9-3) received the third overall seed for the NCAA hockey tournament but was shipped out to the Northeast Regional. The Pioneers take on UMass (20-13-3) in a regional semifinal matchup at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Thursday afternoon. Denver makes it 15th consecutive tournament appearance and last went to the Frozen Four in 2022, when it won the program’s ninth national championship. The Pioneers earned the automatic bid from the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. The Minutemen are back in the tourney with an at-large bid after a one-year absence and look to return to the Frozen Four for the first time since its 2021 national title.
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Game Date: March 28, 2024
Game Time: 2 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN2
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Denver won the NCHC tournament title on Saturday with a 4-1 victory over Omaha. Jack Devine leads the club with 27 goals and 55 points and Miko Matikka has scored 19 goals. Matt Davis is 19-5-3 in 27 starts with a .905 save percentage, 2.64 goals-against average and two shutouts.
UMass last played on Friday, losing 8-1 to No. 1-ranked Boston College in a Hockey East tournament semifinal. Jack Musa and Aydar Suniev share the team lead with 12 goals and Scott Morrow tops the roster with 30 points. In 28 starts, Michael Hrabal is 16-10-1 with a .912 save percentage, 2.61 GAA and a pair of shutouts.
The Pioneers are 5-3 all-time against the Minutemen, but lost their lone matchup in the NCAA tournament. UMass beat Denver 4-3 in overtime in a 2019 Frozen Four semifinal in Buffalo before losing to Minnesota Duluth in the championship game.
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