The NCAA men’s hockey tournament began Thursday with regional games at the DCU Center in Worcester and in Sioux Falls, S.D.
None of the four Beanpot schools qualified to be one of the 16 teams in the field for the first time since 1981, but New England was well represented.
Merrimack, winner of the Hockey East tournament, faced No. 2 seed North Dakota late Thursday. Providence, winner of the Hockey East regular season title, lost to Quinnipiac, while UConn and Dartmouth both lost in Worcester Thursday; Bentley, winner of the AHA tournament, faces top-seeded Michigan on Friday.
The Frozen Four will be held April 9 and 11 in Las Vegas.
Track the results for the games here.
Worcester (Thursday-Saturday)
• Michigan State 2, UConn 1: Despite outshooting Michigan State, 42-22, UConn saw its season come to an end in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at DCU Center. Michigan State got goals from 2025 NHL first-round picks Ryker Lee (Predators) and Porter Martone (Flyers), as well as 41 saves from Trey Augustine. Tabor Heaslip scored for UConn. Read more.
• Wisconsin 5, Dartmouth 1: Wisconsin pulled away in the third period with four goals, including two empty-netters. It ended a historic season for Dartmouth, which won the ECAC conference tournament for the first time in program history and was playing in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1980.
• Regional final: Wisconsin vs. Michigan State, Saturday, time TBA, DCU Center.
Sioux Falls (Thursday-Saturday)
• Quinnipiac 5, Providence 2: Quinnipiac scored three goals in the second period and added two empty-netters after Providence had closed to 3-2 with six minutes to play.
• No 2. North Dakota vs. Merrimack, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, ESPN2
No. 1 Michigan vs. Bentley, 5:30 p.m. Friday, ESPNU
Minnesota Duluth vs. Penn State, 9 p.m. Friday, ESPN2
No. 4 Western Michigan vs. Minnesota State, 2:30 p.m. Friday, ESPNU
Denver vs. Cornell, 6 p.m. Friday, ESPN+
Katie McInerney can be reached at katie.mcinerney@globe.com. Follow her on Instagram at @katiemac.sports.
