Here we are. The final stretch. Four wins away from glory.
After the Boston College men’s hockey team wrapped up their huge Hockey East Championship win over #2 BU on Saturday night, another game across the country was wrapping up. In the NCHC, #3 Denver rode a late surge to defeat the Omaha Mavericks in their conference championship game, which had the cascading effect of vaulting UMass into the NCAA tournament and leaving out Colorado College. The full bracket was worked out from there and released on Sunday evening:
The 2024 NCAA hockey tournament bracket will see Boston College play Michigan Tech, the CCHA champion, on Friday afternoon in Providence and then, if they advance, the winner of Wisconsin/Quinnipiac.