The NCAA men's hockey tournament is here, and after a 16-team field battled through regionals, the Frozen Four in Boston is down to two: the Denver Pioneers and the Minnesota State Mavericks.
In Thursday night's semifinals, Denver, the regular-season champ in the NCHC, defeated Big Ten tournament champion Michigan, 3-2, in overtime, and Minnesota State, the CCHA tournament and regular-season champ, handled Minnesota, the Big Ten's regular-season champion, 5-1.
The national title game will be Saturday at 8 p.m. ET (ESPN2 and streaming on the ESPN app).
The balance of power all season was in the western conferences, and that's the way the regionals played out.