Men’s Division I NCAA tournament

2013 tournament

Locations, dates:

• East Regional: Dunkin’ Donuts Center, Providence, R.I., March 30-31 [Tickets]

• Northeast Regional: Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, N.H., March 29-30 [Tickets]

• Midwest Regional: Huntington Center, Toledo, Ohio, March 30-31 [Tickets]

• West Regional: Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Mich., March 29-30 [Tickets]

• Frozen Four: Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, April 11 and 13

Qualifying teams: Five automatic qualifiers, 11 at-large bids

Format: Teams are split into four regions of four teams each. In the first round, a region’s No. 1 seed meets the region’s No. 4 seed, and No. 2 plays No. 3. Winners play in the regional final for the right to advance to the Frozen Four. All rounds single elimination.

NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey committee:

• Tom Nevala, Notre Dame associate athletic director (chair)

• Col. William Walker, Air Force deputy athletic director

• Rand Pecknold, Quinnipiac coach

• Kevin Sneddon, Vermont coach

• Rick Goeb, Bemidji State athletic director

Future sites

2014

• East Regional: Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, Conn., March 28-29

• Northeast Regional: DCU Center, Worcester, Mass., March 29-30

• Midwest Regional: U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, March 28-29

• West Regional: Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, Minn., March 29-30

• Frozen Four: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, April 10 and 12

All-time NCAA Division I tournament results

NCAA champions

* — Participation in tournament vacated by NCAA’s Committee on Infractions

NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player

* — recipient did not play on winning team.