2018 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament


The 2018 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the national championship tournament for men's college ice hockey in the United States. The tournament involved 16 teams in single-elimination play to determine the national champion at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the highest level of competition in college hockey. The tournament's Frozen Four – the semifinals and final – were hosted by the University of Minnesota at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota from April 5–7, 2018.
Minnesota-Duluth defeated Notre Dame 2–1 to win the program's 2nd NCAA title.

Tournament procedure

The tournament is composed of four groups of four teams in regional brackets. The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2018 regionals:
;March 23–24
;March 24–25
The winner of each regional will advance to the Frozen Four:
;April 5–7

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 18. The Big Ten had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, the NCHC, Hockey East, and ECAC Hockey each had three teams receive a berth, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association had two teams receive a berth, and one team from Atlantic Hockey received a berth.
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Tournament bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period

Results

West Region – Sioux Falls, South Dakota">Denny Sanford Premier Center">Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Regional semifinal

Regional Final

East Region – Bridgeport, Connecticut">Webster Bank Arena">Bridgeport, Connecticut

Regional semifinal

Regional Final

Northeast Region – Worcester, Massachusetts">DCU Center">Worcester, Massachusetts

Regional semifinal

Regional Final

Midwest Region – Allentown, Pennsylvania">PPL Center">Allentown, Pennsylvania

Regional semifinal

Regional Final

Frozen Four – [Xcel Energy Center], [St. Paul, Minnesota]

National semifinal

2018 National Championship

(E1) Notre Dame vs. (W3) Minnesota–Duluth

[List of [NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey All-Tournament Teams|All-Tournament team]]

* Most Outstanding Player

Record by conference

Media

Television

has US television rights to all games during the tournament for the fourteenth consecutive year. ESPN will air every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, ESPNU, or ESPN3 and streamed them online via WatchESPN.
In Canada, the tournament will be broadcast by TSN and streamed on TSN Go.
In the UK, the tournament will be broadcast by BT Sport ESPN.

Broadcast assignments

Regionals
Frozen Four
  • John Buccigross, Barry Melrose and Quint Kessenich – St. Paul, Minnesota

    Radio

has exclusive radio rights to the Frozen Four and will air both the semifinals and the championship.