The Puck Drops on NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Post-Season Play Across ESPN Platforms

Andrea DiCristoforo

March 24, 2025

Season-long coverage culminates with NCAA Men’s Frozen Four (April 10 & 12 in St. Louis) on ESPN2 and ESPN+
Regional Semifinals Begin Thursday and Friday with Regional Finals on Saturday and Sunday Across ESPN Platforms
ESPN’s John Buccigross, Colby Cohen and Quint Kessenich Lead the Men’s Frozen Four Coverage
NHL analyst Kevin Weekes joins NCAA coverage team for Regionals

ESPN platforms continue their winter sports championship season with the exclusive presentation of the NCAA men’s ice hockey tournament. Coverage begins with the first round games on Thursday, March 27 and culminates with the Men’s Frozen Four semifinals (April 10) and national championship (April 12) in St. Louis.

Thursday and Friday, the puck drops for the regional semifinals and the regional finals take place Saturday and Sunday across ESPN platforms. Boston College (26-7-2), last year’s runner-up is the No. 1 seed will take on Bentley, who will make their first-ever tournament appearance on Friday (2 p.m., ESPNU).

ESPN’s lead commentator team of John Buccigross, Colby Cohen and Quint Kessenich will call the Manchester, N.H. regional on Friday and Sunday. Analyst Kevin Weekes, one of ESPN’s top NHL analysts, joins the Frozen Four coverage team for the first time, paired with Jason Ross Jr. on the Allentown, Pa. regional. Additional teams include: Roxy Bernstein and Ben Clymer will call the Fargo, N.D. regional games, and Kevin Gehl and Sean Ritchlin take the Toledo, Ohio regionals on Thursday and Saturday.

The puck drops on the Men’s Frozen Four at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis with semifinal games on April 10 across ESPN2 and ESPN+. Buccigross will call his 12^th Frozen Four, alongside analyst Cohen – who scored an overtime goal to secure Boston University’s National Championship at the 2009 event – and reporter Kessenich. The 2024-25 national champion will be crowned on Saturday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2, ESPN+).

ESPN continues its presentation with Game On: Journey to the NCAA Championship, an original content series surrounding NCAA Championships. The episode debuts Wednesday, March 26 at 2 p.m. on ESPN2.

*Game On: Journey to the NCAA Championship*	Date	Time (ET)	Network
Men’s Ice Hockey	Wednesday, March 26	2 p.m.	ESPN2
Men’s Ice Hockey	Friday, March 28	1 p.m.	ESPNU
Men’s Ice Hockey	Sunday, March 30	Noon	ESPNU
Men’s Ice Hockey	Thursday, April 10	5 p.m.	ESPNU

*Available on ESPN+ beginning March 26

2025 NCAA Men’s Hockey Championship Schedule on ESPN:
*All matchups available on ESPN+

Date	Time (ET)	Game/Commentators	Platform(s)
Thursday, March 27	2 p.m.	Toledo, Ohio Regional Ohio State vs. Boston University Kevin Gehl, Sean Ritchlin	ESPNU
	5 p.m.	Fargo, N.D. Regional Minnesota State vs. No. 4 Western Michigan Roxy Bernstein, Ben Clymer	ESPNU
	5:30 p.m.	Toledo, Ohio Regional Cornell vs. No. 2 Michigan State Kevin Gehl, Sean Ritchlin	ESPN+
	8:30 p.m.	Fargo, N.D. Regional UMass vs. Minnesota Roxy Bernstein, Ben Clymer	ESPN2
Friday, March 28	2 p.m.	Manchester, N.H. Regional Bentley vs. No. 1 Boston College John Buccigross, Colby Cohen, Quint Kessenich	ESPNU
	5 p.m.	Allentown, Pa. Regional Quinnipiac vs. UConn Jason Ross Jr., Kevin Weekes	ESPNU
	5:30 p.m.	Manchester, N.H. Regional Denver vs. Providence John Buccigross, Colby Cohen, Quint Kessenich	ESPN+
	8:30 p.m.	Allentown, Pa. Regional Penn State vs. No. 3 Maine Jason Ross Jr., Kevin Weekes	ESPN2
Saturday, March 29	4 p.m.	Toledo, Ohio Regional Finals Cornell vs. Boston University Kevin Gehl, Sean Ritchlin	ESPNU
Saturday, March 29	6:30 p.m.	Fargo, N.D. Regional Finals UMass vs. No. 4 Western Michigan Roxy Bernstein, Ben Clymer	ESPNU
Sunday, March 30	4:30 p.m.	Allentown, Pa. Regional Finals Penn State vs. UConn Jason Ross Jr., Kevin Weekes	ESPN2
Sunday, March 30	7 p.m.	Manchester, N.H. Regional Finals Denver vs. No. 1 Boston College John Buccigross, Colby Cohen, Quint Kessenich	ESPN2
Thursday, April 10	5 p.m.	Men’s Frozen Four – Semifinals Denver vs. No 4 Western Michigan John Buccigross, Colby Cohen, Quint Kessenich	ESPN2
Thursday, April 10	8:30 p.m.	Men’s Frozen Four – Semifinals Penn State vs. Boston University John Buccigross, Colby Cohen, Quint Kessenich	ESPN2
Saturday, April 12	7 p.m.	Pregame Show Arda Öcal, Andrew Raycroft, Sean Ritchlin	ESPN2
Saturday, April 12	7:30 p.m.	NCAA Men’s Hockey Championship Boston University vs. No. 4 Western Michigan John Buccigross, Colby Cohen, Quint Kessenich	ESPN2