Michigan Back in NCAA Tournament, Matched Against Northeastern
3/18/2018 12:18:00 PM | Ice Hockey
• NCAA Interactive Bracket | Northeast Regional Tickets
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan ice hockey team (20-14-3) earned an at-large bid and No. 2Â seed in the NCAA Tournament and will take on No. 3 seed Northeastern (23-9-5) in a Northeast Regional semifinal Saturday (March 24) at DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. Puck drop is scheduled for 4:30 p.m., and the game will be televised on ESPNews.
No. 1 seed Cornell and No. 4 seed Boston University are the other teams in the Northeast Regional and will play at 1 p.m. Saturday. The semifinal winners will meet Sunday (March 25) for a spot in the Frozen Four, which is slated for April 5 and 7 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
This season's NCAA Tournament bid is the 37th overall in U-M history, which is tied for the most with Minnesota, and the first since 2016. The Wolverines have a 51-29 record all-time NCAA Tournament record, including a Division I record nine national championships.
U-M enters the NCAA Tournament with a 20-14-3 overall record, marking the 41st time in program history that U-M has reached 20 wins. Michigan earned a No. 3 seed in the Big Ten Tournament with a 11-10-3-2 conference record and knocked off No. 6 seed Wisconsin in the first round before losing to No. 2 seed Ohio State in the semifinals, 3-2, in overtime.
All-session tickets for the NCAA Northeast Regional will be available to Michigan ice hockey season ticket holders on a first-come, first-served basis by logging in to their online account at MGoBlue.com/tickets beginning at 10 a.m. Monday (March 19). The deadline to purchase tickets is noon Tuesday (March 20).
The general public can purchase tickets on Ticketmaster.com.
Some Michigan NCAA Tournament notes:
- 37th appearance in NCAA Tournament, tied for the most with Minnesota
- 51-29 record (.638)
- 12 championship appearances – 1948, '51, '52, '53, '55, '56, '57, '64, '77, '96, '98, 2011
- 9-3 in championship games; nine titles are most in Division I hockey
- 12-12 in semifinal games; 24 Frozen Four appearances are second most behind Boston College (25)
- Won last national title in 1998, defeating Boston College 3-2 in overtime
- Michigan's 22 consecutive tournaments made from 1991-2012 is the longest streak ever
- Former Michigan coach Vic Heyliger's 10 consecutive Frozen Four appearances are double the next longest streak of consecutive Frozen Fours by a coach
- Heyliger's six championships are the most of any coach
- Former coach Red Berenson made 23 tournament appearances, second all-time among coaches
- Mel Pearson is 0-2 in the NCAA Tournament as a head coach, with both losses coming while at Michigan Tech
