How to watch DU in the Frozen Four

The University of Denver hockey workforce is heading to its third straight Frozen Four for males’s faculty hockey.

The Pioneers knocked off the defending national champion, Western Michigan University, 6-2, in Sunday’s NCAA West Regional Final at Blue Arena in Loveland. Denver received off to a sizzling begin with 4 objectives in the first interval to tame the top-regional seeded Broncos and attain the program’s twenty first Frozen Four look and fourth in the final 5 seasons.

DU performs No. 1 general seed Michigan in the Frozen Four on Thursday, April 9, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The winner advances to the nationwide championship on Saturday, April 11.

North Dakota and Wisconsin are dealing with off in the different semifinal sport.

DU goes for an unprecedented eleventh nationwide championship.

The NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament has been played since 1948. It’s a single-elimination match that options 16 groups from all six Division I conferences. The winners of the 4 regionals advance to the Frozen Four.

DU has received the most nationwide championships with 10. The Pioneers’ first nationwide title got here in 1958once they beat North Dakota, 6-2, at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. Their most up-to-date nationwide championship was in 2024. Denver defeated Boston College, 2-0, at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.

How to watch the Frozen Four

The semi-finals can be televised on ESPN2 and the last can be on ESPN, in accordance to ESPN. They’ll additionally stream through ESPN Unlimited for subscribers. (Oddly sufficient, the NCAA says the last can be on ESPN2.) Radio broadcasts could be discovered on 104.3 The Fan.

National Semifinals, Thursday, April 9

Wisconsin vs. #2 North Dakota — 3:00 pm MT

Denver vs. #1 Michigan — 6:30 pm MT

National Championship, Saturday, April 11

TBD vs. TBD — 3:30 pm MT

How the Pioneers beat Western Michigan

Freshmen performed huge roles in the win in the regional last. Freshman ahead Kyle Chyzowski led all scorers with a career-high three factors (two objectives and one help) for the sport. Fellow freshman Brendan McMorrow and juniors Kieran Cebrian and Eric Pohlkamp every had a objective and help. Senior middle Samu Salminen and junior left wing Sam Harris every scored a objective.

Freshman goalie Johnny Hicks he stopped 26 of 28 pictures throughout the sport. He prolonged his unbeaten streak to 15 video games (14-0-1) and was voted the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA West Regional.

“You come to Denver with the expectation to win. We recruit players who want to win, who want to be part of something bigger than themselves,” stated Coach David Carl. “And, this group is no different. Their fingerprints are obviously all over this game. It starts with our leadership as they talked about bringing them along. But if you want to win and play to a high standard, you come to Denver.”

The Pioneers outshot the Broncos 32-28 for the sport. DU additionally went 1-for-3 on energy performs. Hicks, Cebrian, forwards Harris, Clarke Caswell and defenseman Cale Ashcroft They had been named to the All-Tournament Team.

“We’re a lineup full with a bunch of skill and grit. So, it’s incredible that we’re able to score all the way up and down the lineup. All four lines, all the pairings, it’s incredible,” Harris stated. “And when it comes to this time of year, goals aren’t pretty. They just bounce off things, and for them to bounce in the net for us today, it was great.”

The Pioneers avenged final season’s 3-2 double overtime loss to Western Michigan in the Frozen Four to make their seventh look in the NCAA semifinals in the final 10 tournaments. They completed 4-2-0 in opposition to the Broncos throughout the 12 months and 2-0 in the postseason after additionally beating them in this 12 months’s National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC)’s Frozen Faceoff Championship in double additional time.