2017 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament


The 2017 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the national championship tournament for men's college ice hockey in the United States, held from March 24 - April 8, 2017. 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 finals – was hosted by the University of Notre Dame and the Chicago Sports Commission at the United Center in Chicago.
Denver defeated Minnesota-Duluth 3–2 to win the program's 8th 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 were the sites for the 2017 regionals:
;March 24–25
;March 25–26
The winner of each regional advanced to the Frozen Four:
;April 6–8

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 19. Hockey East had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, NCHC had four teams receive a berth, ECAC Hockey had three teams receive a berth, Big Ten Conference had three teams receive a berth, and one team from the Atlantic Hockey, and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association received a berth.
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Tournament bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period

Results

Midwest Region – Cincinnati, Ohio">US Bank Arena">Cincinnati, Ohio

Regional Semifinal

Regional Final

West Region – Fargo, North Dakota">Scheels Arena">Fargo, North Dakota

Regional Semifinal

Regional Final

East Region – Providence, Rhode Island">Dunkin' Donuts Center">Providence, Rhode Island

Regional Semifinal

Regional Final

Northeast Region – Manchester, New Hampshire">SNHU Arena">Manchester, New Hampshire

Regional Semifinal

Regional Final

Frozen Four – Chicago">United Center">Chicago, [Illinois]

National Semifinal

National Championship

(MW1) Denver vs. (W1) Minnesota–Duluth

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

[Frozen Four]

* Most Outstanding Player

Record by conference

Media

Television

had US television rights to all games during the tournament for the thirteenth consecutive year. ESPN aired every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, ESPNU, or ESPN3 and streamed them online via WatchESPN.
In Canada, the tournament was broadcast by TSN and streamed on TSN Go.

Broadcast assignments

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