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Frozen Four 2015 NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey bracket

By Cameron La Fontaine

Apr 10, 2014; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Minnesota Gophers celebrates after defeating North Dakota Sioux in the semifinals of the Frozen Four college ice hockey tournament at Wells Fargo Center. Minnesota defeated North Dakota, 2-1. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 10, 2014; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Minnesota Gophers celebrates after defeating North Dakota Sioux in the semifinals of the Frozen Four college ice hockey tournament at Wells Fargo Center. Minnesota defeated North Dakota, 2-1. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports /
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The NCAA men’s ice hockey Frozen Four tournament is here once again, and the 16-team bracket has been released. 

The 16-team bracket for the NCAA men’s ice hockey tournament known as the “Frozen Four” has been released by the NCAA.

There are four different groupings of four teams. The winner of the No. 1 group plays the winner of the No. 4 group and the No. 2 group plays the winner of No. 3.

The four tops seeds for the Frozen Four are owned by Minnesota State-Mankato, North Dakota, Boston University and Miami (Ohio). Minnesota State-Mankato earned the top seed after going 29-7-3 this season and winning the WCHA conference championship.

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Union College in New York, the defending champion, did not earn a spot in the field after they struggled to a 19-18-2 record this season and were eliminated in the conference tournament quarterfinals by Quinnipiac.

Notable teams in the Frozen Four include Michigan Tech, also in the WCHA conference with Minnesota State-Mankato is making their first appearance since 1981. Boston College is making their 34th appearance, the most in the field this year and Boston University, the No. 1 seed in the Northeast Regional is making their 33rd appearance. North Dakota is making the 30th appearance and they’re the No. 1 seed in the West Regional.

Omaha is the least veteran team. They’re making just their third appearance in the Frozen Four tournament, their first since 2011. They went 18-12-6 this season.

The last team to win a Frozen Four championship in this field is Yale, who won in 2013 and is a No. 4 seed in the Northeast Regional with Boston University as the 1-seed this year.

Boston College and Boston University won four out of five Frozen Four championships between 2008 and 2012, so don’t be surprised if one of them makes a move to win the tournament this season.

It should be a fun Frozen Four of exciting and hard hitting college hockey, stay tuned.

For a printable version of the bracket, simply click here.

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