Terriers Earn Top Seed in Northeast Regional
March 22, 2015 | Men's Ice Hockey
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BOSTON - The Hockey East champion Boston University men's ice hockey team earned the top seed in the Northeast Regional and will face Yale in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday afternoon (2 p.m.) in Manchester, New Hampshire.
BU won its eighth league title on Saturday night and enters the NCAA tournament with a 25-7-5 record. The Terriers will face Yale, which earned the No. 4 seed in the regional. The other matchup at the Verizon Wireless Arena will pit No. 2 seed Minnesota Duluth and No. 3 seed Minnesota (5:30 p.m.).
Friday's contest will be broadcast live on ESPNU. The regional final will take place Saturday at 5:30 p.m., and will be shown live on ESPN2.
This is the Terriers' 33rd NCAA tournament appearance in program history and their first since 2012. BU won its fifth national title in 2009 as the top seed in Manchester. Yale won its first national crown in 2013. The Terriers and the Bulldogs will be facing off in the NCAA tournament for the first time on Friday. It will be the first time the teams have met since Nov. 25, 2006, when BU bested Yale, 2-1, in overtime at Agganis Arena. The all-time series between the two schools is tied at 30-30-3.
The Terriers are one of three Hockey East teams in the field of 16. Boston College and Providence were both slotted in the East Regional, which is hosted by Brown in Providence, Rhode Island.
