BOSTON, MA – MARCH 21: UConn Huskies forward Ryan Tattle (9) gains the blue line during the Hockey East Championship Final between the UCONN Huskies and the Maine Black Bears on March 21, 2025, at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The UConn men’s hockey team is headed to its first ever NCAA Tournament appearance and taking on a local rival – Quinnipiac University.
Quinnipiac University has made several trips to the tournament and won in 2023.
They were the runner-up in 2016 and 2013.
Quinnipiac said the Bobcats are the first NCAA Division I men's hockey team to win five consecutive regular season championships in the same league and the second to do it overall, with Minnesota State winning six consecutive trophies across the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and Central Collegiate Hockey Association.
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UConn and Quinnipiac will be playing on Friday night in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
The puck drop is set for 5 p.m.
The teams faced each other this season in the CT Ice Tournament.
