The 2025 NCAA Division I men’s hockey tournament bracket was unveiled on Sunday afternoon and the UMass hockey team was one of six Hockey East schools to qualify for the big dance.

The Minutemen (20-13-5) received the No. 11 overall seed and will head to the Fargo Regional in Fargo, North Dakota. UMass will take on No. 5 Minnesota (25-10-4) on Thursday, March 27 at Scheels Arena. It’ll be a rematch of the first-round matchup during the 2022 NCAA tournament in which the Golden Gophers won, 4-3, in overtime at the DCU Center in Worcester.

UMass have now qualified for the NCAA tournament six times in head coach Greg Carvel’s nine-year tenure in Amherst.

Western Michigan (30-7-1) earned the top-seed in the Fargo Regional after winning the NCHC tournament on Saturday night in overtime against Denver. The Broncos (No. 4 overall) will play No. 14 Minnesota State (27-8-3) in the other semifinal contest in Fargo. The Mavericks won the CCHA championship by beating St. Thomas, 4-2, on Friday.

Elsewhere, Boston College (26-7-2) grabbed the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament and will take on Atlantic Hockey champion Bentley (23-14-2) in the Manchester Regional in Manchester, New Hampshire on Friday, March 28. Bentley will be making its first ever appearnance in the Div. 1 national tournament. 

Eighth-seeded Providence (21-10-5) and ninth-seeded Denver (29-11-1) — the defending national champions — will be the other semifinal showdown at SNHU Arena.

Maine (24-7-6), the newly minted Hockey East champions, will stay relatively close to home as the top seed in the Allentown Regional in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The Black Bears (No. 3 overall) will meet host No. 13 Penn State (20-13-4) in one semifinal, while Hockey East runner-up No. 6 UConn (22-11-4) will battle in-state rival No. 12 Quinnipiac (24-11-2) in the second Allentown semifinal. This marks the first NCAA tournament appearance in Huskies program history. The Allentown Regional will begin on Friday, March 28.

Lastly, Boston University (21-13-2) will make up the lone Hockey East school in the Toledo Regional in Toledo, Ohio. The No. 7 Terriers will face No. 10 Ohio State (24-13-2) in one half of the bracket, while No. 2 Michigan State (26-6-4) will get the underdog ECAC champions in No. 15 Cornell (18-10-6). The Toledo Regional will open on Thursday, March 27.

The Big Red had to win the ECAC to qualify for the NCAA tournament and by doing so, knocked out Michigan from an at-large bid.

Puck drop for UMass’ game against Minnesota is scheduled for 8:30 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on Thursday.