2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament is the national championship tournament for men's college ice hockey in the United States in 2019. The tournament involves 16 teams in single-elimination play to determine the national champion at the Division I level of the NCAA, the highest level of competition in college hockey. The tournament's Frozen Four, the semifinals, and finals will be hosted by the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York April 11-13, 2019.

Automatic Bids
The post season champions of the six division I conferences will automatically qualify for the tournament
 * Atlantic Hockey: American International Yellow Jackets
 * Big Ten Conference: Notre Dame Fighting Irish
 * ECAC: Clarkson Golden Knights
 * Hockey East: Northeastern Huskies
 * National Collegiate Hockey Conference: Denver Pioneers
 * Western Collegiate Hockey Association: Minnesota State Mavericks (#3 seed)

At-large Bids
The tournament committee will extend 10 "at large" bids to the tournament.
 * St. Cloud State Huskies (#1 Seed)
 * Ohio State Buckeyes
 * UMass Minutemen (#4 seed)
 * Harvard Crimson
 * Providence Friars
 * Cornell Big Red
 * Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs (#2 seed)
 * Bowling Green Falcons
 * Arizona State Sun Devils
 * Quinnipiac Bobcats

Tournament procedure
Single elimination tournament. The tournament consisted of four groups of four teams in regional brackets. The winner of each regional advanced to the Frozen Four.

East Regional
March 30-31, 2019 Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence, Rhode Island

Semifinals

 * Providence Friars defeated Minnesota State Mavericks 6-3
 * Cornell Big Red defeated Northeastern Huskies 5-1

Final

 * Providence Friars defeated Cornell Big Red 4-0

Northeast Regional
March 29-30, 2019 SNHU Arena, Manchester, New Hampshire

Semifinals

 * UMass Minutemen defeated Harvard Crimson 4-0
 * Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeated Clarkson Golden Knights 3-2 (ot)

Final

 * UMass Minutemen defeated Notre Dame Fighting Irish 4-0

Midwest Regional
March 30-31, 2019 PPL Center, Allentown, Pennsylvania

Semifinals

 * Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs defeated Bowling Green Falcons 2-1 (ot)
 * Quinnipiac Bobcats defeated Arizona State Sun Devils 2-1

Final

 * Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs defeated Quinnipiac Bobcats 3-1

West Regional
March 29-30, 2019 Scheels Arena, Fargo, North Dakota

Semifinals

 * American International Yellow Jackets defeated St. Cloud State Huskies 2-1
 * Denver Pioneers defeated Ohio State Buckeyes 2-0

Final

 * Denver Pioneers defeated American International Yellow Jackets 3-0

Frozen Four
April 11 & 13, 2019 KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York

Semifinals

 * Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs defeated Providence Friars 4-1
 * UMass Minutemen defeated Denver Pioneers 4-3 (ot)

Final

 * Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs defeated UMass Minutemen 3-0