The 2018 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament is the national championship tournament for men's college ice hockey in the United States in 2018. 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 University of Minnesota Twin Cities at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota April 5-7, 2018.
Automatic Bids
The post season champions of the six division I confences will automatically qualify for the tournament
- Atlantic Hockey:
- Big Ten Conference:
- ECAC:
- Hockey East:
- National Collegiate Hockey Conference:
- Western Collegiate Hockey Association:
At-large Bids
The tournament committee will extend 10 "at large" bids to the tournament.
Tournament procedure
The tournament consisted of four groups of four teams in regional brackets. The winner of each regional advanced to the Frozen Four:
Regionals
East Regional
DCU Center, Worcester, Massachusetts
Northeast Regional
Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Midwest Regional
PPL Center, Allentown, Pennsylvania
West Regional
Denny Sanford PREMIER Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Frozen Four
Will be hosted by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota April 5-7, 2018.