The University of Maine men’s hockey team, coming off a 4-1 loss to Boston University in the Hockey East semifinals, will travel to Springfield, Mass., to take on Cornell University in the NCAA tournament Regional at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.
The other game in the regional at the MassMutual Center will see Denver face off against UMass. They will play at 2 p.m.
The winners will play for the right to play in the Frozen Four at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn. April 11-13.
The regional final will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday.
UMaine is 23-11-2 and finished third in Hockey East after being picked to finish ninth in the league’s preseason coaches poll.
Its appearance in the Hockey East semifinals was its first since the 2011-12 campaign.
This will be UMaine’s 19th NCAA Tournament appearance.
UMaine’s last appearance came on March 24, 2012 in the Northeast Regional in Worcester, Mass.
