The Friars gifted Denver, the defending champions, an empty-net goal less than three minutes into the Manchester Regional semifinal. Providence goalie, Philip Svedebäck, misplayed the puck behind his own net and it flipped out onto the unguarded crease where Denver’s Connor Caponi was able to knock it home just 2:25 into the game.

Denver showed it was the better team during that 20 minutes. Svedebäck made a nice stop at the horn, but it's been a tough regional semifinal for the Friars. Providence's best chance came from Trevor Connelly on the power play at the 17:43 mark, but the Friars were called for a hold just seconds later.

The Providence Friars face off with the Denver Pioneers on Friday, March 28 in the NCAA Men's Hockey Tournament.

Boston University scored five unanswered goals in the third period to defeat Ohio State 8-3 in the first round of the NCAA men's hockey tournament Thursday in Toledo. Boston, a No. 2 seed, advances to face either No.

The University of Maine men's hockey team was knocked out of the NCAA tournament Friday night by a crushing Penn State victory with a final score of 5-1. The Black Bears scored their first and only goal less than five minutes into the first period,