17 Vees alumni are included in the 16-team field for the 2024 NCAA Division l Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament. The tournament begins today (March 28th) and the Frozen Four Semi-Finals and Championship games are slated for April 11th and 13th, at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The 16-team tournament is split into four, four-team regional brackets for the first two rounds of the tournament. The four regional sites are Providence, Rhode Island, Maryland Heights, Missouri, Springfield, Massachusetts, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
TSN and TSN+ in Canada will broadcast the tournament. ESPN and ESPN+ will provide coverage in the United States.
Quinnipiac is the defending national champions, and their roster features former Vee Jacob Quillan, who scored the championing-winning goal in overtime against Minnesota last season. The Bobcats face Michigan State in their opening round match up.
The top four seeds in the tournament are Boston College (1), Boston University (2), Denver (3), and Michigan State (4). Those four teams are also the top seeds of the four regionals.
Below are the 17 alumni on 11 teams in the tournament.
Vees Alumni
Boston College #1 (31-5-1): Jamie Armstrong
Wisconsin (26-11-2): David Silye
Quinnipiac (26-9-2): Jacob Quillan
Michigan State #4 (24-9-3): Luca Di Pasquo
Western Michigan (21-15-1): Matteo Constantini
North Dakota (26-11-2): Tanner Komzak
Michigan (21-14-3): Steven Holtz
Denver #3 (28-9-3): Massimo Rizzo
Massachusetts (20-13-3): Aydar Suniev, Owen Murray
Maine (23-11-2): Bradly Nadeau, Josh Nadeau, Grayson Arnott, Ryan Hopkins
Boston University #2 (26-9-2): Tristan Amonte, Quinn Hutson, Cade Webber