The Boston University Terriers are back in the Frozen Four for a third straight year. BU beat Cornell, 3-2, in overtime on Saturday in Toledo, Ohio to claim the regional final and punch their ticket to St. Louis. It marks the 25th time in school history Boston University will play in the Frozen Four.

The Terriers will face Western Michigan, which defeated defending national champion Denver, 3-2, in double overtime, as they search for their first title since 2009 on Saturday

It also helps that Penn State has one of the low-key hottest goalies in hockey. Arsenii Sergeev has been clutch during this stretch, outplaying his counterpart just about every game, helping the team win 11 of its past 13 games.

The Terriers, seeking their first NCAA title since 2009, will face Western Michigan in the championship game on Saturday.

To set up that matchup, Western Michigan, making its first Frozen Four appearance, beat reigning champion Denver in an instant classic, 3-2, in double overtime in the first game of the doubleheader on Thursday night in St.

Owen Michaels scored the game winner and Western Michigan beat defending champion Denver 3-2 to advance to its first Frozen Four title game.

In terms of experience, the disparity does not get much bigger when it comes to the matchup between BU and Penn State in Frozen Four.

Freshman Mikhail Yegorov stopped 32 shots, and Jack Harvey scored an empty-netter with a minute left for BU (24-12-2), which lost in the semifinals in each of the past two years. The Terriers are five-time champions who lost to Providence in 2015 and are seeking their first title since beating Miami (Ohio) in 2009.

The story of the 2024-25 Penn State hockey team will have to sign off with a word such as “remarkable” or “unprecedented,” which isn’t such a bad way to be remembered. The Nittany Lions and their fans wanted the word “miraculous” to apply,