2025 NCAA DIII Men's Hockey Tournament

The Utica University Men's Hockey Pioneers skated to a single overtime period victory Friday night in front of a jam-packed rowdy crowd inside Utica's Nexus Center in the NCAA DIII Frozen Four semi-final. With the win, Utica advances to the National Championship game on Sunday night at 7 at Nexus against Hobart, which defeated Geneseo in the early game Friday afternoon.

Both seated and standing room-only tickets for Friday night's Utica vs. Curry DIII Frozen Four semi-final game had sold out with a few minutes of 12 noon when the seats were placed on sale on Wednesday. After tickets were set aside for Curry and Utica player families, and season ticket holders were given first opportunity to buy tickets, less than 500 tickets were on-sale for the general public and they were bought up in under five minutes.

Nobody on the Utica side was happy with the outcome of the UCHC championship game at the Adirondack Bank Center on Saturday night. It was not the Pioneers night as they fell to visiting Geneseo by a score of 7-4.

Two local men's collegiate hockey teams are headed to the first round of the D III NCAA Tournament this weekend.