Dates and sites: The East Regional will be played March 23-24 at the Centrum Centre in Worcester, Massachusetts; the West Regional will be played March 22-23 at Yost Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan; and the Frozen Four will be April 4 and 6 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Field: Twelve teams, five from the automatic-qualifying conferences and the remaining seven selected at large.

Selection date: March 17.

2001 champion: Boston College.

Top team contenders: Denver, New Hampshire, Minnesota, St. Cloud State, Michigan State, Cornell, Colorado College.

Players to watch: Ryan Miller, Michigan State; Darren Haydar, New Hampshire; Mark Hartigan, St. Cloud State; Jordan Leopold, Minnesota; Mike Pandolfo, Boston University; Matt Underhill, Cornell.

Dates and sites: A first-round game will be held March 6 at a campus site. The quarterfinals will be March 8-9 at campus sites and the semifinals and final will be March 15-16 at a campus site.

Field: Nine teams, six from automatic-qualifying conferences (Pool A), one from independent institutions (Pool B) and two at-large teams that do not qualify through their conference (Pool C).

Selection date: March 3.

2001 champion: Plattsburgh State.

Top team contenders: Rochester Institute of Technology, Middlebury, St. Norbert, Bowdoin, St. Thomas (Minnesota), Norwich.

Players to watch: Mike Bournazakis, Rochester Institute of Technology; Christian Carlsson, Middlebury; Michael Carosi, Bowdoin, J.F. Duchesne, Middlebury; Jerry Galway, Rochester Institute of Technology; Ryan Gill, St. Norbert; Tony Lawrence, St. Thomas (Minnesota); Kurtis Mclean, Norwich.