The 2025 DIII men's ice hockey championship began Saturday, March 15. Fourteen teams made the tournament, with 10 teams receiving automatic qualifier bids and four receiving at-large bids into the tournament.

After narrowly defeating his dog back in 2018, News Tribune college hockey reporter Matt Wellens will now attempt to pick a better NCAA hockey bracket than his 6-year-old son.

The men’s NCAA hockey bracket for the 2025 tournament will be released at 3 p.m. Sunday. You can watch the reveal on ESPNU. Of the 16 teams to earn bids to the NCAA tournament — six automatic qualifiers for each of the six conferences, plus 10 at-large bids — six will be Hockey East teams.