The Buckeyes, who defeated Wisconsin, 2-1, in the WCHA Championship, are a deserved No. 1 seed, while Wisconsin fell to No. 2.
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Things will get extremely interesting for Wisconsin if they win their second-round matchup against Quinnipiac or Franklin Pierce on Saturday, March 14.
All it takes is one win for Wisconsin to advance to the Frozen Four, a place this team has become quite familiar with. That said, there’s a chance the atmosphere will be unlike anything they’ve experienced, should No. 3 Penn State also win its second-round game.
The Nittany Lions will face either UConn or Princeton as they look to make a Frozen Four appearance on their home ice.
That’s right, this year’s Frozen Four will take place in University Park, Pennsylvania, on a track that Penn State is quite familiar with. This year at home, the Nittany Lions are an astonishing 17-1. Interestingly, their only loss was to RIT, a team that beat them 3-2 in overtime despite finishing the year with a 16-18 overall record.Advertisement
Wisconsin knows what they’re getting from Ohio State on the other end, but they can’t set their sights on a National Championship game without taking care of business first.
The Badgers still have to face Penn State this season, and the last thing they want to do is underestimate them in the Frozen Four. The Nittany Lions are 32-5-0 for a reason, and that puts Wisconsin’s 32-4-2 record in a different light.
Wisconsin has played Minnesota-Duluth, Minnesota and Ohio State, but all of those teams are in the top half of the bracket. Their 2025-26 season has not featured a matchup against any of their potential second-round opponents, nor against Penn State, UConn or Princeton, who they could face in the Frozen Four.
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