Todd D. Milewski

Our writers at U.S. Bank Arena update the Midwest Regional championship game, Ferris State vs. North Dakota.

Our staff at the Xcel Energy Center updates the West Regional semifinals, Minnesota vs. Robert Morris and Notre Dame vs. St. Cloud State.

Our staff at DCU Center updates the Northeast Regional semifinals, Boston College vs. Denver and Massachusetts-Lowell vs. Minnesota State.

Our staff at Webster Bank Arena updates the East Regional championship game between Union and Providence.

Mark MacMillan’s redirected goal with 1:44 left broke a tie as Midwest Regional No. 4 seed North Dakota upended top-seeded Wisconsin 5-2 Friday in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.

Here are photos from Friday’s Midwest Regional semifinals in Cincinnati, where Ferris State beat Colgate 1-0 and North Dakota beat Wisconsin 5-2.

After the first day of the 2014 NCAA tournament, 93 percent of the brackets entered in College Hockey Pickem 2014 are out of the running for the coveted perfect bracket.

Here are photos from Friday’s East Regional semifinals in Bridgeport, Conn., where Union beat Vermont 5-2 and Providence beat Quinnipiac 4-0.

Three goals in the second period carried the Providence Friars to the NCAA East Regional final with a 4-0 victory over the Quinnipiac Bobcats on Friday night.

In nearly 11,000 valid brackets entered for College Hockey Pickem 2014, two schools combined to get more than half of the predictions to win the NCAA tournament.

The No. 1 Union Dutchmen used their special teams, which scored two power play goals and a short-handed goal, to defeat Vermont 5-2 on Friday in the NCAA East Regional semifinals.

Our staff at U.S. Bank Arena updates the Midwest Regional semifinals, Ferris State vs. Colgate and Wisconsin vs. North Dakota.

Our staff at Webster Bank Arena gives updates from the East Regional semifinals, Union vs. Vermont and Quinnipiac vs. Providence.