NCAA HOCKEY EAST REGIONAL CAPSULE

Teams: Quinnipiac (30-4-3), Harvard (24-7-2), Ohio State (20-15-3), Merrimack (23-13-1).

Hosts: Yale/Sacred Heart

Where: Total Mortgage Arena, Bridgeport

Tickets: $35-$60 www.totalmortgagearena.com/events/

Schedule Friday

Harvard vs. Ohio State, 2 p.m. (ESPNU)

Quinnipiac vs. Merrimack, 5:30 p.m. (ESPNews, ESPN+)

Sunday Championship, 4 p.m. (ESPN2)

About Quinnipiac

Bobcats, coming off double overtime loss to Colgate in ECAC Hockey semifinals, are making their fourth-straight trip to NCAA tournament ... Quinnipiac’s 30 wins are tied for most in Division I ... Bobcats are No. 2 seed overall in tournament ... Rand Pecknold took home his third consecutive ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year award ... Yaniv Perets was named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Year for the second-straight season and Sam Lipkin was named Rookie of the Year ... Quinnipiac has not played Merrimack since the 2014-15 season ... This is Quinnipiac’s ninth NCAA tournament appearance, all since 2002 and eight since 2013. The Bobcats have advanced to the Frozen Four twice, in 2013 and 2016.

About Merrimack

Merrimack fell to Boston U in overtime to in the Hockey East championship game at TD Garden. The Warriors were the No. 2 seed in the Hockey East tournament ... Junior defenseman Christian Felton was named the Hockey East Defender of the Week ... This is Merrimack’s third Division I NCAA tournament appearance, and first since 2011. Merrimack won the Division II title in 1978.

About Harvard

This is Harvard’s 27th NCAA tournament appearance. The Crimson have advanced to the Frozen Four 13 times, the last coming in 2017. Harvard won the 1989 national title ... Harvard earned an at-large berth with a No. 7 ranking in the Pairwise ... Harvard is the only team in the nation with three 20-goal scorers: Alex Laferriere (21 goals), Sean Farrell (20), and Matthew Coronato (20).

About Ohio State

Ohio State is making its 10th NCAA tournament appearance and has advanced to the Frozen Four twice, 1998 and 2018 ... The Buckeyes finished third in the Big Ten, and advanced to the conference tournament semifinals ... Ohio State leads the nation on the penalty kill (.895) ... The Buckeyes and Harvard have met just once, a 4-2 Buckeye victory in the Ohio Hockey Classic in Columbus Dec. 29, 2008.

What’s at stake

A berth in the Frozen Frozen, to be held in Tampa, Fla. Apr. 6-8.