2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
2011 Frozen Four logo
Season	2010–11
Teams	16
Finals Site	Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, Minnesota
Champions	Minnesota-Duluth (1st title, 2nd title game, 4th Frozen Four)
Runner-Up	Michigan (16th title game, 24th Frozen Four)
Semifinalists	Notre Dame (2nd Frozen Four) North Dakota (19th Frozen Four)
Winning Coach	Scott Sandelin (1st title)
MOP	J.T. Brown (Minnesota-Duluth)
Attendance	38,361
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2010  2012 →

The 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 16 schools in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The tournament began on March 25, 2011, and ended with the championship game on April 9, when the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs defeated the Michigan Wolverines 3-2.

Tournament procedure

Bridgeport

St. Louis

Manchester

Green Bay

St. Paul

2011 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red)

The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2011 regionals:

March 25 and 26

East Regional, Webster Bank Arena – Bridgeport, Connecticut (Hosts: Yale University and Fairfield University)

West Regional, Scottrade Center – St. Louis, Missouri (Host: Central Collegiate Hockey Association)

March 26 and 27

Northeast Regional, Verizon Wireless Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire (Host: University of New Hampshire)

Midwest Regional, Resch Center – Green Bay, Wisconsin (Host: Michigan Technological University)

Each regional winner will advance to the Frozen Four:

April 7 and 9

Xcel Energy Center – St. Paul, Minnesota (Host: University of Minnesota)

Qualification

The winners of the five conference tournaments will receive automatic bids to the tournament, while the remaining eleven spots will be given to at-large teams. The conference tournaments for the 2010–11 season are:

• 2011 Atlantic Hockey Tournament
• 2011 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
• 2011 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
• 2011 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
• 2011 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 20. The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), Hockey East, ECAC Hockey and Atlantic Hockey conference tournament winners all secure a spot in the tournament while other at large teams are chosen by the NCAA selection committee.

Midwest Regional – Green Bay					East Regional – Bridgeport
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	North Dakota (2)	WCHA	30–8–3	Tournament champion	1	Yale (1)	ECAC Hockey	27–6–1	Tournament champion
2	Denver	WCHA	24–11–5	At-large bid	2	Union	ECAC Hockey	26–9–4	At-large bid
3	Western Michigan	CCHA	19–12–10	At-large bid	3	Minnesota–Duluth	WCHA	22–10–6	At-large bid
4	RPI	ECAC Hockey	20–12–5	At-large bid	4	Air Force	Atlantic Hockey	20–11–6	Tournament champion
Northeast Regional – Manchester					West Regional – St. Louis
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Miami (4)	CCHA	23–9–6	Tournament champion	1	Boston College (3)	Hockey East	30–7–1	Tournament champion
2	Merrimack	Hockey East	25–9–4	At-large bid	2	Michigan	CCHA	26–10–4	At-large bid
3	Notre Dame	CCHA	23–13–5	At-large bid	3	Nebraska–Omaha	WCHA	21–15–2	At-large bid
4	New Hampshire	Hockey East	21–10–6	At-large bid	4	Colorado College	WCHA	22–18–3	At-large bid

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Regionals

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (EDT/CDT).

Midwest Regional – Green Bay, Wisconsin

	Regional semifinals March 26					Regional final March 27
	1	North Dakota	6
	4	RPI	0
						1	North Dakota	6
						2	Denver	1
	3	Western Michigan	2
	2	Denver	3**

Regional semifinals

March 26, 2011 12:30PM CDT

(4) RPI

0 – 6 (0–1, 0–4, 0–1)

(1) North Dakota

Resch Center – Green Bay, Wisconsin

Game reference

March 26, 2011 4:00PM CDT

(3) Western Michigan

2 – 3 2OT (0–0, 1–0, 1–2, 0–0, 0–1)

(2) Denver

Resch Center – Green Bay, Wisconsin Attendance: 4,355

Game reference
	Jerry Kuhn	Goalies	Sam Brittain	Referees: Kevin Shea Jeff Bunyan Linesman: Bob Bernard Chris Aughe
	Derek Roehl (Warda, O'Kane) Trevor Elias (Squires)	0–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–3	Kyle Ostrow (Zucker, Makowski) Matt Donovan(Zucker, Shore) Jason Zucker (Salazar, Donovan)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	32	Shots	28

Regional final

March 27, 2011 4:30PM CDT

(2) Denver

1 – 6 (1–1, 0–2, 0–3)

(1) North Dakota

Resch Center – Green Bay, Wisconsin

Game reference

East Regional – Bridgeport, Connecticut

	Regional semifinals March 25					Regional final March 26
	1	Yale	2*
	4	Air Force	1
						1	Yale	3
						3	Minnesota–Duluth	5
	3	Minnesota–Duluth	2
	2	Union	0

* Denotes overtime periods

Regional semifinals

March 25, 2011 3:00PM EDT

(3) Minnesota–Duluth

2 – 0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

(2) Union

Webster Bank Arena – Bridgeport, Connecticut Attendance: 7671

Game reference
	Kenny Reiter	Goalies	Keith Kinkaid	Referees: Scott Hansen Tim Benedetto Linesmen: Chris Milea Brendan Kelleher
	Kyle Schmidt (Montgomery, Seidel) Justin Fontaine (Faulk, M. Connelly) – 59:21	1 – 0 2 – 0
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	28	Shots	31

March 25, 2011 6:30PM EDT

(4) Air Force

1 – 2 OT (0–0, 1–1 , 0–0, 0–1)

(1) Yale

Webster Bank Arena – Bridgeport, Connecticut Attendance: 7671

Game reference
	Jason Torf	Goalies	Ryan Rondeau	Referees: Brian Hill Brian Aaron
	Brian O'Neill Jaskowiak Chad Zeigler (Jaskowiak, Mason)	0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2	Sean Bertsch Unassisted
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	28

Regional final

March 26, 2011 6:30PM EDT

(3) Minnesota–Duluth

5 – 3 (1–0, 4–1, 0–2)

(1) Yale

Webster Bank Arena – Bridgeport, Connecticut Attendance: 7,816

Game reference
	Kenny Reiter	Goalies	Ryan Rondeau, Nick Maricic	Referees: Brian Hill Brian Aaron Linesmen: T.J. Likens Tony Molina
	Mike Connolly (Justin Fontaine) Wade Bergman (Jack Connolly) Jack Connolly (Mike Connolly, Justin Faulk) Mike Seidel (Mike Connolly, Jack Connolly) Justin Fontaine (Mike Connolly, Justin Faulk)	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1 5 – 2 5 – 3	Brian O'Neill (Broc Little) Broc Little (Denny Kearney, Kevin Limbert) Denny Kearney (Jimmy Martin, Broc Little)
	16 min	Penalties	29 min
	26	Shots	33

Northeast Regional – Manchester, New Hampshire

	Regional semifinals March 26					Regional final March 27
	1	Miami	1
	4	New Hampshire	3
						4	New Hampshire	1
						3	Notre Dame	2
	3	Notre Dame	4*
	2	Merrimack	3

* Denotes overtime periods

Regional semifinals

March 26, 2011 4:00PM EDT

(4) New Hampshire

3 – 1 (1–1, 0–0, 2–0)

(1) Miami

Verizon Wireless Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire Attendance: 7,608

Game reference
	Matt DiGirolamo	Goalies	Cody Reichard	Referees: Tim Kotyra Peter Feola Linesmen: Mike Emanatian Dave Brown
	Kevin Goumas (Matt Campanale, Damon Kipp) Mike Sislo (Blake Kessel, Phil DeSimone) Kevin Goumas (Mike Beck)	0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1 3 – 1	Bryon Paulazzo (Carter Camper, Alden Hirschfeld)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	22

March 26, 2011 7:30PM EDT

(3) Notre Dame

4 – 3 OT (1–2, 1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

(2) Merrimack

Verizon Wireless Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire Attendance: 7,608

Game reference
	Mike Johnson	Goalies	Joe Cannata	Referees: Derek Shepperd Marco Hunt Linesmen: Tony Czech Nathan Freeman
	Calle Ridderwall (Billy Maday, T. J. Tynan) Anders Lee (Bryan Rust) Billy Maday (unassisted) Anders Lee (unassisted)	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 3 4 – 3	Kyle Bigos (Ryan Flanigan, Jordan Heywood) Ryan Flanigan (Stephane Da Costa) Rhett Bly (Shawn Bates)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	37	Shots	35

Regional final

March 27, 2011 8:00PM EDT

(4) New Hampshire

1 – 2 (0–1, 0–1, 1–0)

(3) Notre Dame

Verizon Wireless Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire Attendance: 5,906

Game reference
	Matt DiGirolamo	Goalies	Mike Johnson
	Mike Sislo (Matt Campanale, Damon Kipp)	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2	Stephen Johns (Riley Sheahan, Anders Lee) Billy Maday (Riley Sheahan)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	38	Shots	38

West Regional – St. Louis, Missouri

	Regional semifinals March 25					Regional final March 26
	1	Boston College	4
	4	Colorado College	8
						4	Colorado College	1
						2	Michigan	2
	3	Nebraska–Omaha	2
	2	Michigan	3*

* Denotes overtime periods

Regional semifinals

March 25, 2011 4:30PM CDT

(3) Nebraska–Omaha

2 – 3 OT (2–0, 0–2, 0–0, 0–1)

(2) Michigan

Scottrade Center – St. Louis, Missouri

Game reference
	John Faulkner	Goalies	Shawn Hunwick	Referees: Harry Dumas Chip McDonald Linesmen: Gleen Cooke Justin Prusak
	Rich Purslow (Martin, Young) Alex Hudson (Waters, Montpetit)	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 2 – 2 2 – 3	Louie Caporusso (Vaughan, Merrill) Kevin Lynch (Langlais, Caporusso) Kevin Lynch (Pateryn)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	37

March 25, 2011 8:00PM CDT

(4) Colorado College

8 – 4 (4–1, 3–1, 1–2)

(1) Boston College

Scottrade Center – St. Louis, Missouri

Game reference

Regional final

March 26, 2011 8:00PM CDT

(2) Michigan

2 – 1 (2–0, 0–0, 0–1)

(4) Colorado College

Scottrade Center – St. Louis, Missouri

Game reference
	Shawn Hunwick	Goalies	Joe Howe	Referees: Harry Dumas Chip McDonald Linesmen: Justin Prusak Glen Cooke
	Scooter Vaughan (Lee Moffie, Kevin Clare) Lee Moffie (unassisted)	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1	Rylan Schwartz (Jaden Schwartz, Gabe Guentzel)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	43	Shots	22

Frozen Four – St. Paul, Minnesota

	National Semifinals April 7					National Championship April 9
	E3	Minnesota–Duluth	4
	NE3	Notre Dame	3
						E3	Minnesota-Duluth	3
						W2	Michigan	2
	W2	Michigan	2
	MW1	North Dakota	0

National Semifinals

April 7, 2011 4:00PM CDT

(NE3) Notre Dame

3 – 4 (2–3, 0–1, 1–0)

(E3) Minnesota–Duluth

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, Minnesota Attendance: 19,139

Game reference
	Mike Johnson	Goalies	Kenny Reiter	Referees: Chip McDonald Peter Feola Linesmen: Glen Cooke Dave Brown
	Jeff Costello (Ryan Guentzel, Sean Lorenz) T.J. Tynan (Ryan Guentzel, Nick Larson) Calle Ridderwall (Ben Ryan, Sean Lorenz)	1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 2–4 3–4	J.T. Brown (Justin Faulk, Justin Fontaine) Kyle Schmidt (Joe Basaraba, Justin Faulk) Mike Connolly (Justin Fontaine, Justin Faulk) Jack Connolly (J.T. Brown, Justin Fontaine)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	21

April 7, 2011 7:30PM CDT

(W2) Michigan

2 – 0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

(MW1) North Dakota

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, Minnesota Attendance: 19,139

Game reference
	Shawn Hunwick	Goalies	Aaron Dell	Referees: Kevin Shea Scott Hansen Linesmen: Bob Bernard Chris Aughe
	Ben Winnett (Luke Glendening, Jon Merrill) Scooter Vaughan (Louie Caporusso, Carl Hagelin)	1–0 2–0
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	40

National Championship

April 9, 2011 6:00PM CDT

(E3) Minnesota–Duluth

3-2 (OT)

(W2) Michigan

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

Record by conference

Conference	# of bids	Record	Win %	Regional finals	Frozen Four	Championship game	Champions
WCHA	5	7-4	.636	4	2	1	1
CCHA	4	5-4	.556	2	2	1	0
Hockey East	3	1–3	.250	1	0	0	0
ECAC Hockey	3	1–3	.250	1	0	0	0
Atlantic Hockey	1	0–1	.000	0	0	0	0

External links

• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship information - NCAA.com