2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
| 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |||
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 2012 Frozen Four logo | |||
| Season | 2011–12 | ||
| Teams | 16 | ||
| Finals Site | Tampa Bay Times Forum Tampa, Florida | ||
| Champions | Boston College (5th title, 11th title game, 23rd Frozen Four) | ||
| Runner-Up | Ferris State (1st title game, 1st Frozen Four) | ||
| Semifinalists | Union (1st Frozen Four) Minnesota (20th Frozen Four) | ||
| Winning Coach | Jerry York (Fifth title) | ||
| MOP | Parker Milner (Boston College) | ||
| Attendance | 127,640 | ||
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament involved sixteen schools in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey for the 2011–12 season. The tournament began on March 23, 2012 with regional semifinals and ended on April 7 with the national championship game.[1] The Boston College Eagles won their third national championship in five years, beating the Ferris State Bulldogs, 4-1, in the championship game. BC won nineteen consecutive games to end the season. It is the fifth title for both the program and head coach Jerry York - York previously coached Bowling Green to a championship in 1984.
Tournament procedure
Bridgeport
Saint Paul
Worcester
Green Bay
Tampa
2012 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red)
The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2012 regionals:[1]
- March 23 and 24
- East Regional, Webster Bank Arena - Bridgeport, Connecticut (Hosts: Yale University and Fairfield University)
- Midwest Regional, Resch Center - Green Bay, Wisconsin (Host: Michigan Technological University)
- March 24 and 25
- Northeast Regional, DCU Center - Worcester, Massachusetts (Host: College of the Holy Cross)
- West Regional, Xcel Energy Center - Saint Paul, Minnesota (Host: University of Minnesota)
Each regional winner will advance to the Frozen Four:[1]
- April 5 and 7
- Tampa Bay Times Forum - Tampa, Florida (Hosts: University of Alabama in Huntsville and the Tampa Bay Sports Commission)
Qualifying teams
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 18.[2] The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and Hockey East had four teams receive a berth, ECAC Hockey had two teams receive a berth, and Atlantic Hockey had one team receive a berth.
| East Regional – Bridgeport | Midwest Regional – Green Bay | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type |
| 1 | Union (3) | ECAC Hockey | 24–7–7 | Tournament champion | 1 | Michigan (2) | CCHA | 24–12–4 | At-large bid |
| 2 | Miami (OH) | CCHA | 24–14–2 | At-large bid | 2 | Ferris State | CCHA | 23–11–5 | At-large bid |
| 3 | Massachusetts–Lowell | Hockey East | 23–12–1 | At-large bid | 3 | Denver | WCHA | 25–13–4 | At-large bid |
| 4 | Michigan State | CCHA | 19–15–4 | At-large bid | 4 | Cornell | ECAC Hockey | 18–8–7 | At-large bid |
| Northeast Regional – Worcester | West Regional – Saint Paul | ||||||||
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type |
| 1 | Boston College (1) | Hockey East | 29–10–1 | Tournament champion | 1 | North Dakota (4) | WCHA | 25–12–3 | Tournament champion |
| 2 | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | 24–9–6 | At-large bid | 2 | Minnesota | WCHA | 26–13–1 | At-large bid |
| 3 | Maine | Hockey East | 23–13–3 | At-large bid | 3 | Boston University | Hockey East | 23–14–1 | At-large bid |
| 4 | Air Force | Atlantic Hockey | 21–10–7 | Tournament champion | 4 | Western Michigan | CCHA | 21–13–6 | Tournament champion |
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
Regionals
East Regional – Bridgeport, Connecticut
| Regional Semifinals March 23 | Regional Final March 24 | ||||||||
| 1 | Union | 3 | |||||||
| 4 | Michigan State | 1 | |||||||
| 1 | Union | 4 | |||||||
| 3 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 4* | |||||||
| 2 | Miami (OH) | 3 | |||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−4).
Regional Semifinals
| March 23, 2012 3:00pm |
(4) Michigan State | 1 – 3 (0–1, 1–1, 0–1) |
(1) Union | Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport Attendance: 5,090 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Yanakeff | Goalies | Troy Grosenick | Referees: Derek Sheperd Marco Hunt | |
No scoring Matt Berry (11) (Perlini, Krug) - PP - 19:21 No scoring |
First period 0–1 Second period 0–2 1–2 Third period 1–3 |
15:09 - Max Novak (9) (Welsh) 03:20 - Jeremy Welsh (26) (Bodie) 18:42 - PP - Wayne Simpson (18) (Zajac) | ||
| 23 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 21 | Shots | 32 | ||
| March 23, 2012 6:30pm |
(3) Massachusetts–Lowell | 4 – 3 OT (2–0, 1–0, 0–3, 1–0) |
(2) Miami (OH) | Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport Attendance: 5,090 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Carr | Goalies | Connor Knapp | Referees: Don Adam Tim Walsh | |
Josh Holmstrom (12) (Wallin, Wilson) - PP - 01:34 Colin Wright (4) (unassisted) - SH - 14:58 Riley Wetmore (13) (Vallorani, Arnold) - 02:21 No scoring Riley Wetmore (13) (Arnold, Vallorani) - 02:13 |
First period 1–0 2–0 Second period 3–0 Third period 3–1 3–2 3–3 First overtime 4–3 |
No scoring No scoring 03:06 - Trent Vogelhuber (4) (McKenzie, Wideman) 03:20 - Austin Czarnik (10) (unassisted) 09:56 - Alden Hirschfeld (11) (Spinell) No scoring | ||
| 21 min | Penalties | 20 min | ||
| 30 | Shots | 33 | ||
Regional Final
| March 24, 2012 6:30pm |
(3) Massachusetts–Lowell | 2 - 4 (0–1, 1–2, 1–1) |
(1) Union | Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport Attendance: 5,328 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Carr | Goalies | Troy Grosenick | Referees: Derek Sheperd Marco Hunt | |
No scoring Terrence Wallin (8) (Vallorani, Eiserman) - 14:06 Matt Ferreira (14) (unassisted) - 05:40 |
First period 0–1 Second period 0–2 1–2 1–3 Third period 2–3 2–4 |
03:03 - Daniel Ciampini (3) (Bodie) 07:12 - Jeremy Welsh (27) (Carr, Jooris) 17:23 - PP - Josh Jooris (8) (Gostisbehere) 19:19 - EN - Kyle Bodie (6) (unassisted) | ||
| 6 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 21 | Shots | 39 | ||
Midwest Regional – Green Bay, Wisconsin
Midwest Regional games were played at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
| Regional Semifinals March 23 | Regional Final March 24 | ||||||||
| 1 | Michigan | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | Cornell | 3* | |||||||
| 4 | Cornell | 1 | |||||||
| 2 | Ferris State | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | Denver | 1 | |||||||
| 2 | Ferris State | 2 | |||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−5).
Regional Semifinals
| March 23, 2012 4:30pm |
(3) Denver | 1 – 2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1) |
(2) Ferris State | Resch Center, Green Bay Attendance: 3,465 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Brittain | Goalies | Taylor Nelson | Referees: Tom Fyrer Tim Benedetto | |
No scoring No scoring Drew Shore (22) (Salazar, Ryder) - 05:22 |
First period 0–0 Second period 0–1 Third period 0–2 1–2 |
No scoring 04:30 - Jordie Johnston (19) (Thompson, Kirzinger) 02:54 - Simon Denis (1) (Alexander, Kane) | ||
| 8 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 26 | Shots | 34 | ||
| March 23, 2012 8:00pm |
(4) Cornell | 3 – 2 OT (1–1, 1–0, 0–1, 1–0) |
(1) Michigan | Resch Center, Green Bay Attendance: 3,465 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Iles | Goalies | Shawn Hunwick | Referees: Steve Morofsky Ryan Sweeney | |
John McCarron (6) (Collins, Birch) - PP - 10:10 Joakim Ryan (7) (Collins) - SH - 00:40 No scoring Rodger Craig (2) (Miller, Mowrey) - 03:35 |
First period 0–1 1–1 Second period 2–1 Third period 2–2 First overtime 3–2 |
01:11 - Luke Glendening (10) (Treais, Di Giuseppe) No scoring 15:59 - Kevin Lynch (8) (Moffatt, Bennett) No scoring | ||
| 27 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 24 | Shots | 33 | ||
Regional Final
| March 24, 2012 8:00pm |
(4) Cornell | 1 - 2 (0–0, 0–0, 1–2) |
(2) Ferris State | Resch Center, Green Bay Attendance: 3,108 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Iles | Goalies | Taylor Nelson | Referees: Bob Bernard Brandan Kelleher | |
No scoring No scoring Dustin Mowrey (8) (Gotovets) - 01:32 |
First period 0–0 Second period 0–0 Third period 0–1 1–1 1–2 |
No scoring No scoring 00:11 - PP - Garrett Thompson (10) (Kirzlinger, Johnston) 06:54 - Jordie Johnston (20) (Huff, Kane) | ||
| 12 min | Penalties | 27 min | ||
| 23 | Shots | 21 | ||
West Regional – Saint Paul, Minnesota
| Regional Semifinals March 24 | Regional Final March 25 | ||||||||
| 1 | North Dakota | 3 | |||||||
| 4 | Western Michigan | 1 | |||||||
| 1 | North Dakota | 2 | |||||||
| 2 | Minnesota | 5 | |||||||
| 3 | Boston University | 3 | |||||||
| 2 | Minnesota | 7 | |||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−5).
Regional Semifinals
| March 24, 2012 12:30 pm |
(4) Western Michigan | 1 - 3 (0–1, 1–1, 0–1) |
(1) North Dakota | Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul Attendance: 9,386 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Slubowski | Goalies | Aaron Dell | Referees: Tim Kotyra Scott Whittemore | |
No scoring Kyle O'Kane (7) (Roehl, DeKeyser) - 12:57 No scoring |
First period 0–1 Second period 0–2 1–2 Third period 1–3 |
06:04 - Michael Parks (12) (MacMillan, Blood) 03:16 - Corban Knight (16) (Kristo, Nelson) 19:19 - EN - Brock Nelson (28) (unassisted) | ||
| 6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 25 | Shots | 28 | ||
| March 24, 2012 4:00 pm |
(3) Boston University | 3 - 7 (0–1, 2–3, 1–3) |
(2) Minnesota | Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul Attendance: 9,386 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kieran Millan | Goalies | Kent Patterson | Referees: Chip McDonald Peter Feola | |
No scoring Wade Megan (20) (Clendening, Chiasson) - PP - 07:49 Ross Gaudet (5) (unassisted) - 13:20 Adam Clendening (4) (Noonan, Chiasson) - PP - 03:09 |
First period 0–1 Second period 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–4 Third period 3–4 3–5 3–6 3–7 |
05:55 - PP - Kyle Rau (18) (Schmidt, Haula) 09:21 - Jake Parenteau (2) (Condon, Boyd) 15:09 - Seth Helgeson (5) (Budish, Rau) 15:38 - PP - Jake Hansen (14) (Schmidt, Rau) 08:08 - Nico Sacchetti (4) (unassisted) 18:04 - EN - Jake Hansen (15) (Warning) 18:56 - EN - Nick Bjugstad (25) (Budish, Rau) | ||
| 29 min | Penalties | 18 min | ||
| 34 | Shots | 42 | ||
Regional Final
| March 25, 2012 4:30 pm |
(2) Minnesota | 5 - 2 (1–0, 3–1, 1–1) |
(1) North Dakota | Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul Attendance: 10,974 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Patterson | Goalies | Aaron Dell | Referees: Peter Feola Tim Kotyra | |
Ben Marshall (4) (Budish, Rau) - 12:19 Erik Haula (20) (Bjugstad, Hansen) - PP - 00:20 Taylor Matson (8) (Schmidt, Parenteau) - 09:08 Travis Boyd (1) (Condon, Matson) - 14:28 Nate Condon (11) (Boyd, Budish) - 15:53 |
First period 1–0 Second period 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 Third period 5–1 5–2 |
No scoring 01:43 - Danny Kristo (19) (Nelson, Panzarella) 16:07 - Mario Lamoureux (4) (Gleason) | ||
| 6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 24 | Shots | 26 | ||
Northeast Regional – Worcester, Massachusetts
| Regional Semifinals March 24 | Regional Final March 25 | ||||||||
| 1 | Boston College | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | Air Force | 0 | |||||||
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | |||||||
| 2 | Minnesota-Duluth | 0 | |||||||
| 3 | Maine | 2 | |||||||
| 2 | Minnesota–Duluth | 5 | |||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−4).
Regional Semifinals
| March 24, 2012 4:00 pm |
(4) Air Force | 0 - 2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1) |
(1) Boston College | DCU Center, Worcester Attendance: 5,925 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Torf | Goalies | Parker Milner | Referees: Mark Wilkins Barry Pochmara | |
No scoring No scoring No scoring |
First period 0–1 Second period 0–1 Third period 0–2 |
07:39 - Chris Kreider (21) (Hayes, Straight) No scoring 18:39 - PP - Chris Kreider (22) (Wey) | ||
| 10 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
| 20 | Shots | 34 | ||
| March 24, 2012 7:30 pm |
(3) Maine | 2 - 5 (1–0, 1–3, 0–2) |
(2) Minnesota–Duluth | DCU Center, Worcester Attendance: 5,925 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sullivan | Goalies | Kenny Reiter | Referees: Steve McInchak Brian Aaron | |
Spencer Abbott (21) (Flynn, O'Neill) - PP - 17:16 Matt Mangene (16) (Cornell, O'Neill) - 07:10 No scoring |
First period 1–0 Second period 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 Third period 2–4 2–5 |
No scoring 10:47 - PP - Jack Connolly (20) (Oleksuk, McManus) 16:28 - Caleb Herbert (14) (unassisted) 17:28 - Jake Hendrickson (4) (Lamb) 09:15 - J.T. Brown (24) (Oleksuk) 19:19 - EN - Jake Hendrickson (5) (Connolly, Casto) | ||
| 6 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 27 | Shots | 26 | ||
Regional Final
| March 25, 2012 8:00 pm |
(2) Minnesota-Duluth | 0 - 4 (0–0, 0–2, 0–2) |
(1) Boston College | DCU Center, Worcester Attendance: 4,470 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Reiter | Goalies | Parker Milner | Referees: Barry Pochmara Steve McInchak | |
No scoring No scoring No scoring |
First period 0–0 Second period 0–1 0–2 Third period 0–3 0–4 |
No scoring 04:01 - Pat Mullane (10) (Carey, Gaudreau) 05:27 - Bill Arnold (17) (Whitney) 01:13 - Patrick Wey (2) (unassisted) 11:47 - PP - Johnny Gaudreau (20) (Wey) | ||
| 8 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||
| 33 | Shots | 24 | ||
Frozen Four – Tampa, Florida
| National Semifinals April 5 | National Championship April 7 | ||||||||
| NE1 | Boston College | 6 | |||||||
| W2 | Minnesota | 1 | |||||||
| NE1 | Boston College | 4 | |||||||
| MW2 | Ferris State | 1 | |||||||
| E1 | Union | 1 | |||||||
| MW2 | Ferris State | 3 | |||||||
National Semifinals
| April 5, 2012 4:30 pm |
Union | 1 – 3 (0–0, 1–1, 0–2) |
Ferris State | Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa Attendance: 18,605 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Grosenick | Goalies | Taylor Nelson | Referees: Kevin Shea, Scott Hansen Linesmen: Chris Aughe, Bob Bernard | |
no scoring Daniel Carr (20) (Coburn, Welsh) - 7:56 no scoring |
First period 0-0 Second period 1-1 Third period 1-2 1-3 |
no scoring 17:02 - Aaron Schmit (7) (Bonis, Czarnowczan) 15:17 - Kyle Bonis (19) (Wysopal) 19:05 - EN - Aaron Schmit (8) | ||
| 10 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
| 28 | Shots | 37 | ||
| April 5, 2012 8:00 pm |
Boston College | 6 – 1 (1–0, 3–0, 2–1) |
Minnesota | Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa Attendance: 18,605 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Milner | Goalies | Kent Patterson | Referees: Tim Kotyra, Pete Feola Linesmen: Glenn Cooke, Dave Brown | |
Steven Whitney (14) (Almeida, Arnold) - 6:03 Kevin Hayes (7) (Whitney, Cross) - PP - 6:35 Chris Kreider (23) (Straight) - 17:45 Paul Carey (16) (Mullane, Gaudreau) - 19:43 Paul Carey (17) (Gaudreau) - 1:48 Brian Dumoulin (7) (Kreider, Mullane) - PP - 5:51 |
First period 1-0 Second period 2-0 3-0 4-0 Third period 4-1 5-1 6-1 |
no scoring no scoring 1:26 - Jake Hansen (16) (Haula, Warning) | ||
| 25 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||
| 31 | Shots | 25 | ||
National Championship
| April 7, 2012 7:00 pm |
Boston College | 4 – 1 (2-1, 0–0, 2–0) |
Ferris State | Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa Attendance: 18,818 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Milner | Goalies | Taylor Nelson | Referees: Tim Kotyra, Peter Feola Linesmen: Dave Brown, Glenn Cooke | |
Steven Whitney (15) (Almeida) - 3:18 Paul Carey (18) (Dumoulin, Mullane) - PP - 10:33 No scoring Johnny Gaudreau (21) (Hayes, Wey) - 16:58 Steven Whitney (16) (Arnold) - EN - 18:57 |
First period 1-0 1-1 2-1 Second period 2-1 Third period 3-1 4-1 |
5:19 - Garrett Thompson (11) (Huff, Ouellette) No scoring No scoring | ||
| 10 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 37 | Shots | 28 | ||
All-Tournament Team
Frozen Four
- G: Parker Milner* (Boston College)
- D: Brian Dumoulin (Boston College)
- D: Chad Billins (Ferris State)
- F: Kyle Bonis (Ferris State)
- F: Paul Carey (Boston College)
- F: Steven Whitney (Boston College)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "2012 Regional Sites: Bridgeport, Worcester, Green Bay, St. Paul". U.S. College Hockey Online. 2010-06-28. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
- ↑ "Boston College, Michigan, Union, North Dakota get No. 1 seeds for 2012 NCAA tournament". USCHO.com. March 18, 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
- ↑ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
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