2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2011 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament
2011 Frozen Four logo
Teams	16
Finals Site	Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, Minnesota
Champions	Minnesota–Duluth (1st title)
Runner-Up	Michigan (16th title game)
Semifinalists	Notre Dame (2nd Frozen Four) North Dakota (19th Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Scott Sandelin (1st title)
MOP	J. T. Brown Minnesota–Duluth
Attendance	129,553

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,^[1] 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:^[1]

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:^[1]

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:

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
12:30 pm CDT

(4) RPI

0–6
(0–1, 0–4, 0–1)

(1) North Dakota

Resch Center – Green Bay, Wisconsin

Game reference

March 26, 2011
4:00 pm 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)	1–0
Trevor Elias (Squires)	2–0
	2–1	Kyle Ostrow (Zucker, Makowski)
	2–2	Matt Donovan (Zucker, Shore)
	2–3	Jason Zucker (Salazar, Donovan)

10 min

Penalties

14 min

Shots

Regional final

March 27, 2011
4:30 pm 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
3:00 pm 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)	1 – 0
Justin Fontaine (Faulk, M. Connelly) – 59:21	2 – 0

18 min

Penalties

16 min

Shots

March 25, 2011
6:30 pm 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

	0 – 1	Brian O'Neill Jaskowiak
Sean Bertsch Unassisted	1 – 1
	1 – 2	Chad Zeigler (Jaskowiak, Mason)

6 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

Regional final

March 26, 2011
6:30 pm 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)	1 – 0
Wade Bergman (Jack Connolly)	2 – 0
Jack Connolly (Mike Connolly, Justin Faulk)	3 – 0
	3 – 1	Brian O'Neill (Broc Little)
Mike Seidel (Mike Connolly, Jack Connolly)	4 – 1
Justin Fontaine (Mike Connolly, Justin Faulk)	5 – 1
	5 – 2	Broc Little (Denny Kearney, Kevin Limbert)
	5 – 3	Denny Kearney (Jimmy Martin, Broc Little)

16 min

Penalties

29 min

Shots

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
4:00 pm 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

	0 – 1	Bryon Paulazzo (Carter Camper, Alden Hirschfeld)
Kevin Goumas (Matt Campanale, Damon Kipp)	1 – 1
Mike Sislo (Blake Kessel, Phil DeSimone)	2 – 1
Kevin Goumas (Mike Beck)	3 – 1

6 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

March 26, 2011
7:30 pm 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

	0 – 1	Kyle Bigos (Ryan Flanigan, Jordan Heywood)
	0 – 2	Ryan Flanigan (Stephane Da Costa)
Calle Ridderwall (Billy Maday, T. J. Tynan)	1 – 2
	1 – 3	Rhett Bly (Shawn Bates)
Anders Lee (Bryan Rust)	2 – 3
Billy Maday (unassisted)	3 – 3
Anders Lee (unassisted)	4 – 3

10 min

Penalties

12 min

Shots

Regional final

March 27, 2011
8:00 pm 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

	0 – 1	Stephen Johns (Riley Sheahan, Anders Lee)
	0 – 2	Billy Maday (Riley Sheahan)
Mike Sislo (Matt Campanale, Damon Kipp)	1 – 2

4 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

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
4:30 pm 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)	1 – 0
Alex Hudson (Waters, Montpetit)	2 – 0
	2 – 1	Louie Caporusso (Vaughan, Merrill)
	2 – 2	Kevin Lynch (Langlais, Caporusso)
	2 – 3	Kevin Lynch (Pateryn)

12 min

Penalties

12 min

Shots

March 25, 2011
8:00 pm 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
8:00 pm 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)	1 – 0
Lee Moffie (unassisted)	2 – 0
	2 – 1	Rylan Schwartz (Jaden Schwartz, Gabe Guentzel)

14 min

Penalties

14 min

Shots

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
4:00 pm 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)	1–0
	1–1	J.T. Brown (Justin Faulk, Justin Fontaine)
T.J. Tynan (Ryan Guentzel, Nick Larson)	2–1
	2–2	Kyle Schmidt (Joe Basaraba, Justin Faulk)
	2–3	Mike Connolly (Justin Fontaine, Justin Faulk)
	2–4	Jack Connolly (J.T. Brown, Justin Fontaine)
Calle Ridderwall (Ben Ryan, Sean Lorenz)	3–4

14 min

Penalties

12 min

Shots

April 7, 2011
7:30 pm 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)	1–0
Scooter Vaughan (Louie Caporusso, Carl Hagelin)	2–0

12 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

National Championship

April 9, 2011
6:00 pm CDT

(E3) Minnesota–Duluth

3–2 (OT)

(W2) Michigan

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

Game reference

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

Media

Television

ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament. For the seventh consecutive year ESPN aired every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU, and ESPN3.

Broadcast Assignments

Regionals

East Regional: Clay Matvick & Barry Melrose – Bridgeport, Connecticut
West Regional: Ben Holden & Sean Ritchlin – St Louis, Missouri
Northeast Regional: Justin Kutcher & Damian DiGiulian – Manchester, New Hampshire
Midwest Regional: Dan Parkhurst & Jim Paradise – Green Bay, Wisconsin

Frozen Four & Championship

Gary Thorne, Barry Melrose, & Clay Matvick – St. Paul, Minnesota

Radio

Westwood One used exclusive radio rights to air both the semifinals and the championship, AKA the "Frozen Four."^[2]

Sean Grande & Cap Raeder

All-Tournament Team

Frozen Four

G: Shawn Hunwick (Michigan)
D: Justin Faulk (Minnesota-Duluth)
D: Jon Merrill (Michigan)
F: Kyle Schmidt (Minnesota-Duluth)
F: J. T. Brown* (Minnesota-Duluth)
F: Ben Winnett (Michigan)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[3]

References

1 2 3 "Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship". NCAA. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
↑ "NCAA, Westwood One extend deal". NCAA. January 13, 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
↑ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-17.

External links

NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship information – NCAA.com

NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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