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2011 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Year | 2011 |
| Gender | men's |
| Division | Division I |
| Image | NCAA 2011 Men's Frozen Four logo.jpg |
| ImageSize | 250px |
| Caption | 2011 Frozen Four logo |
| Teams | 16 |
| FrozenFourArena | Xcel Energy Center |
| FrozenFourCity | St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Champions | Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs |
| TitleCount | 1st |
| ChampGameCount | 2nd |
| ChampFFCount | 4th |
| RunnerUp | Michigan Wolverines |
| GameCount | 16th |
| RunnerFFCount | 24th |
| Semifinal1 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
| FrozenFourCount | 2nd |
| Semifinal2 | North Dakota Fighting Sioux |
| FrozenFourCount2 | 19th |
| Coach | Scott Sandelin |
| CoachCount | 1st |
| MOP | J. T. Brown |
| MOPTeam | Minnesota–Duluth |
| Attendance | 19,222 (Championship) |
| 57,500 (Frozen Four) | |
| 129,513 (Tournament) |
57,500 (Frozen Four) 129,513 (Tournament) The 2011 NCAA Division I men's 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.
The championship game required overtime for the fourteenth time in NCAA history, and the second time in three years (2009).
Tournament procedure
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)
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 | Northeast Regional – Manchester | West Regional – St. Louis | 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 | Rensselaer | ECAC Hockey | 20–12–5 | At-large bid | 4 | Air Force | Atlantic Hockey | 20–11–6 | Tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
| 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).
East Regional – [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]]
March 25 March 26 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Yale (1) | RD1-score1=2* | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Air Force | RD1-score2=1 | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3=Minnesota–Duluth | RD1-score3=2 | RD1-seed4=2 | RD1-team4=Union | RD1-score4=0 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Yale | RD2-score1=3 | RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2=Minnesota–Duluth | RD2-score2=5
- Denotes overtime periods
Regional semifinals
1 – 1 2 – 1 Chad Zeigler (Jaskowiak, Mason) – GW – 63:16 0 – 2 46:24 – PP – Justin Fontaine (Faulk, Brown)
Regional final
0 – 2 0 – 3 1 – 3 1 – 4 1 – 5 2 – 5 3 – 5
Brian O'Neill (Little) – PP – 31:30
Broc Little (Kearney, Limbert) – PP – 48:28 Denny Kearney (Martin, Little) – PP – 53:05 22:58 – Wade Bergman (J. Connolly) 29:29 – PP – Jack Connolly(M. Connolly, Faulk)
31:58 – GW PP – Mike Seidel (M. Connolly, J. Connolly) 33:10 – PP – Justin Fontaine (M. Connolly, Faulk)
Midwest Regional – [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]]
March 26 March 27 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=North Dakota (2) | RD1-score1=6 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Rensselaer | RD1-score2=0 | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3=Western Michigan | RD1-score3=2 | RD1-seed4=2 | RD1-team4=Denver | RD1-score4=3** | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=North Dakota | RD2-score1=6 | RD2-seed2=2 | RD2-team2=Denver | RD2-score2=1
Regional semifinals
2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0 6 – 0 Brad Malone (Trupp, Knight) – 23:58 Danny Kristo (Lamoureux, Blood) – 28:03 Jason Gregoire (Genoway, Kristo) – PP – 33:39 Corban Knight (Hextall) – SH – 37:17 Matt Frattin (Trupp, Genoway) – 40:32 0–2 1–2 2–2 3–2
Kyle Ostrow (Zucker, Makowski) – PP – 55:31 Matt Donovan (Zucker, Shore) – 57:24 Jason Zucker (Salazar, Donovan) – GW – 91:14 43:32 – Trevor Elias (Squires)
Regional final
1 – 1 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1 6 – 1 Evan Trupp (Frattin, Malone) – GW – 27:06 Brett Hextall (Genoway, Nelson) – PP – 39:07 Brock Nelson (Kristo, Davidson) – 54:43 Brad Malone (Genoway, MacWilliam) – EN – 57:11 Jake Marto (Hextall, Gregoire) – PP – 58:21
West Regional – [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
March 25 March 26 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Boston College (3) | RD1-score1=4 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Colorado College | RD1-score2=8 | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3=Nebraska–Omaha | RD1-score3=2 | RD1-seed4=2 | RD1-team4=Michigan | RD1-score4=3* | RD2-seed1=4 | RD2-team1=Colorado College | RD2-score1=1 | RD2-seed2=2 | RD2-team2=Michigan | RD2-score2=2
- Denotes overtime periods
Regional semifinals
1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 1 – 4 2 – 4 2 – 5 2 – 6 2 – 7 3 – 7 4 – 7 4 – 8 Paul Carey (Frattin, Malone) – 30:39 Cam Atkinson (Gibbons, Samuelsson) – 48:15 Barry Almeida (Alber, Arnold) – 53:39 07:47 – Jaden Schwartz (R. Schwartz, Schultz) 08:02 – Rylan Schwartz (J. Schwartz) 18:42 – SH – David Civitarese (unassisted) 34:00 – GW PP – Jaden Schwartz (R. Schwartz, Dineen) 35:34 – SH – Alexander Krushelnyski (Civitarese) 37:33 – William Rapuzzi (Hall) 19:51 – PP – William Rapuzzi (unassisted) 0 – 2 1 – 2 2 – 2 3 – 2 Kevin Lynch (Langlais, Caporusso) – 28:36 Kevin Lynch (Pateryn, Treais) – GW – 62:35 08:18 – Alex Hudson (Waters, Montpetit)
Regional final
2 – 0 2 – 1 Lee Moffie (unassisted) – GW PP – 17:33
Northeast Regional – [[Manchester, New Hampshire]]
March 26 March 27 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Miami (4) | RD1-score1=1 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=New Hampshire | RD1-score2=3 | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3=Notre Dame | RD1-score3=4* | RD1-seed4=2 | RD1-team4=Merrimack | RD1-score4=3 | RD2-seed1=4 | RD2-team1=New Hampshire | RD2-score1=1 | RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2=Notre Dame | RD2-score2=2
- Denotes overtime periods
Regional semifinals
1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 01:53 – Kevin Goumas (Campanale, Kipp) 40:39 – GW – Mike Sislo (Kessel, DeSimone) 58:35 – EN – Kevin Goumas (Beck) 2 – 0 2 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 3 3 – 4 Ryan Flanigan (Da Costa) – SH – 16:00
Rhett Bly (Bates) – 22:58
16:27 – PP – Calle Ridderwall (Maday, Tynan)
33:29 – Anders Lee (Rust) 45:32 – Billy Maday (unassisted) 65:18 – GW – Anders Lee (unassisted)
Regional final
2 – 0 2 – 1 Billy Maday (Sheahan) – GW – 39:55
53:37 – Mike Sislo (Campanale, Kipp)
Frozen Four – [[St. Paul, Minnesota]]
April 7 April 9 | RD1-seed1=E3 | RD1-team1=Minnesota–Duluth | RD1-score1=4 | RD1-seed2=NE3 | RD1-team2=Notre Dame | RD1-score2=3 | RD1-seed3=W2 | RD1-team3=Michigan | RD1-score3=2 | RD1-seed4=MW1 | RD1-team4=North Dakota | RD1-score4=0 | RD2-seed1=E3 | RD2-team1=Minnesota—Duluth | RD2-score1=3* | RD2-seed2=W2 | RD2-team2=Michigan | RD2-score2=2
National Semifinals
1–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 2–4 3–4 T. J. Tynan (Guentzel, Larson) – 09:46 Calle Ridderwall (Ryan, Lorenz) – SH – 42:05 10:52 – Kyle Schmidt (Basaraba, Faulk) 13:31 – PP – Mike Connolly (Fontaine, Faulk) 25:51 – GW PP – Jack Connolly (Brown, Fontaine)
0–2 59:24 – EN – Scooter Vaughan (Caporusso, Hagelin)
National Championship
| Scoring summary | Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score | Penalty summary | Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Michigan Wolverines | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UM | Ben Winnett (5) | Rust | 14:42 | 1–0 UM | ||||||||
| 2nd | Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UMD | Travis Oleksuk (14) | Lamb and Brown | 21:39 | 1–1 | ||||||||
| Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UMD | Max Tardy (1) – PP | Seidel and Lamb | 29:31 | 2–1 UMD | |||||||||
| Michigan Wolverines | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UM | Jeff Rohrkemper (3) | Pateryn and DeBlois | 37:46 | 2–2 | |||||||||
| 3rd | None | ||||||||||||||
| 1st OT | Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UMD | Kyle Schmidt (11) – GW | Oleksuk and Lamb | 63:22 | 3–2 UMD | ||||||||
| 1st | Michigan Wolverines | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UM | Ben Winnett | Interference | 5:46 | 2:00 | ||||||||
| Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UMD | Jake Hendrickson | Boarding | 9:22 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| Michigan Wolverines | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UM | Chris Brown | Charging | 11:35 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| 2nd | Michigan Wolverines | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UM | Kevin Clare | Roughing | 24:10 | 2:00 | ||||||||
| Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UMD | Brady Lamb | Tripping | 25:41 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| Michigan Wolverines | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UM | Mac Bennett | Hooking | 29:09 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| Michigan Wolverines | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UM | Chris Brown | Obstruction-Interference | 32:26 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| Michigan Wolverines | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UM | Kevin Clare | Tripping | 34:08 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UMD | J. T. Brown | Unsportsmanlike Conduct | 35:04 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| Michigan Wolverines | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UM | Shawn Hunwick (Served by Louie Caporusso) | Unsportsmanlike Conduct | 35:04 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UMD | Jack Connolly | Slashing | 35:18 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| 3rd | Michigan Wolverines | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UM | Mac Bennett | Holding | 42:23 | 2:00 | ||||||||
| Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UMD | Brady Lamb | Roughing | 49:19 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| Michigan Wolverines | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UM | Jon Merrill | Holding | 49:27 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| Michigan Wolverines | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UM | Kevin Lynch | Boarding | 51:32 | 2:00 |
| Shots by period | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs | color=#FFFFFF}};" | Minnesota–Duluth | 12 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 38 | |
| Michigan Wolverines | color=#FFFFFF}};" | Michigan | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 24 |
| Goaltenders | Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UMD | Kenny Reiter | 22 | 2 | 63:22 | |
| Michigan Wolverines | color=#FFFFFF}};" | UM | Shawn Hunwick | 35 | 3 | 63:22 |
Record by conference
| Conference | # of bids | Record | Win % | Regional finals | Frozen Four | Championship game | Champions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WCHA | 5 | 7–4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| CCHA | 4 | 5–4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Hockey East | 3 | 1–3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ECAC Hockey | 3 | 1–3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlantic Hockey | 1 | 0–1 | 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."
- Sean Grande & Cap Raeder
[[List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey All-Tournament Teams|All-Tournament Team]]
[[NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament|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)
References
References
- "Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship". NCAA.
- (January 13, 2011). "NCAA, Westwood One extend deal". NCAA.
- "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives.
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