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2012 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Year | 2012 |
| Gender | men's |
| Division | Division I |
| Image | NCAA 2012 Men's Frozen Four logo.jpg |
| ImageSize | 200px |
| Caption | 2012 Frozen Four logo |
| Teams | 16 |
| FrozenFourArena | Tampa Bay Times Forum |
| FrozenFourCity | Tampa, Florida |
| Champions | [Boston College Eagles](2011-12-boston-college-eagles-men-s-ice-hockey-season) |
| TitleCount | 5th |
| ChampGameCount | 11th |
| ChampFFCount | 23rd |
| RunnerUp | Ferris State Bulldogs |
| GameCount | 1st |
| RunnerFFCount | 1st |
| Semifinal1 | Union Dutchmen |
| FrozenFourCount | 1st |
| Semifinal2 | Minnesota Golden Gophers |
| FrozenFourCount2 | 20th |
| Coach | Jerry York |
| CoachCount | 5th |
| MOP | Parker Milner |
| MOPTeam | Boston College |
| Attendance | 18,818 (Championship) |
| 56,028 (Frozen Four) | |
| 127,640 (Tournament) |
56,028 (Frozen Four) 127,640 (Tournament)
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. 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 the last under head coach Jerry York – York previously coached Bowling Green to a championship in 1984. and retired in 2022.
This year’s Frozen Four featured multiple teams, Ferris State and Union, making their first appearance. This last occurred in 2009, when Bemidji State and Miami both made their first Frozen Four appearances.
Tournament procedure
The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2012 regionals: ;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: ;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. 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 | Northeast Regional – Worcester | West Regional – Saint Paul | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union (3) | ECAC Hockey | 24–7–7 | [Tournament champion](2012-ecac-hockey-men-s-ice-hockey-tournament) | 1 | Michigan (2) | CCHA | 24–12–4 | At-large bid | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Miami | 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 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston College (1) | Hockey East | 29–10–1 | [Tournament champion](2012-hockey-east-men-s-ice-hockey-tournament) | 1 | North Dakota (4) | WCHA | 25–12–3 | [Tournament champion](2012-wcha-men-s-ice-hockey-tournament) | ||||||||||||||
| 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](2012-atlantic-hockey-tournament) | 4 | Western Michigan | CCHA | 21–13–6 | [Tournament champion](2012-ccha-men-s-ice-hockey-tournament) |
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
Regionals
Northeast Regional – [[Worcester, Massachusetts]]
March 24 March 25 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Boston College (1) | RD1-score1=2 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Air Force | RD1-score2=0 | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3=Maine | RD1-score3=2 | RD1-seed4=2 | RD1-team4=Minnesota–Duluth | RD1-score4=5 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Boston College | RD2-score1=4 | RD2-seed2=2 | RD2-team2=Minnesota-Duluth | RD2-score2=0 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−4).
Regional semifinals
0–2 18:39 – PP – Chris Kreider (22) (Wey) 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 2–4 2–5 Matt Mangene (16) (Cornell, O'Neill) – 07:10 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)
Regional Final
0–2 0–3 0–4 05:27 – Bill Arnold (17) (Whitney) 01:13 – Patrick Wey (2) (unassisted) 11:47 – PP – Johnny Gaudreau (20) (Wey)
Midwest Regional – [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]]
March 23 March 24 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Michigan (2) | RD1-score1=2 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Cornell | RD1-score2=3* | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3=Denver | RD1-score3=1 | RD1-seed4=2 | RD1-team4=Ferris State | RD1-score4=2 | RD2-seed1=4 | RD2-team1=Cornell | RD2-score1=1 | RD2-seed2=2 | RD2-team2=Ferris State | RD2-score2=2 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−5).
Regional semifinals
0–2 1–2 02:54 – Simon Denis (1) (Alexander, Kane) 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 Joakim Ryan (7) (Collins) – SH – 00:40 Rodger Craig (2) (Miller, Mowrey) – 03:35 15:59 – Kevin Lynch (8) (Moffatt, Bennett)
Regional Final
1–1 1–2 06:54 – Jordie Johnston (20) (Huff, Kane)
East Regional – [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]]
March 23 March 24 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Union (3) | RD1-score1=3 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Michigan State | RD1-score2=1 | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3=Massachusetts–Lowell | RD1-score3=4* | RD1-seed4=2 | RD1-team4=Miami | RD1-score4=3 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Union | RD2-score1=4 | RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2=Massachusetts–Lowell | RD2-score2=2 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−4).
Regional semifinals
0–2 1–2 1–3 03:20 – Jeremy Welsh (26) (Bodie) 18:42 – PP – Wayne Simpson (18) (Zajac) 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 3–3 4–3 Colin Wright (4) (unassisted) – SH – 14:58 Riley Wetmore (13) (Vallorani, Arnold) – 02:21 Riley Wetmore (13) (Arnold, Vallorani) – 02:13 03:20 – Austin Czarnik (10) (unassisted) 09:56 – Alden Hirschfeld (11) (Spinell)
Regional Final
0–2 1–2 1–3 2–3 2–4 Matt Ferreira (14) (unassisted) – 05:40 07:12 – Jeremy Welsh (27) (Carr, Jooris) 17:23 – PP – Josh Jooris (8) (Gostisbehere) 19:19 – EN – Kyle Bodie (6) (unassisted)
West Regional – [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]]
March 24 March 25 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=North Dakota (4) | RD1-score1=3 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Western Michigan | RD1-score2= 1 | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3=Boston University | RD1-score3=3 | RD1-seed4=2 | RD1-team4=Minnesota | RD1-score4=7 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=North Dakota | RD2-score1= 2 | RD2-seed2=2 | RD2-team2=Minnesota | RD2-score2= 5 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−5).
Regional semifinals
0–2 1–2 1–3 03:16 – Corban Knight (16) (Kristo, Nelson) 19:19 – EN – Brock Nelson (28) (unassisted) 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–4 3–4 3–5 3–6 3–7 Ross Gaudet (5) (unassisted) – 13:20 Adam Clendening (4) (Noonan, Chiasson) – PP – 03:09 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)
Regional Final
2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 5–2 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 16:07 – Mario Lamoureux (4) (Gleason)
Frozen Four – [[Tampa, Florida]]
April 5 April 7 | RD1-seed1=NE1 | RD1-team1=Boston College | RD1-score1=6 | RD1-seed2=W2 | RD1-team2=Minnesota | RD1-score2=1 | RD1-seed3=E1 | RD1-team3=Union | RD1-score3=1 | RD1-seed4=MW2 | RD1-team4=Ferris State | RD1-score4=3 | RD2-seed1=NE1 | RD2-team1=Boston College | RD2-score1=4 | RD2-seed2=MW2 | RD2-team2=Ferris State | RD2-score2=1
National semifinals
1–1 1–2 1–3 15:17 – Kyle Bonis (19) (Wysopal) 19:05 – EN – Aaron Schmit (8) Chris Aughe, Bob Bernard 2–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 5–1 6–1 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 Glenn Cooke, Dave Brown
National Championship
| Scoring summary | Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score | Penalty summary | Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1st** | Boston College Eagles | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **BC** | Steven Whitney (15) | Almeida | 03:18 | 1–0 BC | ||||||||
| Ferris State Bulldogs | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **FSU** | Garrett Thompson (11) | Huff and Ouellette | 05:19 | 1–1 | |||||||||
| Boston College Eagles | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **BC** | Paul Carey (18) – *GW PP* | Dumoulin and Mullane | 10:33 | 2–1 BC | |||||||||
| **2nd** | *None* | ||||||||||||||
| **3rd** | Boston College Eagles | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **BC** | Johnny Gaudreau (21) | Hayes and Wey | 56:58 | 3–1 BC | ||||||||
| Boston College Eagles | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **BC** | Steven Whitney (16) – *EN* | Arnold | 58:57 | 4–1 BC | |||||||||
| **1st** | Ferris State Bulldogs | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **FSU** | Brett Wysopal | Tripping | 08:42 | 2:00 | ||||||||
| **2nd** | Ferris State Bulldogs | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **FSU** | Scott Czarnowczan | Roughing | 22:31 | 2:00 | ||||||||
| Boston College Eagles | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **BC** | Michael Sit | Roughing | 22:31 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| Boston College Eagles | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **BC** | Paul Carey | Tripping | 24:48 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| Boston College Eagles | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **BC** | Tommy Cross | Hooking | 30:35 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| Boston College Eagles | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **BC** | Bench (Served by Quinn Smith) | Too many men on ice | 35:06 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| Boston College Eagles | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **BC** | Bill Arnold | Roughing | 39:36 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| **3rd** | Ferris State Bulldogs | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **FSU** | Brett Wysopal | Hooking | 41:47 | 2:00 | ||||||||
| Ferris State Bulldogs | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **FSU** | Brett Wysopal | Holding | 48:32 | 2:00 |
| Shots by period | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferris State Bulldogs | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **Ferris State** | 7 | 15 | 6 | 28 | |
| Boston College Eagles | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **Boston College** | 8 | 14 | 15 | 37 |
| Goaltenders | Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferris State Bulldogs | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **FSU** | Taylor Nelson | 33 | 3 | 59:23 | |
| Boston College Eagles | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **BC** | Parker Milner | 27 | 1 | 60:00 |
Record by conference
| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | Regional Finals | Frozen Four | Championship Game | Champions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCHA | 5 | 3–5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Hockey East | 4 | 5–3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| WCHA | 4 | 4–4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| ECAC Hockey | 2 | 3–2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| Atlantic Hockey | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | - | - | - | - |
Media
Television
ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament. For the eighth consecutive year ESPN aired every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU, and ESPN3. They also streamed them online via WatchESPN.
Broadcast Assignments
Regionals
- East Regional: John Buccigross & Barry Melrose – Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Midwest Regional: Ben Holden & Sean Ritchlin – Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Northeast Regional: Joe Beninati & Billy Jaffe – Worcester, Massachusetts
- West Regional: Clay Matvick & Dave Starman – St. Paul, Minnesota
Frozen Four & Championship
- Gary Thorne, Barry Melrose, & Clay Matvick – Tampa, Florida
Radio
Dial Global Sports 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: 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)
References
References
- (2010-06-28). "2012 Regional Sites: Bridgeport, Worcester, Green Bay, St. Paul". U.S. College Hockey Online.
- (March 18, 2012). "Boston College, Michigan, Union, North Dakota get No. 1 seeds for 2012 NCAA tournament". USCHO.com.
- Margolis, Rachel. (December 15, 2011). "ESPN and NCAA® Extend Rights Agreement through 2023–24". ESPN.
- (January 13, 2011). "NCAA, Westwood One extend deal". NCAA.
- "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives.
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