2013 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

Tournament procedure

The tournament consists of four groups of four teams in regional brackets. The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following were the sites for the 2013 regionals: ;March 29 and 30 :Northeast Regional, Verizon Wireless Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire (Host: University of New Hampshire) :West Regional, Van Andel Arena – Grand Rapids, Michigan (Host: University of Michigan) ;March 30 and 31 :East Regional, Dunkin' Donuts Center – Providence, Rhode Island (Host: Brown University) :Midwest Regional, Huntington Center – Toledo, Ohio (Host: Bowling Green State University)

The winner of each regional will advance to the Frozen Four: ;April 11 and 13 :Consol Energy Center – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Host: Robert Morris University)

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 24. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had six teams receive a berth in the tournament, ECAC Hockey and Hockey East each had three teams receive a berth, and the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and Atlantic Hockey each had two teams receive a berth.

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Regionals

East Regional – [[Providence, Rhode Island]]

March 30 March 31 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Quinnipiac (1) | RD1-score1= 4 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Canisius | RD1-score2= 3 | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3=Union | RD1-score3=5 | RD1-seed4=2 | RD1-team4=Boston College | RD1-score4=1 | RD2-seed1= 1 | RD2-team1= Quinnipiac | RD2-score1=5 | RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2=Union | RD2-score2=1 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

All times are local (UTC−4).

Regional semifinals

ESPN3 1 – 1 2 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 3 3 – 4 Farrell (Shupe, Cuddemi) – 24:24 Sullivan (McKellar, Parker) – 25:08 Gibbons – 43:43

48:02 – Peca (C. Jones) 50:42 – Samuels-Thomas (Dalhuisen, Davies) (PP)
54:28 – Bui (Van Brabant, Arnt) ESPNU 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0 5 – 1 Jooris (Simpson) – 20:39 Ikkala (Novak) – 21:04 Gostisbehere (Carr, Hatch) (PP) – 38:16 Ciampini (Coburn, Simpson) (PP) – 45:19

56:02 – Gaudreau (Wey)

Regional final

ESPNU 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 0 – 5 1 – 5

Ciampini (Coburn, Simpson) (PP) – 43:15 10:59 – Peca 12:58 – Peca (K. Jones) (PP) 27:22 – Samuels-Thomas (St. Denis, Davies) (PP) 31:42 – K. Jones (Peca, C. Jones)

West Regional – [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]]

March 29 March 30 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Minnesota (2) | RD1-score1= 2 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2= Yale | RD1-score2= 3* | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3= Niagara | RD1-score3= 1 | RD1-seed4=2 | RD1-team4=North Dakota | RD1-score4= 2 | RD2-seed1= 4 | RD2-team1= Yale | RD2-score1=4 | RD2-seed2= 2 | RD2-team2= North Dakota | RD2-score2=1 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

All times are local (UTC−4).

Regional semifinals

ESPNU 2 – 0 2 – 1 2 – 2 3 – 2 Young (Bourbonais, Wilson) (PP) – 35:28

Root (Agostino) – 60:09

48:12 – Schmidt (Rau, Haula) (PP) 53:40 – Budish (Haula) ESPNU 1 – 1 1 – 2 41:56 – MacWilliam 53:40 – Kristo (Forbort, Grimaldi)

Regional final

ESPNU 1 – 1 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 Balch (Day, Wilson) – 52:25 Root (Miller, Fallen) (PP) – 55:04 Wilson (Day) – 57:39 Agostino (EN) – 59:00

Northeast Regional – [[Manchester, New Hampshire]]

|team-width=170 March 29 March 30 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Massachusetts–Lowell (3) | RD1-score1= 6 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Wisconsin | RD1-score2= 1 | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3=Denver | RD1-score3=2 | RD1-seed4=2 | RD1-team4=New Hampshire | RD1-score4=5 | RD2-seed1= 1 | RD2-team1= Massachusetts–Lowell | RD2-score1= 2 | RD2-seed2=2 | RD2-team2=New Hampshire | RD2-score2= 0 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

All times are local (UTC−4).

Regional semifinals

ESPN3 0 – 2 0 – 3 1 – 3 1 – 4 1 – 5 1 – 6

Kerdiles (LaBate, Ramage) (PP) – 48:19 23:12 – Folin (Wilson) 34:08 – Thompson (Suter)

53:56 – Arnold (McGrath) 59:12 – Chapie (EN) 59:57 – McGrath (Amlong) (PP) ESPNU 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 2–4 2–5

Q. Shore (N. Shore) – 17:21 5:39 – Thrush (Pesce, van Riemsdyk)

34:34 – van Riemsdyk (Knodel, Downing) (PP) 39:38 – Speelman (Kostolansky, Hardowa) 48:49 – Henrion (Agosta, Sorkin) 57:40 – Thrush (Henrion, Silengo) (EN)

Regional final

ESPNU 0–2 53:58 – Chapie (Wilson)

Midwest Regional – [[Toledo, Ohio]]

March 30 March 31 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Notre Dame (4) | RD1-score1=1 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=St. Cloud State | RD1-score2=5 | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3=Minnesota State | RD1-score3=0 | RD1-seed4=2 | RD1-team4=Miami | RD1-score4=4 | RD2-seed1=2 | RD2-team1=Miami | RD2-score1=1 | RD2-seed2=4 | RD2-team2=St. Cloud State | RD2-score2=4 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

All times are local (UTC−4).

Regional semifinals

ESPN3 Mike Johnson 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 4 – 1 5 – 1 Benik (Jensen, Hanowski) (PP) – 29:28 Thorson (Bertsch, Benik) – 33:35 Brodzinski (Murray) – 34:53

Benik (Prow, Prochno) (PP) – 51:07

47:44 – Voran (Rust) (SH) ESPN3 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 42:30 – Hagel (Coleman, Murphy) 49:24 – Murphy (Cook, Coleman) 59:02 – Cook (Czarnik) (EN)

Regional final

ESPNU 2 – 0 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 Benik (Bertsch, Gravel) – 25:36

Thorson (Bertsch) – 30:12 Thorson (EN) – 59:59

27:50 – Coleman (Spinell, Wideman) (PP)

Frozen Four – Pittsburgh

The Frozen Four featured four teams that were seeking their first championship. This was only the second time this had happened since the first NCAA championship tournament in 1948, the other time being in 1958. Additionally, of the four Frozen Four participants in 2013, only Yale had previously reached the tournament semifinals, having finished third in the 1952 tournament. Yale's championship was the first for a team from ECAC Hockey since 1989. The championship game between Yale and Quinnipiac was the first time the championship game was contested between two ECAC Hockey teams since 1978. With Quinnipiac defeating Union to advance to the Frozen Four and Quinnipiac losing to Yale in the final, the only teams to defeat an ECAC school in the tournament were other schools from the ECAC.

April 11 April 13 | RD1-seed1=E1 | RD1-team1=Quinnipiac | RD1-score1=4 | RD1-seed2=MW4 | RD1-team2=St. Cloud State | RD1-score2=1 | RD1-seed3=W4 | RD1-team3=Yale | RD1-score3=3* | RD1-seed4=NE1 | RD1-team4=Massachusetts–Lowell | RD1-score4=2 | RD2-seed1=E1 | RD2-team1=Quinnipiac | RD2-score1=0 | RD2-seed2=W4 | RD2-team2=Yale | RD2-score2=4 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

All times are local (UTC−4).

National semifinals

ESPN2 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 Laganiere (Killian) – 19:09

Miller (Cooper) – 66:59

34:38 – Wetmore (Arnold, Wilson) 34:52 – Pendenza (White, Holmstrom) ESPN2 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–4

Benik (Gravel, Thorson) – 26:25 5:07 – Arnt (Samuels-Thomas) 11:19 – Langlois (Davies)

34:31 – K. Jones (Tolkinen, Davies)

National championship

ESPN

Record by conference

Media

Television

ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament. For the ninth 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

• Northeast Regional: Clay Matvick & Jim Paradise – Manchester, New Hampshire
• West Regional: Joe Davis & Sean Ritchlin – Grand Rapids, Michigan
• East Regional: John Buccigross & Barry Melrose – Providence, Rhode Island
• Midwest Regional: Ben Holden & Darren Eliot – Toledo, Ohio

Frozen Four & Championship

• John Buccigross, Barry Melrose, & Clay Matvick – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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: Jeff Malcolm (Yale)
• D: Zach Davies (Quinnipiac)
• D: Gus Young (Yale)
• F: Clinton Bourbonais (Yale)
• F: Andrew Miller* (Yale)
• F: Jordan Samuels-Thomas (Quinnipiac)

• Most Outstanding Player(s)

References

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