2011 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey 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)

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.

East Regional – Bridgeport Midwest Regional – Green BaySeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeLast BidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type Last Bid1 Yale (1) ECAC Hockey 27–6–1 Tournament champion 20101 North Dakota (2) WCHA 30–8–3 Tournament champion 20102 Union ECAC Hockey 26–9–4 At-large bid Never2 Denver WCHA 24–11–5 At-large bid 20103 Minnesota–Duluth WCHA 22–10–6 At-large bid 20093 Western Michigan CCHA 19–12–10 At-large bid 19964 Air Force Atlantic Hockey 20–11–6 Tournament champion 20094 Rensselaer ECAC Hockey 20–12–5 At-large bid 1995 West Regional – St. Louis Northeast Regional – ManchesterSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeLast Bid SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type Last Bid1 Boston College (3) Hockey East 30–7–1 Tournament champion 20101 Miami (4) CCHA 23–9–6 Tournament champion 20102 Michigan CCHA 26–10–4 At-large bid 20102 Merrimack Hockey East 25–9–4 At-large bid 19883 Nebraska–Omaha WCHA 21–15–2 At-large bid 20063 Notre Dame CCHA 23–13–5 At-large bid 20094 Colorado College WCHA 22–18–3 At-large bid 20084 New Hampshire Hockey East 21–10–6 At-large bid 2010

Brackets

Results East Regional – Bridgeport, Connecticut Regional Semifinals

Regional Final

Midwest Regional – Green Bay, Wisconsin Regional Semifinals

Regional Final

West Regional – St. Louis, Missouri Regional Semifinals

Regional Final

Northeast Regional – Manchester, New Hampshire Regional Semifinals

Regional Final

Frozen Four – St. Paul, Minnesota

National Semifinals

National Championship

Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st UMBen Winnett (5)Rust 14:42 1–0 UM 2nd UMDTravis Oleksuk (14)Lamb and Brown 21:39 1–1 UMDMax Tardy (1) – PPSeidel and Lamb 29:31 2–1 UMD UMJeff Rohrkemper (3)Pateryn and DeBlois 37:46 2–2 3rd None 1st Overtime UMDKyle Schmidt (11) – GWOleksuk and Lamb 63:22 3–2 UMD Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st UMBen WinnettInterference 5:46 2:00 UMDJake HendricksonBoarding 9:22 2:00 UMChris BrownCharging 11:35 2:00 2nd UMKevin ClareRoughing 24:10 2:00 UMDBrady LambTripping 25:41 2:00 UMMac BennettHooking 29:09 2:00 UMChris BrownObstruction-Interference 32:26 2:00 UMKevin ClareTripping 34:08 2:00 UMDJ. T. BrownUnsportsmanlike Conduct 35:04 2:00 UMShawn Hunwick (Served by Louie Caporusso)Unsportsmanlike Conduct 35:04 2:00 UMDJack ConnollySlashing 35:18 2:00 3rd UMMac BennettHolding 42:23 2:00 UMDBrady LambRoughing 49:19 2:00 UMJon MerrillHolding 49:27 2:00 UMKevin LynchBoarding 51:32 2:00 1st Overtime None

Shots by period Team 1 2 3 OT T Minnesota–Duluth 12 15 9 2 38 Michigan 8 9 6 1 24

Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice UMD Kenny Reiter 22 2 63:22 UM Shawn Hunwick 35 3 63:22

Record by conference Conference# of bidsRecordWin %Regional finalsFrozen FourChampionship gameChampions 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

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)

References