2011 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

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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,^[1] when the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs defeated the Michigan Wolverines 3–2.

Tournament procedure

Bridgeport

St. Louis

Manchester

Green Bay

St. Paul

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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)

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	Rensselaer	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).

East Regional – Bridgeport, Connecticut

Regional semifinals March 25			Regional final March 26

1	Yale (1)	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
6:30 pm EDT

(1) Yale

2 – 1 OT
(0–0, 1–1 , 0–0, 1–0)

(4) Air Force

Webster Bank Arena – Bridgeport, Connecticut
Attendance: 7,671

Game reference

Ryan Rondeau

Goalies

Jason Torf

Referees:
Brian Hill
Brian Aaron
Linesmen:
T.J. Likens
Tony Molina

Brian O'Neill (Jaskowiak) – 37:28	1 – 0
	1 – 1	38:34 – Sean Bertsch (Walsh, Kozlak)
Chad Zeigler (Jaskowiak, Mason) – GW – 63:16	2 – 1

6 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

March 25, 2011
3:00 pm EDT

(2) Union

0 – 2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

(3) Minnesota–Duluth

Webster Bank Arena – Bridgeport, Connecticut
Attendance: 7,671

Game reference

Keith Kinkaid

Goalies

Kenny Reiter

Referees:
Scott Hansen
Tim Benedetto
Linesmen:
Chris Milea
Brendan Kelleher

	0 – 1	14:38 – GW PP – Kyle Schmidt (Montgomery, Seidel)
	0 – 2	46:24 – PP – Justin Fontaine (Faulk, Brown)

16 min

Penalties

18 min

Shots

Regional final

March 26, 2011
6:30 pm EDT

(1) Yale

3 – 5
(0–1, 1–4, 2–0)

(3) Minnesota–Duluth

Webster Bank Arena – Bridgeport, Connecticut
Attendance: 7,816

Game reference

Ryan Rondeau, Nick Maricic

Goalies

Kenny Reiter

Referees:
Brian Hill
Brian Aaron
Linesmen:
T.J. Likens
Tony Molina

	0 – 1	18:00 – SH – Mike Connolly (Fontaine)
	0 – 2	22:58 – Wade Bergman (J. Connolly)
	0 – 3	29:29 – PP – Jack Connolly(M. Connolly, Faulk)
Brian O'Neill (Little) – PP – 31:30	1 – 3
	1 – 4	31:58 – GW PP – Mike Seidel (M. Connolly, J. Connolly)
	1 – 5	33:10 – PP – Justin Fontaine (M. Connolly, Faulk)
Broc Little (Kearney, Limbert) – PP – 48:28	2 – 5
Denny Kearney (Martin, Little) – PP – 53:05	3 – 5

29 min

Penalties

16 min

Shots

Midwest Regional – Green Bay, Wisconsin

Regional semifinals March 26			Regional final March 27

1	North Dakota (2)	6

4	Rensselaer	0
			1	North Dakota	6

			2	Denver	1
3	Western Michigan	2

2	Denver	3**

Regional semifinals

March 26, 2011
12:30 pm CDT

(1) North Dakota

6 – 0
(1–0, 4–0, 1–0)

(4) Rensselaer

Resch Center – Green Bay, Wisconsin
Attendance: 4,297

Game reference

Aaron Dell

Goalies

Allen York

Referees:
Steve Marofsky
Ryan Sweeney
Linesmen:
Brendan Blanchard
Tory Carsano

Brad Malone (Trupp, Frattin) – GW – 05:25	1 – 0
Brad Malone (Trupp, Knight) – 23:58	2 – 0
Danny Kristo (Lamoureux, Blood) – 28:03	3 – 0
Jason Gregoire (Genoway, Kristo) – PP – 33:39	4 – 0
Corban Knight (Hextall) – SH – 37:17	5 – 0
Matt Frattin (Trupp, Genoway) – 40:32	6 – 0

14 min

Penalties

16 min

Shots

March 26, 2011
4:00 pm CDT

(2) Denver

3 – 2 2OT
(0–0, 0–1, 2–1, 0–0, 1–0)

(3) Western Michigan

Resch Center – Green Bay, Wisconsin
Attendance: 4,355

Game reference

Sam Brittain

Goalies

Jerry Kuhn

Referees:
Kevin Shea
Jeff Bunyan
Linesmen:
Bob Bernard
Chris Aughe

	0–1	33:17 – Derek Roehl (Warda, O'Kane)
	0–2	43:32 – Trevor Elias (Squires)
Kyle Ostrow (Zucker, Makowski) – PP – 55:31	1–2
Matt Donovan (Zucker, Shore) – 57:24	2–2
Jason Zucker (Salazar, Donovan) – GW – 91:14	3–2

10 min

Penalties

14 min

Shots

Regional final

March 27, 2011
4:30 pm CDT

(1) North Dakota

6 – 1
(1–1, 2–0, 3–0)

(2) Denver

Resch Center – Green Bay, Wisconsin
Attendance: 3,956

Game reference

Aaron Dell

Goalies

Sam Brittain

Referees:
Kevin Shea
Jeff Bunyan
Linesmen:
Bob Bernard
Chris Aughe

Mario Lamoureux (Genoway) – SH – 14:37	1 – 0
	1 – 1	19:59 – Jason Zucker (Salazar, Makowski)
Evan Trupp (Frattin, Malone) – GW – 27:06	2 – 1
Brett Hextall (Genoway, Nelson) – PP – 39:07	3 – 1
Brock Nelson (Kristo, Davidson) – 54:43	4 – 1
Brad Malone (Genoway, MacWilliam) – EN – 57:11	5 – 1
Jake Marto (Hextall, Gregoire) – PP – 58:21	6 – 1

8 min

Penalties

14 min

Shots

West Regional – St. Louis, Missouri

Regional semifinals March 25			Regional final March 26

1	Boston College (3)	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
8:00 pm CDT

(1) Boston College

4 – 8
(1–4, 1–3, 2–1)

(4) Colorado College

Scottrade Center – St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 5,024

Game reference

John Muse, Parker Milner

Goalies

Joe Howe

Referees:
S. McInchak
B. Poch
Linesmen:
Joe Hutek
Marc DesRosiers

Jimmy Hayes (Mullane, Kreider) – 00:19	1 – 0
	1 – 1	04:34 – PP – Stephen Schultz (R. Schwartz, J. Schwartz)
	1 – 2	07:47 – Jaden Schwartz (R. Schwartz, Schultz)
	1 – 3	08:02 – Rylan Schwartz (J. Schwartz)
	1 – 4	18:42 – SH – David Civitarese (unassisted)
Paul Carey (Frattin, Malone) – 30:39	2 – 4
	2 – 5	34:00 – GW PP – Jaden Schwartz (R. Schwartz, Dineen)
	2 – 6	35:34 – SH – Alexander Krushelnyski (Civitarese)
	2 – 7	37:33 – William Rapuzzi (Hall)
Cam Atkinson (Gibbons, Samuelsson) – 48:15	3 – 7
Barry Almeida (Alber, Arnold) – 53:39	4 – 7
	4 – 8	19:51 – PP – William Rapuzzi (unassisted)

8 min

Penalties

10 min

Shots

March 25, 2011
4:30 pm CDT

(2) Michigan

3 – 2 OT
(0–2, 2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

(3) Nebraska–Omaha

Scottrade Center – St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 5,024

Game reference

Shawn Hunwick

Goalies

John Faulkner

Referees:
Harry Dumas
Chip McDonald
Linesmen:
Glen Cooke
Justin Prusak

	0 – 1	01:35 – SH – Rich Purslow (Martin, Young)
	0 – 2	08:18 – Alex Hudson (Waters, Montpetit)
Louie Caporusso (Vaughan, Merrill) – PP – 21:17	1 – 2
Kevin Lynch (Langlais, Caporusso) – 28:36	2 – 2
Kevin Lynch (Pateryn, Treais) – GW – 62:35	3 – 2

12 min

Penalties

12 min

Shots

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 (Moffie, Clare) – 02:23	1 – 0
Lee Moffie (unassisted) – GW PP – 17:33	2 – 0
	2 – 1	56:25 – PP – Rylan Schwartz (J. Schwartz, Guentzel)

14 min

Penalties

14 min

Shots

Northeast Regional – Manchester, New Hampshire

Regional semifinals March 26			Regional final March 27

1	Miami (4)	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

(1) Miami

1 – 3
(1–1, 0–0, 0–2)

(4) New Hampshire

Verizon Wireless Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire
Attendance: 7,608

Game reference

Cody Reichard

Goalies

Matt DiGirolamo

Referees:
Tim Kotyra
Peter Feola
Linesmen:
Mike Emanatian
Dave Brown

Bryon Paulazzo (Camper, Hirschfeld) – 00:53	1 – 0
	1 – 1	01:53 – Kevin Goumas (Campanale, Kipp)
	1 – 2	40:39 – GW – Mike Sislo (Kessel, DeSimone)
	1 – 3	58:35 – EN – Kevin Goumas (Beck)

6 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

March 26, 2011
7:30 pm EDT

(2) Merrimack

3 – 4 OT
(2–1, 1–1, 0–1, 0–1)

(3) Notre Dame

Verizon Wireless Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire
Attendance: 7,608

Game reference

Joe Cannata

Goalies

Mike Johnson

Referees:
Derek Shepperd
Marco Hunt
Linesmen:
Tony Czech
Nathan Freeman

Kyle Bigos (Flanigan, Heywood) – PP – 13:23	1 – 0
Ryan Flanigan (Da Costa) – SH – 16:00	2 – 0
	2 – 1	16:27 – PP – Calle Ridderwall (Maday, Tynan)
Rhett Bly (Bates) – 22:58	3 – 1
	3 – 2	33:29 – Anders Lee (Rust)
	3 – 3	45:32 – Billy Maday (unassisted)
	3 – 4	65:18 – GW – Anders Lee (unassisted)

12 min

Penalties

10 min

Shots

Regional final

March 27, 2011
8:00 pm EDT

(3) Notre Dame

2 – 1
(1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

(4) New Hampshire

Verizon Wireless Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire
Attendance: 5,906

Game reference

Mike Johnson

Goalies

Matt DiGirolamo

Referees:
Derek Shepperd
Marco Hunt
Linesmen:
Tony Czech
Nathan Freeman

Stephen Johns (Sheahan, Lee) – 07:26	1 – 0
Billy Maday (Sheahan) – GW – 39:55	2 – 0
	2 – 1	53:37 – Mike Sislo (Campanale, Kipp)

6 min

Penalties

4 min

Shots

Frozen Four – St. Paul, Minnesota

Action from the two semifinal matchups featuring Notre Dame and Minnesota–Duluth (left) and North Dakota and Michigan (right)

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, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Attendance: 19,139

Game reference

Mike Johnson

Goalies

Kenny Reiter

Referees:
Chip McDonald
Peter Feola
Linesmen:
Glen Cooke
Dave Brown

Jeff Costello (Guentzel, Lorenz) – 00:49	1–0
	1–1	03:04 – PP – J. T. Brown (Faulk, Fontaine)
T. J. Tynan (Guentzel, Larson) – 09:46	2–1
	2–2	10:52 – Kyle Schmidt (Basaraba, Faulk)
	2–3	13:31 – PP – Mike Connolly (Fontaine, Faulk)
	2–4	25:51 – GW PP – Jack Connolly (Brown, Fontaine)
Calle Ridderwall (Ryan, Lorenz) – SH – 42:05	3–4

14 min

Penalties

12 min

Shots

April 7, 2011
7:30 pm CDT

(MW1) North Dakota

0 – 2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

(W2) Michigan

Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Attendance: 19,139

Game reference

Aaron Dell

Goalies

Shawn Hunwick

Referees:
Kevin Shea
Scott Hansen
Linesmen:
Bob Bernard
Chris Aughe

	0–1	13:264 – GW – Ben Winnett (Glendening, Merrill)
	0–2	59:24 – EN – Scooter Vaughan (Caporusso, Hagelin)

6 min

Penalties

12 min

Shots

National Championship

April 9, 2011
6:00 pm CDT

(W2) Michigan

2–3 (OT)

(E3) Minnesota–Duluth

Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Attendance: 19,222

Game reference
				Referees: Tim Benedetto Jeff Bunyon Linesmen: Bob Bernard Chris Aughe

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	UM	Ben Winnett (5)	Rust	14:42	1–0 UM
2nd	UMD	Travis Oleksuk (14)	Lamb and Brown	21:39	1–1
	UMD	Max Tardy (1) – PP	Seidel and Lamb	29:31	2–1 UMD
	UM	Jeff Rohrkemper (3)	Pateryn and DeBlois	37:46	2–2
3rd	None
1st OT	UMD	Kyle Schmidt (11) – GW	Oleksuk and Lamb	63:22	3–2 UMD
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	UM	Ben Winnett	Interference	5:46	2:00
	UMD	Jake Hendrickson	Boarding	9:22	2:00
	UM	Chris Brown	Charging	11:35	2:00
2nd	UM	Kevin Clare	Hitting After Whistle	24:10	2:00
	UMD	Brady Lamb	Tripping	25:41	2:00
	UM	Mac Bennett	Hooking	29:09	2:00
	UM	Chris Brown	Obstruction-Interference	32:26	2:00
	UM	Kevin Clare	Tripping	34:08	2:00
	UMD	J. T. Brown	Unsportsmanlike Conduct	35:04	2:00
	UM	Shawn Hunwick (Served by Louie Caporusso)	Unsportsmanlike Conduct	35:04	2:00
	UMD	Jack Connolly	Slashing	35:18	2:00
3rd	UM	Mac Bennett	Holding	42:23	2:00
	UMD	Brady Lamb	Hitting After Whistle	49:19	2:00
	UM	Jon Merrill	Holding	49:27	2:00
	UM	Kevin Lynch	Boarding	51:32	2:00

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 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

^ ^a ^b ^c "Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship". NCAA. Retrieved March 7, 2009.
^ "NCAA, Westwood One extend deal". NCAA. 13 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved July 17, 2013.