2012 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

none August 2023 2012 men's Division I NCAA 2012 Men's Frozen Four logo.jpg 200px 2012 Frozen Four logo 16 Tampa Bay Times Forum Tampa, Florida Boston College Eagles 5th 11th 23rd Ferris State Bulldogs 1st 1st Union Dutchmen 1st Minnesota Golden Gophers 20th Jerry York 5th Parker Milner Boston College 18,818 (Championship)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.2012 Regional Sites: Bridgeport, Worcester, Green Bay, St. Paul http://www.uscho.com/2010/06/28/2012-regional-sites-bridgeport-worcester-green-bay-st-paul/ U.S. College Hockey Online 2010-06-28 2011-12-18 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 tournament marked the last of 22 consecutive years of playoff berths, a tournament record, for Michigan, following their defeat in the Midwest Regional Semifinals versus Cornell. They would not appear in the tournament again until 2016. 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 USA 450 right 2012 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red) USA blue pog.svg 41.1732 -73.187 bottom #FFFFFF Bridgeport Webster Bank Arena USA blue pog.svg 44.944722 -93.101111 top #FFFFFF Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center USA blue pog.svg 42.265 -71.798889 left #FFFFFF Worcester DCU Center USA blue pog.svg 44.499547 -88.055049 right #FFFFFF Green Bay Resch Center USA red pog.svg 27.942778 -82.451944 left #FFFFFF Tampa Tampa Bay Times Forum 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.Boston College, Michigan, Union, North Dakota get No. 1 seeds for 2012 NCAA tournament http://www.uscho.com/2012/03/18/boston-college-michigan-union-north-dakota-get-no-1-seeds-for-2012-ncaa-tournament/ USCHO.com March 18, 2012 March 18, 2012 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. Northeast Regional – Worcester Midwest Regional – Green BaySeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeLast BidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type Last Bid1 Boston College (1) Hockey East 29–10–1 Tournament champion 20111 Michigan (2) CCHA 24–12–4 At-large bid 20112 Minnesota–Duluth WCHA 24–9–6 At-large bid 20112 Ferris State CCHA 23–11–5 At-large bid 20033 Maine Hockey East 23–13–3 At-large bid 20073 Denver WCHA 25–13–4 At-large bid 20114 Air Force Atlantic Hockey 21–10–7 Tournament champion 20114 Cornell ECAC Hockey 18–8–7 At-large bid 2010 East Regional – Bridgeport West Regional – Saint PaulSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeLast BidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type Last Bid1 Union (3) ECAC Hockey 24–7–7 Tournament champion 20111 North Dakota (4) WCHA 25–12–3 Tournament champion 20112 Miami CCHA 24–14–2 At-large bid 20112 Minnesota WCHA 26–13–1 At-large bid 20083 Massachusetts–Lowell Hockey East 23–12–1 At-large bid 19963 Boston University Hockey East 23–14–1 At-large bid 20124 Michigan State CCHA 19–15–4 At-large bid 20084 Western Michigan CCHA 21–13–6 Tournament champion 2011 Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament. Bracket yes Regional SemifinalsMarch 23–24 Regional FinalsMarch 24–25 National SemifinalsApril 5 National ChampionshipApril 7 Northeast – Worcester – Sat/Sun West – St. Paul – Sat/Sun Midwest – Green Bay – Fri/Sat East – Bridgeport – Fri/Sat 1 Boston College (1) 2 4 Air Force 0 2 Minnesota–Duluth 5 3 Maine 2 1 North Dakota (4) 3 4 Western Michigan 1 2 Minnesota 7 3 Boston University 3 1 Michigan (2) 2 4 Cornell 3* 2 Ferris State 2 3 Denver 1 1 Union (3) 3 4 Michigan State 1 2 Miami 3 3 Massachusetts–Lowell 4* 1 Boston College (1) 4 2 Minnesota–Duluth 0 1 North Dakota (4) 2 2 Minnesota 5 4 Cornell 1 2 Ferris State 2 1 Union (3) 4 3 Massachusetts–Lowell 2 NE1 Boston College (1) 6 W2 Minnesota 1 MW2 Ferris State 3 E1 Union (3) 1 NE1 Boston College (1) 4 MW2 Ferris State 1 Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament(*) denotes overtime period(s) Results Northeast Regional – Worcester, Massachusetts Regional Semifinals #f0f0f0 March 24, 2012 4:00 pm EDT (4) Air Force (1) Boston College 2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1112/boxes/mafabc_1.m24 Parker Milner Jason Torf 1 – 02 – 0 (Hayes, Straight) Chris Kreider (21) – GW – 07:39(Wey) Chris Kreider (22) – PP – 58:39 Mark Wilkins Barry Pochmara Joe Hutek Bruce Vida DCU Center 5,925 4 10 34 20 #e0e0e0 March 24, 2012 7:30 pm EDT (2) Minnesota–Duluth (3) Maine 5–2 (0–1, 3–1, 2–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1112/boxes/mmndmne1.m24 Kenny Reiter Dan Sullivan 0 – 10 – 21 – 22 – 23 – 24 – 25 – 2 (Oleksuk, McManus) Jack Connolly (20) – PP – 30:47(unassisted) Caleb Herbert (14) – 36:28(Lamb) Jake Hendrickson (4) – GW – 37:28(Oleksuk) J.T. Brown (24) – 49:15(Connolly, Casto) Jake Hendrickson (5) – EN – 59:19 17:16 – PP –Spencer Abbott (21) (Flynn, O'Neill)27:10 – Matt Mangene (16) (Cornell, O'Neill) Steve McInchak Brian Aaron T.J. Likens Tony Molina DCU Center 5,925 10 6 26 27 Regional Final #d0d0d0 March 25, 2012 8:00 pm EDT (1) Boston College (2) Minnesota-Duluth 4–0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1112/boxes/mbc_mnd1.m25 Kenny Reiter Parker Milner 1 – 02 – 03 – 04 – 0 (Carey, Gaudreau) Pat Mullane (10) – GW – 24:01(Whitney) Bill Arnold (17) – 25:27(unassisted) Patrick Wey (2) – 41:13(Wey) Johnny Gaudreau (20) – PP – 51:47 Barry Pochmara Steve McInchak Joe Hutek T.J. Likens DCU Center 4,470 12 8 24 33 Midwest Regional – Green Bay, Wisconsin thumb|250px|right|Midwest Regional games were played at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Regional Semifinals #f0f0f0 March 23, 2012 8:00 pm CDT (1) Michigan (4) Cornell 2–3 (OT) (1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 0–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1112/boxes/mcormic1.m23 Shawn Hunwick Andy Iles 1 – 01 – 11 – 22 – 22 – 3 (Treais, Di Giuseppe) Luke Glendening (10) – 01:11(Moffatt, Bennett) Kevin Lynch (8) – 55:59 10:10 – PP – John McCarron (6) (Collins, Birch)20:40 – SH – Joakim Ryan (7) (Collins)63:35 – GW – Rodger Craig (2) (Miller, Mowrey) Steve Morofsky Ryan Sweeney Resch Center 3,465 10 27 33 24 #e0e0e0 March 23, 2012 4:30 pm CDT (2) Ferris State (3) Denver 2–1 (0–0, 1–0, 1–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1112/boxes/mdenfsu1.m23 Taylor Nelson Sam Brittain 1 – 02 – 02 – 1 (Thompson, Kirzinger) Jordie Johnston (19) – 24:30(Alexander, Kane) Simon Denis (1) – GW – 42:54 45:22 – Drew Shore (22) (Salazar, Ryder) Tom Fyrer Tim Benedetto Chris Aughe Marc Sullivan Resch Center 3,465 10 8 34 26 Regional Final #d0d0d0 March 24, 2012 8:00 pm CDT (2) Ferris State (4) Cornell 2–1 (0–0, 0–0, 2–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1112/boxes/mcorfsu1.m24 Taylor Nelson Andy Iles 1 – 01 – 12 – 1 (Kirzlinger, Johnston) Garrett Thompson (10) – PP – 40:11(Huff, Kane) Jordie Johnston (20) – GW – 46:54 41:32 – Dustin Mowrey (8) (Gotovets) Scott Hansen Kevin Shea Bob Bernard Brandan Kelleher Resch Center 3,108 27 12 21 23 East Regional – Bridgeport, Connecticut Regional Semifinals #f0f0f0 March 23, 2012 3:00 pm EDT (1) Union (4) Michigan State 3–1 (1–0, 1–1, 1–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1112/boxes/mmsuuni1.m23 Troy Grosenick Will Yanakeff 1 – 02 – 02 – 13 – 1 (Welsh) Max Novak (9) – 15:09 (Bodie) Jeremy Welsh (26) – GW – 23:20(Zajac) Wayne Simpson (18) – PP – 58:42 39:21 – PP – Matt Berry (11) (Perlini, Krug) Derek Shepherd Marco Hunt Anthony Czech Jeff Schultz Webster Bank Arena 5,090 8 23 32 21 #e0e0e0 March 23, 2012 6:30 pm EDT (2) Miami (3) Massachusetts–Lowell 3–4 (OT) (0–2, 0–1, 3–0, 0–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1112/boxes/mmiauml1.m23 Connor Knapp Doug Carr 0 – 10 – 20 – 31 – 32 – 33 – 33 – 4 (McKenzie, Wideman) Trent Vogelhuber (4) – 43:06(unassisted) Austin Czarnik (10) – 43:20(Spinell) Alden Hirschfeld (11) – 49:56 01:34 – PP – Josh Holmstrom (12) (Wallin, Wilson)14:58 – SH – Colin Wright (4) (unassisted)22:21 – Riley Wetmore (13) (Vallorani, Arnold)62:13 – GW – Riley Wetmore (13) (Arnold, Vallorani) Don Adam Tim Walsh Robert Keltie Tim Swiader Webster Bank Arena 5,090 20 21 33 30 Regional Final #d0d0d0 March 24, 2012 6:30 pm EDT (1) Union (3) Massachusetts–Lowell 4–2 (1–0, 2–1, 1–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1112/boxes/mumluni1.m24 Troy Grosenick Doug Carr 1 – 02 – 02 – 13 – 13 – 24 – 2 (Bodie) Daniel Ciampini (3) – 03:03(Carr, Jooris) Jeremy Welsh (27) – 27:12(Gostisbehere) Josh Jooris (8) – GW PP – 37:23(unassisted) Kyle Bodie (6) – EN – 59:19 34:06 – Terrence Wallin (8) (Vallorani, Eiserman)45:40 – Matt Ferreira (14) (unassisted) Derek Shepherd Marco Hunt Anthony Czech Jeff Schultz Webster Bank Arena 5,328 10 6 39 21 West Regional – Saint Paul, Minnesota Regional Semifinals #f0f0f0 March 24, 2012 12:30 pm CDT (1) North Dakota (4) Western Michigan 3–1 (1–0, 1–1, 1–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1112/boxes/mndkwmu1.m24 Aaron Dell Frank Slubowski 1 – 02 – 02 – 13 – 1 (MacMillan, Blood) Michael Parks (12) – 06:04(Kristo, Nelson) Corban Knight (16) – GW – 23:16(unassisted) Brock Nelson (28) – EN – 59:19 32:57 – Kyle O'Kane (7) (Roehl, DeKeyser) Tim Kotyra Scott Whittemore Dave Brown Justin Prusak Xcel Energy Center 9,386 8 6 28 25 #e0e0e0 March 24, 2012 4:00 pm CDT (2) Minnesota (3) Boston University 7–3 (1–0, 3–2, 3–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1112/boxes/mbu_min1.m24 Kent Patterson Kieran Millan 1 – 01 – 12 – 12 – 23 – 24 – 24 – 35 – 36 – 37 – 3 (Schmidt, Haula) Kyle Rau (18) – PP – 05:55(Condon, Boyd) Jake Parenteau (2) – 29:21(Budish, Rau) Seth Helgeson (5) – 35:09(Schmidt, Rau) Jake Hansen (14) – GW PP – 35:38(unassisted) Nico Sacchetti (4) – 48:08(Warning) Jake Hansen (15) – EN – 58:04(Budish, Rau) Nick Bjugstad (25) – EN – 58:56 27:49 – PP – Wade Megan (20) (Clendening, Chiasson)33:20 – Ross Gaudet (5) (unassisted)43:09 – PP – Adam Clendening (4) (Noonan, Chiasson) Chip McDonald Peter Feola Rich Patry Glenn Cooke Xcel Energy Center 9,386 18 29 42 34 Regional Final #d0d0d0 March 25, 2012 4:30 pm CDT (1) North Dakota (2) Minnesota 2–5 (0–1, 1–3, 1–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1112/boxes/mminndk1.m25 Aaron Dell Kent Patterson 0 – 10 – 21 – 21 – 31 – 41 – 52 – 5 (Nelson, Panzarella) Danny Kristo (19) – 21:43(Gleason) Mario Lamoureux (4) – 56:07 12:19 – Ben Marshall (4) (Budish, Rau)20:20 – PP – Erik Haula (20) (Bjugstad, Hansen)29:08 – GW – Taylor Matson (8) (Schmidt, Parenteau)34:28 – Travis Boyd (1) (Condon, Matson)55:53 – Nate Condon (11) (Boyd, Budish) Peter Feola Tim Kotyra Dave Brown Glenn Cooke Xcel Energy Center 10,974 8 6 26 24 Frozen Four – Tampa, Florida National Semifinals #f0f0f0 April 5, 2012 4:30 pm EDT (E1) Union (MW2) Ferris State 1–3 (0–0, 1–1, 0–2) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1112/boxes/mfsuuni1.a05 Troy Grosenick Taylor Nelson 1 – 01 – 11 – 21 – 3 Daniel Carr (20) (Coburn, Welsh) – 27:56 37:02 – PP – Aaron Schmit (7) (Bonis, Czarnowczan)45:17 – GW – Kyle Bonis (19) (Wysopal)59:05 – EN – Aaron Schmit (8) Kevin Shea Scott Hansen Chris Aughe Bob Bernard Tampa Bay Times Forum 18,605 10 4 28 37 #e0e0e0 April 5, 2012 8:00 pm EDT (NE1) Boston College (W2) Minnesota 6–1 (1–0, 3–0, 2–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1112/boxes/mbc_min1.a05 Parker Milner Kent Patterson 1 – 02 – 03 – 04 – 04 – 15 – 16 – 1 Steven Whitney (14) (Almeida, Arnold) – 06:03Kevin Hayes (7) (Whitney, Cross) – GW PP – 26:35Chris Kreider (23) (Straight) – 37:45Paul Carey (16) (Mullane, Gaudreau) – 39:43Paul Carey (17) (Gaudreau) – 41:48Brian Dumoulin (7) (Kreider, Mullane) – PP – 45:51 41:26 – Jake Hansen (16) (Haula, Warning) Tim Kotyra Pete Feola Glenn Cooke Dave Brown Tampa Bay Times Forum 18,605 25 14 31 25 National Championship #d0d0d0 April 7, 2012 7:00 pm EDT (NE1) Boston College (MW2) Ferris State 4–1 (2–1, 0–0, 2–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1112/boxes/mbc_fsu1.a07 Tim Kotyra Peter Feola Dave Brown Glenn Cooke Tampa Bay Times Forum 18,818 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st BCSteven Whitney (15)Almeida 03:18 1–0 BC FSUGarrett Thompson (11)Huff and Ouellette 05:19 1–1 BCPaul Carey (18) – GW PPDumoulin and Mullane 10:33 2–1 BC 2nd None 3rd BCJohnny Gaudreau (21)Hayes and Wey 56:58 3–1 BC BCSteven Whitney (16) – ENArnold 58:57 4–1 BC Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st FSU Brett Wysopal Tripping 08:42 2:00 2nd FSUScott CzarnowczanRoughing 22:31 2:00 BCMichael SitRoughing 22:31 2:00 BCPaul CareyTripping 24:48 2:00 BCTommy CrossHooking 30:35 2:00 BCBench (Served by Quinn Smith)Too many men on ice 35:06 2:00 BCBill ArnoldRoughing 39:36 2:00 3rd FSUBrett WysopalHooking 41:47 2:00 FSUBrett WysopalHolding 48:32 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Ferris State 7 15 6 28 Boston College 8 14 15 37 Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice FSU Taylor Nelson 33 3 59:23 BC Parker Milner 27 1 60:00 Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Regional FinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions CCHA 5 3–5 3 5 1 1 1 - Hockey East 4 5–3 5 3 2 1 1 1 WCHA 4 4–4 4 4 3 1 - - ECAC Hockey 2 3–2 3 2 2 1 - - Atlantic Hockey 1 0–1 .000 - - - - Media Television ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament.Margolis Rachel December 15, 2011 ESPN and NCAA® Extend Rights Agreement through 2023–24 http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2011/12/espn-and-ncaa-extend-rights-agreement-through-2023-24/ ESPN 15 Dec 2011 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."NCAA, Westwood One extend deal https://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/2011-01-13/ncaa-westwood-one-extend-deal NCAA 12 May 2013 January 13, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20130516174340/http://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/2011-01-13/ncaa-westwood-one-extend-deal 16 May 2013 dead dmy-all Sean Grande & Cap Raeder All-Tournament team 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)NCAA Division I Awards http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_awd.html College Hockey Historical Archives 2013-07-17 See also 2012 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament References Tournament Category:NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament Category:2010s in Tampa, Florida Category:Ice hockey competitions in Tampa, Florida Category:College ice hockey tournaments in Florida