2011 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

none August 2023 2011 men's Division I NCAA 2011 Men's Frozen Four logo.jpg 250px 2011 Frozen Four logo 16 Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, Minnesota Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs 1st 2nd 4th Michigan Wolverines 16th 24th Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2nd North Dakota Fighting Sioux 19th Scott Sandelin 1st J. T. Brown Minnesota–Duluth 19,222 (Championship)57,500 (Frozen Four)129,513 (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,https://www.ncaa.com/sports/icehockey-men/d1 Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship NCAA 2009-03-07 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 USA 450 right 2011 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red) USA blue pog.svg 41.1732 -73.187 bottom #FFFFFF Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard USA blue pog.svg 38.626667 -90.2025 top #FFFFFF St. Louis Scottrade Center USA blue pog.svg 42.986389 -71.462222 top #FFFFFF Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena USA blue pog.svg 44.499547 -88.055049 right #FFFFFF Green Bay Resch Center USA red pog.svg 44.944722 -93.101111 left #FFFFFF St. Paul Xcel Energy Center 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 Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament. Brackets yes Regional SemifinalsMarch 25–26 Regional FinalsMarch 26–27 National SemifinalsApril 7 National ChampionshipApril 9 East – Bridgeport – Fri/Sat Northeast – Manchester – Sat/Sun Midwest – Green Bay – Sat/Sun West – St. Louis – Fri/Sat 1 Yale (1) 2* 4 Air Force 1 2 Union 0 3 Minnesota–Duluth 2 1 Miami (4) 1 4 New Hampshire 3 2 Merrimack 3 3 Notre Dame 4* 1 North Dakota (2) 6 4 Rensselaer 0 2 Denver 3** 3 Western Michigan 2 1 Boston College (3) 4 4 Colorado College 8 2 Michigan 3* 3 Nebraska–Omaha 2 1 Yale (1) 3 3 Minnesota–Duluth 5 4 New Hampshire 1 3 Notre Dame 2 1 North Dakota (2) 6 2 Denver 1 4 Colorado College 1 2 Michigan 2 E3 Minnesota–Duluth 4 NE3 Notre Dame 3 MW1 North Dakota (2) 0 W2 Michigan 2 E3 Minnesota–Duluth 3* W2 Michigan 2 Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament(*) denotes overtime period(s) Results East Regional – Bridgeport, Connecticut Regional Semifinals #f0f0f0 March 25, 2011 6:30 pm EDT (1) Yale (4) Air Force 2–1 (OT) (0–0, 1–1, 0–0, 1–0) http://collegehockeystats.net/1011/boxes/mafayal1.m25 Ryan Rondeau Jason Torf 1 – 01 – 12 – 1 (Jaskowiak) Brian O'Neill – 37:28Chad Zeigler (Jaskowiak, Mason) – GW – 63:16 38:34 – Sean Bertsch (Walsh, Kozlak) Brian Hill Brian Aaron T.J. Likens Tony Molina Webster Bank Arena 7,671 6 6 28 23 #e0e0e0 March 25, 2011 3:00 pm EDT (2) Union (3) Minnesota–Duluth 0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1) http://collegehockeystats.net/1011/boxes/mmnduni1.m25 Keith Kinkaid Kenny Reiter 0 – 10 – 2 14:38 – GW PP – Kyle Schmidt (Montgomery, Seidel)46:24 – PP – Justin Fontaine (Faulk, Brown) Scott Hansen Tim Benedetto Chris Milea Brendan Kelleher Webster Bank Arena 7,671 16 18 32 28 Regional Final #d0d0d0 March 26, 2011 6:30 pm EDT (1) Yale (3) Minnesota–Duluth 3–5 (0–1, 1–4, 2–0) http://collegehockeystats.net/1011/boxes/mmndyal1.m26 (out 40:00) Ryan Rondeau(in 40:00) Nick Maricic Kenny Reiter 0 – 10 – 20 – 31 – 31 – 41 – 52 – 53 – 5 (Little) Brian O'Neill – PP – 31:30(Kearney, Limbert) Broc Little – PP – 48:28(Martin, Little) Denny Kearney – PP – 53:05 18:00 – SH – Mike Connolly (Fontaine)22:58 – Wade Bergman (J. Connolly)29:29 – PP – Jack Connolly(M. Connolly, Faulk)31:58 – GW PP – Mike Seidel (M. Connolly, J. Connolly)33:10 – PP – Justin Fontaine (M. Connolly, Faulk) Brian Hill Brian Aaron T.J. Likens Tony Molina Webster Bank Arena 7,816 29 16 33 26 Midwest Regional – Green Bay, Wisconsin Regional Semifinals #f0f0f0 March 26, 2011 12:30 pm CDT (1) North Dakota (4) Rensselaer 6–0 (1–0, 4–0, 1–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1011/boxes/mndkren1.m26 Aaron Dell Allen York 1 – 02 – 03 – 04 – 05 – 06 – 0 (Trupp, Frattin) Brad Malone – GW – 05:25(Trupp, Knight) Brad Malone – 23:58(Lamoureux, Blood) Danny Kristo – 28:03(Genoway, Kristo) Jason Gregoire – PP – 33:39(Hextall) Corban Knight – SH – 37:17(Trupp, Genoway) Matt Frattin – 40:32 Steve Marofsky Ryan Sweeney Brendan Blanchard Tory Carsano Resch Center 4,297 14 16 40 21 #e0e0e0 March 26, 2011 4:00 pm CDT (2) Denver (3) Western Michigan 3–2 (2OT) (0–0, 0–1, 2–1, 0–0, 1–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1011/boxes/mdenwmu1.m26 Sam Brittain Jerry Kuhn 0–10–21–22–23–2 (Zucker, Makowski) Kyle Ostrow – PP – 55:31(Zucker, Shore) Matt Donovan – 57:24(Salazar, Donovan) Jason Zucker – GW – 91:14 33:17 – Derek Roehl (Warda, O'Kane)43:32 – Trevor Elias (Squires) Kevin Shea Jeff Bunyan Bob Bernard Chris Aughe Resch Center 4,355 10 14 32 38 Regional Final #d0d0d0 March 27, 2011 4:30 pm CDT (1) North Dakota (2) Denver 6–1 (1–1, 2–0, 3–0) http://collegehockeystats.net/1011/boxes/mdenndk1.m27 Aaron Dell Sam Brittain 1 – 01 – 12 – 13 – 14 – 15 – 16 – 1 (Genoway) Mario Lamoureux – SH – 14:37(Frattin, Malone) Evan Trupp – GW – 27:06(Genoway, Nelson) Brett Hextall – PP – 39:07(Kristo, Davidson) Brock Nelson – 54:43(Genoway, MacWilliam) Brad Malone – EN – 57:11(Hextall, Gregoire) Jake Marto – PP – 58:21 19:59 – Jason Zucker (Salazar, Makowski) Kevin Shea Jeff Bunyan Bob Bernard Chris Aughe Resch Center 3,956 8 14 32 27 West Regional – St. Louis, Missouri Regional Semifinals #f0f0f0 March 25, 2011 8:00 pm CDT (1) Boston College (4) Colorado College 4–8 (1–4, 1–3, 2–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1011/boxes/mbc_cc_1.m25 (out 40:00) John Muse(in 40:00) Parker Milner Joe Howe 1 – 01 – 11 – 21 – 31 – 42 – 42 – 52 – 62 – 73 – 74 – 74 – 8 (Mullane, Kreider) Jimmy Hayes – 00:19(Frattin, Malone) Paul Carey – 30:39(Gibbons, Samuelsson) Cam Atkinson – 48:15(Alber, Arnold) Barry Almeida – 53:39 04:34 – PP – Stephen Schultz (R. Schwartz, J. Schwartz)07:47 – Jaden Schwartz (R. Schwartz, Schultz)08:02 – Rylan Schwartz (J. Schwartz)18:42 – SH – David Civitarese (unassisted)34:00 – GW PP – Jaden Schwartz (R. Schwartz, Dineen)35:34 – SH – Alexander Krushelnyski (Civitarese)37:33 – William Rapuzzi (Hall)19:51 – PP – William Rapuzzi (unassisted) S. McInchak B. Poch Joe Hutek Marc DesRosiers Scottrade Center 5,024 8 10 43 36 #e0e0e0 March 25, 2011 4:30 pm CDT (2) Michigan (3) Nebraska–Omaha 3–2 (OT) (0–2, 2–0, 0–0, 1–0) http://collegehockeystats.net/1011/boxes/mmicuno1.m25 Shawn Hunwick John Faulkner 0 – 10 – 21 – 22 – 23 – 2 (Vaughan, Merrill) Louie Caporusso – PP – 21:17(Langlais, Caporusso) Kevin Lynch – 28:36(Pateryn, Treais) Kevin Lynch – GW – 62:35 01:35 – SH – Rich Purslow (Martin, Young)08:18 – Alex Hudson (Walters, Montpetit) Harry Dumas Chip McDonald Glen Cooke Justin Prusak Scottrade Center 5,024 12 12 37 29 Regional Final #d0d0d0 March 26, 2011 8:00 pm CDT (2) Michigan (4) Colorado College 2 – 1 (2–0, 0–0, 0–1) http://collegehockeystats.net/1011/boxes/mcc_mic1.m26 Shawn Hunwick Joe Howe 1 – 02 – 02 – 1 (Moffie, Clare) Scooter Vaughan – 02:23(unassisted) Lee Moffie – GW PP – 17:33 56:25 – PP – Rylan Schwartz (J. Schwartz, Guentzel) Harry Dumas Chip McDonald Justin Prusak Glen Cooke Scottrade Center 14 14 43 22 Northeast Regional – Manchester, New Hampshire Regional Semifinals #f0f0f0 March 26, 2011 4:00 pm EDT (1) Miami (4) New Hampshire 1 – 3 (1–1, 0–0, 0–2) http://collegehockeystats.net/1011/boxes/mmiaunh1.m26 Cody Reichard Matt DiGirolamo 1 – 01 – 11 – 21 – 3 (Camper, Hirschfeld) Bryon Paulazzo – 00:53 01:53 – Kevin Goumas (Campanale, Kipp)40:39 – GW – Mike Sislo (Kessel, DeSimone)58:35 – EN – Kevin Goumas (Beck) Tim Kotyra Peter Feola Mike Emanatian Dave Brown Verizon Wireless Arena 7,608 6 8 22 27 #e0e0e0 March 26, 2011 7:30 pm EDT (2) Merrimack (3) Notre Dame 3 – 4 (OT) (2–1, 1–1, 0–1, 0–1) http://collegehockeystats.net/1011/boxes/mmerndm1.m26 Joe Cannata Mike Johnson 1 – 02 – 02 – 13 – 13 – 23 – 33 – 4 (Flanigan, Heywood) Kyle Bigos – PP – 13:23(Da Costa) Ryan Flanigan – SH – 16:00(Bates) Rhett Bly – 22:58 16:27 – PP – Calle Ridderwall (Maday, Tynan)33:29 – Anders Lee (Rust)45:32 – Billy Maday (unassisted)65:18 – GW – Anders Lee (unassisted) Derek Shepperd Marco Hunt Tony Czech Nathan Freeman Verizon Wireless Arena 7,608 12 10 35 37 Regional Final #d0d0d0 March 27, 2011 8:00 pm EDT (3) Notre Dame (4) New Hampshire 2 – 1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1) http://collegehockeystats.net/1011/boxes/mndmunh1.m27 Mike Johnson Matt DiGirolamo 1 – 02 – 02 – 1 (Sheahan, Lee) Stephen Johns – 07:26(Sheahan) Billy Maday – GW – 39:55 53:37 – Mike Sislo (Campanale, Kipp) Derek Shepperd Marco Hunt Tony Czech Nathan Freeman Verizon Wireless Arena 5,906 6 4 38 38 Frozen Four – St. Paul, Minnesota 400 NCAA Frozen Four — Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. UMD Bulldogs (5600664980).jpg NCAA Men's Frozen Four (15674841378).jpg Action from the two semifinal matchups featuring Notre Dame and Minnesota–Duluth (left) and North Dakota and Michigan (right) National Semifinals #f0f0f0 April 7, 2011 4:00 pm CDT (E3) Minnesota–Duluth (NE3) Notre Dame 4–3 (3–2, 1–0, 0–1) http://collegehockeystats.net/1011/boxes/mmndndm1.a07 Kenny Reiter Mike Johnson 0 – 11 – 11 – 22 – 23 – 24 – 24 – 3 (Faulk, Fontaine) J. T. Brown – PP – 03:04(Basaraba, Faulk) Kyle Schmidt – 10:52(Fontaine, Faulk) Mike Connolly – PP – 13:31(Brown, Fontaine) Jack Connolly – GW PP – 25:51 00:49 – Jeff Costello (Guentzel, Lorenz)09:46 – T. J. Tynan (Guentzel, Larson)42:05 – SH – Calle Ridderwall (Ryan, Lorenz) Chip McDonald Peter Feola Glen Cooke Dave Brown Xcel Energy Center 19,139 14 12 34 21 #e0e0e0 April 7, 2011 7:30 pm CDT (MW1) North Dakota (W2) Michigan 0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1) http://collegehockeystats.net/1011/boxes/mmicndk1.a07 Aaron Dell Shawn Hunwick 0 – 10 – 2 13:26 – GW – Ben Winnett (Glendening, Merrill)59:24 – EN – Scooter Vaughan (Caporusso, Hagelin) Kevin Shea Scott Hansen Bob Bernard Chris Aughe Xcel Energy Center 19,139 6 12 40 20 National Championship #d0d0d0 April 9, 2011 6:00 pm CDT (W2) Michigan (E3) Minnesota–Duluth 2–3 (OT) http://collegehockeystats.net/1011/boxes/mmicmnd1.a09 Tim Benedetto Jeff Bunyon Bob Bernard Chris Aughe Xcel Energy Center 19,222 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 7 4 4 2 1 1 CCHA 4 5–4 5 4 2 2 1 0 Hockey East 3 1–3 1 3 1 0 0 0 ECAC Hockey 3 1–3 1 3 1 0 0 0 Atlantic Hockey 1 0–1 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."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: 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)NCAA Division I Awards https://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_awd.html College Hockey Historical Archives 2013-07-17 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 Category:2010s in Saint Paul, Minnesota NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Category:Ice hockey competitions in Saint Paul, Minnesota Category:College ice hockey tournaments in Minnesota