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

2011 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament

2011 Frozen Four logo
Teams	16
Finals site	Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
Champions	Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs (1st title)
Runner-up	Michigan Wolverines (16th title game)
Semifinalists	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2nd Frozen Four) North Dakota Fighting Sioux (19th Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Scott Sandelin (1st title)
MOP	J. T. Brown (Minnesota–Duluth)
Attendance	19,222 (Championship) 57,500 (Frozen Four) 129,513 (Tournament)
← 2010  NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournaments 2012 →

The championship game required overtime for the fourteenth time in NCAA history, and the second time in three years (2009).

Tournament procedure

Bridgeport

St. Louis

Manchester

Green Bay

St. Paul

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
	28	Shots	23

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
	32	Shots	28

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
	33	Shots	26

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
	40	Shots	21

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
	32	Shots	38

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
	32	Shots	27

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
	43	Shots	36

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
	37	Shots	29

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
	43	Shots	22

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
	22	Shots	27

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
	35	Shots	37

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
	38	Shots	38

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
	34	Shots	21

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
	40	Shots	20

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	Roughing	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	Roughing	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]