2013 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The 2013 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the national championship tournament for men's college ice hockey in the United States in 2013. The tournament involved 16 teams in single-elimination play to determine the national champion at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the highest level of competition in college hockey. The tournament's Frozen Four – the semifinals and finals – was hosted by Robert Morris University at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.^[1] Robert Morris' bid to host was co-sponsored by VisitPittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Penguins.^[2]

2013 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament

2013 Frozen Four logo
Teams	16
Finals site	Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Champions	Yale Bulldogs (1st title)
Runner-up	Quinnipiac Bobcats (1st title game)
Semifinalists	St. Cloud State Huskies (1st Frozen Four) Massachusetts–Lowell River Hawks (1st Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Keith Allain (1st title)
MOP	Andrew Miller (Yale)
Attendance	18,184 (Championship) 53,040 (Frozen Four) 109,940 (Tournament)
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Yale defeated Quinnipiac 4–0 in the championship game to win the program's first NCAA title. This was the first time since 1978 that two teams from ECAC Hockey reached the national championship game.

This year’s Frozen Four was the second year in a row to feature multiple teams making their first appearances, with Massachusetts-Lowell, Quinnipiac and St. Cloud State all making it to the Frozen Four.

Tournament procedure

Providence

Grand Rapids

Toledo

Manchester

Pittsburgh

2013 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red)

The tournament consists of four groups of four teams in regional brackets. The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following were the sites for the 2013 regionals:^[3][4]

March 29 and 30

Northeast Regional, Verizon Wireless Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire (Host: University of New Hampshire)

West Regional, Van Andel Arena – Grand Rapids, Michigan (Host: University of Michigan)

March 30 and 31

East Regional, Dunkin' Donuts Center – Providence, Rhode Island (Host: Brown University)

Midwest Regional, Huntington Center – Toledo, Ohio (Host: Bowling Green State University)

The winner of each regional will advance to the Frozen Four:

April 11 and 13

Consol Energy Center – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Host: Robert Morris University)

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 24.^[5] The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had six teams receive a berth in the tournament, ECAC Hockey and Hockey East each had three teams receive a berth, and the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and Atlantic Hockey each had two teams receive a berth.

East Regional – Providence					Midwest Regional – Toledo
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Quinnipiac (1)	ECAC Hockey	27–7–5	At-large bid	1	Notre Dame (4)	CCHA	25–12–3	Tournament champion
2	Boston College	Hockey East	22–11–4	At-large bid	2	Miami	CCHA	24–11–5	At-large bid
3	Union	ECAC Hockey	21–12–5	Tournament champion	3	Minnesota State	WCHA	24–13–3	At-large bid
4	Canisius	Atlantic Hockey	19–18–5	Tournament champion	4	St. Cloud State	WCHA	23–15–1	At-large bid
West Regional – Grand Rapids					Northeast Regional – Manchester
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Minnesota (2)	WCHA	26–8–5	At-large bid	1	Massachusetts–Lowell (3)	Hockey East	26–10–2	Tournament champion
2	North Dakota	WCHA	21–12–7	At-large bid	2	New Hampshire	Hockey East	19–11–7	At-large bid
3	Niagara	Atlantic Hockey	23–9–5	At-large bid	3	Denver	WCHA	20–13–5	At-large bid
4	Yale	ECAC Hockey	18–12–3	At-large bid	4	Wisconsin	WCHA	22–12–7	Tournament champion

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Regionals

East Regional – Providence, Rhode Island

	Regional semifinals March 30					Regional final March 31
	1	Quinnipiac (1)	4
	4	Canisius	3
						1	Quinnipiac	5
						3	Union	1
	3	Union	5
	2	Boston College	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−4).

Regional semifinals

March 30, 2013 5:30 pm ESPN3

(4) Canisius

3–4 (0–1, 2–0, 1–3)

(1) Quinnipiac

Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence Attendance: 6253

Game reference
	Tony Capobianco	Goalies	Eric Hartzell	Referees: Brad Shepherd Todd Anderson Linesmen: Andy Dokken Justin Hills
	0 – 1 8:43 – C. Jones (K. Jones) Farrell (Shupe, Cuddemi) – 24:24 1 – 1 Sullivan (McKellar, Parker) – 25:08 2 – 1 Gibbons – 43:43 3 – 1 3 – 2 48:02 – Peca (C. Jones) 3 – 3 50:42 – Samuels-Thomas (Dalhuisen, Davies) (PP) 3 – 4 54:28 – Bui (Van Brabant, Arnt)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	40

March 30, 2013 9:00 pm ESPNU

(3) Union

5–1 (1–0, 3–0, 1–1)

(2) Boston College

Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence Attendance: 6253

Game reference
	Troy Grosenick	Goalies	Parker Milner	Referees: Ryan Sweeney Shane Ferrier Linesmen: Brendon Blanchard Bill McGoldrick
	Jooris (Sullivan, Carr) (PP) – 9:25 1 – 0 Jooris (Simpson) – 20:39 2 – 0 Ikkala (Novak) – 21:04 3 – 0 Gostisbehere (Carr, Hatch) (PP) – 38:16 4 – 0 Ciampini (Coburn, Simpson) (PP) – 45:19 5 – 0 5 – 1 56:02 – Gaudreau (Wey)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	35	Shots	30

Regional final

March 31, 2013 6:30 pm ESPNU

(3) Union

1–5 (0–3, 0–2, 1–0)

(1) Quinnipiac

Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence Attendance: 5007

Game reference
	Troy Grosenick	Goalies	Eric Hartzell	Referees: Derek Shepherd Marco Hunt Linesmen: Sam Shikowsky Nick Bradshaw
	0 – 1 9:46 – Peca (C. Jones, K. Jones) 0 – 2 10:59 – Peca 0 – 3 12:58 – Peca (K. Jones) (PP) 0 – 4 27:22 – Samuels-Thomas (St. Denis, Davies) (PP) 0 – 5 31:42 – K. Jones (Peca, C. Jones) Ciampini (Coburn, Simpson) (PP) – 43:15 1 – 5
	38 min	Penalties	12 min
	19	Shots	26

West Regional – Grand Rapids, Michigan

	Regional semifinals March 29					Regional final March 30
	1	Minnesota (2)	2
	4	Yale	3*
						4	Yale	4
						2	North Dakota	1
	3	Niagara	1
	2	North Dakota	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−4).

Regional semifinals

March 29, 2013 2:00 pm ESPNU

(4) Yale

3 – 2 OT (0–0, 2–0, 0–2, 1–0)

(1) Minnesota

Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids Attendance: 2289

Game reference
	Jeff Malcolm	Goalies	Adam Wilcox	Referees: Jeff Bunyon Kevin Shea Linesmen: Chris Millea Bob Bernard
	Agostino (Miller, O'Gara) – 27:08 1 – 0 Young (Bourbonais, Wilson) (PP) – 35:28 2 – 0 2 – 1 48:12 – Schmidt (Rau, Haula) (PP) 2 – 2 53:40 – Budish (Haula) Root (Agostino) – 60:09 3 – 2
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	28

March 29, 2013 5:30 pm ESPNU

(3) Niagara

1–2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

(2) North Dakota

Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids Attendance: 2289

Game reference
	Carsen Chubak	Goalies	Zane Gothberg	Referees: Jack Millea Scott Hansen Linesmen: Marc Sullivan Tommy George
	Beattie (Williams) – 26:27 1 – 0 1 – 1 41:56 – MacWilliam 1 – 2 53:40 – Kristo (Forbort, Grimaldi)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	29	Shots	43

Regional final

March 30, 2013 4:00 pm ESPNU

(4) Yale

4–1 (0–1, 0–0, 4–0)

(2) North Dakota

Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids Attendance: 1918

Game reference
	Jeff Malcolm	Goalies	Clarke Saunders	Referees: Jeff Bunyon Kevin Shea Linesmen: Bob Bernard Tom George
	0 – 1 7:22 – Knight (MacWilliam, Forbort) Balch (Day, Wilson) – 52:25 1 – 1 Root (Miller, Fallen) (PP) – 55:04 2 – 1 Wilson (Day) – 57:39 3 – 1 Agostino (EN) – 59:00 4 – 1
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	39	Shots	25

Northeast Regional – Manchester, New Hampshire

	Regional semifinals March 29					Regional final March 30
	1	Massachusetts–Lowell (3)	6
	4	Wisconsin	1
						1	Massachusetts–Lowell	2
						2	New Hampshire	0
	3	Denver	2
	2	New Hampshire	5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−4).

Regional semifinals

March 29, 2013 4:30 pm ESPN3

(4) Wisconsin

1–6 (0–1, 0–2, 1–3)

(1) Massachusetts–Lowell

Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester Attendance: 8049

Game reference
	Joel Rumpel	Goalies	Connor Hellebuyck	Referees: Steve McInchak Brian Aaron Linesmen: T. J. Likens Joseph Hutek
	0 – 1 7:11 – Pendenza (White, Houk) 0 – 2 23:12 – Folin (Wilson) 0 – 3 34:08 – Thompson (Suter) Kerdiles (LaBate, Ramage) (PP) – 48:19 1 – 3 1 – 4 53:56 – Arnold (McGrath) 1 – 5 59:12 – Chapie (EN) 1 – 6 59:57 – McGrath (Amlong) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	32	Shots	26

March 29, 2013 8:00 pm ESPNU

(3) Denver

2–5 (2–1, 0–2, 0–2)

(2) New Hampshire

Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester Attendance: 8049

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Casey DeSmith
	Doremus (Jacobson, Tabrum) – 2:24 1–0 1–1 5:39 – Thrush (Pesce, van Riemsdyk) Q. Shore (N. Shore) – 17:21 2–1 2–2 34:34 – van Riemsdyk (Knodel, Downing) (PP) 2–3 39:38 – Speelman (Kostolansky, Hardowa) 2–4 48:49 – Henrion (Agosta, Sorkin) 2–5 57:40 – Thrush (Henrion, Silengo) (EN)
	31 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	41

Regional final

March 30, 2013 6:30 pm ESPNU

(2) New Hampshire

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

(1) Massachusetts–Lowell

Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester Attendance: 8357

Game reference
	Casey DeSmith	Goalies	Connor Hellebuyck
	0–1 39:30 – Wilson (Ruhwedel, White) 0–2 53:58 – Chapie (Wilson)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	28

Midwest Regional – Toledo, Ohio

	Regional semifinals March 30					Regional final March 31
	1	Notre Dame (4)	1
	4	St. Cloud State	5
						2	Miami	1
						4	St. Cloud State	4
	3	Minnesota State	0
	2	Miami	4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−4).

Regional semifinals

March 30, 2013 1:30 pm ESPN3

(4) St. Cloud State

5–1 (1–0, 3–0, 1–1)

(1) Notre Dame

Huntington Center, Toledo Attendance: 2988

Game reference
	Ryan Faragher	Goalies	Steven Summerhays Mike Johnson	Referees: Chip McDonald Robert St. Lawrence Linesmen: Dave Blow Justin Pruszak
	Hanowski (Prochno, Kossila) – 11:32 1 – 0 Benik (Jensen, Hanowski) (PP) – 29:28 2 – 0 Thorson (Bertsch, Benik) – 33:35 3 – 0 Brodzinski (Murray) – 34:53 4 – 0 4 – 1 47:44 – Voran (Rust) (SH) Benik (Prow, Prochno) (PP) – 51:07 5 – 1
	2 min	Penalties	14 min
	23	Shots	18

March 30, 2013 5:00 pm ESPN3

(3) Minnesota State

0–4 (0–0, 0–1, 0–3)

(2) Miami

Huntington Center, Toledo Attendance: 2988

Game reference
	Stephon Williams	Goalies	Ryan McKay	Referees: Peter Feolia Scott Whittemore Linesmen: Glen Cooke Jim Briggs
	0 – 1 31:04 – McKenzie (Czarnik, Barber) 0 – 2 42:30 – Hagel (Coleman, Murphy) 0 – 3 49:24 – Murphy (Cook, Coleman) 0 – 4 59:02 – Cook (Czarnik) (EN)
	15 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	26

Regional final

March 31, 2013 4:00 pm ESPNU

(4) St. Cloud State

4–1 (1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

(2) Miami

Huntington Center, Toledo Attendance: 2460

Game reference
	Ryan Faragher	Goalies	Ryan McKay	Referees: Pete Feola Chip McDonald Linesmen: David Brown Glen Cooke
	Benik (Thorson) – 5:28 1 – 0 Benik (Bertsch, Gravel) – 25:36 2 – 0 2 – 1 27:50 – Coleman (Spinell, Wideman) (PP) Thorson (Bertsch) – 30:12 3 – 1 Thorson (EN) – 59:59 4 – 1
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	21

Frozen Four – Pittsburgh

The Frozen Four featured four teams that were seeking their first championship. This was only the second time this had happened since the first NCAA championship tournament in 1948, the other time being in 1958. Additionally, of the four Frozen Four participants in 2013, only Yale had previously reached the tournament semifinals, having finished third in the 1952 tournament.^[6] Yale's championship was the first for a team from ECAC Hockey since 1989. The championship game between Yale and Quinnipiac was the first time the championship game was contested between two ECAC Hockey teams since 1978. With Quinnipiac defeating Union to advance to the Frozen Four and Quinnipiac losing to Yale in the final, the only teams to defeat an ECAC school in the tournament were other schools from the ECAC.

	National semifinals April 11					National championship April 13
	E1	Quinnipiac	4
	MW4	St. Cloud State	1
						E1	Quinnipiac	0
						W4	Yale	4
	W4	Yale	3*
	NE1	Massachusetts–Lowell	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−4).

National semifinals

April 11, 2013 4:30 pm ESPN2

(W4) Yale

3–2 (2–0, 0–2, 0–0, 1–0)

(NE1) Massachusetts–Lowell

Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh Attendance: 17,428

Game reference
	Jeff Malcolm	Goalies	Connor Hellebuyck
	Witek (Cooper, Miller) (PP) – 12:55 1–0 Laganiere (Killian) – 19:09 2–0 2–1 34:38 – Wetmore (Arnold, Wilson) 2–2 34:52 – Pendenza (White, Holmstrom) Miller (Cooper) – 66:59 3–2
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	47	Shots	18

April 11, 2013 8:00 pm ESPN2

(MW4) St. Cloud State

1–4 (0–3, 1–1, 0–0)

(E1) Quinnipiac

Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh Attendance: 17,428

Game reference
	Ryan Faragher	Goalies	Eric Hartzell
	0–1 1:49 – Samuels-Thomas (Goodman) (PP) 0–2 5:07 – Arnt (Samuels-Thomas) 0–3 11:19 – Langlois (Davies) Benik (Gravel, Thorson) – 26:25 1–3 1–4 34:31 – K. Jones (Tolkinen, Davies)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	28

National championship

April 13, 2013 7:00 pm ESPN

(W4) Yale

4–0 (0–0, 1–0, 3–0)

(E1) Quinnipiac

Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh Attendance: 18,184

Game reference
				Referees: Jeff Bunyon Kevin Shea Linesmen: Bob Bernard Tommy George

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	None
2nd	Yale	Clinton Bourbonais (4)	Young	39:56	1–0 Yale
3rd	Yale	Charles Orzetti (2)	Bourbonais and Laganière	43:35	2–0 Yale
	Yale	Andrew Miller (18)	Agostino	49:06	3–0 Yale
	Yale	Jesse Root (12) – EN	Miller and O'Gara	53:02	4–0 Yale
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	Yale	Rob O'Gara	Elbowing	02:41	2:00
	QUI	Cory Hibbeler	Interference	04:51	2:00
	Yale	Colin Dueck	Tripping	07:48	2:00
	QUI	Mike Dalhuisen	Tripping	15:23	2:00
2nd	QUI	Jeremy Langlois	Roughing	27:17	2:00
	Yale	Bench (Served by Anthony Day)	Too many men on ice	30:28	2:00
	Yale	Clinton Bourbonais	Charging	31:25	2:00
	QUI	Bench (Served by Russell Goodman)	Too many men on ice	32:38	2:00
	QUI	Zach Davies	Interference	33:25	2:00
3rd	Yale	Antoine Laganière	Slashing	51:37	2:00
	QUI	Travis St. Denis	Slashing	51:37	2:00

Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Yale 9 14 8 31 Quinnipiac 11 15 10 36

Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice Yale Jeff Malcolm 36 0 60:00 QUI Eric Hartzell 27 3 59:24

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Regional Finals	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
WCHA	6	3–6	.333	2	1	–	–
ECAC Hockey	3	8–2	.800	3	2	2	1
Hockey East	3	3–3	.500	2	1	–	–
CCHA	2	1–2	.333	1	–	–	–
Atlantic Hockey	2	0–2	.000	–	–	–	–

Media

Television

ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament.^[7] For the ninth 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

• Northeast Regional: Clay Matvick & Jim Paradise – Manchester, New Hampshire
• West Regional: Joe Davis & Sean Ritchlin – Grand Rapids, Michigan
• East Regional: John Buccigross & Barry Melrose – Providence, Rhode Island
• Midwest Regional: Ben Holden & Darren Eliot – Toledo, Ohio

Frozen Four & Championship

• John Buccigross, Barry Melrose, & Clay Matvick – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Radio

Dial Global Sports used exclusive radio rights to air both the semifinals and the championship, AKA the "Frozen Four."^[8]

• Sean Grande & Cap Raeder

All-Tournament Team

Frozen Four

• G: Jeff Malcolm (Yale)
• D: Zach Davies (Quinnipiac)
• D: Gus Young (Yale)
• F: Clinton Bourbonais (Yale)
• F: Andrew Miller* (Yale)
• F: Jordan Samuels-Thomas (Quinnipiac)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[9]