# 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. Robert Morris' bid to host was co-sponsored by VisitPittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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.

## Tournament procedure

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:

### 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. 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 | East Regional – Providence | East Regional – Providence | East Regional – Providence | East Regional – Providence | Midwest Regional – Toledo | Midwest Regional – Toledo | Midwest Regional – Toledo | Midwest Regional – Toledo | 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 | West Regional – Grand Rapids | West Regional – Grand Rapids | West Regional – Grand Rapids | West Regional – Grand Rapids | Northeast Regional – Manchester | Northeast Regional – Manchester | Northeast Regional – Manchester | Northeast Regional – Manchester | 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 semifinals March 30 | Regional semifinals March 30 | Regional final March 31 | Regional final March 31 | Regional final March 31 |
| 1 | Quinnipiac (1) | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Canisius | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Canisius | 3 | 1 | Quinnipiac | 5 |
| | | | 3 | Union | 1 |
| 3 | Union | 5 | 3 | Union | 1 |
| 2 | Boston College | 1 | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s) All times are local (UTC−4).

#### Regional final
### West Regional – Grand Rapids, Michigan

| Regional semifinals March 29 | Regional semifinals March 29 | Regional semifinals March 29 | Regional final March 30 | Regional final March 30 | Regional final March 30 |
| 1 | Minnesota (2) | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Yale | 3* | | | |
| 4 | Yale | 3* | 4 | Yale | 4 |
| | | | 2 | North Dakota | 1 |
| 3 | Niagara | 1 | 2 | North Dakota | 1 |
| 2 | North Dakota | 2 | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s) All times are local (UTC−4).

#### Regional final
### Northeast Regional – Manchester, New Hampshire

| Regional semifinals March 29 | Regional semifinals March 29 | Regional semifinals March 29 | Regional final March 30 | Regional final March 30 | Regional final March 30 |
| 1 | Massachusetts–Lowell (3) | 6 | | | |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 2 |
| | | | 2 | New Hampshire | 0 |
| 3 | Denver | 2 | 2 | New Hampshire | 0 |
| 2 | New Hampshire | 5 | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s) All times are local (UTC−4).

#### Regional final
### Midwest Regional – Toledo, Ohio

| Regional semifinals March 30 | Regional semifinals March 30 | Regional semifinals March 30 | Regional final March 31 | Regional final March 31 | Regional final March 31 |
| 1 | Notre Dame (4) | 1 | | | |
| 4 | St. Cloud State | 5 | | | |
| 4 | St. Cloud State | 5 | 2 | Miami | 1 |
| | | | 4 | St. Cloud State | 4 |
| 3 | Minnesota State | 0 | 4 | St. Cloud State | 4 |
| 2 | Miami | 4 | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s) All times are local (UTC−4).

#### Regional final
## 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. 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 semifinals April 11 | National semifinals April 11 | National championship April 13 | National championship April 13 | National championship April 13 |
| E1 | Quinnipiac | 4 | | | |
| MW4 | St. Cloud State | 1 | | | |
| MW4 | St. Cloud State | 1 | E1 | Quinnipiac | 0 |
| | | | W4 | Yale | 4 |
| W4 | Yale | 3* | W4 | Yale | 4 |
| NE1 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 2 | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s) All times are local (UTC−4).

### National championship

Scoring summary :
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | None | None | None | None | 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 |
| 3rd | Yale | Andrew Miller (18) | Agostino | 49:06 | 3–0 Yale |
| 3rd | 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 |
| 1st | QUI | Cory Hibbeler | Interference | 04:51 | 2:00 |
| 1st | Yale | Colin Dueck | Tripping | 07:48 | 2:00 |
| 1st | QUI | Mike Dalhuisen | Tripping | 15:23 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | QUI | Jeremy Langlois | Roughing | 27:17 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | Yale | Bench (Served by Anthony Day) | Too Many Players | 30:28 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | Yale | Clinton Bourbonais | Charging | 31:25 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | QUI | Bench (Served by Russell Goodman) | Too Many Players | 32:38 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | QUI | Zach Davies | Interference | 33:25 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | Yale | Antoine Laganière | Slashing | 51:37 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | 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. 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."
* 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)