# 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, when the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs defeated the Michigan Wolverines 3–2.

## Tournament procedure

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)
Each regional winner will advance to the Frozen Four:

### 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 | Midwest Regional – Green Bay | Midwest Regional – Green Bay | Midwest Regional – Green Bay | Midwest Regional – Green Bay | East Regional – Bridgeport | East Regional – Bridgeport | East Regional – Bridgeport | East Regional – Bridgeport | 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 | Northeast Regional – Manchester | Northeast Regional – Manchester | Northeast Regional – Manchester | Northeast Regional – Manchester | West Regional – St. Louis | West Regional – St. Louis | West Regional – St. Louis | West Regional – St. Louis | 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 semifinals March 25 | Regional semifinals March 25 | Regional final March 26 | Regional final March 26 | Regional final March 26 |
| 1 | Yale (1) | 2* | | | |
| 4 | Air Force | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Air Force | 1 | 1 | Yale | 3 |
| | | | 3 | Minnesota–Duluth | 5 |
| 3 | Minnesota–Duluth | 2 | 3 | Minnesota–Duluth | 5 |
| 2 | Union | 0 | | | |
* Denotes overtime periods

#### Regional final
### Midwest Regional – Green Bay, Wisconsin

| Regional semifinals March 26 | Regional semifinals March 26 | Regional semifinals March 26 | Regional final March 27 | Regional final March 27 | Regional final March 27 |
| 1 | North Dakota (2) | 6 | | | |
| 4 | Rensselaer | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Rensselaer | 0 | 1 | North Dakota | 6 |
| | | | 2 | Denver | 1 |
| 3 | Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | Denver | 1 |
| 2 | Denver | 3** | | | |

#### Regional final
### West Regional – St. Louis, Missouri

| Regional semifinals March 25 | Regional semifinals March 25 | Regional semifinals March 25 | Regional final March 26 | Regional final March 26 | Regional final March 26 |
| 1 | Boston College (3) | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Colorado College | 8 | | | |
| 4 | Colorado College | 8 | 4 | Colorado College | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Michigan | 2 |
| 3 | Nebraska–Omaha | 2 | 2 | Michigan | 2 |
| 2 | Michigan | 3* | | | |
* Denotes overtime periods

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

| Regional semifinals March 26 | Regional semifinals March 26 | Regional semifinals March 26 | Regional final March 27 | Regional final March 27 | Regional final March 27 |
| 1 | Miami (4) | 1 | | | |
| 4 | New Hampshire | 3 | | | |
| 4 | New Hampshire | 3 | 4 | New Hampshire | 1 |
| | | | 3 | Notre Dame | 2 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 4* | 3 | Notre Dame | 2 |
| 2 | Merrimack | 3 | | | |
* Denotes overtime periods

#### Regional final
## Frozen Four – St. Paul, Minnesota

| National Semifinals April 7 | National Semifinals April 7 | National Semifinals April 7 | National Championship April 9 | National Championship April 9 | National Championship April 9 |
| E3 | Minnesota–Duluth | 4 | | | |
| NE3 | Notre Dame | 3 | | | |
| NE3 | Notre Dame | 3 | E3 | Minnesota—Duluth | 3* |
| | | | W2 | Michigan | 2 |
| W2 | Michigan | 2 | W2 | Michigan | 2 |
| MW1 | North Dakota | 0 | | | |

### National Championship

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 |
| 2nd | UMD | Max Tardy (1) – PP | Seidel and Lamb | 29:31 | 2–1 UMD |
| 2nd | UM | Jeff Rohrkemper (3) | Pateryn and DeBlois | 37:46 | 2–2 |
| 3rd | None | None | None | None | 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 |
| 1st | UMD | Jake Hendrickson | Boarding | 9:22 | 2:00 |
| 1st | UM | Chris Brown | Charging | 11:35 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | UM | Kevin Clare | Hitting After Whistle | 24:10 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | UMD | Brady Lamb | Tripping | 25:41 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | UM | Mac Bennett | Hooking | 29:09 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | UM | Chris Brown | Obstruction-Interference | 32:26 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | UM | Kevin Clare | Tripping | 34:08 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | UMD | J. T. Brown | Unsportsmanlike Conduct | 35:04 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | UM | Shawn Hunwick (Served by Louie Caporusso) | Unsportsmanlike Conduct | 35:04 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | UMD | Jack Connolly | Slashing | 35:18 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | UM | Mac Bennett | Holding | 42:23 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | UMD | Brady Lamb | Hitting After Whistle | 49:19 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | UM | Jon Merrill | Holding | 49:27 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | 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."
* 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)