2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2010 NCAA Men's Division I 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 26, 2010, and ended with the championship game on April 10, in which Boston College defeated Wisconsin 5-0 to win its fourth national championship.
==Procedure==
The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2010 regionals:
;March 26 and 27
:East Regional, Times Union Center - Albany, New York (Hosts: ECAC Hockey League and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
:West Regional, Xcel Energy Center - St. Paul, Minnesota (Host: University of Minnesota)
;March 27 and 28
:Midwest Regional, Allen County War Memorial Coliseum - Fort Wayne, Indiana (Host: University of Notre Dame)
:Northeast Regional, DCU Center - Worcester, Massachusetts (Host: College of the Holy Cross)
Each regional winner will advance to the Frozen Four:
;April 8 and 10
:Ford Field - Detroit, Michigan (Hosts: Central Collegiate Hockey Association and the Detroit Metro Sports Commission)
==Qualifying teams==
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 21, 2010. The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) each had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, Hockey East had three teams receive a berth, College Hockey America (CHA) and ECAC Hockey had two berths each, and Atlantic Hockey had one team receive a berth.
Midwest Regional – Fort Wayne 	Midwest Regional – Fort Wayne 	Midwest Regional – Fort Wayne 	Midwest Regional – Fort Wayne 	Midwest Regional – Fort Wayne 	East Regional – Albany 	East Regional – Albany 	East Regional – Albany 	East Regional – Albany 	East Regional – Albany
Seed 	School 	Conference 	Record 	Berth type 	Seed 	School 	Conference 	Record 	Berth type
1 	Miami (OH) (1) 	CCHA 	27–7–7 	At-large bid 	1 	Denver (2) 	WCHA 	27–9–4 	At-large bid
2 	Bemidji State 	CHA 	23–9–4 	At-large bid 	2 	Cornell 	ECAC Hockey 	21–8–4 	Tournament champion
3 	Michigan 	CCHA 	25–17–1 	Tournament champion 	3 	New Hampshire 	Hockey East 	17–13–7 	At-large bid
4 	Alabama–Huntsville 	CHA 	12–17–3 	Tournament champion 	4 	RIT 	Atlantic Hockey 	26–11–1 	Tournament champion
Northeast Regional – Worcester	Northeast Regional – Worcester	Northeast Regional – Worcester	Northeast Regional – Worcester	Northeast Regional – Worcester	West Regional – St. Paul	West Regional – St. Paul	West Regional – St. Paul	West Regional – St. Paul	West Regional – St. Paul
Seed 	School 	Conference 	Record 	Berth type 	Seed 	School 	Conference 	Record 	Berth type
1 	Boston College (4) 	Hockey East 	25–10–3 	Tournament champion 	1 	Wisconsin (3) 	WCHA 	25–10–4 	At-large bid
2 	North Dakota 	WCHA 	25–12–5 	Tournament champion 	2 	St. Cloud State 	WCHA 	23–13–5 	At-large bid
3 	Yale 	ECAC Hockey 	20–9–3 	At-large bid 	3 	Northern Michigan 	CCHA 	20–12–8 	At-large bid
4 	Alaska 	CCHA 	18–11–9 	At-large bid 	4 	Vermont 	Hockey East 	17–14–7 	At-large bid
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
==Preliminary rounds==
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (EDT/CDT).
===Midwest Regional – Fort Wayne, Indiana===
====Regional semifinals====
====Regional final====
===East Regional – Albany, New York===
====Regional semifinals====
====Regional final====
===Northeast Regional – Worcester, Massachusetts===
====Regional semifinals====
====Regional final====
===West Regional – St. Paul, Minnesota===
====Regional semifinals====
====Regional final====
==Frozen Four – Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan==
===Semifinals===
===National Championship===
==Record by conference==
Conference 	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Regional Finals	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
CCHA 	4 	3 – 4 	.429 	2 	1 	– 	–
WCHA 	4 	4 – 4 	.500 	2 	1 	1 	–
Hockey East 	3 	5 – 2 	.714 	2 	1 	1 	1
CHA 	2 	0 – 2 	.000 	– 	– 	– 	–
ECAC Hockey 	2 	1 – 2 	.333 	1 	– 	– 	–
Atlantic Hockey	1 	2 – 1 	.667 	1 	1 	– 	–
==Tournament awards==
===East Regional===
====All-East Regional Team====
*Goaltender: Jared DeMichiel (RIT)
*Defensemen: Chris Haltigin (RIT), Dan Ringwald (RIT)
*Forwards: Tyler Brenner (RIT), Cameron Burt (RIT), Bobby Butler (New Hampshire)
====MOP====
*Jared DeMichiel (RIT)
===West Regional===
====All-West Regional Team====
*Goaltender: Scott Gudmandson (Wisconsin)
*Defensemen: Ryan McDonagh (Wisconsin), Brendan Smith (Wisconsin)
*Forwards: Blake Geoffrion (Wisconsin), Garrett Roe (St. Could State), Tony Mosey (St. Could State)
====MOP====
*Blake Geoffrion (Wisconsin)
==References==
Category:2010 in hockey
Category:NCAA Division I Tournaments