2011-12 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

The 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October 1, 2011 and concluded with the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on April 7, 2012 at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. This was the 65th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 117th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
==Pre-season polls==
The top 20 from USCHO.com/CBS College Sports, September 26, 2011, and the top 15 from USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine, September 26, 2011. First place votes are in parentheses.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"	USCHO.com/CBS College Sports	USCHO.com/CBS College Sports
Ranking	Team 	
1 	Notre Dame (11) 	
2 	Miami (OH) (12) 	
3 	North Dakota (5) 	
4 	Denver 	
5 	Boston College (5) 	
6 	Michigan 	
7 	Colorado College 	
8 	Minnesota–Duluth (10) 	
9 	Yale (1) 	
10 	Boston University (2) 	
11 	Union 	
12 	New Hampshire 	
13 	Western Michigan 	
14 	Nebraska–Omaha 	
15 	Merrimack 	
16 	Maine 	
17 	Wisconsin 	
18 	Rensselaer 	
19 	Minnesota 	
20 	Cornell 	
==Regular season==
===Standings===
==Player stats==
===Scoring leaders===
The following players lead the NCAA in points at the conclusion of games played on March 17, 2012.
 
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player	Class 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	Senior 	Maine 	38	20	41	61 	34
 	Senior 	Minnesota–Duluth	39	19	39	58 	26
 	Senior 	Colgate 	39	36	21	57 	32
 	Junior 	Denver 	41	21	31	52 	45
 	Senior 	Minnesota–Duluth	39	21	30	51 	4
 	Sophomore	Colgate 	38	17	34	51 	12
 	Sophomore	Bentley 	40	23	27	50 	38
 	Sophomore	Wisconsin 	37	13	37	50 	38
 	Junior 	Miami (OH) 	38	30	18	48 	22
 	Junior 	Maine 	36	25	22	47 	117
===Leading goaltenders===
The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average at the conclusion of games played on March 19, 2012 while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player	Class 	Team 	GP	Min 	W 	L 	T	GA	SO	SV% 	GAA
 	Senior 	Miami (OH) 	23	1286:42	15	7 	0	34	5 	.937	1.59
 	Senior 	Niagara 	26	1452:26	14	6 	5	39	4 	.944	1.61
 	Sophomore	Union 	31	1743:53	20	5 	3	48	6 	.936	1.65
 	Sophomore	Air Force 	18	978:46 	8 	4 	2	28	5 	.928	1.72
 	Junior 	Boston College 	30	1816:00	25	5 	0	55	3 	.931	1.82
 	Junior 	RIT 	32	1960:44	18	9 	5	63	7 	.931	1.93
 	Senior 	Michigan 	39	2337:08	24	11	3	77	7 	.933	1.98
 	Freshman 	Western Michigan 	31	1864:52	17	10	4	63	3 	.910	2.03
 	Sophomore	Massachusetts–Lowell	31	1850:33	21	9 	1	64	4 	.930	2.08
 	Sophomore	Cornell 	33	2057:16	18	8 	7	73	6 	.918	2.13
==Awards==
===CCHA===
All-CCHA Teams 	All-CCHA Teams 	All-CCHA Teams
First Team 	  Position  	Second Team
Taylor Nelson, Ferris State 	G 	Shawn Hunwick, Michigan
Chad Billins, Ferris State 	D 	Dan DeKeyser, Western Michigan
Torey Krug, Michigan State 	D 	Matt Tennyson, Western Michigan
Tyler Gron, Northern Michigan	F 	Justin Florek, Northern Michigan
Reilly Smith, Miami (OH) 	F 	Jordie Johnston, Ferris State
T. J. Tynan, Notre Dame 	F 	Cody Kunyk, Alaska
===WCHA===
Award 	Award 	Recipient
Player of the Year 	Player of the Year 	Jack Connolly, Minnesota–Duluth
Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year	Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year	Brad Eidsness, North Dakota
Defensive Player of the Year 	Defensive Player of the Year 	Justin Schultz, Wisconsin
Rookie of the Year 	Rookie of the Year 	Joey LaLeggia, Denver
Scoring Champion 	Scoring Champion 	Jack Connolly, Minnesota–Duluth
Goaltending Champion 	Goaltending Champion 	Kent Patterson, Minnesota
Coach of the Year 	Coach of the Year 	Mel Pearson, Michigan Tech
All-WCHA Teams 	All-WCHA Teams 	All-WCHA Teams
First Team 	  Position   	Second Team
Kent Patterson, Minnesota 	G 	Kenny Reiter, Minnesota–Duluth
Joey LaLeggia, Denver 	D 	Gabe Guentzel, Colorado College
Justin Schultz, Wisconsin 	D 	Nate Schmidt, Minnesota
Nick Bjugstad, Minnesota 	F 	Jaden Schwartz, Colorado College
J. T. Brown, Minnesota–Duluth 	F 	Drew Shore, Denver
Jack Connolly, Minnesota–Duluth 	F 	Jason Zucker, Denver
Third Team 	  Position   	Rookie Team
Josh Thorimbert, Colorado College 	G 	Juho Olkinuora, Denver
Ben Blood, North Dakota 	D 	Joey LaLeggia, Denver
Nick Jensen, St. Cloud State 	D 	Andrew Prochno, St. Cloud State
Brock Nelson, North Dakota 	F 	Jean-Paul Lafontain, Minnesota State
Travis Oleksuk, Minnesota–Duluth 	F 	Jayson Megna, Nebraska–Omaha
Mark Zengerle, Wisconsin 	F 	Kyle Rau, Minnesota
===ECAC===
Award 	Award 	Recipient
Player of the Year 	Player of the Year 	Austin Smith, Colgate
Best Defensive Forward 	Best Defensive Forward 	Kelly Zajac, Union
Best Defensive Defenseman 	Best Defensive Defenseman 	Danny Biega, Harvard
Rookie of the Year 	Rookie of the Year 	Brian Ferlin, Cornell
Goaltender of the Year 	Goaltender of the Year 	Troy Grosenick, Union
Tim Taylor Award (Coach of the Year)	Tim Taylor Award (Coach of the Year)	Rick Bennett, Union
All-ECAC Teams 	All-ECAC Teams 	All-ECAC Teams
First Team 	  Position   	Second Team
Troy Grosenick, Union 	G 	Andy Iles, Cornell
Danny Biega, Harvard 	D 	Nick D'Agostino, Cornell
Mat Bodie, Union 	D 	Michael Sdao, Princeton
Alex Killorn, Harvard 	F 	Jack MacLellan, Brown
Brian O'Neill, Yale 	F 	Chris Wagner, Colgate
Austin Smith, Colgate 	F 	Jeremy Welsh, Union
Third Team 	  Position   	Rookie Team
Paul Karpowich, Clarkson 	G 	Steve Michalek, Harvard
Thomas Larkin, Colgate 	D 	Patrick McNally, Harvard
Patrick McNally, Harvard 	D 	Shayne Gostisbehere, Union
Connor Jones, Quinnipiac 	F 	Matthew Peca, Quinnipiac
Kyle Flanagan, St. Lawrence 	F 	Brian Ferlin, Cornell
Kelly Zajac, Union 	F 	Chris Martin, St. Lawrence
===AHC===
Atlantic Hockey First Team All-Conference
*Kyle De Laurell	Forward	Air Force
*Brett Gensler	Forward	Bentley
*Cole Schneider	Forward	Connecticut
*Tim Kirby	 Defenseman	Air Force
*Scott Mathis	Defenseman	Air Force
*Shane Madolora	Goaltender	RIT
===Hockey East===
2011-2012 Hockey East First-Team All-Stars
*Joe Cannata, Goaltender: Joe Cannata, Merrimack (Sr., Wakefield, Mass.) 
*Adam Clendening, Defense: Boston University (So., Wheatfield, N.Y.) 	
*Brian Dumoulin, Defense: Boston College (Jr., Biddeford, Maine) 	
*Spencer Abbott, Forward: Maine (Sr., Hamilton, Ont.) (unanimous selection)
*Barry Almeida, Forward: Boston College (Sr., Springfield, Mass.) 	
*Brian Flynn, Forward: Maine (Sr., Lynnfield, Mass.)
==Team Photos==
11-12RMUCol.jpg|Robert Morris Colonials (Atlantic Hockey)
11-12DartBG.jpg|Dartmouth Big Green (ECAC)
11-12Boston Univ.jpg|Boston University Terriers
11-12Vermont.jpg|Vermont Catamounts (Hockey East)
11-12AlaAnchirSeawolves.jpg|Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves (WCHA)
11-12CornellBigRed.jpg|Cornell Big Red (ECAC)
11-12Wisconsin.jpg|Wisconsin Badgers (WCHA)
11-12RPI.jpg|RPI Engineers (ECAC)
11-12Mercyhurst.jpg|Mercyhurst Lakers (Atlantic Hockey)
11-12Merrimack.jpg|Merrimack Warriors (Hockey East)
11-12Niagara.jpg|Niagara Purple Eagles (Atlantic Hockey)
11-12Northeastern.jpg|Northeastern Huskies (Hockey East)
11-12Colgate.jpg|Colgate Raiders (ECAC)
11-12Quinnipac.jpg|Quinnipiac Bobcats (ECAC)
11-12RIT.jpg|RIT Tigers (Atlantic Hockey)
11-12LakeSuperior.jpg|Lake Superior Lakers (CCHA)
11-12FerStBulldogs.jpg|Ferris State Bulldogs (CCHA)
==See also==
*2011–12 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
==References==
==External links==
*USCHO.com
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