2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
2010 Frozen Four logo
Season	2009–10
Teams	16
Finals Site	Ford Field Detroit, Michigan
Champions	Boston College (4th title, 10th title game, 22nd Frozen Four)
Runner-Up	Wisconsin (9th title game, 12th Frozen Four)
Semifinalists	Miami (OH) (2nd Frozen Four) RIT (1st Frozen Four)
Winning Coach	Jerry York (4th title)
MOP	Ben Smith (Boston College)
Attendance	171,795
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2009  2011 →

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.^[1]

Procedure

Albany

Worcester

Fort Wayne

St. Paul

Detroit

2010 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red)

The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2010 regionals:^[1]

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:^[1]

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.^[2] 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					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					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.

* Alaska has since been stripped of their tournament appearance due to NCAA violations found during a 2014 investigation.

Preliminary rounds

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (EDT/CDT).

Midwest Regional – Fort Wayne, Indiana

	Regional semifinals March 27					Regional final March 28
	1	Miami	2
	4	Alabama–Huntsville	1
						1	Miami	3**
						3	Michigan	2
	3	Michigan	5
	2	Bemidji State	1

Regional semifinals

March 27, 2010 4:00 PM

(4) Alabama–Huntsville

1 – 2 (0–1, 0–1, 1–0)

(1) Miami (OH)

War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN

Game reference
	Cameron Talbot	Goalies	Cody Reichard	Referees: Steve Marofsky Ryan Sweeney
	Brennan Barker (Desmet, Cseter) - 59:21	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2	10:24 - Curtis McKenzie (Camper, Wideman) 26:06 - Cameron Schilling (McKenzie)
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	17	Shots	38

March 27, 2010 7:30 PM

(3) Michigan

5 – 1 (1–0, 1–0, 3–1)

(2) Bemidji State

War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN Attendance: 4,133

Game reference
	Shawn Hunwick	Goalies	Dan Bakala	Referees: John Gravelese Jeff Bunyon
	Luke Glendening (Langlais, Kampfer) - 06:15 Louie Caporusso (Brown, Lebler) - 39:22 Carl Hagelin (Lynch, Langlais) - 52:24 Carl Hagelin (Rust, Kampfer) sh - 56:03 Brian Lebler (Hagelin, Rust) - en - 58:02	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1	50:24 - pp - Ian Lowe (Read)
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	27

Regional final

March 28, 2010 8:00 PM

(3) Michigan

2 – 3 (2OT) (1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

(1) Miami

War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN Attendance: 3,204

Game reference
	Shawn Hunwick	Goalies	Connor Knapp	Referees: John Gravelese, Jeff Bunyon Chris Aughe, Bob Bernard
	David Wohlberg (Glendening, Kampfer) - 13:42 Chad Langlais (Kampfer, Caporusso) - pp - 20:49	0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 2 2 – 3	12:08 - pp - Pat Cannone (McKenzie, Camper) 23:18 - pp - Pat Cannone (McKenzie, Camper) 81:54 - Alden Hirschfeld (Vogelhuber)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	57	Shots	35

The regional final between Michigan and Miami was not without controversy. In the first overtime, Michigan appeared to score what would have been the game-winning goal. However, the goal was ruled off due to what replay showed to be an early whistle. Miami won the game, scoring a goal in the second overtime.

East Regional – Albany, New York

	Regional semifinals March 26					Regional final March 27
	1	Denver	1
	4	RIT	2
						4	RIT	6
						3	New Hampshire	2
	3	New Hampshire	6
	2	Cornell	2

Regional semifinals

March 26, 2010 3:00 PM

(4) RIT

2 – 1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

(1) Denver

Times Union Center, Albany, NY

Game reference
	Jared DeMichiel	Goalies	Marc Cheverie	Referees: Matt Shegos, Mark Wilkins Tony Molina, Bruce Vida
	Chris Tanev - 5:02 Cameron Burt (Favot, Ringwald) - pp - 52:36	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1	54:34 - pp - Joe Colborne (Ruegsegger, Wiercioch)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	40

March 26, 2010 6:30 PM

(3) New Hampshire

6 – 2 (0–1, 2–0, 4–1)

(2) Cornell

Times Union Center, Albany, NY Attendance: 4,073

Game reference
	Brian Foster	Goalies	Ben Scrivens	Referees: Derek Shepherd, Marco Hunt Dan Carey, Bob Keltie
	Bobby Butler - 36:47 Mike Sislo (Burke, Kessel) - 37:13 Paul Thompson (Butler, DeSimone) - 42:52 Bobby Butler (Thompson, DeSimone) - 46:38 Mike Sislo (LeBlanc, Burke) - 55:14 Paul Thompson (Kessel) - en - 59:27	0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1 5 – 2 6 – 2	19:11 - Tyler Roeszler (Devin) 57:49 - Dan Nicholls (Nash, Ross)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	37	Shots	26

Regional final

March 27, 2010 6:30 PM

(4) RIT

6 – 2 (1–1, 3–0, 2–1)

(3) New Hampshire

Times Union Center, Albany, NY Attendance: 3,737

Game reference
	Jared DeMichiel	Goalies	Brian Foster	Referees: Derek Shepherd Marco Hunt
	Chris Haltigin (Mazzei, Favot) - 14:10 Tyler Brenner (Favot, Ringwald) - 33:23 Brent Alexin (Haltigin, Saracino) - 33:36 Steven Matic (Murphy, Burt) - 34:57 Tyler Brenner - 50:01 Tyler Mazzei (Favot) - en - 58:06	1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1 5 – 2 6 – 2	19:01 - Phil DeSimone (Kostolansky, Kipp) 57:31 - Blake Kessel (Kostolansky)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	26

Northeast Regional – Worcester, Massachusetts

	Regional semifinals March 27					Regional final March 28
	1	Boston College	3
	4	Alaska	1
						1	Boston College	9
						3	Yale	7
	3	Yale	3
	2	North Dakota	2

Regional semifinals

March 27, 2010 1:30 PM

(4) Alaska

1 – 3 (0–1, 1–0, 0–2)

(1) Boston College

DCU Center, Worcester, MA Attendance: 6,572

Game reference
	Scott Greenham	Goalies	John Muse	Referees: Todd Anderson Brad Shepherd
	Andy Taranto (Knelsen, Sova) - pp - 37:32	0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3	08:54 - sh - Matt Lombardi (Price, Shea) 43:46 - Pat Mullane (Carey, Alber) 59:48 - en - Matt Price
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	32

March 27, 2010 5:00 PM

(3) Yale

3 – 2 (1–0, 2–0, 0–2)

(2) North Dakota

DCU Center, Worcester, MA Attendance: 6,572

Game reference
	Ryan Rondeau	Goalies	Brad Eidsness	Referees: Brian Hill Steve McInchak
	Denny Kearney (Dignard) - 05:48 Denny Kearney (Limbert) - 32:49 Mark Arcobello (O'Neill) - 37:46	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 2	42:59 - Brett Hextall 45:58 - Matt Frattin
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	36

Regional final

March 28, 2010 5:30 PM

(3) Yale

7 – 9 (1–2, 3–4, 3–3)

(1) Boston College

DCU Center, Worcester, MA Attendance: 6,054

Game reference
	Billy Blase Ryan Rondeau Jeff Malcolm	Goalies	John Muse	Referees: Todd Anderson Brad Shepherd
	13:32 – Brian O'Neill (Arcobello, Miller) 24:46 – pp – Mark Arcobello (Miller, Martin) 37:10 – Mark Arcobello (Peel, O'Neill) 38:27 – pp – Denny Kearney (Martin) 53:32 – pp – Mark Arcobello (O'Neill, Miller) 55:55 – Brian O'Neill (Arcobello) 58:38 – Broc Little (Arcobello, Miller)	0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 2 – 4 2 – 5 2 – 6 3 – 6 4 – 6 4 – 7 4 – 8 4 – 9 5 – 9 6 – 9 7 – 9	05:21 – Brian Gibbons (Atkinson) 16:34 – sh – Carl Sneep 22:23 – Joe Whitney (Mullane, Shea) 24:57 – Cam Atkinson 30:29 – Cam Atkinson (Gibbons, Whitney) 34:46 – Joe Whitney (Smith) 44:16 – Cam Atkinson (Whitney) 46:53 – Jimmy Hayes (Shea, Smith) 47:16 – Jimmy Hayes (Samuelsson)
	14 min	Penalties	18 min
	39	Shots	39

West Regional – St. Paul, Minnesota

	Regional semifinals March 26					Regional final March 27
	1	Wisconsin	3
	4	Vermont	2
						1	Wisconsin	5
						2	St. Cloud State	3
	3	Northern Michigan	3
	2	St. Cloud State	4**

Regional semifinals

March 26, 2010 5:00 PM

(3) Northern Michigan

3 – 4 (2OT) (2–1, 1–1, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0)

(2) St. Cloud State

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN

Game reference
	Brian Stewart	Goalies	Mike Lee	Referees: Tim Benedetto, Kevin Shea Chris Federico, Tim Low
	Justin Florek (Brown, Gustafsson) - pp - 14:04 Ray Kaunisto - 36:12 Erik Spady (Oliver, Florek) - 56:11	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 3 3 – 4	8:14 - Travis Novak (LeBlanc) 12:25 - pp - Ryan Lasch (Roe, Raboin) 32:52 - pp - Garrett Roe (Lasch, Marvin) 80:23 - pp - Tony Mosey (Roe, LeBlanc)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	45	Shots	54

March 26, 2010 8:00 PM

(4) Vermont

2 – 3 (2–1, 0–2, 0–0)

(1) Wisconsin

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN Attendance: 7,281

Game reference
	Rob Madore	Goalies	Scott Gudmandson	Referees: Chip McDonald, Peter Feola Dave Brown, Glen Cooke
	Dan Lawson (Miller) - 7:22 Brian Roloff (Stålberg, Lawson) - pp - 15:54	0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 2 2 – 3	5:51 - pp - Justin Schultz (Geoffrion, Stepan) 24:02 - pp - Michael Davies (Stepan, B. Smith) 39:16 - pp - Blake Geoffrion (Schultz, B. Smith)
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	29	Shots	42

Regional final

March 27, 2010 8:00 PM

(2) St. Cloud St.

3 – 5 (1–3, 0–0, 2–2)

(1) Wisconsin

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN Attendance: 7,182

Game reference
	Mike Lee (out 15:21) Dan Dunn (in 15:21)	Goalies	Scott Gudmandson	Referees: Tim Benedetto, Kevin Shea Chris Federico, Tim Lowe
	Jared Festler (Lasch, Marvin) - 14:48 Jared Festler- sh - 24:16 Tony Mosey (Eddy) - 57:10	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 2 – 4 3 – 4 3 – 5	02:31 - John Mitchell (Bohmbach, Murray) 13:18 - Blake Geoffrion (McDonagh, C. Smith) 15:21 - Jake Gardiner (C. Smith, Geoffrion) 46:54 - John Mitchell (Bohmbach, Gardiner) 58:52 - en - Aaron Bendickson (Geoffrion)
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	29	Shots	44

Frozen Four – Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan

	National semifinals April 8					National championship April 10
	MW1	Miami (OH)	1
	NE1	Boston College	7
						NE1	Boston College	5
						W1	Wisconsin	0
	E4	RIT	1
	W1	Wisconsin	8

Semifinals

April 8, 2010 5:00 PM

RIT

1 – 8 (0–2, 1–4, 0–2)

Wisconsin

Ford Field, Detroit, MI

Game reference
	Jared DeMichiel (out 54:55) Jan Ropponen (in 54:55, out 57:27) Shane Madolora (in 57:27)	Goalies	Scott Gudmandson	Referees: Tim Benedetto, Jeff Bunyon Chris Aughe, Bob Bernard
	Tyler Brenner (Ringwald, Favot) - pp - 39:32	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 0 – 5 0 – 6 1 – 6 1 – 7 1 – 8	01:27 - John Mitchell (Goloubef, Schultz) 09:38 - Derek Stepan (McDonagh) 22:18 - Jordy Murray (Bendickson) 24:26 - pp - Justin Schultz (B. Smith, Stepan) 31:15 - pp - Michael Davies (B. Smith, Geoffrion) 33:24 - pp - Blake Geoffrion (B. Smith, Stepan) 47:28 - Craig Smith (Bohmbach, B. Smith) 47:48 - Derek Stepan (Street, B. Smith)
	29 min	Penalties	10 min
	14	Shots	37

April 8, 2010 8:30 PM

Boston College

7 – 1 (1–0, 2–0, 4–1)

Miami (OH)

Ford Field, Detroit, MI Attendance: 34,954

Game reference
	John Muse	Goalies	Connor Knapp (out 23:08) Cody Reichard (in 23:08)	Referees: Derek Shepherd, Marco Hunt Tony Czech, Matt Ulwelling
	Ben Smith (J. Whitney, S. Whitney) - pp - 18:32 Jimmy Hayes (Mullane, Dumoulin) - pp - 22:06 Joe Whitney (Dumoulin, Gibbons) - 23:08 Cam Atkinson (Gibbons, Whitney) - 50:10 Patch Alber (Smith, Dumoulin) - 50:44 Paul Carey (Shea, Mullane) - 51:45 Ben Smith(Hayes, Kreider) - 56:21	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1 6 – 1 7 – 1	Joe Hartman (Camper, Hirschfeld) - 45:19
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	18

National Championship

April 10, 2010 7:00 PM

Boston College

5 – 0 (1–0, 0–0, 4–0)

Wisconsin

Ford Field, Detroit, MI Attendance: 37,592

Game reference
	John Muse	Goalies	Scott Gudmandson	Referees: Matt Shegos, Mark Wilkins Bruce Vida, Tony Molina
	Ben Smith(S. Whitney, J. Whitney) - pp - 12:57 Cam Atkinson (J. Whitney) - 41:38 Chris Kreider (Hayes, Samuelsson) - 43:40 Cam Atkinson (Gibbons, J. Whitney) - pp - 47:20 Matt Price - en - 55:29	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	20

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	–	–

Media

Television

ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament. For the sixth consecutive year ESPN aired every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU, and ESPN360.

Broadcast Assignments

Regionals

• East Regional: John Buccigross & Barry Melrose – Albany, NY
• West Regional: Clay Matvick & Jim Paradise – St. Paul, MN
• Northeast Regional: Dan Parkhurst & Damian DiGiulian – Worchester, MA
• Midwest Regional: Ben Holden & Sean Ritchlin – Fort Wayne, IN

Frozen Four & Championship

• Gary Thorne, Barry Melrose, & Clay Matvick – Detroit, MI

Radio

Westwood One used exclusive radio rights to air both the semifinals and the championship, AKA the "Frozen Four.

• Sean Grande & Cap Raeder

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)[3] Most Outstanding Player Jared DeMichiel (RIT)[3]

West Regional All-West Regional Team Goaltender: Scott Gudmandson (Wisconsin) Defensemen: Ryan McDonagh (Wisconsin), Brendan Smith (Wisconsin) Forwards: Blake Geoffrion (Wisconsin), Garrett Roe (St. Cloud State), Tony Mosey (St. Cloud State)[4] MOP Blake Geoffrion (Wisconsin)[4]

Frozen Four

• G: John Muse (Boston College)
• D: Brian Dumoulin (Boston College)
• D: Brendan Smith (Wisconsin)
• F: Cam Atkinson (Boston College)
• F: Ben Smith* (Boston College)
• F: Joe Whitney (Boston College)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[5]

References

1. "Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship". NCAA. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
2. "Miami, Denver, Wisconsin, Boston College Get Top Seeds in NCAA Tournament". USCHO.com. March 21, 2010. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
3. McMillan, Ken (2010-03-27). "East: RIT Makes Division I History". Inside College Hockey. Archived from the original on 31 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
4. Gilbert, John (2010-03-28). "Badgers Pound Out 5-3 victory over Huskies to Reach 2010 NCAA Men's Frozen Four". WCHA.com. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
5. "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-17.

External links

• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship information - NCAA.com