2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2011 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 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)

Qualification
The winners of the five conference tournaments will receive automatic bids to the tournament, while the remaining eleven spots will be given to at-large teams. The conference tournaments for the 2010–11 season are:
 * 2011 Atlantic Hockey Tournament
 * 2011 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
 * 2011 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
 * 2011 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
 * 2011 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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.

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
* Denotes overtime periods

Northeast Regional – Manchester, New Hampshire
* Denotes overtime periods

West Regional – St. Louis, Missouri
* Denotes overtime periods

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

Frozen Four
* Most Outstanding Player(s)
 * 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)