2010–11 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

2010–11 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
Duration	October 2, 2010–; April 9, 2011
NCAA tournament	2011
National championship	Xcel Energy Center; Saint Paul, Minnesota
NCAA champions	Minnesota–Duluth
Hobey Baker Award	Andy Miele; (Miami (OH))
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The 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October 2, 2010 and concluded with the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on April 9, 2011 at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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Pre-season polls[]

Main article: 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

The top 20 from USCHO.com/CBS College Sports, October 4, 2010, and the top 15 from USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine, September 27, 2010.^[1]^[2]

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports
Ranking	Team
1	Boston College (45)
2	North Dakota (3)
3	Miami (OH) (2)
4	St. Cloud State
5	Michigan
6	Yale
7	Maine
8	Minnesota–Duluth
9	Denver
10	New Hampshire
11	Cornell
12	Alaska
13	Wisconsin
14	Boston University
15	Minnesota
16	Michigan State
17	Notre Dame
18	RIT
19	Union
20	Colorado College

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
Ranking	Team
1	Boston College (28)
2	North Dakota (4)
3	Miami (OH) (2)
4	Michigan
5	Yale
6	St. Cloud State
7	Maine
8	New Hampshire
9	Minnesota–Duluth
10	Cornell
11	Denver
12	Alaska
13	Wisconsin
14	Boston University
15	Minnesota

Regular season[]

Standings[]

2010–11 Atlantic Hockey standings
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
RIT†	27	15	5	7	37	95	64	37	19	10	8	128	98
Air Force*	27	14	7	6	34	106	85	36	19	11	6	135	113
Holy Cross	27	14	8	5	33	97	73	38	17	16	5	128	118
Niagara	27	15	10	2	32	99	92	35	18	13	4	124	120
Robert Morris	27	13	9	5	31	89	72	35	18	12	5	107	97
Connecticut	27	13	12	2	28	87	90	37	15	18	4	114	133
Mercyhurst	27	12	13	2	26	98	80	37	15	18	4	131	112
Canisius	27	10	12	5	25	76	83	38	13	19	6	110	135
Army	27	10	13	4	24	69	84	35	11	20	4	86	115
Bentley	27	9	13	5	23	70	88	34	10	18	6	86	117
Sacred Heart	27	5	16	6	16	75	112	37	6	25	6	95	173
American International	27	7	19	1	15	75	113	33	8	24	1	85	140
Championship: † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Current rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

2010–11 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#4 Michigan †	28	20	7	1	0	61	92	57	39	25	10	4	133	90
#8 Notre Dame	28	18	7	3	2	59	95	69	40	23	12	5	140	109
#6 Miami*	28	16	7	5	2	55	103	58	37	22	9	6	140	80
#12 Western Michigan	28	10	9	9	5	44	77	71	40	19	11	10	112	96
Ferris State	28	12	12	4	4	43	59	62	39	18	16	5	94	86
Northern Michigan	28	12	13	3	0	39	61	87	39	15	19	5	91	117
Alaska	28	10	13	5	3	38	64	66	38	16	17	5	89	91
Lake Superior State	28	8	12	8	5	37	59	78	39	13	17	9	93	115
Ohio State	28	10	14	4	2	36	66	72	37	15	18	4	95	92
Michigan State	28	11	15	2	0	35	65	75	38	15	19	4	98	107
Bowling Green	28	3	21	4	2	15	41	87	41	10	27	4	74	123
Championship: Miami † Conference regular season champion * Conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

2010–11 NCAA Division I independents standings
	Overall
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Alabama–Huntsville	32	4	26	2	61	129
Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

2010–11 ECAC Hockey standings
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#4 Union	22	17	3	2	36	75	43	37	26	7	4	139	74
#3 Yale	22	17	4	1	35	84	46	30	23	6	1	127	66
#18 Dartmouth	22	12	8	2	26	70	48	30	16	11	3	100	77
Cornell	22	11	9	2	24	57	53	30	14	13	3	80	79
Princeton	22	11	9	2	24	69	70	32	17	13	2	105	88
#20 Rensselaer	22	11	9	2	24	67	52	37	20	12	5	110	84
Clarkson	22	9	12	1	19	58	78	36	15	19	2	98	117
Quinnipiac	22	6	9	7	19	49	62	37	15	14	8	92	99
Brown	22	8	12	2	18	55	70	31	10	16	5	83	107
Harvard	22	7	14	1	15	49	61	32	12	19	1	73	92
St. Lawrence	22	6	15	1	13	53	73	38	13	20	5	99	115
Colgate	22	4	15	3	11	51	81	38	9	26	3	96	128
Championship: † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

2010–11 Hockey East standings
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#2 Boston College†*	27	20	6	1	41	101	58	39	30	8	1	153	94
#10 New Hampshire	27	17	6	4	38	90	59	39	22	11	6	131	98
Boston University	27	15	6	6	36	76	67	39	19	12	8	116	112
#7 Merrimack	27	16	8	3	35	89	67	39	25	10	4	143	97
Maine	27	14	8	5	33	92	73	36	17	12	7	122	105
Northeastern	27	10	10	7	27	73	69	38	14	16	8	108	104
Vermont	27	6	14	7	19	60	85	36	8	20	8	82	116
Massachusetts	27	5	16	6	16	68	88	36	6	23	6	88	122
Providence	27	4	16	7	15	53	94	34	8	18	8	75	116
Massachusetts–Lowell	27	4	21	2	10	60	102	34	5	25	4	83	136
Championship: Boston College Eagles † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

2010–11 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#1 North Dakota†*	28	21	6	1	43	112	62	41	30	8	3	166	91
#5 Denver	28	17	8	3	37	93	75	40	24	11	5	132	105
#14 Nebraska–Omaha	28	17	9	2	36	94	69	38	21	15	2	126	96
#11 Minnesota–Duluth	28	15	8	5	35	91	73	38	22	10	6	129	100
Minnesota	28	13	10	5	31	91	78	36	16	14	6	113	102
#13 Colorado College	28	13	13	2	28	83	84	43	22	18	3	134	125
Wisconsin	28	12	13	3	27	75	72	41	21	16	4	129	98
Alaska–Anchorage	28	12	14	2	26	62	78	37	16	18	3	89	106
St. Cloud State	28	11	13	4	26	84	80	38	15	18	5	112	113
Bemidji State	28	8	15	5	21	62	78	38	15	18	5	89	102
Minnesota State	28	8	16	4	20	67	90	38	14	18	6	105	116
Michigan Tech	28	2	24	2	6	49	124	38	4	30	4	75	169
Championship: North Dakota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Current rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

Player stats[]

Scoring leaders[]

The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season.^[3]

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Miele, AndyAndy Miele	Senior	Miami (OH)	39	24	47	71	35
Frattin, MattMatt Frattin	Senior	North Dakota	44	36	24	60	46
Connolly, JackJack Connolly	Junior	Minnesota–Duluth	42	18	41	59	34
Fontaine, JustinJustin Fontaine	Senior	Minnesota–Duluth	42	22	36	58	42
Camper, CarterCarter Camper	Senior	Miami (OH)	39	19	38	57	27
Zanette, PaulPaul Zanette	Senior	Niagara	35	29	26	55	45
Smith, ReillyReilly Smith	Sophomore	Miami (OH)	38	28	26	54	18
Connolly, MikeMike Connolly	Junior	Minnesota–Duluth	42	28	26	54	67
Tynan, T. J.T. J. Tynan	Freshman	Notre Dame	44	23	31	54	36
Atkinson, CamCam Atkinson	Junior	Boston College	39	31	21	52	28
Thompson, PaulPaul Thompson	Senior	New Hampshire	39	28	24	52	32

Leading goaltenders[]

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the conclusion of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.^[3]

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Class	Team	GP	Min	W	L	OT	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Dell, AaronAaron Dell	Sophomore	North Dakota	40	2349:02	30	7	2	70	6	.924	1.79
Rondeau, RyanRyan Rondeau	Senior	Yale	34	2002:15	27	6	1	64	6	.928	1.92
Madolora, ShaneShane Madolora	Sophomore	RIT	28	1675:50	17	3	7	54	6	.935	1.93
Kinkaid, KeithKeith Kinkaid	Sophomore	Union	38	2265:30	25	10	3	75	5	.920	1.99
Nagle, PatPat Nagle	Senior	Ferris State	37	2192:41	18	14	5	74	3	.923	2.02
Knapp, ConnorConnor Knapp	Junior	Miami (OH)	17	975:36	8	5	4	33	2	.909	2.03
Reichard, CodyCody Reichard	Junior	Miami (OH)	24	1374:31	15	5	2	47	3	.912	2.05
Yanakeff, WillWill Yanakeff	Freshman	Michigan State	14	794:36	6	5	1	28	3	.927	2.11
York, AllenAllen York	Junior	Rensselaer	34	2050:46	18	11	4	74	2	.924	2.17
Bonar, SeanSean Bonar	Freshman	Princeton	15	899:57	8	6	1	33	1	.912	2.20