2010 Frozen Four

The 2010 Frozen Four took place April 8 and April 10, 2010 in Detroit, Michigan at Ford Field. It was hosted by the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and the Detroit Metro Sports Commission.

The participants were:

1. Miami RedHawks (#1 overall seed) (Midwest)
2. Wisconsin Badgers (#3 overall seed) (West)
3. Boston College Eagles (#4 overall seed) (Northeast)
4. RIT Tigers (East)

This was Miami's second appearance in the Frozen Four, after making their first appearance last year. It was Wisconsin's first appearance since 2006. Boston College was making their fifth appearance in six years, missing only in 2009. RIT was appearing for the first time in the Division I Frozen Four and is the first Atlantic Hockey team to make the Frozen Four.

Unlike the previous year, when only one #1 seed (Boston University) made it through the Regional brackets, three of this year's #1 seeds appeared in the Frozen Four. RIT was a #4 seed and upset Denver in the East Regional; they are the fourth #4 seed to make it to the Frozen Four in three years, a feat that hadn't been accomplished once prior to 2008.

Coincidentally, the four teams in the tournament were also the top four teams ranked by scoring differential in Division I this season (Miami first, followed by RIT, Wisconsin, and BC).

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

Team Photos

Boston College

University of Wisconsin