| 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |||
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 2012 Frozen Four logo | |||
| Season | 2011–12 | ||
| Teams | 16 | ||
| Finals Site | Tampa Bay Times Forum Tampa, Florida | ||
| Champions | Boston College Eagles (5th title, 11th title game, 23rd Frozen Four) | ||
| Runner-Up | Ferris State Bulldogs (1st title game, 1st Frozen Four) | ||
| Semifinalists | Union Dutchmen (1st Frozen Four) Minnesota Golden Gophers (20th Frozen Four) | ||
| Winning Coach | Jerry York (Fifth title) | ||
| MOP | Parker Milner Boston College | ||
| Attendance | 127,640 | ||
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament involved sixteen schools in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey for the 2011–12 season. The tournament began on March 23, 2012 with regional semifinals and ended on April 7 with the national championship game.[1] The Boston College Eagles won their third national championship in five years, beating the Ferris State Bulldogs, 4–1, in the championship game. BC won nineteen consecutive games to end the season. It is the fifth title for both the program and head coach Jerry York – York previously coached Bowling Green to a championship in 1984.
Tournament procedure[]
The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2012 regionals:[1]
- March 23 and 24
- East Regional, Webster Bank Arena – Bridgeport, Connecticut (Hosts: Yale University and Fairfield University)
- Midwest Regional, Resch Center – Green Bay, Wisconsin (Host: Michigan Technological University)
- March 24 and 25
- Northeast Regional, DCU Center – Worcester, Massachusetts (Host: College of the Holy Cross)
- West Regional, Xcel Energy Center – Saint Paul, Minnesota (Host: University of Minnesota)
Each regional winner will advance to the Frozen Four:[1]
- April 5 and 7
- Tampa Bay Times Forum – Tampa, Florida (Hosts: University of Alabama in Huntsville and the Tampa Bay Sports Commission)
Qualifying teams[]
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 18.[2] The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and Hockey East had four teams receive a berth, ECAC Hockey had two teams receive a berth, and Atlantic Hockey had one team receive a berth.
| East Regional – Bridgeport | Midwest Regional – Green Bay | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type |
| 1 | Union (3) | ECAC Hockey | 24–7–7 | Tournament champion | 1 | Michigan (2) | CCHA | 24–12–4 | At-large bid |
| 2 | Miami (OH) | CCHA | 24–14–2 | At-large bid | 2 | Ferris State | CCHA | 23–11–5 | At-large bid |
| 3 | Massachusetts–Lowell | Hockey East | 23–12–1 | At-large bid | 3 | Denver | WCHA | 25–13–4 | At-large bid |
| 4 | Michigan State | CCHA | 19–15–4 | At-large bid | 4 | Cornell | ECAC Hockey | 18–8–7 | At-large bid |
| Northeast Regional – Worcester | West Regional – Saint Paul | ||||||||
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type |
| 1 | Boston College (1) | Hockey East | 29–10–1 | Tournament champion | 1 | North Dakota (4) | WCHA | 25–12–3 | Tournament champion |
| 2 | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | 24–9–6 | At-large bid | 2 | Minnesota | WCHA | 26–13–1 | At-large bid |
| 3 | Maine | Hockey East | 23–13–3 | At-large bid | 3 | Boston University | Hockey East | 23–14–1 | At-large bid |
| 4 | Air Force | Atlantic Hockey | 21–10–7 | Tournament champion | 4 | Western Michigan | CCHA | 21–13–6 | Tournament champion |
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
Regionals[]
East Regional – Bridgeport, Connecticut[]
| Regional Semifinals March 23 | Regional Final March 24 | ||||||||
| 1 | Union | 3 | |||||||
| 4 | Michigan State | 1 | |||||||
| 1 | Union | 4 | |||||||
| 3 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 4* | |||||||
| 2 | Miami (OH) | 3 | |||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−4).
Regional Semifinals[]
| March 23, 2012 3:00pm |
(4) Michigan State | 1–3 (0–1, 1–1, 0–1) |
(1) Union | Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport Attendance: 5,090 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Yanakeff | Goalies | Troy Grosenick | Referees: Derek Sheperd Marco Hunt | |
| Matt Berry (11) (Perlini, Krug) – PP – 19:21 | 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 |
15:09 – Max Novak (9) (Welsh) 03:20 – Jeremy Welsh (26) (Bodie) 18:42 – PP – Wayne Simpson (18) (Zajac) | ||
| 23 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 21 | Shots | 32 | ||
| March 23, 2012 6:30pm |
(3) Massachusetts–Lowell | 4 – 3 OT (2–0, 1–0, 0–3, 1–0) |
(2) Miami (OH) | Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport Attendance: 5,090 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Carr | Goalies | Connor Knapp | Referees: Don Adam Tim Walsh | |
| Josh Holmstrom (12) (Wallin, Wilson) – PP – 01:34 Colin Wright (4) (unassisted) – SH – 14:58 Riley Wetmore (13) (Vallorani, Arnold) – 02:21 Riley Wetmore (13) (Arnold, Vallorani) – 02:13 |
1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 3–3 4–3 |
03:06 – Trent Vogelhuber (4) (McKenzie, Wideman) 03:20 – Austin Czarnik (10) (unassisted) 09:56 – Alden Hirschfeld (11) (Spinell) | ||
| 21 min | Penalties | 20 min | ||
| 30 | Shots | 33 | ||
Regional Final[]
| March 24, 2012 6:30pm |
(3) Massachusetts–Lowell | 2–4 (0–1, 1–2, 1–1) |
(1) Union | Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport Attendance: 5,328 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Carr | Goalies | Troy Grosenick | Referees: Derek Sheperd Marco Hunt | |
| Terrence Wallin (8) (Vallorani, Eiserman) – 14:06 Matt Ferreira (14) (unassisted) – 05:40 |
0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–3 2–4 |
03:03 – Daniel Ciampini (3) (Bodie) 07:12 – Jeremy Welsh (27) (Carr, Jooris) 17:23 – PP – Josh Jooris (8) (Gostisbehere) 19:19 – EN – Kyle Bodie (6) (unassisted) | ||
| 6 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 21 | Shots | 39 | ||
Midwest Regional – Green Bay, Wisconsin[]
Midwest Regional games were played at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
| Regional Semifinals March 23 | Regional Final March 24 | ||||||||
| 1 | Michigan | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | Cornell | 3* | |||||||
| 4 | Cornell | 1 | |||||||
| 2 | Ferris State | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | Denver | 1 | |||||||
| 2 | Ferris State | 2 | |||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−5).
Regional Semifinals[]
| March 23, 2012 4:30pm |
(3) Denver | 1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1) |
(2) Ferris State | Resch Center, Green Bay Attendance: 3,465 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Brittain | Goalies | Taylor Nelson | Referees: Tom Fyrer Tim Benedetto | |
| Drew Shore (22) (Salazar, Ryder) – 05:22 | 0–1 0–2 1–2 |
04:30 – Jordie Johnston (19) (Thompson, Kirzinger) 02:54 – Simon Denis (1) (Alexander, Kane) | ||
| 8 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 26 | Shots | 34 | ||
| March 23, 2012 8:00pm |
(4) Cornell | 3 – 2 OT (1–1, 1–0, 0–1, 1–0) |
(1) Michigan | Resch Center, Green Bay Attendance: 3,465 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Iles | Goalies | Shawn Hunwick | Referees: Steve Morofsky Ryan Sweeney | |
| John McCarron (6) (Collins, Birch) – PP – 10:10 Joakim Ryan (7) (Collins) – SH – 00:40 Rodger Craig (2) (Miller, Mowrey) – 03:35 |
0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 |
01:11 – Luke Glendening (10) (Treais, Di Giuseppe) 15:59 – Kevin Lynch (8) (Moffatt, Bennett) | ||
| 27 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 24 | Shots | 33 | ||
Regional Final[]
| March 24, 2012 8:00pm |
(4) Cornell | 1–2 (0–0, 0–0, 1–2) |
(2) Ferris State | Resch Center, Green Bay Attendance: 3,108 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Iles | Goalies | Taylor Nelson | Referees: Bob Bernard Brandan Kelleher | |
| Dustin Mowrey (8) (Gotovets) – 01:32 | 0–1 1–1 1–2 |
00:11 – PP – Garrett Thompson (10) (Kirzlinger, Johnston) 06:54 – Jordie Johnston (20) (Huff, Kane) | ||
| 12 min | Penalties | 27 min | ||
| 23 | Shots | 21 | ||
West Regional – Saint Paul, Minnesota[]
| Regional Semifinals March 24 | Regional Final March 25 | ||||||||
| 1 | North Dakota | 3 | |||||||
| 4 | Western Michigan | 1 | |||||||
| 1 | North Dakota | 2 | |||||||
| 2 | Minnesota | 5 | |||||||
| 3 | Boston University | 3 | |||||||
| 2 | Minnesota | 7 | |||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−5).
Regional Semifinals[]
| March 24, 2012 12:30 pm |
(4) Western Michigan | 1–3 (0–1, 1–1, 0–1) |
(1) North Dakota | Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul Attendance: 9,386 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Slubowski | Goalies | Aaron Dell | Referees: Tim Kotyra Scott Whittemore | |
| Kyle O'Kane (7) (Roehl, DeKeyser) – 12:57 | 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 |
06:04 – Michael Parks (12) (MacMillan, Blood) 03:16 – Corban Knight (16) (Kristo, Nelson) 19:19 – EN – Brock Nelson (28) (unassisted) | ||
| 6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 25 | Shots | 28 | ||
| March 24, 2012 4:00 pm |
(3) Boston University | 3–7 (0–1, 2–3, 1–3) |
(2) Minnesota | Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul Attendance: 9,386 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kieran Millan | Goalies | Kent Patterson | Referees: Chip McDonald Peter Feola | |
| Wade Megan (20) (Clendening, Chiasson) – PP – 07:49 Ross Gaudet (5) (unassisted) – 13:20 Adam Clendening (4) (Noonan, Chiasson) – PP – 03:09 |
0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–4 3–4 3–5 3–6 3–7 |
05:55 – PP – Kyle Rau (18) (Schmidt, Haula) 09:21 – Jake Parenteau (2) (Condon, Boyd) 15:09 – Seth Helgeson (5) (Budish, Rau) 15:38 – PP – Jake Hansen (14) (Schmidt, Rau) 08:08 – Nico Sacchetti (4) (unassisted) 18:04 – EN – Jake Hansen (15) (Warning) 18:56 – EN – Nick Bjugstad (25) (Budish, Rau) | ||
| 29 min | Penalties | 18 min | ||
| 34 | Shots | 42 | ||
Regional Final[]
| March 25, 2012 4:30 pm |
(2) Minnesota | 5–2 (1–0, 3–1, 1–1) |
(1) North Dakota | Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul Attendance: 10,974 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Patterson | Goalies | Aaron Dell | Referees: Peter Feola Tim Kotyra | |
| Ben Marshall (4) (Budish, Rau) – 12:19 Erik Haula (20) (Bjugstad, Hansen) – PP – 00:20 Taylor Matson (8) (Schmidt, Parenteau) – 09:08 Travis Boyd (1) (Condon, Matson) – 14:28 Nate Condon (11) (Boyd, Budish) – 15:53 |
1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 5–2 |
01:43 – Danny Kristo (19) (Nelson, Panzarella) 16:07 – Mario Lamoureux (4) (Gleason) | ||
| 6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 24 | Shots | 26 | ||
Northeast Regional – Worcester, Massachusetts[]
| Regional Semifinals March 24 | Regional Final March 25 | ||||||||
| 1 | Boston College | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | Air Force | 0 | |||||||
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | |||||||
| 2 | Minnesota-Duluth | 0 | |||||||
| 3 | Maine | 2 | |||||||
| 2 | Minnesota–Duluth | 5 | |||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−4).
Regional Semifinals[]
| March 24, 2012 4:00 pm |
(4) Air Force | 0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1) |
(1) Boston College | DCU Center, Worcester Attendance: 5,925 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Torf | Goalies | Parker Milner | Referees: Mark Wilkins Barry Pochmara | |
| 0–1 0–2 |
07:39 – Chris Kreider (21) (Hayes, Straight) 18:39 – PP – Chris Kreider (22) (Wey) | |||
| 10 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
| 20 | Shots | 34 | ||
| March 24, 2012 7:30 pm |
(3) Maine | 2–5 (1–0, 1–3, 0–2) |
(2) Minnesota–Duluth | DCU Center, Worcester Attendance: 5,925 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sullivan | Goalies | Kenny Reiter | Referees: Steve McInchak Brian Aaron | |
| Spencer Abbott (21) (Flynn, O'Neill) – PP – 17:16 Matt Mangene (16) (Cornell, O'Neill) – 07:10 |
1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 2–4 2–5 |
10:47 – PP – Jack Connolly (20) (Oleksuk, McManus) 16:28 – Caleb Herbert (14) (unassisted) 17:28 – Jake Hendrickson (4) (Lamb) 09:15 – J.T. Brown (24) (Oleksuk) 19:19 – EN – Jake Hendrickson (5) (Connolly, Casto) | ||
| 6 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 27 | Shots | 26 | ||
Regional Final[]
| March 25, 2012 8:00 pm |
(2) Minnesota-Duluth | 0–4 (0–0, 0–2, 0–2) |
(1) Boston College | DCU Center, Worcester Attendance: 4,470 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Reiter | Goalies | Parker Milner | Referees: Barry Pochmara Steve McInchak | |
| 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 |
04:01 – Pat Mullane (10) (Carey, Gaudreau) 05:27 – Bill Arnold (17) (Whitney) 01:13 – Patrick Wey (2) (unassisted) 11:47 – PP – Johnny Gaudreau (20) (Wey) | |||
| 8 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||
| 33 | Shots | 24 | ||
Frozen Four – Tampa, Florida[]
| National Semifinals April 5 | National Championship April 7 | ||||||||
| NE1 | Boston College | 6 | |||||||
| W2 | Minnesota | 1 | |||||||
| NE1 | Boston College | 4 | |||||||
| MW2 | Ferris State | 1 | |||||||
| E1 | Union | 1 | |||||||
| MW2 | Ferris State | 3 | |||||||
National Semifinals[]
| April 5, 2012 4:30 pm |
Union | 1–3 (0–0, 1–1, 0–2) |
Ferris State | Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa Attendance: 18,605 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Grosenick | Goalies | Taylor Nelson | Referees: Kevin Shea, Scott Hansen Linesmen: Chris Aughe, Bob Bernard | |
| Daniel Carr (20) (Coburn, Welsh) – 7:56 | 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 |
17:02 – Aaron Schmit (7) (Bonis, Czarnowczan) 15:17 – Kyle Bonis (19) (Wysopal) 19:05 – EN – Aaron Schmit (8) | ||
| 10 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
| 28 | Shots | 37 | ||
| April 5, 2012 8:00 pm |
Boston College | 6–1 (1–0, 3–0, 2–1) |
Minnesota | Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa Attendance: 18,605 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Milner | Goalies | Kent Patterson | Referees: Tim Kotyra, Pete Feola Linesmen: Glenn Cooke, Dave Brown | |
| Steven Whitney (14) (Almeida, Arnold) – 6:03 Kevin Hayes (7) (Whitney, Cross) – PP – 6:35 Chris Kreider (23) (Straight) – 17:45 Paul Carey (16) (Mullane, Gaudreau) – 19:43 Paul Carey (17) (Gaudreau) – 1:48 Brian Dumoulin (7) (Kreider, Mullane) – PP – 5:51 |
1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 5–1 6–1 |
1:26 – Jake Hansen (16) (Haula, Warning) | ||
| 25 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||
| 31 | Shots | 25 | ||
National Championship[]
| April 7, 2012 7:00 pm |
Boston College | 4–1 (2–1, 0–0, 2–0) |
Ferris State | Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa Attendance: 18,818 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Milner | Goalies | Taylor Nelson | Referees: Tim Kotyra, Peter Feola Linesmen: Dave Brown, Glenn Cooke | |
| Steven Whitney (15) (Almeida) – 3:18 Paul Carey (18) (Dumoulin, Mullane) – PP – 10:33 Johnny Gaudreau (21) (Hayes, Wey) – 16:58 Steven Whitney (16) (Arnold) – EN – 18:57 |
1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 |
5:19 – Garrett Thompson (11) (Huff, Ouellette) | ||
| 10 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 37 | Shots | 28 | ||
Media[]
Television[]
ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament.[3] For the eighth consecutive year ESPN aired every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU, and ESPN3. They also streamed them online via WatchESPN.
Broadcast Assignments[]
Regionals
- East Regional: John Buccigross & Barry Melrose – Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Midwest Regional: Ben Holden & Sean Ritchlin – Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Northeast Regional: Joe Beninati & Billy Jaffe – Worchester, Massachusetts
- West Regional: Clay Matvick & Dave Starman – St. Paul, Minnesota
Frozen Four & Championship
- Gary Thorne, Barry Melrose, & Clay Matvick – Tampa, Florida
Radio[]
Dial Global Sports used exclusive radio rights to air both the semifinals and the championship, AKA the "Frozen Four."[4]
All-Tournament Team[]
Frozen Four[]
- G: Parker Milner* (Boston College)
- D: Brian Dumoulin (Boston College)
- D: Chad Billins (Ferris State)
- F: Kyle Bonis (Ferris State)
- F: Paul Carey (Boston College)
- F: Steven Whitney (Boston College)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)[5]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "2012 Regional Sites: Bridgeport, Worcester, Green Bay, St. Paul", U.S. College Hockey Online, 2010-06-28. Retrieved on 2011-12-18.
- ↑ "Boston College, Michigan, Union, North Dakota get No. 1 seeds for 2012 NCAA tournament", USCHO.com, March 18, 2012. Retrieved on March 18, 2012.
- ↑ Margolis, Rachel (December 15, 2011). ESPN and NCAA® Extend Rights Agreement through 2023–24. ESPN. Retrieved on 15 Dec 2011.
- ↑ NCAA, Westwood One extend deal. NCAA (January 13, 2011). Retrieved on 12 May 2013.
- ↑ "NCAA Division I Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
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