2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2012 NCAA Division I Men's
Ice Hockey Tournament

2012 Frozen Four logo

Season

2011–12

Teams

Finals Site

Tampa Bay Times Forum
Tampa, Florida

Champions

Boston College (5th title, 11th title game,
23rd Frozen Four)

Runner-Up

Ferris State (1st title game,
1st Frozen Four)

Semifinalists

Union (1st Frozen Four)
Minnesota (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

Bridgeport

Saint Paul

Worcester

Green Bay

Tampa

2012 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red)

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

	0–1	15:09 - Max Novak (9) (Welsh)
	0–2	03:20 - Jeremy Welsh (26) (Bodie)
Matt Berry (11) (Perlini, Krug) - PP - 19:21	1–2
	1–3	18:42 - PP - Wayne Simpson (18) (Zajac)

23 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

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	1–0
Colin Wright (4) (unassisted) - SH - 14:58	2–0
Riley Wetmore (13) (Vallorani, Arnold) - 02:21	3–0
	3–1	03:06 - Trent Vogelhuber (4) (McKenzie, Wideman)
	3–2	03:20 - Austin Czarnik (10) (unassisted)
	3–3	09:56 - Alden Hirschfeld (11) (Spinell)
Riley Wetmore (13) (Arnold, Vallorani) - 02:13	4–3

21 min

Penalties

20 min

Shots

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

	0–1	03:03 - Daniel Ciampini (3) (Bodie)
	0–2	07:12 - Jeremy Welsh (27) (Carr, Jooris)
Terrence Wallin (8) (Vallorani, Eiserman) - 14:06	1–2
	1–3	17:23 - PP - Josh Jooris (8) (Gostisbehere)
Matt Ferreira (14) (unassisted) - 05:40	2–3
	2–4	19:19 - EN - Kyle Bodie (6) (unassisted)

6 min

Penalties

10 min

Shots

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

	0–1	04:30 - Jordie Johnston (19) (Thompson, Kirzinger)
	0–2	02:54 - Simon Denis (1) (Alexander, Kane)
Drew Shore (22) (Salazar, Ryder) - 05:22	1–2

8 min

Penalties

10 min

Shots

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

	0–1	01:11 - Luke Glendening (10) (Treais, Di Giuseppe)
John McCarron (6) (Collins, Birch) - PP - 10:10	1–1
Joakim Ryan (7) (Collins) - SH - 00:40	2–1
	2–2	15:59 - Kevin Lynch (8) (Moffatt, Bennett)
Rodger Craig (2) (Miller, Mowrey) - 03:35	3–2

27 min

Penalties

10 min

Shots

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

	0–1	00:11 - PP - Garrett Thompson (10) (Kirzlinger, Johnston)
Dustin Mowrey (8) (Gotovets) - 01:32	1–1
	1–2	06:54 - Jordie Johnston (20) (Huff, Kane)

12 min

Penalties

27 min

Shots

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

	0–1	06:04 - Michael Parks (12) (MacMillan, Blood)
	0–2	03:16 - Corban Knight (16) (Kristo, Nelson)
Kyle O'Kane (7) (Roehl, DeKeyser) - 12:57	1–2
	1–3	19:19 - EN - Brock Nelson (28) (unassisted)

6 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

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

	0–1	05:55 - PP - Kyle Rau (18) (Schmidt, Haula)
Wade Megan (20) (Clendening, Chiasson) - PP - 07:49	1–1
	1–2	09:21 - Jake Parenteau (2) (Condon, Boyd)
Ross Gaudet (5) (unassisted) - 13:20	2–2
	2–3	15:09 - Seth Helgeson (5) (Budish, Rau)
	2–4	15:38 - PP - Jake Hansen (14) (Schmidt, Rau)
Adam Clendening (4) (Noonan, Chiasson) - PP - 03:09	3–4
	3–5	08:08 - Nico Sacchetti (4) (unassisted)
	3–6	18:04 - EN - Jake Hansen (15) (Warning)
	3–7	18:56 - EN - Nick Bjugstad (25) (Budish, Rau)

29 min

Penalties

18 min

Shots

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	1–0
Erik Haula (20) (Bjugstad, Hansen) - PP - 00:20	2–0
	2–1	01:43 - Danny Kristo (19) (Nelson, Panzarella)
Taylor Matson (8) (Schmidt, Parenteau) - 09:08	3–1
Travis Boyd (1) (Condon, Matson) - 14:28	4–1
Nate Condon (11) (Boyd, Budish) - 15:53	5–1
	5–2	16:07 - Mario Lamoureux (4) (Gleason)

6 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

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	07:39 - Chris Kreider (21) (Hayes, Straight)
	0–2	18:39 - PP - Chris Kreider (22) (Wey)

10 min

Penalties

4 min

Shots

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	1–0
Matt Mangene (16) (Cornell, O'Neill) - 07:10	2–0
	2–1	10:47 - PP - Jack Connolly (20) (Oleksuk, McManus)
	2–2	16:28 - Caleb Herbert (14) (unassisted)
	2–3	17:28 - Jake Hendrickson (4) (Lamb)
	2–4	09:15 - J.T. Brown (24) (Oleksuk)
	2–5	19:19 - EN - Jake Hendrickson (5) (Connolly, Casto)

6 min

Penalties

10 min

Shots

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	04:01 - Pat Mullane (10) (Carey, Gaudreau)
	0–2	05:27 - Bill Arnold (17) (Whitney)
	0–3	01:13 - Patrick Wey (2) (unassisted)
	0–4	11:47 - PP - Johnny Gaudreau (20) (Wey)

8 min

Penalties

12 min

Shots

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	17:02 - Aaron Schmit (7) (Bonis, Czarnowczan)
	1-2	15:17 - Kyle Bonis (19) (Wysopal)
	1-3	19:05 - EN - Aaron Schmit (8)

10 min

Penalties

4 min

Shots

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	1-0
Kevin Hayes (7) (Whitney, Cross) - PP - 6:35	2-0
Chris Kreider (23) (Straight) - 17:45	3-0
Paul Carey (16) (Mullane, Gaudreau) - 19:43	4-0
	4-1	1:26 - Jake Hansen (16) (Haula, Warning)
Paul Carey (17) (Gaudreau) - 1:48	5-1
Brian Dumoulin (7) (Kreider, Mullane) - PP - 5:51	6-1

25 min

Penalties

14 min

Shots

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	1-0
	1-1	5:19 - Garrett Thompson (11) (Huff, Ouellette)
Paul Carey (18) (Dumoulin, Mullane) - PP - 10:33	2-1
Johnny Gaudreau (21) (Hayes, Wey) - 16:58	3-1
Steven Whitney (16) (Arnold) - EN - 18:57	4-1

10 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

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, CT
Midwest Regional: Ben Holden & Sean Ritchlin – Green Bay, WI
West Regional: Clay Matvick & Dave Starman – St. Paul, MN
Northeast Regional: Joe Beninati & Billy Jaffe – Worchester, MA

Frozen Four & Championship

Gary Thorne, Barry Melrose, & Clay Matvick – Tampa, FL

Radio

Dial Global Sports used exclusive radio rights to air both the semifinals and the championship, AKA the "Frozen Four."^[4]

Sean Grande & Cap Raeder

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]

References

1 2 3 "2012 Regional Sites: Bridgeport, Worcester, Green Bay, St. Paul". U.S. College Hockey Online. 2010-06-28. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
↑ "Boston College, Michigan, Union, North Dakota get No. 1 seeds for 2012 NCAA tournament". USCHO.com. March 18, 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
↑ Margolis, Rachel (December 15, 2011). "ESPN and NCAA® Extend Rights Agreement through 2023-24". ESPN. Retrieved 15 Dec 2011.
↑ "NCAA, Westwood One extend deal". NCAA. January 13, 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
↑ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-17.

External links

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

Boston College Eagles Men's Ice Hockey 2011–12 NCAA Champions

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2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

Tournament procedure

Qualifying teams

Regionals

East Regional – Bridgeport, Connecticut

Regional Semifinals

Regional Final

Midwest Regional – Green Bay, Wisconsin

Regional Semifinals

Regional Final

West Regional – Saint Paul, Minnesota

Regional Semifinals

Regional Final

Northeast Regional – Worcester, Massachusetts

Regional Semifinals

Regional Final

Frozen Four – Tampa, Florida

National Semifinals

National Championship

Media

Television

Broadcast Assignments

Radio

All-Tournament Team

Frozen Four

See also

References

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