2010 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
Collegiate ice hockey tournament
The 2010 NCAA Division I men's 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 26, 2010, and ended with the championship game on April 10, in which Boston College defeated Wisconsin 5–0 to win its fourth national championship.[ 1]
Procedure
2010 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red)
The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2010 regionals:[ 1]
March 26 and 27
East Regional , Times Union Center – Albany, New York (Hosts: ECAC Hockey League and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute )West Regional , Xcel Energy Center – St. Paul, Minnesota (Host: University of Minnesota )March 27 and 28
Midwest Regional , Allen County War Memorial Coliseum – Fort Wayne, Indiana (Host: University of Notre Dame )Northeast Regional , DCU Center – Worcester, Massachusetts (Host: College of the Holy Cross )Each regional winner will advance to the Frozen Four :[ 1]
April 8 and 10
Ford Field – Detroit , Michigan (Hosts: Central Collegiate Hockey Association and the Detroit Metro Sports Commission )
Qualifying teams
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 21, 2010.[ 2] Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) each had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, Hockey East had three teams receive a berth, College Hockey America (CHA) and ECAC Hockey had two berths each, and Atlantic Hockey had one team receive a berth.
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
* Alaska has since been stripped of their tournament appearance due to NCAA violations found during a 2014 investigation.
Preliminary rounds
Note: * denotes overtime period(s) All times are local (EDT /CDT ).
Regional semifinals Regional final 1
Miami
2
4
Alabama–Huntsville
1
1
Miami
3**
3
Michigan
2
3
Michigan
5
2
Bemidji State
1
Regional semifinals
Regional final
The regional final between Michigan and Miami was not without controversy. In the first overtime, Michigan appeared to score what would have been the game-winning goal when Kevin Lynch scored on a rebound in a scrum in front of the Miami net. However, after a video review, the goal was disallowed as the play had been whistled dead before the goal was scored to assess a Miami penalty. NCAA Director of Officials Steve Piotrowski clarified that officials blew the whistle as Lynch touched the puck, with a Miami player touching the puck in the crease and the puck briefly stopped underneath Miami goalie Connor Knapp , both occurring before the goal. The game continued until Miami sophomore Alden Hirschfeld scored 1:54 into double overtime, securing the 3-2 RedHawk victory.[ 3] [ 4]
Regional semifinals Regional final 1
Denver
1
4
RIT
2
4
RIT
6
3
New Hampshire
2
3
New Hampshire
6
2
Cornell
2
Regional semifinals
Regional final
Game reference Jared DeMichiel Goalies Brian Foster Referees: Chris Haltigin (Mazzei, Favot) – 14:10 1 – 0 1 – 1 19:01 – Phil DeSimone (Kostolansky, Kipp) Tyler Brenner (Favot, Ringwald) – 33:23 2 – 1 Brent Alexin (Haltigin, Saracino) – 33:36 3 – 1 Steven Matic (Murphy, Burt) – 34:57 4 – 1 Tyler Brenner – 50:01 5 – 1 5 – 2 57:31 – Blake Kessel (Kostolansky) Tyler Mazzei (Favot) – en 6 – 2
6 min Penalties 12 min 33 Shots 26
Regional semifinals Regional final 1
Boston College
3
4
Alaska
1
1
Boston College
9
3
Yale
7
3
Yale
3
2
North Dakota
2
Regional semifinals
Game reference Scott Greenham Goalies John Muse Referees: 0 – 1 08:54 – sh (Price, Shea) Andy Taranto (Knelsen, Sova) – pp 1 – 1 1 – 2 43:46 – Pat Mullane (Carey, Alber) 1 – 3 59:48 – en
10 min Penalties 10 min 29 Shots 32
Game reference Ryan Rondeau Goalies Brad Eidsness Referees: Denny Kearney (Dignard) – 05:48 1 – 0 Denny Kearney (Limbert) – 32:49 2 – 0 Mark Arcobello (O'Neill) – 37:46 3 – 0 3 – 1 42:59 – Brett Hextall 3 – 2 45:58 – Matt Frattin
14 min Penalties 10 min 23 Shots 36
Regional final
Game reference Billy Blase Goalies John Muse Referees: 0 – 1 05:21 – Brian Gibbons (Atkinson) 13:32 – Brian O'Neill (Arcobello, Miller) 1 – 1 1 – 2 16:34 – sh 1 – 3 22:23 – Joe Whitney (Mullane, Shea) 24:46 – pp (Miller, Martin) 2 – 3 2 – 4 24:57 – Cam Atkinson 2 – 5 30:29 – Cam Atkinson (Gibbons, Whitney) 2 – 6 34:46 – Joe Whitney (Smith) 37:10 – Mark Arcobello (Peel, O'Neill) 3 – 6 38:27 – pp – Denny Kearney (Martin) 4 – 6 4 – 7 44:16 – Cam Atkinson (Whitney) 4 – 8 46:53 – Jimmy Hayes (Shea, Smith) 4 – 9 47:16 – Jimmy Hayes (Samuelsson) 53:32 – pp – Mark Arcobello (O'Neill, Miller) 5 – 9 55:55 – Brian O'Neill (Arcobello) 6 – 9 58:38 – Broc Little (Arcobello, Miller) 7 – 9
14 min Penalties 18 min 39 Shots 39
Regional semifinals Regional final 1
Wisconsin
3
4
Vermont
2
1
Wisconsin
5
2
St. Cloud State
3
3
Northern Michigan
3
2
St. Cloud State
4**
Regional semifinals
Game reference Brian Stewart Goalies Mike Lee Referees: 0 – 1 8:14 – Travis Novak (LeBlanc ) 0 – 2 12:25 – pp (Roe, Raboin) Justin Florek (Brown, Gustafsson) – pp – 14:04 1 – 2 1 – 3 32:52 – pp – Garrett Roe (Lasch, Marvin) Ray Kaunisto – 36:12 2 – 3 Erik Spady (Oliver, Florek) – 56:11 3 – 3 3 – 4 80:23 – pp – Tony Mosey (Roe, LeBlanc)
16 min Penalties 12 min 45 Shots 54
Game reference Rob Madore Goalies Scott Gudmandson Referees: 18 min Penalties 16 min 29 Shots 42
Regional final
Game reference Mike Lee (out 15:21) Goalies Scott Gudmandson Referees: 0 – 1 02:31 – John Mitchell (Bohmbach, Murray) 0 – 2 13:18 – Blake Geoffrion (McDonagh , C. Smith) Jared Festler (Lasch, Marvin) – 14:48 1 – 2 1 – 3 15:21 – Jake Gardiner (C. Smith, Geoffrion) Jared Festler- sh 2 – 3 2 – 4 46:54 – John Mitchell (Bohmbach, Gardiner) Tony Mosey (Eddy) – 57:10 3 – 4 3 – 5 58:52 – en (Geoffrion)
16 min Penalties 20 min 29 Shots 44
National semifinals National championship MW1
Miami
1
NE1
Boston College
7
NE1
Boston College
5
W1
Wisconsin
0
E4
RIT
1
W1
Wisconsin
8
Semifinals
Game reference Jared DeMichiel (out 54:55) Goalies Scott Gudmandson Referees: 0 – 1 01:27 – John Mitchell (Goloubef, Schultz) 0 – 2 09:38 – Derek Stepan (McDonagh) 0 – 3 22:18 – Jordy Murray (Bendickson) 0 – 4 24:26 – pp (B. Smith, Stepan) 0 – 5 31:15 – pp – Michael Davies (B. Smith, Geoffrion ) 0 – 6 33:24 – pp – Blake Geoffrion (B. Smith, Stepan) Tyler Brenner (Ringwald, Favot) – pp – 39:32 1 – 6 1 – 7 47:28 – Craig Smith (Bohmbach, B. Smith) 1 – 8 47:48 – Derek Stepan (Street, B. Smith)
29 min Penalties 10 min 14 Shots 37
Game reference John Muse Goalies Connor Knapp (out 23:08) Referees: Ben Smith (J. Whitney, S. Whitney) – pp 1 – 0 Jimmy Hayes (Mullane, Dumoulin) – pp – 22:06 2 – 0 Joe Whitney (Dumoulin, Gibbons) – 23:08 3 – 0 3 – 1 Joe Hartman (Camper, Hirschfeld) – 45:19 Cam Atkinson (Gibbons, Whitney) – 50:10 4 – 1 Patch Alber (Smith, Dumoulin) – 50:44 5 – 1 Paul Carey (Shea, Mullane) – 51:45 6 – 1 Ben Smith (Hayes, Kreider) – 56:217 – 1
8 min Penalties 14 min 30 Shots 18
National Championship
Game reference Referees:
Scoring summary
Period
Team
Goal
Assist(s)
Time
Score
1st
BC
Ben Smith (16) – GW PP
S. Whitney and J. Whitney
12:57
1–0 BC
2nd
None
3rd
BC
Cam Atkinson (29)
J. Whitney and Gibbons
41:38
2–0 BC
BC
Chris Kreider (15)
Hayes and Samuelsson
43:40
3–0 BC
BC
Cam Atkinson (30) – PP
Gibbons and J. Whitney
47:20
4–0 BC
BC
Matt Price (5) – EN
unassisted
55:29
5–0 BC
Penalty summary
Period
Team
Player
Penalty
Time
PIM
1st
BC
Joe Whitney
Interference
1:17
2:00
WIS
Ryan McDonagh
Cross–Checking
5:24
2:00
WIS
John Mitchell
Contact to the Head Elbowing
11:04
2:00
2nd
WIS
Jake Gardiner
Interference
23:16
2:00
BC
Joe Whitney
Clipping
24:21
2:00
3rd
WIS
Craig Smith
Contact to the Head Elbowing
46:32
2:00
WIS
Podge Turnbull
Contact to the Head
47:20
2:00
BC
Joe Whitney
Unsportsmanlike Conduct
50:19
2:00
BC
Brian Gibbons
Slashing
57:52
2:00
WIS
Craig Smith
Slashing
57:52
2:00
Shots by period
Team
1
2
3
T
Boston College 12
6
8
26
Wisconsin 5
9
6
20
Record by conference
Conference
# of Bids
Record
Win %
Regional Finals
Frozen Four
Championship Game
Champions
CCHA
4
3–4
.429
2
1
–
–
WCHA
4
4–4
.500
2
1
1
–
Hockey East
3
5–2
.714
2
1
1
1
CHA
2
0–2
.000
–
–
–
–
ECAC Hockey
2
1–2
.333
1
–
–
–
Atlantic Hockey
1
2–1
.667
1
1
–
–
Television
ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament. For the sixth consecutive year ESPN aired every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN, ESPN2 , and ESPNU , and ESPN360 .
Broadcast Assignments
Regionals
Frozen Four & Championship
Gary Thorne , Barry Melrose, & Clay Matvick – Detroit, Michigan
Radio
Westwood One used exclusive radio rights to air both the semifinals and the championship, AKA the "Frozen Four.
Tournament awards
East Regional
All-East Regional Team
Goaltender: Jared DeMichiel (RIT)
Defensemen: Chris Haltigin (RIT) , Dan Ringwald (RIT)
Forwards: Tyler Brenner (RIT) , Cameron Burt (RIT) , Bobby Butler (New Hampshire) [ 5]
Most Outstanding Player
West Regional
All-West Regional Team
Goaltender: Scott Gudmandson (Wisconsin)
Defensemen: Ryan McDonagh (Wisconsin) , Brendan Smith (Wisconsin)
Forwards: Blake Geoffrion (Wisconsin) , Garrett Roe (St. Cloud State) , Tony Mosey (St. Cloud State) [ 6]
MOP
* Most Outstanding Player(s) [ 7]
References
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2009–10 NCAA Division I championships
† Not an officially sanctioned NCAA championship
