2010 NCAA Division I men's 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]

2010 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament

Teams	16
Finals site	Ford Field Detroit, Michigan
Champions	Boston College Eagles (4th title)
Runner-up	Wisconsin Badgers (9th title game)
Semifinalists	Miami RedHawks (2nd Frozen Four) RIT Tigers (1st Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Jerry York (4th title)
MOP	Ben Smith (Boston College)
Attendance	37,592 (Championship) 107,500 (Frozen Four) 171,795 (Tournament)
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Procedure

Albany

Worcester

Fort Wayne

St. Paul

Detroit

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] The 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.

Midwest Regional – Fort Wayne					East Regional – Albany
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Miami (1)	CCHA	27–7–7	At-large bid	1	Denver (2)	WCHA	27–9–4	At-large bid
2	Bemidji State	CHA	23–9–4	At-large bid	2	Cornell	ECAC Hockey	21–8–4	Tournament champion
3	Michigan	CCHA	25–17–1	Tournament champion	3	New Hampshire	Hockey East	17–13–7	At-large bid
4	Alabama–Huntsville	CHA	12–17–3	Tournament champion	4	RIT	Atlantic Hockey	26–11–1	Tournament champion
Northeast Regional – Worcester					West Regional – St. Paul
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Boston College (4)	Hockey East	25–10–3	Tournament champion	1	Wisconsin (3)	WCHA	25–10–4	At-large bid
2	North Dakota	WCHA	25–12–5	Tournament champion	2	St. Cloud State	WCHA	23–13–5	At-large bid
3	Yale	ECAC Hockey	20–9–3	At-large bid	3	Northern Michigan	CCHA	20–12–8	At-large bid
4	Alaska*	CCHA	18–11–9	At-large bid	4	Vermont	Hockey East	17–14–7	At-large bid

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).

Midwest Regional – Fort Wayne, Indiana

	Regional semifinals March 27					Regional final March 28
	1	Miami	2
	4	Alabama–Huntsville	1
						1	Miami	3**
						3	Michigan	2
	3	Michigan	5
	2	Bemidji State	1

Regional semifinals

March 27, 2010 4:00 PM

(4) Alabama–Huntsville

1–2 (0–1, 0–1, 1–0)

(1) Miami

War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN

Game reference
	Cam Talbot	Goalies	Cody Reichard	Referees: Steve Marofsky Ryan Sweeney
	0 – 1 10:24 – Curtis McKenzie (Camper, Wideman) 0 – 2 26:06 – Cameron Schilling (McKenzie) Brennan Barker (Desmet, Cseter) – 59:21 1 – 2
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	17	Shots	38

March 27, 2010 7:30 PM

(3) Michigan

5–1 (1–0, 1–0, 3–1)

(2) Bemidji State

War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN Attendance: 4,133

Game reference
	Shawn Hunwick	Goalies	Dan Bakala	Referees: John Gravelese Jeff Bunyon
	Luke Glendening (Langlais, Kampfer) – 06:15 1 – 0 Louie Caporusso (Brown, Lebler) – 39:22 2 – 0 2 – 1 50:24 – pp – Ian Lowe (Read) Carl Hagelin (Lynch, Langlais) – 52:24 3 – 1 Carl Hagelin (Rust, Kampfer) sh – 56:03 4 – 1 Brian Lebler (Hagelin, Rust) – en – 58:02 5 – 1
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	27

Regional final

March 28, 2010 8:00 PM

(3) Michigan

2 – 3 (2OT) (1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

(1) Miami

War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN Attendance: 3,204

Game reference
	Shawn Hunwick	Goalies	Connor Knapp	Referees: John Gravelese, Jeff Bunyon Chris Aughe, Bob Bernard
	0 – 1 12:08 – pp – Pat Cannone (McKenzie, Camper) David Wohlberg (Glendening, Kampfer) – 13:42 1 – 1 Chad Langlais (Kampfer, Caporusso) – pp – 20:49 2 – 1 2 – 2 23:18 – pp – Pat Cannone (McKenzie, Camper) 2 – 3 81:54 – Alden Hirschfeld (Vogelhuber)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	57	Shots	35

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]

East Regional – Albany, New York

	Regional semifinals March 26					Regional final March 27
	1	Denver	1
	4	RIT	2
						4	RIT	6
						3	New Hampshire	2
	3	New Hampshire	6
	2	Cornell	2

Regional semifinals

March 26, 2010 3:00 PM

(4) RIT

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

(1) Denver

Times Union Center, Albany, NY

Game reference
	Jared DeMichiel	Goalies	Marc Cheverie	Referees: Matt Shegos, Mark Wilkins Tony Molina, Bruce Vida
	Chris Tanev – 5:02 1 – 0 Cameron Burt (Favot, Ringwald) – pp – 52:36 2 – 0 2 – 1 54:34 – pp – Joe Colborne (Ruegsegger, Wiercioch)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	40

March 26, 2010 6:30 PM

(3) New Hampshire

6–2 (0–1, 2–0, 4–1)

(2) Cornell

Times Union Center, Albany, NY Attendance: 4,073

Game reference
	Brian Foster	Goalies	Ben Scrivens	Referees: Derek Shepherd, Marco Hunt Dan Carey, Bob Keltie
	0 – 1 19:11 – Tyler Roeszler (Devin) Bobby Butler – 36:47 1 – 1 Mike Sislo (Burke, Kessel) – 37:13 2 – 1 Paul Thompson (Butler, DeSimone) – 42:52 3 – 1 Bobby Butler (Thompson, DeSimone) – 46:38 4 – 1 Mike Sislo (LeBlanc, Burke) – 55:14 5 – 1 5 – 2 57:49 – Dan Nicholls (Nash, Ross) Paul Thompson (Kessel) – en – 59:27 6 – 2
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	37	Shots	26

Regional final

March 27, 2010 6:30 PM

(4) RIT

6–2 (1–1, 3–0, 2–1)

(3) New Hampshire

Times Union Center, Albany, NY Attendance: 3,737

Game reference
	Jared DeMichiel	Goalies	Brian Foster	Referees: Derek Shepherd Marco Hunt
	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 – 58:06 6 – 2
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	26

Northeast Regional – Worcester, Massachusetts

	Regional semifinals March 27					Regional final March 28
	1	Boston College	3
	4	Alaska	1
						1	Boston College	9
						3	Yale	7
	3	Yale	3
	2	North Dakota	2

Regional semifinals

March 27, 2010 1:30 PM

(4) Alaska

1–3 (0–1, 1–0, 0–2)

(1) Boston College

DCU Center, Worcester, MA Attendance: 6,572

Game reference
	Scott Greenham	Goalies	John Muse	Referees: Todd Anderson Brad Shepherd
	0 – 1 08:54 – sh – Matt Lombardi (Price, Shea) Andy Taranto (Knelsen, Sova) – pp – 37:32 1 – 1 1 – 2 43:46 – Pat Mullane (Carey, Alber) 1 – 3 59:48 – en – Matt Price
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	32

March 27, 2010 5:00 PM

(3) Yale

3–2 (1–0, 2–0, 0–2)

(2) North Dakota

DCU Center, Worcester, MA Attendance: 6,572

Game reference
	Ryan Rondeau	Goalies	Brad Eidsness	Referees: Brian Hill Steve McInchak
	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

March 28, 2010 5:30 PM

(3) Yale

7–9 (1–2, 3–4, 3–3)

(1) Boston College

DCU Center, Worcester, MA Attendance: 6,054

Game reference
	Billy Blase Ryan Rondeau Jeff Malcolm	Goalies	John Muse	Referees: Todd Anderson Brad Shepherd
	0 – 1 05:21 – Brian Gibbons (Atkinson) 13:32 – Brian O'Neill (Arcobello, Miller) 1 – 1 1 – 2 16:34 – sh – Carl Sneep 1 – 3 22:23 – Joe Whitney (Mullane, Shea) 24:46 – pp – Mark Arcobello (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

West Regional – St. Paul, Minnesota

	Regional semifinals March 26					Regional final March 27
	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

March 26, 2010 5:00 PM

(3) Northern Michigan

3 – 4 (2OT) (2–1, 1–1, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0)

(2) St. Cloud State

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN

Game reference
	Brian Stewart	Goalies	Mike Lee	Referees: Tim Benedetto, Kevin Shea Chris Federico, Tim Low
	0 – 1 8:14 – Travis Novak (LeBlanc) 0 – 2 12:25 – pp – Ryan Lasch (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

March 26, 2010 8:00 PM

(4) Vermont

2–3 (2–1, 0–2, 0–0)

(1) Wisconsin

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN Attendance: 7,281

Game reference
	Rob Madore	Goalies	Scott Gudmandson	Referees: Chip McDonald, Peter Feola Dave Brown, Glen Cooke
	0 – 1 5:51 – pp – Justin Schultz (Geoffrion, Stepan) Dan Lawson (Miller) – 7:22 1 – 1 Brian Roloff (Stålberg, Lawson) – pp – 15:54 2 – 1 2 – 2 24:02 – pp – Michael Davies (Stepan, B. Smith) 2 – 3 39:16 – pp – Blake Geoffrion (Schultz, B. Smith)
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	29	Shots	42

Regional final

March 27, 2010 8:00 PM

(2) St. Cloud St.

3–5 (1–3, 0–0, 2–2)

(1) Wisconsin

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN Attendance: 7,182

Game reference
	Mike Lee (out 15:21) Dan Dunn (in 15:21)	Goalies	Scott Gudmandson	Referees: Tim Benedetto, Kevin Shea Chris Federico, Tim Lowe
	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 – 24:16 2 – 3 2 – 4 46:54 – John Mitchell (Bohmbach, Gardiner) Tony Mosey (Eddy) – 57:10 3 – 4 3 – 5 58:52 – en – Aaron Bendickson (Geoffrion)
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	29	Shots	44

Frozen Four – Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan

	National semifinals April 8					National championship April 10
	MW1	Miami	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
	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 – Justin Schultz (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

April 8, 2010 8:30 PM

Boston College

7–1 (1–0, 2–0, 4–1)

Miami

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 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) – 56:21 7 – 1
	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
				Referees: Matt Shegos, Mark Wilkins Bruce Vida, Tony Molina

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

Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice BC John Muse 20 0 60:00 WIS Scott Gudmandson 20 4 58:41

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	–	–

Media

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

• East Regional: John Buccigross & Barry Melrose – Albany, New York
• West Regional: Clay Matvick & Jim Paradise – St. Paul, Minnesota
• Midwest Regional: Ben Holden & Sean Ritchlin – Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Northeast Regional: Dan Parkhurst & Damian DiGiulian – Worcester, Massachusetts

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.

• Sean Grande & Cap Raeder

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 Jared DeMichiel (RIT)[5]

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 Blake Geoffrion (Wisconsin)[6]

Frozen Four

• G: John Muse (Boston College)
• D: Brian Dumoulin (Boston College)
• D: Brendan Smith (Wisconsin)
• F: Cam Atkinson (Boston College)
• F: Ben Smith* (Boston College)
• F: Joe Whitney (Boston College)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[7]

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