2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

Procedure

The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2010 regionals:

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:

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. 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.

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 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. However, the goal was ruled off due to what replay showed to be an early whistle. Miami won the game, scoring a goal in the second overtime.

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, NY

West Regional: Clay Matvick & Jim Paradise – St. Paul, MN

Northeast Regional: Dan Parkhurst & Damian DiGiulian – Worchester, MA

Midwest Regional: Ben Holden & Sean Ritchlin – Fort Wayne, IN

Frozen Four & Championship

Gary Thorne, Barry Melrose, & Clay Matvick – Detroit, MI

Radio

Westwood One used exclusive radio rights to air both the semifinals and the championship, AKA the "Frozen Four.

Sean Grande & Cap Raeder

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)