2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

Tournament procedure

The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2011 regionals:

March 25 and 26

East Regional, Webster Bank Arena – Bridgeport, Connecticut (Hosts: Yale University and Fairfield University) West Regional, Scottrade Center – St. Louis, Missouri (Host: Central Collegiate Hockey Association)

March 26 and 27

Northeast Regional, Verizon Wireless Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire (Host: University of New Hampshire) Midwest Regional, Resch Center – Green Bay, Wisconsin (Host: Michigan Technological University)

Each regional winner will advance to the Frozen Four:

April 7 and 9

Xcel Energy Center – St. Paul, Minnesota (Host: University of Minnesota)

Qualification

The winners of the five conference tournaments will receive automatic bids to the tournament, while the remaining eleven spots will be given to at-large teams. The conference tournaments for the 2010–11 season are:

2011 Atlantic Hockey Tournament

2011 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2011 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2011 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2011 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 20. The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), Hockey East, ECAC Hockey and Atlantic Hockey conference tournament winners all secure a spot in the tournament while other at large teams are chosen by the NCAA selection committee.

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Regionals

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (EDT/CDT).

East Regional – Bridgeport, Connecticut

* Denotes overtime periods

Northeast Regional – Manchester, New Hampshire

* Denotes overtime periods

West Regional – St. Louis, Missouri

* Denotes overtime periods

Television

ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament. For the seventh consecutive year ESPN aired every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU, and ESPN3.

Broadcast Assignments

Regionals

East Regional: Clay Matvick & Barry Melrose – Bridgeport CT

West Regional: Ben Holden & Sean Ritchlin – St Louis, MS

Midwest Regional: Dan Parkhurst & Jim Paradise – Green Bay, WI

Northeast Regional: Justin Kutcher & Damian DiGiulian – Manchester NH

Frozen Four & Championship

Gary Thorne, Barry Melrose, & Clay Matvick – St. Paul, MN

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: Shawn Hunwick (Michigan)

D: Justin Faulk (Minnesota-Duluth)

D: Jon Merrill (Michigan)

F: Kyle Schmidt (Minnesota-Duluth)

F: J. T. Brown* (Minnesota-Duluth)

F: Ben Winnett (Michigan)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)