2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2013 NCAA Men's Division I
Ice Hockey Tournament
	2013 Frozen Four logo
Teams	16
Finals site	Consol Energy Center; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
Champions	Yale Bulldogs (1st title)
Runner-up	Quinnipiac Bobcats (1st title game)
Semifinalists	St. Cloud State Huskies (1st Frozen Four); Massachusetts–Lowell River Hawks (1st Frozen Four);
Winning coach	Keith Allain (1st title)
MOP	Andrew Miller (Yale)
Attendance	18,184 (Championship); 53,040 (Frozen Four); 109,940 (Tournament)
	← 2012 ; NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments; 2014 →;

The 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the national championship tournament for men's college ice hockey in the United States in 2013. The tournament involved 16 teams in single-elimination play to determine the national champion at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the highest level of competition in college hockey. The tournament's Frozen Four – the semifinals and finals – was hosted by Robert Morris University at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.^[1] Robert Morris' bid to host was co-sponsored by VisitPittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Penguins.^[2]

Yale defeated Quinnipiac 4–0 in the championship game to win the program's first NCAA title.

Tournament procedure[]

Providence

Grand Rapids

Toledo

Manchester

Pittsburgh

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2013 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red)

The tournament consists of four groups of four teams in regional brackets. The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following were the sites for the 2013 regionals:^[3]^[4]

March 29 and 30: Northeast Regional, Verizon Wireless Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire (Host: University of New Hampshire); West Regional, Van Andel Arena – Grand Rapids, Michigan (Host: University of Michigan)
March 30 and 31: East Regional, Dunkin' Donuts Center – Providence, Rhode Island (Host: Brown University); Midwest Regional, Huntington Center – Toledo, Ohio (Host: Bowling Green State University)

The winner of each regional will advance to the Frozen Four:

April 11 and 13: Consol Energy Center – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Host: Robert Morris University)

Qualifying teams[]

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 24.^[5] The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had six teams receive a berth in the tournament, ECAC Hockey and Hockey East each had three teams receive a berth, and the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and Atlantic Hockey each had two teams receive a berth.

East Regional – Providence					Midwest Regional – Toledo
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Quinnipiac (1)	ECAC Hockey	27–7–5	At-large bid	1	Notre Dame (4)	CCHA	25–12–3	Tournament champion
2	Boston College	Hockey East	22–11–4	At-large bid	2	Miami	CCHA	24–11–5	At-large bid
3	Union	ECAC Hockey	21–12–5	Tournament champion	3	Minnesota State	WCHA	24–13–3	At-large bid
4	Canisius	Atlantic Hockey	19–18–5	Tournament champion	4	St. Cloud State	WCHA	23–15–1	At-large bid
West Regional – Grand Rapids					Northeast Regional – Manchester
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Minnesota (2)	WCHA	26–8–5	At-large bid	1	Massachusetts–Lowell (3)	Hockey East	26–10–2	Tournament champion
2	North Dakota	WCHA	21–12–7	At-large bid	2	New Hampshire	Hockey East	19–11–7	At-large bid
3	Niagara	Atlantic Hockey	23–9–5	At-large bid	3	Denver	WCHA	20–13–5	At-large bid
4	Yale	ECAC Hockey	18–12–3	At-large bid	4	Wisconsin	WCHA	22–12–7	Tournament champion

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Regionals[]

East Regional – Providence, Rhode Island[]

Regional semifinals March 30			Regional final March 31

1	Quinnipiac (1)	4

4	Canisius	3
			1	Quinnipiac	5

			3	Union	1
3	Union	5

2	Boston College	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−4).

Regional semifinals[]

March 30, 2013
5:30 pm
ESPN3

(4) Canisius

3–4
(0–1, 2–0, 1–3)

(1) Quinnipiac

Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence
Attendance: 6253

Game reference

Goalies

Eric Hartzell

Referees:
Brad Shepherd
Todd Anderson
Linesmen:
Andy Dokken
Justin Hills

	0 – 1	8:43 – C. Jones ()
(, ) – 24:24	1 – 1
(, ) – 25:08	2 – 1
– 43:43	3 – 1
	3 – 2	48:02 – Peca (C. Jones)
	3 – 3	50:42 – Samuels-Thomas (, ) (PP)
	3 – 4	54:28 – (Van Brabant, )

6 min

Penalties

4 min

23

Shots

40

March 30, 2013
9:00 pm
ESPNU

(3) Union

5��1
(1–0, 3–0, 1–1)

(2) Boston College

Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence
Attendance: 6253

Game reference

Troy Grosenick

Goalies

Parker Milner

Referees:
Ryan Sweeney
Shane Ferrier
Linesmen:
Brendon Blanchard
Bill McGoldrick

Jooris (, Carr) (PP) – 9:25	1 – 0
Jooris (Simpson) – 20:39	2 – 0
() – 21:04	3 – 0
Gostisbehere (Carr, Hatch) (PP) – 38:16	4 – 0
Ciampini (, Simpson) (PP) – 45:19	5 – 0
	5 – 1	56:02 – Gaudreau (Wey)

14 min

Penalties

14 min

35

Shots

30

Regional final[]

March 31, 2013
6:30 pm
ESPNU

(3) Union

1–5
(0–3, 0–2, 1–0)

(1) Quinnipiac

Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence
Attendance: 5007

Game reference

Troy Grosenick

Goalies

Eric Hartzell

Referees:
Derek Shepherd
Marco Hunt
Linesmen:
Sam Shikowsky
Nick Bradshaw

	0 – 1	9:46 – Peca (C. Jones, )
	0 – 2	10:59 – Peca
	0 – 3	12:58 – Peca (K. Jones) (PP)
	0 – 4	27:22 – Samuels-Thomas (, ) (PP)
	0 – 5	31:42 – K. Jones (Peca, C. Jones)
Ciampini (, Simpson) (PP) – 43:15	1 – 5

38 min

Penalties

12 min

19

Shots

26

West Regional – Grand Rapids, Michigan[]

Regional semifinals March 29			Regional final March 30

1	Minnesota (2)	2

4	Yale	3*
			4	Yale	4

			2	North Dakota	1
3	Niagara	1

2	North Dakota	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−4).

Regional semifinals[]

March 29, 2013
2:00 pm
ESPNU

(4) Yale

3 – 2 OT
(0–0, 2–0, 0–2, 1–0)

(1) Minnesota

Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids
Attendance: 2289

Game reference

Goalies

Adam Wilcox

Referees:
Jeff Bunyon
Kevin Shea
Linesmen:
Chris Millea
Bob Bernard

Agostino (Miller, O'Gara) – 27:08	1 – 0
(, ) (PP) – 35:28	2 – 0
	2 – 1	48:12 – Schmidt (Rau, Haula) (PP)
	2 – 2	53:40 – Budish (Haula)
(Agostino) – 60:09	3 – 2

10 min

Penalties

6 min

26

Shots

28

March 29, 2013
5:30 pm
ESPNU

(3) Niagara

1–2
(0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

(2) North Dakota

Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids
Attendance: 2289

Game reference

Goalies

Zane Gothberg

Referees:
Jack Millea
Scott Hansen
Linesmen:
Marc Sullivan
Tommy George

() – 26:27	1 – 0
	1 – 1	41:56 – MacWilliam
	1 – 2	53:40 – Kristo (Forbort, Grimaldi)

14 min

Penalties

14 min

29

Shots

43

Regional final[]

March 30, 2013
4:00 pm
ESPNU

(4) Yale

4–1
(0–1, 0–0, 4–0)

(2) North Dakota

Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids
Attendance: 1918

Game reference

Goalies

Referees:
Jeff Bunyon
Kevin Shea
Linesmen:
Bob Bernard
Tom George

	0 – 1	7:22 – Knight (MacWilliam, Forbort)
(, ) – 52:25	1 – 1
(Miller, ) (PP) – 55:04	2 – 1
Wilson (Day) – 57:39	3 – 1
Agostino (EN) – 59:00	4 – 1

8 min

Penalties

12 min

39

Shots

25

Northeast Regional – Manchester, New Hampshire[]

Regional semifinals March 29			Regional final March 30

1	Massachusetts–Lowell (3)	6

4	Wisconsin	1
			1	Massachusetts–Lowell	2

			2	New Hampshire	0
3	Denver	2

2	New Hampshire	5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−4).

Regional semifinals[]

March 29, 2013
4:30 pm
ESPN3

(4) Wisconsin

1–6
(0–1, 0–2, 1–3)

(1) Massachusetts–Lowell

Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester
Attendance: 8049

Game reference

Goalies

Connor Hellebuyck

Referees:
Steve McInchak
Brian Aaron
Linesmen:
T. J. Likens
Joseph Hutek

	0 – 1	7:11 – (, )
	0 – 2	23:12 – Folin (Wilson)
	0 – 3	34:08 – ()
Kerdiles (LaBate, Ramage) (PP) – 48:19	1 – 3
	1 – 4	53:56 – ()
	1 – 5	59:12 – (EN)
	1 – 6	59:57 – McGrath () (PP)

12 min

Penalties

14 min

32

Shots

26

March 29, 2013
8:00 pm
ESPNU

(3) Denver

2–5
(2–1, 0–2, 0–2)

(2) New Hampshire

Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester
Attendance: 8049

Game reference

Juho Olkinuora

Goalies

Casey DeSmith

(, ) – 2:24	1–0
	1–1	5:39 – (Pesce, van Riemsdyk)
(N. Shore) – 17:21	2–1
	2–2	34:34 – van Riemsdyk (Knodel, ) (PP)
	2–3	39:38 – (, )
	2–4	48:49 – Henrion (, )
	2–5	57:40 – Thrush (Henrion, ) (EN)

31 min

Penalties

14 min

33

Shots

41

Regional final[]

March 30, 2013
6:30 pm
ESPNU

(2) New Hampshire

0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

(1) Massachusetts–Lowell

Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester
Attendance: 8357

Game reference

Casey DeSmith

Goalies

Connor Hellebuyck

	0–1	39:30 – Wilson (Ruhwedel, )
	0–2	53:58 – (Wilson)

6 min

Penalties

6 min

28

Shots

28

Midwest Regional – Toledo, Ohio[]

Regional semifinals March 30			Regional final March 31

1	Notre Dame (4)	1

4	St. Cloud State	5
			2	Miami	1

			4	St. Cloud State	4
3	Minnesota State	0

2	Miami	4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−4).

Regional semifinals[]

March 30, 2013
1:30 pm
ESPN3

(4) St. Cloud State

5–1
(1–0, 3–0, 1–1)

(1) Notre Dame

Huntington Center, Toledo
Attendance: 2988

Game reference

Goalies

Referees:
Chip McDonald
Robert St. Lawrence
Linesmen:
Dave Blow
Justin Pruszak

Hanowski (, Kossila) – 11:32	1 – 0
(Jensen, Hanowski) (PP) – 29:28	2 – 0
(, Benik) – 33:35	3 – 0
Brodzinski () – 34:53	4 – 0
	4 – 1	47:44 – (Rust) (SH)
Benik (Prow, Prochno) (PP) – 51:07	5 – 1

2 min

Penalties

14 min

23

Shots

18

March 30, 2013
5:00 pm
ESPN3

(3) Minnesota State

0–4
(0–0, 0–1, 0–3)

(2) Miami

Huntington Center, Toledo
Attendance: 2988

Game reference

Stephon Williams

Goalies

Ryan McKay

Referees:
Peter Feolia
Scott Whittemore
Linesmen:
Glen Cooke
Jim Briggs

	0 – 1	31:04 – McKenzie (Czarnik, Barber)
	0 – 2	42:30 – (Coleman, )
	0 – 3	49:24 – Murphy (, Coleman)
	0 – 4	59:02 – Cook (Czarnik) (EN)

15 min

Penalties

8 min

20

Shots

26

Regional final[]

March 31, 2013
4:00 pm
ESPNU

(4) St. Cloud State

4–1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

(2) Miami

Huntington Center, Toledo
Attendance: 2460

Game reference

Goalies

Ryan McKay

Referees:
Pete Feola
Chip McDonald
Linesmen:
David Brown
Glen Cooke

() – 5:28	1 – 0
Benik (, Gravel) – 25:36	2 – 0
	2 – 1	27:50 – Coleman (, ) (PP)
Thorson (Bertsch) – 30:12	3 – 1
Thorson (EN) – 59:59	4 – 1

8 min

Penalties

8 min

22

Shots

21

Frozen Four – Pittsburgh[]

The Frozen Four featured four teams that were seeking their first championship. This was only the second time this had happened since the first NCAA championship tournament in 1948, the other time being in 1958. Additionally, of the four Frozen Four participants in 2013, only Yale had previously reached the tournament semifinals, having finished third in the 1952 tournament.^[6] Yale's championship was the first for a team from ECAC Hockey since 1989. The championship game between Yale and Quinnipiac was the first time the championship game was contested between two ECAC Hockey teams since 1978.

National semifinals April 11			National championship April 13

E1	Quinnipiac	4

MW4	St. Cloud State	1
			E1	Quinnipiac	0

			W4	Yale	4
W4	Yale	3*

NE1	Massachusetts–Lowell	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−4).

National semifinals[]

April 11, 2013
4:30 pm
ESPN2

(W4) Yale

3–2
(2–0, 0–2, 0–0, 1–0)

(NE1) Massachusetts–Lowell

Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh
Attendance: 17,428

Game reference

Goalies

Connor Hellebuyck

(, Miller) (PP) – 12:55	1–0
Laganiere () – 19:09	2–0
	2–1	34:38 – (, Wilson)
	2–2	34:52 – (, )
Miller (Cooper) – 66:59	3–2

2 min

Penalties

8 min

47

Shots

18

April 11, 2013
8:00 pm
ESPN2

(MW4) St. Cloud State

1–4
(0–3, 1–1, 0–0)

(E1) Quinnipiac

Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh
Attendance: 17,428

Game reference

Goalies

Eric Hartzell

	0–1	1:49 – Samuels-Thomas () (PP)
	0–2	5:07 – (Samuels-Thomas)
	0–3	11:19 – ()
(Gravel, ) – 26:25	1–3
	1–4	34:31 – (, Davies)

8 min

Penalties

10 min

34

Shots

28

National championship[]

April 13, 2013
7:00 pm
ESPN

(W4) Yale

4–0
(0–0, 1–0, 3–0)

(E1) Quinnipiac

Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh
Attendance: 18,184

Game reference
				Referees: Jeff Bunyon Kevin Shea Linesmen: Bob Bernard Tommy George

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	None
2nd	Yale	(4)	Young	39:56	1–0 Yale
3rd	Yale	(2)	Bourbonais and Laganière	43:35	2–0 Yale
	Yale	Andrew Miller (18)	Agostino	49:06	3–0 Yale
	Yale	Jesse Root (12) – EN	Miller and O'Gara	53:02	4–0 Yale
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	Yale	Rob O'Gara	Elbowing	02:41	2:00
	QUI	Cory Hibbeler	Interference	04:51	2:00
	Yale	Colin Dueck	Tripping	07:48	2:00
	QUI	Mike Dalhuisen	Tripping	15:23	2:00
2nd	QUI	Jeremy Langlois	Roughing	27:17	2:00
	Yale	Bench (Served by Anthony Day)	Too Many Players	30:28	2:00
	Yale	Clinton Bourbonais	Charging	31:25	2:00
	QUI	Bench (Served by Russell Goodman)	Too Many Players	32:38	2:00
	QUI	Zach Davies	Interference	33:25	2:00
3rd	Yale	Antoine Laganière	Slashing	51:37	2:00
3rd	QUI	Travis St. Denis	Slashing	51:37	2:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	T
Yale	9	14	8	31
Quinnipiac	11	15	10	36

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
Yale		36	0	60:00
QUI	Eric Hartzell	27	3	59:24

Record by conference[]

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Regional Finals	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
WCHA	6	3–6	.333	2	1	–	–
ECAC Hockey	3	8–2	.800	3	2	2	1
Hockey East	3	3–3	.500	2	1	–	–
CCHA	2	1–2	.333	1	–	–	–
Atlantic Hockey	1	0–1	.000	–	–	–	–

Media[]

Television[]

ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament.^[7] For the ninth 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

Northeast Regional: Clay Matvick & – Manchester, New Hampshire
West Regional: Joe Davis & – Grand Rapids, Michigan
East Regional: John Buccigross & Barry Melrose – Providence, Rhode Island
Midwest Regional: Ben Holden & Darren Eliot – Toledo, Ohio

Frozen Four & Championship

John Buccigross, Barry Melrose, & Clay Matvick – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Radio[]

Dial Global Sports used exclusive radio rights to air both the semifinals and the championship, AKA the "Frozen Four."^[8]

Sean Grande & Cap Raeder

All-Tournament Team[]

Frozen Four[]

G: (Yale)
D: (Quinnipiac)
D: (Yale)
F: (Yale)
F: Andrew Miller* (Yale)
F: Jordan Samuels-Thomas (Quinnipiac)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[9]

References[]

^ "NCAA Awards Frozen Four To Pittsburgh In 2013 And Philadelphia In 2014" (Press release). NCAA. July 13, 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Sanserino, Michael (July 14, 2010). "Consol Energy Center to host 2013 Frozen Four". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved July 14, 2010.^{[dead link]}
^ "Sites for 2013 NCAA D-I men's regionals announced". USCHO.com. October 5, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-10-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Championship contenders announced". NCAA.com. March 24, 2012. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2013-04-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ 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. Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-17.

[1] "NCAA Awards Frozen Four To Pittsburgh In 2013 And Philadelphia In 2014" (Press release). NCAA. July 13, 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] Sanserino, Michael (July 14, 2010). "Consol Energy Center to host 2013 Frozen Four". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved July 14, 2010.^{[dead link]}

[USCHO_Regionals-3] "Sites for 2013 NCAA D-I men's regionals announced". USCHO.com. October 5, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2011.

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-10-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] "Championship contenders announced". NCAA.com. March 24, 2012. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2012.

[6] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2013-04-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[7] Margolis, Rachel (December 15, 2011). "ESPN and NCAA® Extend Rights Agreement through 2023–24". ESPN. Retrieved 15 Dec 2011.

[Radio_Rights-8] "NCAA, Westwood One extend deal". NCAA. January 13, 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

[9] "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-17.

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