2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
 2018 Frozen Four logo | |
| Teams | 16 |
|---|---|
| Finals Site | |
| Champions | Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs (2nd title) |
| Runner-Up | Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2nd title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Scott Sandelin (2nd title) |
| MOP | Karson Kuhlman Minnesota-Duluth |
| Attendance | Semifinals: 18,026 |
The 2018 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the national championship tournament for men's college ice hockey in the United States. 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 final – were hosted by the University of Minnesota at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota from April 5–7, 2018.[1]
Minnesota-Duluth defeated Notre Dame 2–1 to win the program's 2nd NCAA title.
Tournament procedure
St. Paul
Worcester
Bridgeport
Sioux Falls
Allentown
2018 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red)
The tournament is composed of four groups of four teams in regional brackets. The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2018 regionals: [2]
- March 23–24
- East Regional, Webster Bank Arena – Bridgeport, Connecticut (Host: Fairfield and Yale)
- West Regional, Premier Center – Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Host: North Dakota)
- March 24–25
- Northeast Regional, DCU Center – Worcester, Massachusetts (Host: Holy Cross)
- Midwest Regional, PPL Center – Allentown, Pennsylvania (Host: Penn State)
The winner of each regional will advance to the Frozen Four:
- April 5–7
- Xcel Energy Center – St. Paul, Minnesota (Host: University of Minnesota)
Qualifying Teams
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 18.[3] The Big Ten had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, the NCHC, Hockey East, and ECAC Hockey each had three teams receive a berth, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had two teams receive a berth, and one team from Atlantic Hockey received a berth.
| East Regional – Bridgeport | West Regional – Sioux Falls | ||||||||||||
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| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Notre Dame (2) | Big Ten | 25–9–2 | Tournament Champion | 10th | 2017 | 1 | St. Cloud State (1) | NCHC | 25–8–6 | At-large bid | 13th | 2016 |
| 2 | Providence | Hockey East | 23–11–4 | At-large bid | 14th | 2017 | 2 | Minnesota State | WCHA | 29–9–1 | At-large bid | 5th | 2015 |
| 3 | Clarkson | ECAC | 23–10–6 | At-large bid | 21st | 2008 | 3 | Minnesota–Duluth | NCHC | 21–16–3 | At-large bid | 12th | 2017 |
| 4 | Michigan Tech | WCHA | 22–16–5 | Tournament Champion | 13th | 2017 | 4 | Air Force | Atlantic Hockey | 22–14–5 | Tournament champion | 7th | 2017 |
| Northeast Regional – Worcester | Midwest Regional – Allentown | ||||||||||||
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Cornell (3) | ECAC | 25–5–2 | At-large bid | 21st | 2017 | 1 | Ohio State (4) | Big Ten | 24–9–5 | At-large bid | 8th | 2017 |
| 2 | Michigan | Big Ten | 20–14–3 | At-large bid | 37th | 2016 | 2 | Denver | NCHC | 20–9–8 | Tournament Champion | 28th | 2017 |
| 3 | Northeastern | Hockey East | 23–9–5 | At-large bid | 6th | 2016 | 3 | Penn State | Big Ten | 18–14–5 | At-large bid | 2nd | 2017 |
| 4 | Boston University | Hockey East | 21–13–4 | Tournament champion | 36th | 2017 | 4 | Princeton | ECAC | 19–12–4 | Tournament Champion | 4th | 2009 |
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
Tournament bracket
| Regional Semifinals March 23–24 | Regional Finals March 24–25 | National Semifinals Thursday, April 5 | Championship Saturday, April 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | St. Cloud State (1) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Air Force | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Air Force | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sioux Falls – Fri/Sat | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Minnesota–Duluth | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Minnesota State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Minnesota–Duluth | 3* | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Minnesota-Duluth | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| MW1 | Ohio State (4) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ohio State (4) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Princeton | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ohio State (4) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Allentown – Sat/Sun | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Denver | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Denver | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Penn State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Minnesota-Duluth | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Notre Dame (2) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cornell (3) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Boston University | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Boston University | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Worcester – Sat/Sun | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michigan | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michigan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Northeastern | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| NE2 | Michigan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Notre Dame (2) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Notre Dame (2) | 4* | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Michigan Tech | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Notre Dame (2) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bridgeport – Fri/Sat | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Providence | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Providence | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Clarkson | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period
East Regional[4]
Regional Semifinals
(1) Notre Dame vs. (4) Michigan Tech
| March 23[5] | Notre Dame | 4 – 3 | OT | Michigan Tech | Webster Bank Arena | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| (Oglevie) Dylan Malmqvist – 03:40 (Theisen, O'Leary) Joe Wegwerth – 07:04 |
Second period | 01:13 – Joel L'Esperance (Donohue, Lucchini) | ||||||
| (Nardella, Oglevie) Jordan Gross – PP – 06:19 | Third period | 00:56 – Gavin Gould (Lucchini, Donohue) 18:54 – Jake Jackson (Steman, Baltus) | ||||||
| (Evans, Jenkins) Jordan Gross – GW – 16:24 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 36 saves / 39 shots ) Cale Morris | Goalie stats | Patrick Munson ( 28 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Providence vs. (3) Clarkson
| March 23[6] | Providence | 1 – 0 | Clarkson | Webster Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| (Wilkins, Pinho) Kasper Björkqvist – GW PP – 04:02 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 18 saves / 18 shots ) Hayden Hawkey | Goalie stats | Jake Kielly ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
Regional Finals
(1) Notre Dame vs. (2) Providence
| March 24[7] | Notre Dame | 2 – 1 | Providence | Webster Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 02:02 – Kasper Björkqvist (Davis) | ||||||
| (Evans, Gross) Andrew Oglevie – PP – 18:09 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Burke, Oglevie) Dylan Malmqvist – GW – 19:33 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) Cale Morris | Goalie stats | Hayden Hawkey ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) | ||||||
Midwest Regional
Regional Semifinals
(1) Ohio State vs. (4) Princeton
| March 24[8] | Ohio State | 4 – 2 | Princeton | PPL Center | Recap | |||
| (Laczynski, Ege) Mason Jobst – PP – 13:32 (Hein, Lampasso) Kevin Miller – 13:52 |
First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| (Gerard) Tanner Laczynski – GW – 03:55 (Stork) Freddy Gerard – 10:48 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:33 – Matt Nelson (Grabowski, Hallisey) 19:50 – David Hallisey (Backer, Nelson) | ||||||
| ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Sean Romeo | Goalie stats | Ryan Ferland ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) / Ben Halford ( 0 saves / 0 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Denver vs. (3) Penn State
| March 24[9] | Denver | 5 – 1 | Penn State | PPL Center | Recap | |||
| (Finlay, Mitchell) Kohen Olischefski – 12:19 (Gambrell, Plant) Troy Terry – GW – 16:40 |
First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| (Terry, Mitchell) Henrik Borgström – 04:51 (Mitchell, Borgström) Jarid Lukosevicius – PP – 19:57 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Terry) Jarid Lukosevicius – 12:22 | Third period | 07:39 – Liam Folkes | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Tanner Jaillet | Goalie stats | Peyton Jones ( 37 saves / 42 shots ) | ||||||
Regional Finals
(1) Ohio State vs. (2) Denver
| March 25[10] | Ohio State | 5 – 1 | Denver | PPL Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| (Kearney, Parran) Dakota Joshua – 03:47 (Lampasso, Joyaux) Kevin Miller – GW – 15:31 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Laczynski) Matt Joyaux – 09:27 (Lampasso, Hein) Kevin Miller – 11:51 Mason Jobst – EN – 14:16 |
Third period | 11:21 – Tyson McLellan (Mitchell, Terry) | ||||||
| ( 30 saves / 31 shots ) Sean Romeo | Goalie stats | Tanner Jaillet ( 19 saves / 23 shots ) | ||||||
Northeast Regional
Regional Semifinals
(1) Cornell vs. (4) Boston University
| March 24[11] | Cornell | 1 – 3 | Boston University | DCU Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| (Donaldson, Barron) Trevor Yates – 07:27 | Second period | 08:03 – Shane Bowers (Hickey, Carpenter) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 04:39 – GW – David Farrance (Tkachuk, Melanson) 19:43 – EN – Logan Cockerill (Carpenter) | ||||||
| ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Matthew Galajda | Goalie stats | Jake Oettinger ( 30 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Michigan vs. (3) Northeastern
| March 24[12] | Michigan | 3 – 2 | Northeastern | DCU Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| (Martin, Calderone) Cooper Marody – 15:03 | Second period | 18:04 – PP – Dylan Sikura (Davies, Stevens) | ||||||
| (Marody) Dexter Dancs – 05:45 (Calderone, Dancs) Cooper Marody – GW – 15:30 |
Third period | 12:01 – Eric Williams (Shea, Goldstein) | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Hayden Lavigne | Goalie stats | Cayden Primeau ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
Regional Finals
(2) Michigan vs. (4) Boston University
| March 25[13] | Michigan | 6 – 3 | Boston University | DCU Center | Recap | |||
| (Pastujov, Becker) Quinn Hughes – 05:12 (Marody, Cecconi) Tony Calderone – PP – 15:21 |
First period | 12:26 – Jordan Greenway (Tkachuk) | ||||||
| (Norris, Slaker) Brendan Warren – 01:57 | Second period | 11:08 – Patrick Curry (Crotty, Krys) | ||||||
| Jake Slaker – GW – 06:27 (Dancs, Becker) Nicholas Boka – 16:18 Nick Pastujov – EN – 18:18 |
Third period | 03:30 – Drew Melanson (Greenway) | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Hayden Lavigne | Goalie stats | Jake Oettinger ( 16 saves / 21 shots ) | ||||||
West Regional
Regional Semifinals
(1) St. Cloud State vs. (4) Air Force
| March 23[14] | St. Cloud State | 1 – 4 | Air Force | Denny Sanford Premier Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:57 – Tyler Ledford 06:29 – GW – Tyler Ledford (Koch, Baskin) | ||||||
| (Newell, Borgen) Blake Lizotte – 17:09 | Third period | 18:26 – EN – Jordan Himley (Serratore, Koch) 19:12 – EN – Kyle Haak (Serratore, Mirageas) | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) Dávid Hrenák | Goalie stats | Billy Christopoulos ( 39 saves / 40 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Minnesota State vs. (3) Minnesota–Duluth
| March 23[15] | Minnesota State | 2 – 3 | OT | Minnesota–Duluth | Denny Sanford Premier Center | Recap | ||
| (Michaelis) Zeb Knutson – 02:21 (Lutz, McClure) Ian Scheid – PP – 06:37 |
First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:38 – Karson Kuhlman | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 15:52 – PP – Nick Swaney (Thomas, Samberg) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:28 – GW – Parker Mackay (Richards, Anderson) | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) Connor LaCouvee | Goalie stats | Hunter Shepard ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) | ||||||
Regional Finals
(3) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (4) Air Force
| March 24[16] | Minnesota–Duluth | 2 – 1 | Air Force | Denny Sanford Premier Center | Recap | |||
| (Tufte, Samberg) Joey Anderson – 09:03 (Miller, Perunovich) Nick Wolff – GW – 12:12 |
First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:44 – PP – Evan Giesler (Koch, Mirageas) | ||||||
| ( 11 saves / 12 shots ) Hunter Shepard | Goalie stats | Billy Christopoulos ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
Frozen Four[17]
National Semifinal
(E1) Notre Dame vs. (NE2) Michigan
| April 5[18] | Notre Dame | 4 – 3 | Michigan | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 08:19 – Tony Calderone (Dancs, Marody) | ||||||
| (Evans, Gross)Andrew Oglevie – PP – 04:18 (Gross) Jake Evans – 06:20 |
Second period | 00:17 – Dexter Dancs (Calderone, Cecconi) | ||||||
| (Malmqvist, Oglevie) Cal Burke – 01:35 (Morrison, Jenkins) Jake Evans – GW – 19:54 |
Third period | 14:38 – Michael Pastujov (Becker, N. Pastujov) | ||||||
| ( 25 saves / 28 shots ) Cale Morris | Goalie stats | Hayden Lavigne ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
(MW1) Ohio State vs. (W3) Minnesota–Duluth
| April 5[19] | Ohio State | 1 – 2 | Minnesota–Duluth | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 01:53 – Louie Roehl (Anderson, Mackay) 03:04 – GW – Jared Thomas (Kuhlman) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Joshua, Ege) Tanner Laczynski – PP – 09:27 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Sean Romeo | Goalie stats | Hunter Shepard ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) | ||||||
National Championship
(E1) Notre Dame vs. (W3) Minnesota–Duluth
| April 7[20] | Notre Dame | 1 – 2 | Minnesota–Duluth | Xcel Energy Center | Recap |
| Scoring summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | UMD | Karson Kuhlman (2) | Miller (2) | 9:06 | 1–0 UMD |
| UMD | Jared Thomas (2) – GW | Kuhlman (2) | 18:39 | 2–0 UMD | |
| 2nd | ND | Andrew Oglevie (3) – PP | Morrison (2) and Evans (4) | 7:40 | 2–1 UMD |
| 3rd | None | ||||
| Penalty summary | |||||
| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
| 1st | ND | Mike O'Leary | Hooking | 19:42 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | ND | Jordan Gross | Tripping | 02:19 | 2:00 |
| UMD | Louie Roehl | Interference | 04:35 | 2:00 | |
| UMD | Scott Perunovich | Interference | 07:08 | 2:00 | |
| ND | Colin Theisen | Kneeing | 10:02 | 2:00 | |
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All-Tournament Team[21]
- G: Hunter Shepard (Minnesota–Duluth)
- D: Scott Perunovich (Minnesota–Duluth)
- D: Jordan Gross (Notre Dame)
- F: Karson Kuhlman* (Minnesota–Duluth)
- F: Jared Thomas (Minnesota–Duluth)
- F: Andrew Oglevie (Notre Dame)
Record by conference
| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | Regional Finals | Frozen Four | Championship Game | Champions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Ten | 4 | 7-4 | .636 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - |
| NCHC | 3 | 5-2 | .714 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hockey East | 3 | 2-3 | .400 | 2 | - | - | - |
| ECAC Hockey | 3 | 0-3 | .000 | - | - | - | - |
| WCHA | 2 | 0-2 | .000 | - | - | - | - |
| Atlantic Hockey | 1 | 1-1 | .500 | 1 | - | - | - |
Media
Television
ESPN has US television rights to all games during the tournament for the fourteenth consecutive year.[22] ESPN will air every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, ESPNU, or ESPN3 and streamed them online via WatchESPN.
In Canada, the tournament will be broadcast by TSN and streamed on TSN Go.
In the UK, the tournament will be broadcast by BT Sport ESPN
Broadcast assignments
Regionals
- East Regional: John Buccigross, Barry Melrose and Quint Kessenich – Bridgeport, Connecticut
- West Regional: Clay Matvick and Sean Ritchlin – Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Northeast Regional: Joe Beninati and Billy Jaffe – Worcester, Massachusetts
- Midwest Regional: Kevin Brown and Colby Cohen – Allentown, Pennsylvania
Frozen Four
- John Buccigross, Barry Melrose and Quint Kessenich – St. Paul, Minnesota
Radio
Westwood One has exclusive radio rights to the Frozen Four and will air both the semifinals and the championship.[23]
- Brian Tripp, Pat Micheletti, & Shireen Saski
References
- ↑ "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA.com.
- ↑ https://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/article/2017-04-18/2019-2022-future-di-ncaa-championship-sites
- ↑ "2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship Selections". NCAA.com. March 18, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
- ↑ "Men's Division I Hockey 2017-2018 Schedule and Results — Week 26". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "Break goes Notre Dame's way as Irish stop Michigan Tech in overtime". USCHO.com. 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "Bjorkqvist's power-play goal, Hawkey's shutout lift Providence past Clarkson". USCHO.com. 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "Malmquist's last-minute goal sends Notre Dame past Providence, to its second straight Frozen Four". USCHO.com. 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "Ohio State uses two goals in 20 seconds to move past Princeton". USCHO.com. 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "Lukosevicius scores twice as Denver neutralizes Penn State". USCHO.com. 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "Romeo backstops Ohio State's win over Denver for Buckeyes' first Frozen Four trip since 1998". USCHO.com. 2018-03-25. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "Farrance's third-period goal helps Boston University oust top seed Cornell". USCHO.com. 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "With late goal by Marody, Michigan's top line outperforms Northeastern's vaunted trio". USCHO.com. 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "'Opportunistic' Michigan earns first Frozen Four spot since 2011 with win over Boston University". USCHO.com. 2018-03-25. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "Ledford, Air Force oust NCAA tournament top seed St. Cloud State in opening round". USCHO.com. 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "Mackay's goal ends moments of overtime madness in Minnesota Duluth's victory over Minnesota State". USCHO.com. 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "Minnesota Duluth earns second straight Frozen Four berth with victory over Air Force". USCHO.com. 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "Men's Division I Hockey 2017-2018 Schedule and Results — Week 28". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "Notre Dame stuns Michigan with Evans' last-minute goal in Frozen Four semifinal". USCHO.com. 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "Early goals help Minnesota Duluth past Ohio State in Frozen Four semifinal". USCHO.com. 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "Last in, last standing: Minnesota Duluth defeats Notre Dame for second title". USCHO.com. 2018-04-07. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "Last in, last standing: Minnesota Duluth defeats Notre Dame for second title". USCHO.com. 2018-04-07. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ Margolis, Rachel (December 15, 2011). "ESPN and NCAA® Extend Rights Agreement through 2023-24". ESPN. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
- ↑ "NCAA, Westwood One extend deal". NCAA. January 13, 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
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