2016 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

2016 NCAA men's Division I
ice hockey tournament
2016 Frozen Four logo
Teams	16
Finals site	Amalie Arena Tampa, Florida
Champions	North Dakota Fighting Hawks (8th title)
Runner-up	Quinnipiac Bobcats (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Boston College Eagles (25th Frozen Four) Denver Pioneers (15th Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Brad Berry (1st title)
MOP	Drake Caggiula (North Dakota)
Attendance	19,358 (Championship) 55,211 (Frozen Four) 115,261 (Tournament)
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The 2016 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the national championship tournament for men's college ice hockey in the United States in 2016. The tournament involved 16 teams in single-elimination play to determine the national champion at the Division I level of the NCAA, the highest level of competition in college hockey. The tournament's Frozen Four – the semifinals and finals – were hosted by the University of Wisconsin and the Tampa Bay Sports Commission at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.^[1]

North Dakota defeated Quinnipiac 5–1 to win the program's 8th NCAA title.

This is the first time in NCAA college hockey history that a first year coach, Brad Berry, won the NCAA title.

Tournament procedure

Albany

Worcester

Cincinnati

St. Paul

Tampa

2016 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red)

The tournament consisted 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 2016 regionals:

March 25–26: Midwest Regional, US Bank Arena – Cincinnati (Host: Miami University); Northeast Regional, DCU Center – Worcester, Massachusetts (Host: Holy Cross)
March 26–27: East Regional, Times Union Center – Albany, New York (Host: ECAC Hockey); West Regional, Xcel Energy Center – St. Paul, Minnesota (Host: University of Minnesota)

The winner of each regional advanced to the Frozen Four:

April 7–9: Amalie Arena – Tampa, Florida (Host: University of Wisconsin)

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 20.^[2] Hockey East had six teams receive a berth in the tournament, NCHC had four teams receive a berth, ECAC Hockey had three teams receive a berth, and one team from the Big Ten Conference, Atlantic Hockey, and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) received a berth.

Midwest Regional – Cincinnati							Northeast Regional – Worcester
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	North Dakota (3)	NCHC	30–6–4	At-large bid	31st	2015	1	Providence (4)	Hockey East	27–6–4	At-large bid	12th	2015
2	Michigan	Big Ten	24–7–5	Tournament champion	36th	2012	2	Boston College	Hockey East	26–7–5	At-large bid	35th	2015
3	Notre Dame	Hockey East	19–10–7	At-large bid	8th	2014	3	Harvard	ECAC	19–10–4	At-large bid	23rd	2015
4	Northeastern	Hockey East	22–13–5	Tournament champion	5th	2009	4	Minnesota-Duluth	NCHC	18–15–5	At-large bid	10th	2015
East Regional – Albany							West Regional – Saint Paul
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Quinnipiac (1)	ECAC	29–3–7	Tournament champion	5th	2015	1	St. Cloud State (2)	NCHC	31–8–1	Tournament champion	12th	2015
2	UMass Lowell	Hockey East	24–9–5	At-large bid	7th	2014	2	Denver	NCHC	23–9–6	At-large bid	26th	2015
3	Yale	ECAC	19–8–4	At-large bid	8th	2015	3	Boston University	Hockey East	21–12–5	At-large bid	34th	2015
4	RIT	Atlantic Hockey	18–14–6	Tournament champion	3rd	2015	4	Ferris State	WCHA	19–14–6	Tournament champion	4th	2014

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Tournament bracket

Regional semifinals March 25–26			Regional Finals March 26–27			Semifinals April 7			Championship April 9

1	Quinnipiac (1)	4

4	RIT	0
			1	Quinnipiac	4
Albany, New York – Sat/Sun
			2	UMass Lowell	1
2	UMass Lowell	3*

3	Yale	2
						E1	Quinnipiac	3

						NE2	Boston College	2
1	Providence (4)	1

4	Minnesota–Duluth	2**
			4	Minnesota–Duluth	2
Worcester, Massachusetts – Fri/Sat
			2	Boston College	3
2	Boston College	4

3	Harvard	1
									E1	Quinnipiac	1

									MW1	North Dakota	5
1	St. Cloud State (2)	4

4	Ferris State	5*
			4	Ferris State	3
St. Paul, Minnesota – Sat/Sun
			2	Denver	6
2	Denver	7

3	Boston University	2
						W2	Denver	2

						MW1	North Dakota	4
1	North Dakota (3)	6

4	Northeastern	2
			1	North Dakota	5
Cincinnati – Fri/Sat
			2	Michigan	2
2	Michigan	3*

3	Notre Dame	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

East Region – Albany, New York

Regional semifinal

March 26, 2016
4:00 pm

(1) Quinnipiac

4 – 0
(1–0, 0–0, 3–0)

(4) RIT

Times Union Center – Albany, New York
Attendance: 5,326

Game reference

Michael Garteig

Goalies

Mike Rotolo

Referees:
Geoff Miller
Kevin Shea
Linesmen:
Marc Sullivan
Bob Bernard

Travis St. Denis (21) (Anas, Toews) – GW – 14:55	1–0
Scott Davidson (8) (T. Clifton, Toews) – 42:27	2–0
Soren Jonzzon (9) (C. Clifton, T. Clifton) – 52:18	3–0
Soren Jonzzon (10) (Toews) – EN – 57:10	4–0

8 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

March 26, 2016
7:30 pm

(2) Massachusetts–Lowell

3 – 2 (OT)
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

(3) Yale

Times Union Center – Albany, New York
Attendance: 7,326

Game reference

Kevin Boyle

Goalies

Alex Lyon

Referees:
Ryan Sweeney
Eugene Binda, Jr.
Linesmen:
Tony Carissimo
Brendan Blanchard

Michael Fallon (2) (Louria, White) – 4:27	1–0
	1–1	15:19 – Frankie DiChiara (7) (Learned)
	1–2	32:18 – Ryan Hitchcock (8) (Hart)
Joe Gambardella (9) (Smith) – 46:12	2–2
Joe Gambardella (10) (Edwardh, Forney) – GW – 61:37	3–2

2 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

Regional Final

March 27, 2016
7:30 pm

(1) Quinnipiac

4 – 1
(0–1, 3–0, 1–0)

(2) Massachusetts–Lowell

Times Union Center – Albany, New York
Attendance: 2,975

Game reference

Michael Garteig

Goalies

Kevin Boyle

Referees:
Geno Binda Jr.
Todd Anderson
Linesmen:
Paul Carnathan
John Philo

	0–1	03:01 – PP – Dylan Zink (11) (Forney, Edwardh)
Landon Smith (11) (unassisted) – 30:33	1–1
Sam Anas (24) (McKernan) – GW – 32:11	2–1
Scott Davidson (9) (Jonzzon) – 37:51	3–1
Travis St. Denis (22) (unassisted) – 56:06	4–1

8 min

Penalties

2 min

Shots

West Region – Saint Paul, Minnesota

Regional semifinal

March 26, 2016
2:00 pm

(1) St. Cloud State

4 – 5 (OT)
(1–2, 1–2, 2–0, 0–1)

(4) Ferris State

Xcel Energy Center – Saint Paul, Minnesota
Attendance: 4,926

Game reference

Charlie Lindgren

Goalies

Darren Smith

Referees:
Jamie Koharski
Cameron Voss
Linesmen:
Tommy George
Kevin Briganti

	0–1	02:56 – Mitch Maloney (6) (Anselmini)
Jacob Benson (4) (Jackson, Winiecki) – 03:13	1–1
	1–2	19:37 – Jared VanWormer (6) (Recktenwald)
	1–3	21:04 – Kenny Babinski (10) (Robertson, Lowney)
Mikey Eyssimont (13) (Kossila, Prow) – PP – 24:56	2–3
	2–4	32:01 – Gerald Mayhew (15) (VanWormer)
Mikey Eyssimont (14) (Benik, Kossila) – PP – 44:38	3–4
Joey Benik (17) (Murray, Schuldt) – 51:29	4–4
	4–5	60:18 – GW – Jared VanWormer (7) (Mayhew)

4 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

March 26, 2016
5:45 pm

(2) Denver

7 – 2
(2–0, 3–0, 2–2)

(3) Boston University

Xcel Energy Center – Saint Paul, Minnesota
Attendance: 4,926

Game reference

Tanner Jaillet

Goalies

Sean Maguire (out 22:58)
Connor LaCouvee (in 22:58)

Referees:
Chris Perrault
Pete Friesma
Linesmen:
Rick Nelson
Matt Tyree

Blake Hillman (2) (Janssen, Terry) – 13:49	1–0
Dylan Gambrell (16) (Heinen) – 17:40	2–0
Will Butcher (7) (Heinen, Terry) – GW PP – 20:24	3–0
Matt Marcinew (11) (Lukosevicius) – 22:58	4–0
Evan Janssen (5) (Terry, Shore) – 35:48	5–0
Will Butcher (8) (Heinen, Shore) – 43:23	6–0
	6–1	52:45 – PP – Danny O'Regan (6) (Forsbacka Karlsson, McAvoy)
Trevor Moore (10) (Zajac, Shore) – 54:07	7–1
	7–2	59:45 – Mike Moran (5) (Grzelcyk, Greenway)

4 min

Penalties

11 min

Shots

Regional Final

March 27, 2016
8:00 pm

(2) Denver

6 – 3
(2–2, 1–0, 3–1)

(4) Ferris State

Xcel Energy Center – Saint Paul, Minnesota
Attendance: 2,799

Game reference

Tanner Jaillet

Goalies

Darren Smith

Referees:
Ryan Sweeney
Chris Ciamaga
Linesmen:
Steve Walters
Jared Waitt

Danton Heinen (20) (Gambrell, Hillman) – PP – 05:34	1–0
	1–1	15:13 – Gerald Mayhew (16) (Dorantes, Schempp)
Dylan Gambrell (17) (Heinen) – 18:40	2–1
	2–2	19:40 – Corey Mackin (10) (Mayhew, Denis)
Trevor Moore (11) (Hillman, VanVoorhis) – 22:49	3–2
	3–3	47:17 – Kyle Schempp (9) (Mackin, Mayhew)
Blake Hillman (3) (Heinen, Gambrell) – GW – 55:28	4–3
Nolan Zajac (3) (Shore, Terry) – 55:53	5–3
Quentin Shore (13) (Janssen, Terry) – PP – 57:33	6–3

6 min

Penalties

19 min

Shots

Midwest Region – Cincinnati

Regional semifinal

March 25, 2016
2:00 pm

(1) North Dakota

6 – 2
(3–1, 2–0, 1–1)

(4) Northeastern

US Bank Arena – Cincinnati
Attendance: 5,332

Game reference

Cam Johnson

Goalies

Ryan Ruck

Referees:
Chip McDonald
Bob St. Lawrence
Linesmen:
Jim Briggs
Glenn Cooke

	0–1	03:07 – Nolan Stevens (20) (Cockerill)
Johnny Simonson (9) (Thompson, Olson) – 05:43	1–1
Tucker Poolman (5) (Boeser, Schmaltz) – 10:22	2–1
Luke Johnson (10) (Gardner, Thompson) – GW PP – 16:55	3–1
Bryn Chyzyk (12) (Sanderson) – 25:11	4–1
Brock Boeser (26) (unassisted) – 27:05	5–1
	5–2	45:25 – Matt Benning (6) (McMurtry, Roy)
Drake Caggiula (20) (Schmaltz, Boeser) – 52:15	6–2

4 min

Penalties

2 min

Shots

March 25, 2016
5:30 pm

(2) Michigan

3 – 2 (OT)
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

(3) Notre Dame

US Bank Arena – Cincinnati
Attendance: 5,332

Game reference

Steve Racine

Goalies

Cal Petersen

Referees:
Kevin Curtis
Cam Lynch
Linesmen:
Ryan Knapp
Dan Taggart

Justin Selman (13) (Kile, Downing) – 10:31	1–0
	1–1	15:46 – Anders Bjork (12) (unassisted)
	1–2	20:24 – Thomas Di Pauli (14) (Bjork)
Zach Werenski (11) (Nieves, Boka) – 49:52	2–2
Tyler Motte (32) (Compher, Connor) – GW – 68:19	3–2

4 min

Penalties

0 min

Shots

Regional Final

March 26, 2016
6:00 pm

(1) North Dakota

5 – 2
(1–0, 1–1, 3–1)

(2) Michigan

US Bank Arena – Cincinnati
Attendance: 5,172

Game reference

Cam Johnson

Goalies

Steve Racine

Referees:
Chip McDonald
Bob St. Lawrence
Linesmen:
Jim Briggs
Glenn Cooke

Drake Caggiula (21) (Stecher) – 18:54	1–0
	1–1	25:33 – J. T. Compher (15) (Selman, Motte)
Luke Johnson (11) (unassisted) – 39:14	2–1
	2–2	48:39 – PP – J. T. Compher (16) (Connor, Werenski)
Rhett Gardner (10) (LaDue, Poganski) – GW – 52:03	3–2
Coltyn Sanderson (7) (Poolman, Janatuinen) – 53:17	4–2
Paul LaDue (5) (unassisted) – EN – 58:19	5–2

4 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

Northeast Region – Worcester, Massachusetts

Regional semifinal

March 25, 2016
4:30 pm

(1) Providence

1 – 2 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

(4) Minnesota–Duluth

DCU Center – Worcester, Massachusetts
Attendance: 6,682

Game reference

Nick Ellis

Goalies

Kasimir Kaskisuo

Referees:
Steve McInchak
Barry Pochmara
Linesmen:
Brett DesRosiers
Johnathan Morrison

	0–1	43:18 – Tony Cameranesi (11) (unassisted)
Steven McParland (4) (Tait, Parisi) – 47:22	1–1
	1–2	60:57 – GW – Karson Kuhlman (11) (Raskob, Cameranesi)

21 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

March 25, 2016
9:10 pm

(2) Boston College

4 – 1
(2–0, 1–1, 1–0)

(3) Harvard

DCU Center – Worcester, Massachusetts
Attendance: 6,682

Game reference

Thatcher Demko

Goalies

Merrick Madsen

Referees:
Colin Kronfrost
Marco Hunt
Linesmen:
Nick Bradshaw
Sam Shikowsky

Alex Tuch (16) (White, R. Fitzgerald) – 07:59	1–0
Austin Cangelosi (19) (Wood, C. Fitzgerald) – GW PP – 18:58	2–0
Alex Tuch (17) (Savage) – 21:59	3–0
	3–1	29:50 – Seb Lloyd (7) (Horton, Anderson)
Austin Cangelosi (20) (Calnan) – SH EN – 57:33	4–1

4 min

Penalties

2 min

Shots

Regional Final

March 26, 2016
9:00 pm

(2) Boston College

3 – 2
(1–0, 1–0, 1–2)

(4) Minnesota–Duluth

DCU Center – Worcester, Massachusetts
Attendance: 4,572

Game reference

Thatcher Demko

Goalies

Kasimir Kaskisuo

Referees:
Steve McInchak
Colin Kronfrost
Linesmen:
Brett DesRosiers
Johnathan Morrison

Teddy Doherty (12) (Gilmour) – 14:06	1–0
Teddy Doherty (13) (Sanford, Calnan) – 23:32	2–0
Ryan Fitzgerald (23) (Savage, C. Fitzgerald) – GW PP – 46:35	3–0
	3–1	52:49 – Austin Farley (15) (Raskob, Iafallo)
	3–2	55:34 – Karson Kuhlman (12) (Farley, Cameranesi)

8 min

Penalties

10 min

Shots

Frozen Four – Tampa, Florida

Semifinal

April 7, 2016
5:00 pm
ESPN2

(E1) Quinnipiac

3 – 2
(2–0, 1–1, 0–1)

(NE2) Boston College

Amalie Arena – Tampa, Florida
Attendance: 17,816

Game reference

Michael Garteig

Goalies

Thatcher Demko

Referees:
Gino Binda
Todd Anderson
Linesmen:
Paul Carnathan
John Philo

Kevin McKernan (4) (unassisted) – 02:31	1–0
Andrew Taverner (6) (St. Denis) – 07:20	2–0
	2–1	20:23 – Alex Tuch (18) (White, C. Fitzgerald)
Landon Smith (12) (Clifton, St. Denis) – GW PP – 24:32	3–1
	3–2	55:44 – PP – Ryan Fitzgerald (24) (McCoshen, Doherty)

12 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

April 7, 2016
8:50 pm
ESPN2

(MW1) North Dakota

4 – 2
(0–0, 2–0, 2–2)

(W2) Denver

Amalie Arena – Tampa, Florida
Attendance: 18,037

Game reference

Cam Johnson

Goalies

Tanner Jaillet

Referees:
Jamie Koharski
Cameron Voss
Linesmen:
Kevin Briganti
Tommy George

Drake Caggiula (22) (Boeser, Sanderson) – 21:03	1–0
Drake Caggiula (23) (unassisted) – 26:15	2–0
	2–1	42:50 – Will Butcher (9) (Arnold, Marcinew)
	2–2	50:51 – Matt VanVoorhis (3) (Levin, Hillman)
Nick Schmaltz (11) (Boeser, Caggiula) – GW – 59:03	3–2
Rhett Gardner (11) (Stecher) – EN – 59:58	4–2

8 min

Penalties

2 min

Shots

National Championship – Tampa, Florida

April 9, 2016
8:00 pm
ESPN

(E1) Quinnipiac

1 – 5
(1–2, 0–0, 0–3)

(MW1) North Dakota

Amalie Arena – Tampa, Florida
Attendance: 19,358

Game reference
				Referees: Steve McInchak Colin Kronforst Linesmen: Brett DesRosiers Johnathan Morrison

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	UND	Shane Gersich (9)	Ausmus and Boeser	11:56	1–0 UND
	UND	Brock Boeser (27) – GW SH	unassisted	14:16	2–0 UND
	QUI	Tim Clifton (19) – PP	C. Clifton and St. Denis	18:53	2–1 UND
2nd	None
3rd	UND	Drake Caggiula (24)	Schmaltz and Boeser	41:21	3–1 UND
	UND	Drake Caggiula (25)	Boeser and LaDue	43:41	4–1 UND
	UND	Austin Poganski (10)	Gardner and Ausmus	50:41	5–1 UND
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	UND	Bryn Chyzyk	Slashing	09:57	2:00
	QUI	Travis St. Denis	Slashing	09:57	2:00
	UND	Paul LaDue	Tripping	13:19	2:00
	UND	Drake Caggiula	Cross-Checking	18:41	2:00
	UND	Troy Stecher	Cross-Checking	18:50	2:00
2nd	UND	Drake Caggiula	High-Sticking	22:13	2:00
	UND	Christian Wolanin	Roughing	25:02	2:00
	QUI	Sam Anas	Roughing	25:02	2:00
	QUI	Tommy Schutt	Hooking	30:45	2:00
3rd	QUI	Derek Smith	Cross-Checking	46:36	2:00
	UND	Joel Janatuinen	Roughing	57:34	2:00
	QUI	Connor Clifton	Roughing	57:34	2:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	T
Quinnipiac	13	9	11	33
North Dakota	16	9	11	36

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
QUI	Michael Garteig	31	5	60:00
UND	Cam Johnson	32	1	60:00

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Regional Finals	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
Hockey East	6	3–6	.333	2	1	-	-
NCHC	4	7–3	.700	3	2	1	1
ECAC Hockey	3	3–3	.500	1	1	1	-
WCHA	1	1–1	.500	1	-	-	-
Big Ten	1	1–1	.500	1	-	-	-
Atlantic Hockey	1	0–1	.000	-	-	-	-

Media

Television

ESPN has US television rights to all games during the tournament for the twelfth consecutive year.^[3] ESPN will air every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, ESPNU, or ESPN3 and will stream them online via WatchESPN.^[4]

In Canada, the tournament is broadcast by TSN and streamed on TSN Go.^[5]

Broadcast Assignments

Regionals

Midwest Regional: Allen Bestwick & Colby Cohen – Cincinnati, Ohio
Northeast Regional: John Buccigross, Barry Melrose & Quint Kessenich – Worcester, Massachusetts
East Regional: Kevin Brown & Billy Jaffe – Albany, New York
West Regional: Clay Matvick & Sean Ritchlin – St. Paul, Minnesota

Frozen Four & Championship