2010–11 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
The 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October 2, 2010 and concluded with the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on April 9, 2011 at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. This was the 64th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 116th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
2010–11 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season | |||||
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The Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota hosted the 2011 Frozen Four | |||||
Duration | October 2, 2010– April 9, 2011 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 2011 | ||||
National championship | Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, Minnesota | ||||
NCAA champion | Minnesota–Duluth | ||||
Hobey Baker Award | Andy Miele (Miami) | ||||
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Pre-season polls
The top 20 from USCHO.com/CBS College Sports, October 4, 2010, and the top 15 from USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine, September 27, 2010.[1][2]
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Regular season
Standings
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
RIT† | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 95 | 64 | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 128 | 99 | |
#18 Air Force* | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 106 | 85 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 137 | 115 | |
Holy Cross | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 97 | 73 | 38 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 128 | 118 | |
Niagara | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 99 | 92 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 124 | 120 | |
Robert Morris | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 89 | 72 | 35 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 107 | 97 | |
Connecticut | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 87 | 90 | 37 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 114 | 133 | |
Mercyhurst | 27 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 98 | 80 | 37 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 131 | 112 | |
Canisius | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 76 | 83 | 38 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 110 | 135 | |
Army | 27 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 69 | 84 | 35 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 86 | 115 | |
Bentley | 27 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 70 | 88 | 34 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 86 | 117 | |
Sacred Heart | 27 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 75 | 112 | 37 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 95 | 173 | |
American International | 27 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 75 | 113 | 33 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 85 | 140 | |
Championship: Air Force † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Current rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll |
Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#3 Michigan † | 28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 92 | 57 | 44 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 146 | 98 | |
#4 Notre Dame | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 95 | 69 | 44 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 151 | 121 | |
#8 Miami* | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 103 | 58 | 39 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 146 | 85 | |
#13 Western Michigan | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 77 | 71 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 116 | 104 | |
Ferris State | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 59 | 62 | 39 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 94 | 86 | |
Northern Michigan | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 61 | 87 | 39 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 91 | 117 | |
Alaska | 28 | 0^ | 28^ | 0^ | 0^ | 38 | 64 | 66 | 38 | 0^ | 38^ | 0^ | 89 | 91 | |
Lake Superior State | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 59 | 78 | 39 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 93 | 115 | |
Ohio State | 28 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 66 | 72 | 37 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 95 | 92 | |
Michigan State | 28 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 65 | 75 | 38 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 98 | 107 | |
Bowling Green | 28 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 41 | 87 | 41 | 10 | 27 | 4 | 74 | 123 | |
Championship: Miami † Conference regular season champion * Conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll ^ Alaska was retroactively required to forfeit all wins and loses due to player ineligibilities.[3] |
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GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |
Alabama–Huntsville | 32 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 61 | 129 |
Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#12 Union† | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 75 | 43 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 144 | 84 | |
#6 Yale* | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 84 | 46 | 36 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 151 | 74 | |
#15 Dartmouth | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 70 | 48 | 34 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 111 | 87 | |
#20 Cornell | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 57 | 53 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 86 | 88 | |
#16 Rensselaer | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 67 | 52 | 38 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 110 | 90 | |
Princeton | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 69 | 70 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 105 | 88 | |
Clarkson | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 58 | 78 | 36 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 98 | 117 | |
Quinnipiac | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 49 | 62 | 39 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 95 | 102 | |
Brown | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 55 | 70 | 31 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 83 | 107 | |
Harvard | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 49 | 61 | 34 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 77 | 98 | |
St. Lawrence | 22 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 53 | 73 | 40 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 101 | 124 | |
Colgate | 22 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 51 | 81 | 42 | 11 | 28 | 3 | 107 | 142 | |
Championship: March 19, 2009 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#5 Boston College†* | 27 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 101 | 58 | 39 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 153 | 94 | |
#9 New Hampshire | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 90 | 59 | 39 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 131 | 98 | |
#17 Boston University | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 76 | 67 | 39 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 116 | 112 | |
#10 Merrimack | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 89 | 67 | 39 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 143 | 97 | |
#19 Maine | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 92 | 73 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 122 | 105 | |
Northeastern | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 27 | 73 | 69 | 38 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 108 | 104 | |
Vermont | 27 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 60 | 85 | 36 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 82 | 116 | |
Massachusetts | 27 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 68 | 88 | 35 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 88 | 122 | |
Providence | 27 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 53 | 94 | 34 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 75 | 116 | |
Massachusetts–Lowell | 27 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 60 | 102 | 34 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 83 | 136 | |
Championship: Boston College Eagles † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#2 North Dakota†* | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 112 | 62 | 44 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 178 | 94 | |
#7 Denver | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 93 | 75 | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 136 | 113 | |
#14 Nebraska–Omaha | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 94 | 69 | 39 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 128 | 99 | |
#1 Minnesota–Duluth | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 91 | 73 | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 143 | 108 | |
Minnesota | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 91 | 78 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 113 | 102 | |
#11 Colorado College | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 28 | 83 | 84 | 45 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 143 | 131 | |
Wisconsin | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 75 | 72 | 41 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 129 | 98 | |
Alaska–Anchorage | 28 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 26 | 62 | 78 | 37 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 89 | 106 | |
St. Cloud State | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 84 | 80 | 38 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 112 | 113 | |
Bemidji State | 28 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 62 | 78 | 38 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 89 | 102 | |
Minnesota State | 28 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 67 | 90 | 38 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 105 | 116 | |
Michigan Tech | 28 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 124 | 38 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 75 | 169 | |
Championship: North Dakota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Current rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll |
2011 NCAA Tournament
Regional Semifinals | Regional Finals | Frozen Four | National Championship | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Yale | 2* | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Air Force | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Yale | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
East Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Minnesota–Duluth | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Union | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Minnesota–Duluth | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | Minnesota–Duluth | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
NE3 | Notre Dame | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Miami | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | New Hampshire | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | New Hampshire | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Northeast Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Notre Dame | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Merrimack | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Notre Dame | 4* | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | Minnesota–Duluth | 3* | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | Michigan | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | North Dakota | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Renssealer | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | North Dakota | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Denver | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Denver | 3** | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Western Michigan | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
MW1 | North Dakota | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | Michigan | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Boston College | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Colorado College | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Colorado College | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
West Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Michigan | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Michigan | 4* | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Nebraska–Omaha | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Player stats
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season.[5]
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Andy Miele | Senior | Miami | 39 | 24 | 47 | 71 | 35 |
Matt Frattin | Senior | North Dakota | 44 | 36 | 24 | 60 | 46 |
Jack Connolly | Junior | Minnesota–Duluth | 42 | 18 | 41 | 59 | 34 |
Justin Fontaine | Senior | Minnesota–Duluth | 42 | 22 | 36 | 58 | 42 |
Carter Camper | Senior | Miami | 39 | 19 | 38 | 57 | 27 |
Paul Zanette | Senior | Niagara | 35 | 29 | 26 | 55 | 45 |
Reilly Smith | Sophomore | Miami | 38 | 28 | 26 | 54 | 18 |
Mike Connolly | Junior | Minnesota–Duluth | 42 | 28 | 26 | 54 | 67 |
T. J. Tynan | Freshman | Notre Dame | 44 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 36 |
Cam Atkinson | Junior | Boston College | 39 | 31 | 21 | 52 | 28 |
Paul Thompson | Senior | New Hampshire | 39 | 28 | 24 | 52 | 32 |
Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the conclusion of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.[5]
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | OT | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Aaron Dell | Sophomore | North Dakota | 40 | 2349:02 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 70 | 6 | .924 | 1.79 |
Ryan Rondeau | Senior | Yale | 34 | 2002:15 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 64 | 6 | .928 | 1.92 |
Shane Madolora | Sophomore | RIT | 28 | 1675:50 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 6 | .935 | 1.93 |
Keith Kinkaid | Sophomore | Union | 38 | 2265:30 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 75 | 5 | .920 | 1.99 |
Pat Nagle | Senior | Ferris State | 37 | 2192:41 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 74 | 3 | .923 | 2.02 |
Connor Knapp | Junior | Miami | 17 | 975:36 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 2 | .909 | 2.03 |
Cody Reichard | Junior | Miami | 24 | 1374:31 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 3 | .912 | 2.05 |
Will Yanakeff | Freshman | Michigan State | 14 | 794:36 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 3 | .927 | 2.11 |
Allen York | Junior | Rensselaer | 34 | 2050:46 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 74 | 2 | .924 | 2.17 |
Sean Bonar | Freshman | Princeton | 15 | 899:57 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 1 | .912 | 2.20 |
Awards
NCAA
Atlantic Hockey
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CCHA
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ECAC
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Hockey East
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WCHA
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See also
References
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- "USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll - September 27, 2010". USCHO.com. 2010-10-04. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
- "NCAA bans Nanooks from postseason, takes away victories". Anchorage Daily News. 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
- "Men's Division I Hockey Overall Statistics: 2010-2011". USCHO.com. 2011-04-15.
- "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-07-05.
- "AHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-05.
- "AHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-05.
- "AHA All-Rookie Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-05.
- "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
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- "CCHA All-Rookie Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- "ECAC All-Rookie Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- "Hockey East Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- "Hockey East All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- "Hockey East All-Rookie Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- "WCHA All-Rookie Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-06.