2017 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
| 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament |
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| Season | 2016–17 | ||
| Teams | 16 | ||
| Finals Site | United Center Chicago, Illinois |
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| Champions | Denver (8th title) | ||
| Runner-Up | Minnesota–Duluth (3rd title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | Harvard (13th Frozen Four) Notre Dame (3rd Frozen Four) |
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| Winning Coach | Jim Montgomery (1st title) | ||
| MOP | Jarid Lukosevicius (Denver) | ||
| Attendance | 39,409 | ||
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 2017 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the national championship tournament for men's college ice hockey in the United States in 2017. 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 Notre Dame and the Chicago Sports Commission at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.[1]
Denver beat Minnesota-Duluth 3-2 in the final to win their eighth national championship.
Contents
Tournament procedure
The tournament will consist 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 2017 regionals:[2]
- March 24–25
- East Regional, Dunkin' Donuts Center - Providence, Rhode Island (Host: Brown University)
- West Regional, Scheels Arena - Fargo, North Dakota (Host: University of North Dakota)
- March 25–26
- Northeast Regional, Verizon Wireless Arena - Manchester, New Hampshire (Host: University of New Hampshire)
- Midwest Regional, US Bank Arena - Cincinnati, Ohio (Host: Miami (Ohio))
The winner of each regional will advance to the Frozen Four:
- April 6–8
- United Center - Chicago, Illinois (Host: Notre Dame)
Qualifying teams
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 19.[3] Hockey East had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, NCHC had four teams receive a berth, ECAC Hockey had three teams receive a berth, Big Ten Conference had three teams receive a berth, and one team from the Atlantic Hockey, and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) received a berth.
| East Regional – Providence | West Regional – Fargo | ||||||||||||
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| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Harvard (3) | ECAC | 26–5–2 | Tournament Champion | 24th | 2016 | 1 | Minnesota-Duluth (2) | NCHC | 25–6–7 | Tournament Champion | 11th | 2016 |
| 2 | Western Michigan | NCHC | 22–12–5 | At-large bid | 6th | 2012 | 2 | Boston University | Hockey East | 23–11–3 | At-large bid | 35th | 2016 |
| 3 | Air Force | Atlantic Hockey | 26–9–5 | Tournament champion | 6th | 2012 | 3 | North Dakota | NCHC | 21–15–3 | At-large bid | 32nd | 2016 |
| 4 | Providence | Hockey East | 22–11–5 | At-large bid | 13th | 2016 | 4 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 21–11–6 | At-large bid | 7th | 2009 |
| Northeast Regional – Manchester | Midwest Regional – Cincinnati | ||||||||||||
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Minnesota (4) | Big Ten | 23–11–3 | At-large bid | 37th | 2015 | 1 | Denver (1) | NCHC | 29–7–4 | At-large bid | 27th | 2016 |
| 2 | UMass Lowell | Hockey East | 26–10–3 | Tournament champion | 8th | 2016 | 2 | Union | ECAC | 25–9–3 | At-large bid | 5th | 2014 |
| 3 | Cornell | ECAC | 19–8–4 | At-large bid | 20th | 2012 | 3 | Penn State | Big Ten | 24–11–2 | Tournament Champion | 1st | Never |
| 4 | Notre Dame | Hockey East | 21–11–5 | At-large bid | 9th | 2016 | 4 | Michigan Tech | WCHA | 23–14–7 | Tournament Champion | 12th | 2015 |
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
Tournament bracket
| Regional Semifinals March 24–25 |
Regional Finals March 25–26 |
Semifinals April 6 |
Championship April 8 |
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| 1 | Denver | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Michigan Tech | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Denver | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati, Ohio – Sat/Sun | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Penn State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Union | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Penn State | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Denver | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Notre Dame | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Notre Dame | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Notre Dame | 3* | |||||||||||||||||
| Manchester, New Hampshire – Sat/Sun | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | UMass-Lowell | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | UMass Lowell | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Cornell | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Denver | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota-Duluth | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Harvard | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Providence | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Harvard | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Providence, Rhode Island – Fri/Sat | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Air Force | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Western Michigan | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Air Force | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Harvard | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota-Duluth | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota–Duluth | 3* | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ohio State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3* | |||||||||||||||||
| Fargo, North Dakota – Fri/Sat | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston University | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston University | 4** | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | North Dakota | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.ncaa.com/news/icehockey-men/article/2015-09-30/ncaa-hockey-2017-di-mens-ice-hockey-regional-sites
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
