2017 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

2017 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament
	2017 Frozen Four logo
Teams	16
Finals site	United Center; Chicago, Illinois;
Champions	Denver Pioneers (8th title)
Runner-up	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (3rd title game)
Semifinalists	Harvard Crimson (13th Frozen Four); Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3rd Frozen Four);
Winning coach	Jim Montgomery (1st title)
MOP	Jarid Lukosevicius (Denver)
Attendance	19,783 (Championship); 59,035 (Frozen Four); 119,975 (Tournament)
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The 2017 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the national championship tournament for men's college ice hockey in the United States, held from March 24 - April 8, 2017. 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 the University of Notre Dame and the Chicago Sports Commission at the United Center in Chicago.^[1]

Denver defeated Minnesota-Duluth 3–2 to win the program's 8th NCAA title.

Tournament procedure

Chicago

Manchester

Providence

Cincinnati

Fargo

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2017 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 were 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, SNHU Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire (Host: University of New Hampshire); Midwest Regional, US Bank Arena – Cincinnati, Ohio (Host: Miami University)

The winner of each regional advanced to the Frozen Four:

April 6–8: United Center – Chicago, Illinois (Host: University of 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
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

1	Denver (1)	5

4	Michigan Tech	2
			1	Denver	6
Cincinnati – Sat/Sun
			3	Penn State	3
2	Union	3

3	Penn State	10
						MW1	Denver	6

						NE4	Notre Dame	1
1	Minnesota (4)	2

4	Notre Dame	3
			4	Notre Dame	3*
Manchester – Sat/Sun
			2	UMass-Lowell	2
2	UMass Lowell	5

3	Cornell	0
									MW1	Denver	3

									W1	Minnesota-Duluth	2
1	Harvard (3)	3

4	Providence	0
			1	Harvard	3
Providence – Fri/Sat
			3	Air Force	2
2	Western Michigan	4

3	Air Force	5
						E1	Harvard	1

						W1	Minnesota-Duluth	2
1	Minnesota–Duluth (2)	3*

4	Ohio State	2
			1	Minnesota-Duluth	3*
Fargo – Fri/Sat
			2	Boston University	2
2	Boston University	4**

3	North Dakota	3

Note: * denotes overtime period

Results

Midwest Region – Cincinnati, Ohio

Regional semifinal

March 25, 2017
1:00 pm

(1) Denver

5 – 2
(4–0, 1–2, 0–0)

(4) Michigan Tech

US Bank Arena – Cincinnati, Ohio
Attendance: 3,917

Game reference

Tanner Jaillet

Goalies

Angus Redmond

Referees:
Cameron Lynch
Bob St. Lawrence
Linesmen:
Jason Shattie
Steve Drain

Colin Staub (9) (Plant, Davies) – PP – 04:42	1–0
Colin Staub (10) (Janssen, Davies) – PP – 12:45	2–0
Emil Romig (8) (Ritt) – GW – 14:51	3–0
Will Butcher (7) (Gambrell) – 15:26	4–0
Tyson McLellan (5) (Finlay, Borgström) – 26:26	5–0
	5–1	34:04 – Gavin Gould (12) (Reinke, Hanna)
	5–2	39:55 – Jake Lucchini (11) (Jackson, L'Esperance)

4 min

Penalties

10 min

34

Shots

18

March 25, 2017
4:30 pm

(2) Union

3 – 10
(2–2, 1–3, 0–5)

(3) Penn State

US Bank Arena – Cincinnati, Ohio
Attendance: 3,917

Game reference

Alex Sakellaropoulos(out 46:00)
Jake Kupsky (in 46:00)

Goalies

Peyton Jones

Referees:
Chris Ciamaga
Ryan Sweeney
Linesmen:
Jared Waite
Joe Sherman

	0–1	11:05 – Brandon Biro (6) (Berger)
Brendan Taylor (2) (Pontarelli, Emelifeonwu) – 12:12	1–1
	1–2	13:26 – Chase Berger (12) (Sturtz)
Spencer Foo (25) (Maier) – 13:50	2–2
	2–3	21:59 – Kris Myllari (8) (Folkes, Richard)
Spencer Foo (26) (Vidmar, Vecchione) – PP – 27:54	3–3
	3–4	29:35 – GW – Chase Berger (13) (Gober, Sturtz)
	3–5	34:13 – Dylan Richard (10) (Myllari, Biro)
	3–6	41:10 – Nate Sucese (16) (Goodwin)
	3–7	46:00 – Denis Smirnov (18) (Sucese)
	3–8	47:52 – PP – Nikita Pavlychev (5) (Goodwin, Myllari)
	3–9	54:58 – SH – Andrew Sturtz (22) (Sucese)
	3–10	57:10 – Nate Sucese (17) (unassisted)

2 min

Penalties

6 min

25

Shots

33

Regional Final

March 26, 2017
6:00 pm

(1) Denver

6 – 3
(2–1, 3–1, 1–1)

(3) Penn State

US Bank Arena – Cincinnati, Ohio
Attendance: 3,364

Game reference

Tanner Jaillet

Goalies

Peyton Jones

Referees:
Jamie Koharski
Geoff Miller
Linesmen:
Kevin Briganti
Tommy George

Jarid Lukosevicius (12) (Terry, Gambrell) – 03:17	1–0
Adam Plant (17) (Borgström, Finlay) – 07:19	2–0
	2–1	15:00 – SH – Nikita Pavlychev (6) (DeRosa, Pedrie)
	2–2	22:02 – Denis Smirnov (19) (unassisted)
Troy Terry (20) (Borgström) – PP – 26:30	3–2
Jarid Lukosevicius (13) (Terry, Plant) – GW – 35:40	4–2
Troy Terry (21) (Borgström) – 38:42	5–2
	5–3	52:40 – James Gobetz (1) (Berger, Gober)
Troy Terry (22) (unassisted) – EN – 57:46	6–3

21 min

Penalties

8 min

28

Shots

27

West Region – Fargo, North Dakota

Regional semifinal

March 24, 2017
7:20 pm

(1) Minnesota–Duluth

3 – 2 (OT)
(0–0, 2–0, 0–2, 1–0)

(4) Ohio State

Scheels Arena – Fargo, North Dakota
Attendance: 5,219

Game reference

Hunter Miska

Goalies

Matt Tomkins

Referees:
Peter Feola
Chip McDonald
Linesmen:
Ryan Knapp
Jim Briggs

Dominic Toninato (16) (Iafallo, Anderson) – 20:49	1–0
Nick Wolff (2) (Raskob, Tufte) – 33:41	2–0
	2–1	47:09 – Matt Joyaux (3) (Miller, Joshua)
	2–2	52:40 – Gordi Myer (1) (Laczynski)
Willie Raskob (4) (Iafallo, Anderson) – GW – 71:58	3–2

8 min

Penalties

4 min

32

Shots

42

March 24, 2017
2:00 pm

(2) Boston University

4 – 3 (2OT)
(0–1, 1–0, 2–2, 0–0, 1–0)

(3) North Dakota

Scheels Arena – Fargo, North Dakota
Attendance: 5,219

Game reference

Jake Oettinger

Goalies

Cam Johnson

Referees:
Colin Kronforst
Bary Pochmara
Linesmen:
Jonathan Morrison
Nick Bradshaw

	0–1	17:04 – Rhett Gardner (8) (Janatuinen, Boeser)
Doyle Somerby (1) (McAvoy, Curry) – 22:05	1–1
Bobo Carpenter (14) (Keller, Greenway) – 40:28	2–1
Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (14) (Harper, Roberto) – 44:24	3–1
	3–2	52:14 – Ludvig Hoff (4) (Olson, Bowen)
	3–3	55:34 – Christian Wolanin (7) (Olson, Hoff)
Charlie McAvoy (5) (Keller, Harper) – 91:48	4–3

12 min

Penalties

4 min

29

Shots

59

Regional Final

March 25, 2017
5:00 pm

(1) Minnesota–Duluth

3 – 2 (OT)
(1–1, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

(2) Boston University

Scheels Arena – Fargo, North Dakota
Attendance: 5,277

Game reference

Hunter Miska

Goalies

Jake Oettinger

Referees:
Peter Feola
Chip McDonald
Linesmen:
Ryan Knapp
Jim Briggs

	0–1	07:59 – Clayton Keller (21) (Cloonan)
Alex Iafallo (19) (Anderson, Raskob) – 19:42	1–1
Joey Anderson (11) (Tufte, Wolff) – 51:38	2–1
	2–2	56:47 – Patrick Harper (16) (Krys, Fabbro)
Adam Johnson (18) (Pionk, Iafallo) – GW PP – 61:57	3–2

6 min

Penalties

4 min

23

Shots

24

East Region – Providence, Rhode Island

Regional semifinal

March 24, 2017
4:00 pm

(1) Harvard

3 – 0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

(4) Providence

Dunkin' Donuts Center – Providence, Rhode Island
Attendance: 6,543

Game reference

Merrick Madsen

Goalies

Hayden Hawkey

Referees:
Tony Czech
Chris Perrault
Linesmen:
Eric Froberg
Paul Tunison

Tyler Moy (19) (Kerfoot, Fox) – GW PP – 21:09	1–0
Adam Fox (9) (Donato) – 37:46	2–0
Tyler Moy (20) (unassisted) – EN – 58:09	3–0

8 min

Penalties

8 min

29

Shots

41

March 24, 2017
7:30 pm

(2) Western Michigan

4 – 5
(1–2, 0–1, 3–2)

(3) Air Force

Dunkin' Donuts Center – Providence, Rhode Island
Attendance: 6,543

Game reference

Ben Blacker

Goalies

Shane Starrett

Referees:
Kevin Shea
Peter Shlittenhardt
Linesmen:
Nick Briganti
Robert Shitani

	0–1	0:56 – Jordan Himley (21) (Koch)
	0–2	11:02 – SH – Kyle Haak (13) (unassisted)
Frederik Tiffels (8) (Muir) – 14:20	1–2
	1–3	25:05 – Kyle Haak (14) (Mackey, Himley)
	1–4	43:58 – PP – Phil Boje (13) (Himley, Koch)
Griffen Molino (15) (Hadley) – 44:48	2–4
Sheldon Dries (16) (Iacopelli, Molino) – 45:11	3–4
	3–5	46:45 – GW – Tyler Ledford (13) (Reid, Baskin)
Frederik Tiffels (9) (McGing, Iacopelli) – EA – 58:01	4–5

23 min

Penalties

4 min

26

Shots

30

Regional Final

March 25, 2017
7:30 pm

(1) Harvard

3 – 2
(1–0, 2–2, 0–0)

(3) Air Force

Dunkin' Donuts Center – Providence, Rhode Island
Attendance: 3,708

Game reference

Merrick Madsen

Goalies

Shane Starrett

Referees:
CJ Beaurline
Steve Mcinchak
Linesmen:
Brett Derosiers
Joe Huvtek

Viktor Dombrovskiy (4) (Kerfoot, Zerter-Gossage) – 09:54	1–0
Ryan Donato (21) (Marino, Sherman) – 27:47	2–0
Tyler Moy (21) (Kerfoot, Fox) – GW PP – 29:50	3–0
	3–1	31:23 – EA – Brady Tomlak (5) (Reid, Ledford)
	3–2	31:38 – PP – Jordan Himley (22) (Boje, Haak)

4 min

Penalties

8 min

30

Shots

29

Northeast Region – Manchester, New Hampshire

Regional semifinal

March 25, 2017
3:30 pm

(1) Minnesota

2 – 3
(1–0, 1–2, 0–1)

(4) Notre Dame

SNHU Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire
Attendance: 6,299

Game reference

Eric Schierhorn

Goalies

Cal Petersen

Referees:
Nick Krebsbech
Joe Sullivan
Linesmen:
John Philo
Sterling Egan

Connor Reilly (1) (Gates) – 02:07	1–0
Vinni Lettieri (19) (Cammarata, Bristedt) – PP – 20:30	2–0
	2–1	34:39 – Andrew Oglevie (20) (Petersen)
	2–2	35:33 – Anders Bjork (20) (Evans, Morrison)
	2–3	48:42 – GW PP – Anders Bjork (21) (Evans, Gross)

4 min

Penalties

10 min

33

Shots

29

March 25, 2017
12:00 pm

(2) Massachusetts–Lowell

5 – 0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

(3) Cornell

SNHU Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire
Attendance: 6,299

Game reference

Tyler Wall

Goalies

Mitch Gillam

Referees:
Gene Binda
Timm Walsh
Linesmen:
TJ Likens
Justin Hills

Ryan Dmowski (8) (Collins) – GW – 06:34	1–0
Ryan Lohin (11) (Kapla) – 26:09	2–0
C. J. Smith (23) (Edwardh, Gambardella) – 36:26	3–0
Ryan Lohin (12) (Zink, Kamrass) – PP – 54:49	4–0
Connor Wilson (6) (Panico, Collins) – PP – 58:12	5–0

6 min

Penalties

11 min

21

Shots

19

Regional Final

March 26, 2017
3:30 pm

(2) Massachusetts–Lowell

2 – 3 (OT)
(1–1, 0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

(4) Notre Dame

SNHU Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire
Attendance: 4,635

Game reference

Tyler Wall

Goalies

Cal Petersen

Referees:
Gene Binda
Timm Walsh
Linesmen:
TJ Likens
Justin Hills

	0–1	11:49 – Cam Morrison (10) (Bjork)
Ryan Collins (1) (Lohin, Mueller) – 18:58	1–1
John Edwardh (19) (Panico, Mueller) – 51:38	2–1
	2–2	54:43 – Cam Morrison (11) (Bjork, Evans)
	2–3	62:44 – Andrew Oglevie (21) (Bjork, Malmquist)

2 min

Penalties

6 min

29

Shots

28

Frozen Four – Chicago, Illinois

National semifinal

April 6, 2017
8:50 pm
ESPN2

(MW1) Denver

6 – 1
(2–0, 3–0, 1–1)

(NE4) Notre Dame

United Center – Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 19,626

Game reference

Tanner Jaillet

Goalies

Cal Petersen

Referees:
Steve McInchak
CJ Beaurline
Linesmen:
Joe Hutek
Brett DesRosiers

Emil Romig (9) (Staub, Davies) – 08:18	1–0
Henrik Borgström (22) (Butcher, Finlay) – GW – 14:50	2–0
Tariq Hammond (3) (Janssen, O'Connor) – 34:07	3–0
Dylan Gambrell (12) (Hammond, Terry) – 36:27	4–0
Evan Ritt (2) (Staub) – 38:18	5–0
	5–1	51:24 – PP – Cam Morrison (12) (Gross, Evans)
Dylan Gambrell (3) (Terry, Hammond) – 56:42	6–1

2 min

Penalties

4 min

42

Shots

17

April 6, 2017
5:00 pm
ESPN2

(W1) Minnesota–Duluth

2 – 1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

(E1) Harvard

United Center – Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 19,626

Game reference

Hunter Miska

Goalies

Merrick Madsen

Referees:
Jamie Koharski
Geoff Miller
Linesmen:
Kevin Briganti
Tommy George

	0–1	15:00 – PP – Tyler Moy (22) (Kerfoot, Fox)
Joey Anderson (12) (Toninato) – 18:24	1–1
Alex Iafallo (20) (Raskob, Anderson) – GW – 59:33	2–1

8 min

Penalties

4 min

38

Shots

40

National Championship

(MW1) Denver vs. (W1) Minnesota–Duluth

April 8^[4]

Denver

3 – 2

Minnesota–Duluth

United Center

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	None
2nd	DEN	Jarid Lukosevicius (14)	Davies and Hillman	24:44	1–0 DU
	DEN	Jarid Lukosevicius (15)	Terry and Davies	5:00	2–0 DU
	UMD	Alex Iafallo (21) – PP	Anderson and Pionk	27:16	2–1 DU
	DEN	Jarid Lukosevicius (16) – GW	Gambrell and Terry	32:23	3–1 DU
3rd	UMD	Riley Tufte (9)	Peterson and Kotyk	54:39	3–2 DU
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	UMD	Dan Molenaar	Elbowing	17:32	2:00
2nd	DEN	Matt Marcinew	Hooking	6:44	2:00
2nd	UMD	Willie Rascob	Indirect contact to the head; Elbowing	7:34	2:00

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
UMD	Hunter Miska	25	3	58:16
DEN	Tanner Jaillet	38	2	59:56

All-Tournament team

Frozen Four

G: Tanner Jaillet (Denver)
D: Will Butcher (Denver)
D: Neal Pionk (Minnesota-Duluth)
F: Alex Iafallo (Minnesota-Duluth)
F: Jarid Lukosevicius* (Denver)
F: Troy Terry (Denver)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Regional Finals	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
NCHC	4	7–3	.700	2	2	2	1
Hockey East	4	4–4	.500	3	1	-	-
ECAC Hockey	3	2–3	.400	1	1	-	-
Big Ten	3	1–3	.250	1	-	-	-
Atlantic Hockey	1	1–1	.500	1	-	-	-
WCHA	1	0–1	.000	-	-	-	-

Media

Television

ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament for the thirteenth consecutive year.^[5] ESPN aired every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, ESPNU, or ESPN3 and streamed them online via WatchESPN.

In Canada, the tournament was broadcast by TSN and streamed on TSN Go.

Broadcast assignments

Regionals

East Regional: John Buccigross, Barry Melrose and Quint Kessenich – Providence, Rhode Island
West Regional: Clay Matvick and Sean Ritchlin – Fargo, North Dakota
Northeast Regional: Allen Bestwick and Billy Jaffe – Manchester, New Hampshire
Midwest Regional: Kevin Brown and Colby Cohen – Cincinnati, Ohio

Frozen Four

John Buccigross, Barry Melrose and Quint Kessenich – Chicago, Illinois

Radio

Westwood One has exclusive radio rights to the Frozen Four and will air both the semifinals and the championship.^[6]

Alex Faust, Colby Cohen, & Shireen Saski

References

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2017 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

Contents

Tournament procedure

Qualifying teams

Tournament bracket

Results

Midwest Region – Cincinnati, Ohio

Regional semifinal

Regional Final

West Region – Fargo, North Dakota

Regional semifinal

Regional Final

East Region – Providence, Rhode Island

Regional semifinal

Regional Final

Northeast Region – Manchester, New Hampshire

Regional semifinal

Regional Final

Frozen Four – Chicago, Illinois

National semifinal

National Championship

(MW1) Denver vs. (W1) Minnesota–Duluth

All-Tournament team

Frozen Four

Record by conference

Media

Television

Broadcast assignments

Radio

References