2016 NCAA Division I men's
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.

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)

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.

	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)

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
	30	Shots	27

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
	31	Shots	37

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
	35	Shots	15

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
	33	Shots	31

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
	25	Shots	21

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
	42	Shots	21

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
	36	Shots	26

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
	35	Shots	30

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
	49	Shots	27

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
	37	Shots	56

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
	33	Shots	25

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
	34	Shots	30

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
	30	Shots	36

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
	23	Shots	23

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

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	-	-	-	-

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]

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

• John Buccigross, Barry Melrose, & Quint Kessenich – Tampa, Florida

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

• Sean Grande, Cap Raeder, & Shireen Saski

• G: Cam Johnson (North Dakota)
• D: Troy Stecher (North Dakota)
• D: Connor Clifton (Quinnipiac)
• F: Drake Caggiula* (North Dakota)
• F: Brock Boeser (North Dakota)
• F: Travis St. Denis (Quinnipiac)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)