2011 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

2011 NCAA Division III men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams	11
Finals site	Ridder Arena,; Minneapolis, Minnesota;
Champions	St. Norbert Green Knights (2nd title)
Runner-up	Adrian Bulldogs (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Norwich Cadets (9th Frozen Four); Oswego State Lakers (5th Frozen Four);
Winning coach	Tim Coghlin (2nd title)
MOP	B. J. O'Brien (St. Norbert)
Attendance	11,592

The 2011 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2010–11 season, the 28th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with St. Norbert defeating Adrian in the championship game 4-3. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Qualifying teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament. Automatic bids were offered to the conference tournament champion of seven different conferences. Four at-large bids were available for the highest-ranked non-conference tournament champions (overall seed in parentheses).

East							West
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type	Appearance	Last Bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type	Appearance	Last Bid
1	Oswego State (2)	SUNYAC	22–4–0	At–Large	10th	2010	1	St. Norbert (1)	NCHA	22–4–1	Tournament Champion	12th	2010
2	Plattsburgh State (4)	SUNYAC	20–7–1	Tournament Champion	16th	2010	2	Adrian (3)	MCHA	23–3–1	Tournament Champion	2nd	2010
3	Norwich	ECAC East	20–5–3	Tournament Champion	12th	2010	3	Wisconsin–Superior	NCHA	16–12–1	At–Large	13th	2009
4	Bowdoin	NESCAC	18–7–1	Tournament Champion	4th	2010	4	Hamline	MIAC	16–6–5	Tournament Champion	1st	Never
5	Elmira	ECAC West	17–6–4	At–Large	14th	2010
6	Neumann	ECAC West	14–8–5	At–Large	2nd	2009
7	Curry	ECAC Northeast	16–8–3	Tournament Champion	4th	2010

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were Single-game elimination. The top four ranked teams received byes into the quarterfinal round and were arranged so that were they all to reach the national semifinal, the first overall seed would play the fourth seed while the second seed would play the third seed.

The two lowest-seeded western teams were placed in the same first round match with the winner advancing to play the top western seed which was also the first overall seed. The eastern teams were arranged so that if the third seed were to win it would advance to play the fourth overall seed, if the fourth eastern seed were to win it would play the third overall seed and if the fifth eastern seed were to win it would advance to play the second overall seed.

Because the third overall seed was a western team, the fourth eastern seed was advanced to quarterfinal round so that it would have time to travel. This caused the third eastern team to play the seventh eastern seed and the fifth eastern seed to play the sixth eastern seed in the first round. In the First Round and Quarterfinals the higher-seeded team served as host.

Tournament Bracket

First Round
March 9

Quarterfinals
March 12

Semifinals
March 25

National Championship
March 26

E1

Oswego State (2)

7

E5

Bowdoin

2

E5

Bowdoin

5

E6

Neumann

1

E1

Oswego State (2)

3

W2

Adrian (3)

5

W2

Adrian (3)

5

E4

Elmira

3

W2

Adrian (3)

3

W1

St. Norbert (1)

4

W1

St. Norbert (1)

4

W3

Wisconsin–Superior

2

W4

Hamline

0

W4

Hamline

3*

W1

St. Norbert (1)

3

E3

Norwich

2

E2

Plattsburgh State (4)

2

E3

Norwich

5

E3

Norwich

3*

E7

Curry

1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

First round

March 9, 2011
7:00 PM

(E5) Bowdoin

2 – 1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)

(E6) Neumann

Sidney J. Watson Arena – Brunswick, Maine
Attendance: 1,850

Game reference

Steve Messina

Goalies

Ross MacKinnon

	0–1	13:34 – SH – Jake Kratz (3) (Tamane)
(Shearer-Hardy) Bryan Rosata (1) – 24:18	1–1
(Shearer-Hardy) Robert Toczylowski (5) – 37:25	2–1

18 min

Penalties

42 min

25

Shots

34

March 9, 2011
7:05 PM

(W3) Wisconsin–Superior

2 – 3 (OT)
(0–0, 2–1, 0–1, 0–1)

(W4) Hamline

TRIA Rink – Saint Paul, Minnesota
Attendance: 902

Game reference

Drew Strandberg

Goalies

Beau Christian

Referees:
Dave Marcotte
Jonathan Parker
Linesman:
Mark Gulenchln

	0–1	23:01 – PP – Jordan VanGilder (13) (Olson)
(Budziakowski, Isley) Josh Kesler (3) – 30:31	1–1
Talon Berlando (12) – 39:15	2–1
	2–2	51:15 – Danny Vranek (9) (Fifield, Belisle)
	2–3	65:19 – PP – Chris Berenguer (13) (Arrigoni, Lundbohm)

10 min

Penalties

2 min

38

Shots

30

March 9, 2011
7:00 PM

(E3) Norwich

5 – 1
(2–0, 2–1, 1–0)

(E7) Curry

Kreitzberg Arena – Northfield, Vermont
Attendance: 1,837

Game reference

Joe Dawson

Goalies

Parker Carroll

Referees:
Bob Collins
Robert Hawkes
Linesman:
Charles Sisson

(Forkey) Chad Anderson (10) – 00:57	1–0
(Fulton, Janke) Scott Schroeder (19) – PP – 17:43	2–0
(Anderson, Baker) Blake Forkey (8) – 20:39	3–0
	3–1	24:53 – Michael Lopez (3) (Isham)
(Fulton, Gatien) Scott Schroeder (20) – PP – 36:06	4–1
Emmond Bell (6) – 47:20	5–1

23 min

Penalties

10 min

42

Shots

16

Quarterfinals

March 12, 2011
7:00 PM

(E1) Oswego State

7 – 5
(2–2, 2–1, 3–2)

(E5) Bowdoin

Campus Center Ice Arena – Oswego, New York
Attendance: 1,962

Game reference

Steve Messina

Goalies

Paul Beckwith

Referees:
Joel Dupree
Tom Connors
Linesman:
Craig Florkowski

(Moodie, Huinink) Paul Rodrigues (13) – 07:04	1–0
	1–1	10:44 – Brendan Reich (8) (Rosata, McGarry)
(Mather, Mallaro) Jon Whitelaw (11) – PP – 15:44	2–1
	2–2	19:01 – Brendan Reich (9) (Rosata)
(Van Boxmeer, Carr) Luke Moodie (14) – 27:30	3–2
	3–3	29:04 – PP – Jeff Fanning (21) (Weiniger, Shearer-Hardy)
(Boots) David Titanic (2) – 38:26	4–3
	4–4	41:50 – Harry Matheson (14) (Weiniger)
(Mather, Boots) David Titanic (3) – 45:38	5–4
(Bremner) Owen Kelly (7) – 51:08	6–4
	6–5	55:55 – Harry Matheson (15) (Weiniger)
(Rodrigues, Van Boxmeer) Jon Whitelaw (12) – 56:30	7–5

8 min

Penalties

19 min

48

Shots

22

March 12, 2011
7:00 PM

(W2) Adrian

5 – 3
(0–2, 3–0, 2–1)

(E4) Elmira

Arrington Ice Arena – Adrian, Michigan
Attendance: 1,000

Game reference

Brad Fogal

Goalies

Darren McDonald

Referees:
Brian Panek
Shaun McSweeney
Linesman:
Aaron Wallace

	0–1	02:06 – PP – Kevin Willer (13) (Linden, Vaillancourt)
	0–2	17:09 – PP – Brock Sawyer (2) (Herold, Schrank)
(Houston, Dahlinger) Sam Kuzyk (9) – 27:55	1–2
(Courtney) Brad Houston (14) – 30:14	2–2
(Miller, Graham) Shawn Skelly (19) – 35:55	3–2
(Waller, Dahlinger) Sam Kuzyk (10) – 41:07	4–2
(Gallinger, Cousineau) Joel Workman (8) – 41:23	5–2
	5–3	42:21 – Brock Sawyer (3) (Lee)

14 min

Penalties

12 min

29

Shots

23

March 12, 2011
7:05 PM

(W1) St. Norbert

4 – 0
(0–0, 1–0, 3–0)

(W4) Hamline

Cornerstone Community Center – Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,626

Game reference

B.J. O'Brien

Goalies

Beau Christian

Referees:
John Boche
Ed Moberg
Linesman:
Ryan Ourada

(Langford, Longley) Joe Perry (5) – 25:15	1–0
(Bernardy, Keefer) Seth Soley (5) – PP – 51:34	2–0
(Joanette, Keefer) Nick Tabisz (8) – 55:27	3–0
(Hammerbeck) Scott Pulak (4) – SH – EN – 57:02	4–0

19 min

Penalties

10 min

34

Shots

21

March 12, 2011
7:00 PM

(E2) Plattsburgh State

2 – 3 (OT)
(1–0, 1–2, 0–0, 0–1)

(E3) Norwich

Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena – Plattsburgh, New York
Attendance: 1,776

Game reference

Josh Leis

Goalies

Parker Carroll

Referees:
Mike Jones
Mike Shea
Linesman:
Pat Richardson

(Clarke) Dan Sliasis (8) – 17:27	1–0
	1–1	20:29 – PP – Pier-Olivier Cotnoir (19) (Eskedjian)
(Corry) Kyle Kudroch (12) – PP – 39:36	2–1
	2–2	23:13 – PP – Pier-Olivier Cotnoir (20) (Janke, Thomas)
	2–3	77:43 – PP – Chad Anderson (3) (Thomas, Forkey)

8 min

Penalties

10 min

31

Shots

21

Semifinals

March 25, 2011
4:30 PM

(E1) Oswego State

3 – 5
(0–2, 2–1, 1–2)

(W2) Adrian

Ridder Arena – Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 1,761

Game reference

Steve Messina

Goalies

Brad Fogal

Referees:
Tony Lancette
Joel DuPree
Linesman:
Dustin Martin

	0–1	14:19 – PP – Zach Graham (13) (Workman, Houston)
	0–2	19:45 – Andrew Dovey (11)
(Mallaro, Whitelaw) Andrew Mather (7) – PP – 22:36	1–2
	1–3	28:48 – PP – Shawn Skelly (20) (Miller)
(Whitelaw, Laganiere) Andrew Mather (8) – PP – 34:45	2–3
(Mather, Titanic) Ian Boots (15) – 41:18	3–3
	3–4	42:23 – Shawn Skelly (21) (Miller)
	3–5	59:17 – EN – Mike Towns (6) (Watson, Waller)

6 min

Penalties

8 min

42

Shots

31

March 25, 2011
8:05 PM

(W1) St. Norbert

3 – 2
(0–0, 0–0, 3–2)

(E3) Norwich

Ridder Arena – Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 1,761

Game reference

B.J. O'Brien

Goalies

Parker Carroll

Referees:
Steve Olson
Mike Shea
Linesman:
Ryan Oorada

Cody Keefer (12) – 41:30	1–0
(Hoogenboom) Seth Soley (9) – 43:20	2–0
	2–1	45:39 – Travis Janke (12) (Cotnoir, Baker)
	2–2	51:14 – Pier-Olivier Cotnoir (21) (Eskedjian, Janke)
(Ryd, Longley) Scott Pulak (5) – 52:27	3–2

8 min

Penalties

2 min

18

Shots

41

National Championship

March 26, 2011
7:00 PM

(W1) St. Norbert

4 – 3
(2–1, 2–2, 0–0)

(W2) Adrian

Ridder Arena – Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 1,741

Game reference

B.J. O'Brien

Goalies

Brad Fogal

Referees:
Tony Lancette
Joel DuPree
Linesman:
Dustin Martin

(Hoogenboom) Cody Keefer (13) – 04:15	1–0
	1–1	10:49 – Sam Kuzyk (11) (Dahlinger, Waller)
(Tabisz) Johan Ryd (10) – PP – 13:01	2–1
	2–2	27:10 – Kyle Watson (5) (Dovey, Gallinger)
(Hoogenboom, Longley) Cody Keefer (14) – PP – 30:38	3–2
	3–3	34:27 – Eric Miller (19) (Skelly)
(Ryd, Longley) Nick Tabisz (9) – PP – 35:26	4–3

6 min

Penalties

12 min

34

Shots

21

All-Tournament Team

G: B. J. O'Brien* (St. Norbert)
D: Jeremy Klaver (Adrian)
D: Nick Tabisz (St. Norbert)
F: Cody Keffer (St. Norbert)
F: Andrew Mather (Oswego State)
F: Shawn Skelly (Adrian)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
NCHA	2	3–1	.750	1	1	1
SUNYAC	2	1–2	.333	1	-	-
ECAC West	2	0–2	.000	-	-	-
MCHA	1	2–1	.667	1	1	-
ECAC East	1	2–1	.667	1	-	-
MIAC	1	1–1	.500	-	-	-
NESCAC	1	1–1	.500	-	-	-
ECAC Northeast	1	0–1	.000	-	-	-

References

"Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

External links

Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book

NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament
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