Major General James G. Blunt

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

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
	UMD	Willie Rascob	Indirect contact to the head; Elbowing	7:34	2:00

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