2011–12 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
2011–12 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season | |||||
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The Tampa Bay Times Forum hosted the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
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Duration | October 1, 2011– April 7, 2012 |
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NCAA tournament | 2012 | ||||
National championship | Tampa Bay Times Forum Tampa, Florida |
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NCAA champion | Boston College | ||||
Hobey Baker Award | Jack Connolly (Minnesota–Duluth) |
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The 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October 1, 2011 and concluded with the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on April 7, 2012 at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. This was the 65th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 117th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
Contents
Pre-season polls
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The top 20 from USCHO.com/CBS College Sports, September 26, 2011, and the top 15 from USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine, September 26, 2011.[1][2] First place votes are in parentheses.
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Regular season
Standings
2011–12 Atlantic Hockey standings
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Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#16 Air Force* | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 85 | 52 | 39 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 119 | 83 | |
Niagara | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 80 | 53 | 37 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 101 | 81 | |
RIT | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 72 | 52 | 39 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 99 | 86 | |
Mercyhurst | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 79 | 68 | 40 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 111 | 116 | |
Holy Cross | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 93 | 70 | 39 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 120 | 107 | |
Bentley | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 81 | 59 | 40 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 114 | 109 | |
Robert Morris | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 72 | 58 | 39 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 102 | 103 | |
Connecticut | 27 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 27 | 78 | 67 | 39 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 112 | 105 | |
Canisius | 27 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 54 | 74 | 36 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 66 | 111 | |
American International | 27 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 57 | 98 | 37 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 82 | 137 | |
Sacred Heart | 27 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 66 | 122 | 37 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 84 | 173 | |
Army | 27 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 52 | 96 | 34 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 65 | 120 | |
Championship: Air Force 4, RIT 0 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |
Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#2 Ferris State | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 54 | 80 | 62 | 43 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 124 | 94 | |
#7 Michigan | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 85 | 60 | 41 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 132 | 89 | |
#14 Western Michigan* | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 72 | 61 | 41 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 114 | 92 | |
#8 Miami (OH) | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 74 | 55 | 41 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 122 | 86 | |
#15 Michigan State | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 80 | 68 | 39 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 111 | 103 | |
#20 Northern Michigan | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 76 | 79 | 37 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 106 | 102 | |
Lake Superior State | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 71 | 79 | 40 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 102 | 108 | |
#19 Notre Dame | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 65 | 73 | 40 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 101 | 107 | |
Ohio State | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 74 | 79 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 91 | 92 | |
Alaska | 28 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 63 | 76 | 36 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 84 | 94 | |
Bowling Green | 28 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 40 | 88 | 44 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 85 | 129 | |
Championship: Michigan 2, Western Michigan 3 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |
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GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |
Alabama–Huntsville | 31 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 37 | 126 |
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |
2011–12 ECAC Hockey standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#3 Union* | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 76 | 38 | 41 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 143 | 75 | |
#10 Cornell | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 66 | 46 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 100 | 79 | |
#18 Harvard | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 61 | 59 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 106 | 100 | |
Colgate | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 60 | 57 | 39 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 121 | 113 | |
Quinnipiac | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 60 | 57 | 40 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 122 | 98 | |
Yale | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 74 | 61 | 35 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 123 | 106 | |
Clarkson | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 57 | 60 | 39 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 105 | 109 | |
St. Lawrence | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 50 | 64 | 36 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 88 | 120 | |
Dartmouth | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 63 | 74 | 33 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 93 | 102 | |
Rensselaer | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 43 | 61 | 39 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 78 | 111 | |
Princeton | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 58 | 72 | 32 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 85 | 105 | |
Brown | 22 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 54 | 75 | 32 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 75 | 97 | |
Championship: Union 3, Harvard 1 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |
2011–12 Hockey East standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#1 Boston College* | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 96 | 60 | 44 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 157 | 89 | |
#11 Boston University | 27 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 35 | 101 | 70 | 39 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 139 | 112 | |
#9 Massachusetts–Lowell | 27 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 35 | 90 | 68 | 38 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 126 | 94 | |
#13 Maine | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 91 | 80 | 40 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 133 | 114 | |
#17 Merrimack | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 70 | 65 | 37 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 102 | 83 | |
New Hampshire | 27 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 68 | 74 | 37 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 108 | 110 | |
Providence | 27 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 68 | 89 | 38 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 94 | 122 | |
Massachusetts | 27 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 83 | 92 | 36 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 114 | 118 | |
Northeastern | 27 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 73 | 82 | 34 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 97 | 101 | |
Vermont | 27 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 54 | 114 | 34 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 73 | 140 | |
Championship: Boston College 4, Maine 1 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#4 Minnesota | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 40 | 88 | 57 | 43 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 155 | 99 | |
#6 Minnesota–Duluth | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 103 | 73 | 41 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 147 | 106 | |
#12 Denver | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 96 | 79 | 43 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 139 | 111 | |
#5 North Dakota* | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 33 | 82 | 73 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 135 | 108 | |
Colorado College | 28 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 31 | 95 | 86 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 114 | 104 | |
St. Cloud State | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 28 | 86 | 74 | 39 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 120 | 104 | |
Nebraska–Omaha | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 27 | 83 | 85 | 38 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 106 | 112 | |
Michigan Tech | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 85 | 87 | 39 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 111 | 116 | |
Bemidji State | 28 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 25 | 72 | 89 | 38 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 101 | 109 | |
Wisconsin | 28 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 24 | 76 | 83 | 37 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 105 | 102 | |
Minnesota State | 28 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 73 | 102 | 38 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 101 | 129 | |
Alaska–Anchorage | 28 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 60 | 111 | 36 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 85 | 134 | |
Championship: North Dakota 4, Denver 0 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |
Player stats
Scoring leaders
The following players lead the NCAA in points at the conclusion of games played on March 17, 2012.[3]
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Spencer Abbott | Senior | Maine | 38 | 20 | 41 | 61 | 34 |
Jack Connolly | Senior | Minnesota–Duluth | 39 | 19 | 39 | 58 | 26 |
Austin Smith | Senior | Colgate | 39 | 36 | 21 | 57 | 32 |
Drew Shore | Junior | Denver | 41 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 45 |
Travis Oleksuk | Senior | Minnesota–Duluth | 39 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 4 |
Chris Wagner | Sophomore | Colgate | 38 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 12 |
Brett Gensler | Sophomore | Bentley | 40 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 38 |
Mark Zengerle | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 37 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 38 |
Reilly Smith | Junior | Miami (OH) | 38 | 30 | 18 | 48 | 22 |
Joey Diamond | Junior | Maine | 36 | 25 | 22 | 47 | 117 |
Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average at the conclusion of games played on March 19, 2012 while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.[3]
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Connor Knapp | Senior | Miami (OH) | 23 | 1286:42 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 5 | .937 | 1.59 |
Chris Noonan | Senior | Niagara | 26 | 1452:26 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 4 | .944 | 1.61 |
Troy Grosenick | Sophomore | Union | 31 | 1743:53 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 6 | .936 | 1.65 |
Jason Torf | Sophomore | Air Force | 18 | 978:46 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 5 | .928 | 1.72 |
Parker Milner | Junior | Boston College | 30 | 1816:00 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 55 | 3 | .931 | 1.82 |
Shane Madolora | Junior | RIT | 32 | 1960:44 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 63 | 7 | .931 | 1.93 |
Shawn Hunwick | Senior | Michigan | 39 | 2337:08 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 77 | 7 | .933 | 1.98 |
Frank Slubowski | Freshman | Western Michigan | 31 | 1864:52 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 63 | 3 | .910 | 2.03 |
Doug Carr | Sophomore | Massachusetts–Lowell | 31 | 1850:33 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 64 | 4 | .930 | 2.08 |
Andy Iles | Sophomore | Cornell | 33 | 2057:16 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 73 | 6 | .918 | 2.13 |
Awards
ECAC
Award[6] | Recipient | |
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Player of the Year | Austin Smith, Colgate | |
Best Defensive Forward | Kelly Zajac, Union | |
Best Defensive Defenseman | Danny Biega, Harvard | |
Rookie of the Year | Brian Ferlin, Cornell | |
Goaltender of the Year | Troy Grosenick, Union | |
Tim Taylor Award (Coach of the Year) | Rick Bennett, Union | |
All-ECAC Teams | ||
First Team | Position | Second Team |
Troy Grosenick, Union | G | Andy Iles, Cornell |
Danny Biega, Harvard | D | Nick D'Agostino, Cornell |
Mat Bodie, Union | D | Michael Sdao, Princeton |
Alex Killorn, Harvard | F | Jack MacLellan, Brown |
Brian O'Neill, Yale | F | Chris Wagner, Colgate |
Austin Smith, Colgate | F | Jeremy Welsh, Union |
Third Team | Position | Rookie Team |
Paul Karpowich, Clarkson | G | Steve Michalek, Harvard |
Thomas Larkin, Colgate | D | Patrick McNally, Harvard |
Patrick McNally, Harvard | D | Shayne Gostisbehere, Union |
Connor Jones, Quinnipiac | F | Matthew Peca, Quinnipiac |
Kyle Flanagan, St. Lawrence | F | Brian Ferlin, Cornell |
Kelly Zajac, Union | F | Chris Martin, St. Lawrence |
AHC
Atlantic Hockey First Team All-Conference
- Kyle De Laurell Forward Air Force
- Brett Gensler Forward Bentley
- Cole Schneider Forward Connecticut
- Tim Kirby Defenseman Air Force
- Scott Mathis Defenseman Air Force
- Shane Madolora Goaltender RIT
Hockey East
2011-2012 Hockey East First-Team All-Stars
- Joe Cannata, Goaltender: Joe Cannata, Merrimack (Sr., Wakefield, Mass.)
- Adam Clendening, Defense: Boston University (So., Wheatfield, N.Y.)
- Brian Dumoulin, Defense: Boston College (Jr., Biddeford, Maine)
- Spencer Abbott, Forward: Maine (Sr., Hamilton, Ont.) (unanimous selection)
- Barry Almeida, Forward: Boston College (Sr., Springfield, Mass.)
- Brian Flynn, Forward: Maine (Sr., Lynnfield, Mass.)
See also
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