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2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2010 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament
2010 Men's Frozen Four logo.png
2010 Frozen Four logo
Teams 16
Finals Site
Champions Boston College (4th title)
Runner-Up Wisconsin (9th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Jerry York (4th title)
MOP Ben Smith Boston College
Attendance 171,795

The 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 16 schools in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The tournament began on March 26, 2010, and ended with the championship game on April 10, in which Boston College defeated Wisconsin 5-0 to win its fourth national championship.

The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2010 regionals:

Each regional winner will advance to the Frozen Four:

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 21, 2010. The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) each had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, Hockey East had three teams receive a berth, College Hockey America (CHA) and ECAC Hockey had two berths each, and Atlantic Hockey had one team receive a berth.

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

* Alaska has since been stripped of their tournament appearance due to NCAA violations found during a 2014 investigation.

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (EDT/CDT).

The regional final between Michigan and Miami was not without controversy. In the first overtime, Michigan appeared to score what would have been the game-winning goal. However, the goal was ruled off due to what replay showed to be an early whistle. Miami won the game, scoring a goal in the second overtime.

ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament. For the sixth consecutive year ESPN aired every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU, and ESPN360.


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