2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
2013 Frozen Four logo
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| Teams | 16 |
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| Finals Site | |
| Champions | Yale (1st title) |
| Runner-Up | Quinnipiac (1st title game) |
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| Winning coach | Keith Allain (1st title) |
| MOP | Andrew Miller Yale |
| Attendance | 35,612 |
The 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the national championship tournament for men's college ice hockey in the United States in 2013. 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 Robert Morris University at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. Robert Morris' bid to host was co-sponsored by VisitPittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Yale defeated Quinnipiac 4–0 in the championship game to win the program's first NCAA title.
The tournament will consist of four groups of four teams in regional brackets. The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2013 regionals:
The winner of each regional will advance to the Frozen Four:
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 24. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had six teams receive a berth in the tournament, ECAC Hockey and Hockey East each had three teams receive a berth, and the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and Atlantic Hockey each had two teams receive a berth.
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
All times are local (UTC−4).
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