2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament


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.

Procedure

The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2010 regionals:
;March 26 and 27
;March 27 and 28
Each regional winner will advance to the Frozen Four:
;April 8 and 10

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 21, 2010. The Central Collegiate Hockey Association and Western Collegiate Hockey Association each had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, Hockey East had three teams receive a berth, College Hockey America 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.

Preliminary rounds

Note: * denotes overtime period

All times are local.

Midwest Regional – [Fort Wayne, Indiana]

Regional semifinals

Regional final

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.

East Regional – [Albany, New York]

Regional semifinals

Regional final

Northeast Regional – [Worcester, Massachusetts]

Regional semifinals

Regional final

West Regional – [St. Paul, Minnesota]

Regional semifinals

Regional final

Frozen Four – [Ford Field], [Detroit], [Michigan]

Semifinals

National Championship

Record by conference

Media

Television

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.

Broadcast Assignments

Regionals
Frozen Four & Championship
used exclusive radio rights to air both the semifinals and the championship, AKA the "Frozen Four.

East Regional

All-East Regional Team

All-West Regional Team

* Most Outstanding Player