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

East Regional, Times Union Center - Albany, New York (Hosts: ECAC Hockey League and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

West Regional, Xcel Energy Center - St. Paul, Minnesota (Host: University of Minnesota)

March 27 and 28

Midwest Regional, Allen County War Memorial Coliseum - Fort Wayne, Indiana (Host: University of Notre Dame)

Northeast Regional, DCU Center - Worcester, Massachusetts (Host: College of the Holy Cross)

Each regional winner will advance to the Frozen Four:

April 8 and 10

Ford Field - Detroit, Michigan (Hosts: Central Collegiate Hockey Association and the )

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 (CCHA) and Western Collegiate Hockey......
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