2011–12 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

2011–12 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
	The Tampa Bay Times Forum hosted the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Duration	October 1, 2011–; April 7, 2012
NCAA tournament	2012
National championship	Tampa Bay Times Forum; Tampa, Florida
NCAA champion	Boston College
Hobey Baker Award	Jack Connolly; (Minnesota–Duluth)
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
← 2010–11	2012–13 →

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.

Pre-season polls

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.

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports
Ranking	Team
1	Notre Dame (11)
2	Miami (OH) (12)
3	North Dakota (5)
4	Denver
5	Boston College (5)
6	Michigan
7	Colorado College
8	Minnesota–Duluth (10)
9	Yale (1)
10	Boston University (2)
11	Union
12	New Hampshire
13	Western Michigan
14	Nebraska–Omaha
15	Merrimack
16	Maine
17	Wisconsin
18	Rensselaer
19	Minnesota
20	Cornell

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
Ranking	Team
1	Miami (OH) (15)
2	Notre Dame (4)
3	North Dakota (3)
4	Denver
5	Boston College (1)
6	Boston University (3)
7	Colorado College
8	Yale (2)
9	Michigan
10	Minnesota–Duluth (6)
11	Union
12	New Hampshire
13	Western Michigan
14	Nebraska–Omaha
15	Maine

Regular season

Standings

2011–12 Atlantic Hockey standings v t e
	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

2011–12 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	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

2011–12 NCAA Division I independents standings v t e
	Overall
	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 v t e
	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 v t e
	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

2011–12 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	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
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
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

CCHA

All-CCHA Teams^[4]
First Team	Position	Second Team
Taylor Nelson, Ferris State	G	Shawn Hunwick, Michigan
Chad Billins, Ferris State	D	Dan DeKeyser, Western Michigan
Torey Krug, Michigan State	D	Matt Tennyson, Western Michigan
Tyler Gron, Northern Michigan	F	Justin Florek, Northern Michigan
Reilly Smith, Miami (OH)	F	Jordie Johnston, Ferris State
T. J. Tynan, Notre Dame	F	Cody Kunyk, Alaska

WCHA

Award^[5]		Recipient
Player of the Year		Jack Connolly, Minnesota–Duluth
Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year		Brad Eidsness, North Dakota
Defensive Player of the Year		Justin Schultz, Wisconsin
Rookie of the Year		Joey LaLeggia, Denver
Scoring Champion		Jack Connolly, Minnesota–Duluth
Goaltending Champion		Kent Patterson, Minnesota
Coach of the Year		Mel Pearson, Michigan Tech
All-WCHA Teams
First Team	Position	Second Team
Kent Patterson, Minnesota	G	Kenny Reiter, Minnesota–Duluth
Joey LaLeggia, Denver	D	Gabe Guentzel, Colorado College
Justin Schultz, Wisconsin	D	Nate Schmidt, Minnesota
Nick Bjugstad, Minnesota	F	Jaden Schwartz, Colorado College
J. T. Brown, Minnesota–Duluth	F	Drew Shore, Denver
Jack Connolly, Minnesota–Duluth	F	Jason Zucker, Denver
Third Team	Position	Rookie Team
Josh Thorimbert, Colorado College	G	Juho Olkinuora, Denver
Ben Blood, North Dakota	D	Joey LaLeggia, Denver
Nick Jensen, St. Cloud State	D	Andrew Prochno, St. Cloud State
Brock Nelson, North Dakota	F	Jean-Paul LaFontaine, Minnesota State
Travis Oleksuk, Minnesota–Duluth	F	Jayson Megna, Nebraska–Omaha
Mark Zengerle, Wisconsin	F	Kyle Rau, Minnesota

ECAC

Award^[6]		Recipient
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.)

References

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External links

USCHO.com

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2011–12 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

Contents

Pre-season polls

Regular season

Standings

Player stats

Scoring leaders

Leading goaltenders

Awards

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