2016 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament


The 2016 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the national championship tournament for men's college ice hockey in the United States in 2016. The tournament involved 16 teams in single-elimination play to determine the national champion at the Division I level of the NCAA, the highest level of competition in college hockey. The tournament's Frozen Four – the semifinals and finals – were hosted by the University of Wisconsin and the Tampa Bay Sports Commission at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.
North Dakota defeated Quinnipiac 5–1 to win the program's 8th NCAA title.
This is the first time in NCAA college hockey history that a first year coach, Brad Berry, won the NCAA title.

Tournament procedure

The tournament consisted of four groups of four teams in regional brackets. The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following were the sites for the 2016 regionals:
;March 25–26
;March 26–27
The winner of each regional advanced to the Frozen Four:
;April 7–9

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 20. Hockey East had six teams receive a berth in the tournament, NCHC had four teams receive a berth, ECAC Hockey had three teams receive a berth, and one team from the Big Ten Conference, Atlantic Hockey, and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association received a berth.
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Tournament bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period

Results

East Region – Albany, New York">Times Union Center">Albany, New York

Regional semifinal

Regional Final

West Region – Saint Paul, Minnesota">Xcel Energy Center">Saint Paul, Minnesota

Regional semifinal

Regional Final

Midwest Region – Cincinnati">US Bank Arena">Cincinnati

Regional semifinal

Regional Final

Northeast Region – Worcester, Massachusetts">DCU Center">Worcester, Massachusetts

Regional semifinal

Regional Final

Frozen Four – Tampa, Florida">Amalie Arena">Tampa, Florida

Semifinal

National Championship – Tampa, Florida">Amalie Arena">Tampa, Florida

Record by conference

Media

Television

has US television rights to all games during the tournament for the twelfth consecutive year. ESPN will air every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, ESPNU, or ESPN3 and will stream them online via WatchESPN.
In Canada, the tournament is broadcast by TSN and streamed on TSN Go.

Broadcast Assignments

Regionals
Frozen Four & Championship
  • John Buccigross, Barry Melrose, & Quint Kessenich – Tampa, Florida

    Radio

has exclusive radio rights to the Frozen Four and will air both the semifinals and the championship.

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* Most Outstanding Player