The 2010–11 Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey team represented the University of Minnesota Duluth in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The Bulldogs were coached by Scott Sandelin, who was in his 11th year as head coach. His assistant coaches were Brett Larson and Derek Plante. The team captain was Mike Montgomery and the assistant captains were Jack Connolly and Mike Connolly. The team played their home games in AMSOIL Arena and were members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
Season The Bulldogs finished the regular season with a record of 26 wins, 10 losses, and 6 ties. Seeded fourth in the WCHA Tournament, UMD defeated St. Cloud State in the first round, before being upset by tenth-seed Bemidji State in the quarterfinal. UMD received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they were the third seed in the East Regional. The Bulldogs upset regional No. 2 seed Union and No. 1 seed Yale on the way to the Frozen Four in St. Paul, Minnesota. In the national semifinal, UMD defeated Notre Dame, 4–3, on the back of 3 power-play goals and 31 saves from goaltender Kenny Reiter. With a Kyle Schmidt goal at 3:22 in overtime, the Bulldogs defeated Michigan to win the school's first national championship. Forward J. T. Brown was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while defenseman Justin Faulk and forward Kyle Schmidt were also named to the All-Tournament Team.
Departures Drew Akins Forward Graduation (signed with Gwinnett Gladiators) Rob Bordson Forward Signed professional contract (Anaheim Ducks) Jordan Fulton Forward Graduation (signed with Kalamazoo Wings) Brady Hjelle Forward Returned to juniors (Cedar Rapids RoughRiders); transferred to Ohio State Dylan Olsen Defenseman Left mid-season (signed with Chicago Blackhawks) Chase Ryan Defenseman Signed professional contract (Anaheim Ducks)
Recruiting Joe Basaraba Forward 18 Fort Frances, ON; selected 69th overall in 2010 J. T. Brown Forward 20 Burnsville, MN Aaron Crandall Goaltender 20 Lakeville, MN Justin Faulk Defenseman 18 South St. Paul, MN; selected 37th overall in 2010 Christian Gaffy Goaltender 18 Coon Rapids, MN; red shirt Luke McManus Defenseman 20 Apple Valley, MN Max Tardy Forward 19 Duluth, MN
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Note: a knee injury forced Cody Danberg to miss the entire season.
Standings
Schedule and results
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National Championship game
Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st UMBen Winnett (5)Rust 14:42 1–0 UM 2nd UMDTravis Oleksuk (14)Lamb and Brown 21:39 1–1 UMDMax Tardy (1) – PPSeidel and Lamb 29:31 2–1 UMD UMJeff Rohrkemper (3)Pateryn and DeBlois 37:46 2–2 3rd None 1st OT UMDKyle Schmidt (11) – GWOleksuk and Lamb 63:22 3–2 UMD Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st UMBen WinnettInterference 5:46 2:00 UMDJake HendricksonBoarding 9:22 2:00 UMChris BrownCharging 11:35 2:00 2nd UMKevin ClareHitting After Whistle 24:10 2:00 UMDBrady LambTripping 25:41 2:00 UMMac BennettHooking 29:09 2:00 UMChris BrownObstruction-Interference 32:26 2:00 UMKevin ClareTripping 34:08 2:00 UMDJ. T. BrownUnsportsmanlike Conduct 35:04 2:00 UMShawn Hunwick (Served by Louie Caporusso)Unsportsmanlike Conduct 35:04 2:00 UMDJack ConnollySlashing 35:18 2:00 3rd UMMac BennettHolding 42:23 2:00 UMDBrady LambHitting After Whistle 49:19 2:00 UMJon MerrillHolding 49:27 2:00 UMKevin LynchBoarding 51:32 2:00
Shots by period Team 1 2 3 OT T Minnesota–Duluth 12 15 9 2 38 Michigan 8 9 6 1 24
Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice UMD Kenny Reiter 22 2 63:22 UM Shawn Hunwick 35 3 63:22
Statistics
Skaters C Jr 42 18 41 59 34 7 1 3 W Sr 42 22 36 58 42 12 1 3 W Jr 42 28 26 54 67 7 4 3 RW Fr 42 16 21 37 50 5 0 2 C Jr 42 14 19 33 33 3 1 7 D Fr 39 8 25 33 47 6 0 2 W Sr 35 11 11 22 22 3 0 2 W So 41 8 6 14 37 2 0 3 D So 17 1 12 13 8 1 0 0 D So 40 3 7 10 20 0 0 0 D Jr 37 1 9 10 42 1 0 0 D Sr 41 0 10 10 6 0 0 0 W Jr 42 3 5 8 36 1 0 0 W So 41 0 7 7 36 0 0 0 C So 31 4 2 6 12 0 0 0 RW Fr 36 3 2 5 0 1 0 1 W So 38 1 4 5 8 0 0 0 D So 34 1 3 4 18 0 0 0 C Fr 26 1 2 3 14 1 0 0 G Sr 31 0 3 3 6 0 0 0 D Sr 28 0 2 2 55 0 0 0 D Jr 7 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 D Sr 11 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 G Fr 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team 42 143 255 398 603 50 7 26
Goalies Sr 31 1744 16 7 5 67 2.30 716 0.914 3 Fr 16 861 10 3 1 40 2.79 338 0.894 2
Rankings
PollWeekPre12345678910111213141516171819202122232425 (Final) USCHO.com8763 2 2 1 1 1 2 4-5555435711111111-1 USA Today9753 2 2 1 1 1 2 33555443 671111111231 Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 11, or 24.
Awards and honors Kyle Schmidt Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award J. T. Brown NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player Jack Connolly AHCA West First Team All-American Mike Connolly AHCA West Second Team All-American Jack Connolly All-WCHA First Team Mike Connolly Justin Fontaine All-WCHA Second Team Justin Faulk All-WCHA Third Team Justin Faulk WCHA All-Rookie Team J. T. Brown J. T. Brown NCAA All-Tournament Team Kyle Schmidt Justin Faulk
Players drafted into the NHL 2008 NHL entry draft = NHL All-Star team= NHL All-StarPlayers are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career. = NHL All-Star and NHL All-Star team= Did not play in the NHL 3 83 Andy Welinski† Anaheim Ducks 5 130 Tony Cameranesi† Toronto Maple Leafs † incoming freshman
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