The 2010 NCAA Division I men's 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: Each regional winner will advance to the Frozen Four:

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 Association (WCHA) each had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, Hockey East had three teams receive a berth, College Hockey America (CHA) 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(s) All times are local (EDT/CDT).

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 when Kevin Lynch scored on a rebound in a scrum in front of the Miami net. However, after a video review, the goal was disallowed as the play had been whistled dead before the goal was scored to assess a Miami penalty. NCAA Director of Officials Steve Piotrowski clarified that officials blew the whistle as Lynch touched the puck, with a Miami player touching the puck in the crease and the puck briefly stopped underneath Miami goalie Connor Knapp, both occurring before the goal. The game continued until Miami sophomore Alden Hirschfeld scored 1:54 into double overtime, securing the 3-2 RedHawk victory.

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

ESPN 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

Radio

Westwood One used exclusive radio rights to air both the semifinals and the championship, AKA the "Frozen Four.

Tournament awards

East Regional

All-East Regional Team

Most Outstanding Player

West Regional

All-West Regional Team

MOP

Frozen Four

• Most Outstanding Player(s)