The team won the regular season title for the CCHA with a 20-7-1 record.[1] Following the regular season, Senior left wingCarl Hagelin was voted the CCHA's Best Defensive Forward and senior goaltender Shawn Hunwick earned the league's Best Goaltender award.[2] Hagelin was selected as first team All-Conference, while defenceman Jon Merrill was second team All-Conference and All-Rookie.[1] Subsequently, the Big Ten Conference announced that with Penn State's ascension to Division Ivarsity team status, the conference would recommend that men's hockey become an official conference sport for the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season with six teams including Michigan.[3][4][5]
Championship: Miami † Conference regular season champion * Conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll ^ Alaska was retroactively required to forfeit all wins and loses due to player ineligibilities.[6]
Michigan lost in the semifinals of the 2011 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament to Western Michigan.[7] They won the consolation game against Notre Dame to finish third.[8] As the number two seed in the Western Region of the 16-team 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, they defeated number three seeded Nebraska–Omaha in the first round in overtime by a 3–2 margin.[9][10][11] The following night Michigan eliminated number four Colorado College 2–1 to advance to the Frozen Four.[12][13][14][15] Prior to the Frozen Four, Hagelin was named to the Inside College Hockey 2010–11 All-America Third Team.[16] Then on April 7, the team defeated North Dakota 2–0 to qualify for the championship game.[17] On April 8, Hegelin was named to the AHCA/Old Time Hockey All-American Ice Hockey Team (second team, west).[18] They lost the national championship game in overtime 3–2.[19][20]
