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1997 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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1997 NCAA Division I Men's
Ice Hockey Tournament
Season 1996–97
Teams 12
Finals Site Bradley Center
Milwaukee
Champions North Dakota Fighting Sioux (6th title, 9th title game,
12th Frozen Four)
Runner-Up Boston University Terriers (9th title game,
20th Frozen Four)
Semifinalists Colorado College Tigers (9th Frozen Four)
Michigan Wolverines (18th Frozen Four)
Winning Coach Dean Blais (1st title)
MOP Matt Henderson North Dakota
Attendance 84,728
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
← 1996  1998 →

The 1997 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 12 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 21, 1997, and ended with the championship game on March 29. A total of 11 games were played.

Qualifying teams[]

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and the ECAC each had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, while Hockey East had two berths.

East Regional – Worcester West Regional – Grand Rapids
Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
1 Clarkson ECAC 27–9–0 At-large bid 16th 1996 1 Michigan CCHA 34–3–4 Tournament champion 20th 1996
2 Boston University Hockey East 24–8–6 Tournament champion 23rd 1996 2 North Dakota WCHA 28–10–2 Tournament champion 13th 1990
3 Vermont ECAC 22–10–3 At-large bid 3rd 1996 3 Miami CCHA 27–11–1 At-large bid 2nd 1993
4 New Hampshire Hockey East 28–10–0 At-large bid 8th 1995 4 Minnesota WCHA 27–12–1 At-large bid 24th 1996
5 Colorado College WCHA 23–14–4 At-large bid 11th 1996 5 Michigan State CCHA 23–12–4 At-large bid 17th 1996
6 Denver WCHA 23–12–4 At-large bid 14th 1995 6 Cornell ECAC 20–8–4 Tournament champion 12th 1996

[1]

Game locations[]

Brackets[]

Regionals[]

  Regional Quarterfinals
March 21–22 		    Regional Semifinals
March 22–23 		    Frozen Four
                           
  East Regional     E1 Clarkson 4  
  E4 New Hampshire 2     E5 Colorado College 5    
  E5 Colorado College 3              
           
  West Regional     W2 North Dakota 6    
  W3 Miami 2     W6 Cornell 2  
  W6 Cornell 4  

  Regional Quarterfinals
March 21–22 		    Regional Semifinals
March 22–23 		    Frozen Four
                           
  East Regional     E2 Boston University 4*  
  E3 Vermont 3     E6 Denver 3    
  E6 Denver 6              
           
  West Regional     W1 Michigan 7    
  W4 Minnesota 6     W4 Minnesota 4  
  W5 Michigan State 3  

Frozen Four[]

National Semifinals
March 27 		National Championship
March 29
      
E5 Colorado College 2
W2 North Dakota 6
W2 North Dakota 6
E2 Boston University 4
E2 Boston University 3
W1 Michigan 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals[]

East Regional[]

(3) Vermont vs. (6) Denver[]

March 21 Vermont 3 – 6 Denver Centrum Centre


(4) New Hampshire vs. (5) Colorado College[]

March 21 New Hampshire 2 – 3 Colorado College Centrum Centre


West Regional[]

(3) Miami vs. (6) Cornell[]

March 22 Miami 2 – 4 Cornell Van Andel Arena


(4) Minnesota vs. (5) Michigan State[]

March 22[2] Minnesota 6 – 3 Michigan State Van Andel Arena  
(Anderson, Godbout) Dan Woog – 03:01
(Miller, Checco) Dan Hendrickson – 10:33
(LaFleur, Crowley) Casey Hankinson – 18:46 		First period 09:05 – Mike York (Weaver, Tuzzolino)
(Berg, Clymer) Casey Hankinson – GW – 04:37
(Hankinson, Berg) DaveSpehar – 13:31 		Second period 14:31 – Steve Ferranti (Horcoff, Loeding)
(Crowley) Casey Hankinson – 07:44 Third period 17:19 – Shawn Horcoff (Harlton)


Regional Semifinals[]

East Regional[]

(1) Clarkson vs. (5) Colorado College[]

March 22 Clarkson 4 – 5 Colorado College Centrum Centre


(2) Boston University vs. (6) Denver[]

March 22 Boston University 4 – 3 OT Denver Centrum Centre


West Regional[]

(1) Michigan vs. (4) Minnesota[]

March 23 Michigan 7 – 4 Minnesota Van Andel Arena


(2) North Dakota vs. (6) Cornell[]

March 23 North Dakota 6 – 2 Cornell Van Andel Arena


Frozen Four[]

National Semifinal[]

(E5) Colorado College vs. (W2) North Dakota[]

March 27 Colorado College 2 – 6 North Dakota Bradley Center


(E2) Boston University vs. (W1) Michigan[]

March 27 Boston University 3 – 2 Michigan Bradley Center


National Championship[]

(W2) North Dakota vs. (E2) Boston University[]

March 29 North Dakota 6 – 4 Boston University Bradley Center


Scoring summary[3]
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st BU Peter Donatelli Poti 8:44 1–0 BU
BU Chris Drury – PP Poti and O'Connell 15:08 2–0 BU
2nd UND Curtis Murphy Panzer and Henderson 27:06 2–1 BU
UND David Hoogsteen unassisted 28:38 2–2
UND Matt Henderson – SH unassisted 32:35 3–2 UND
BU Chris Kelleher – PP unassisted 33:56 3–3
UND Matt Henderson – PP Calder and Litke 35:49 4–3 UND
UND David Hoogsteen – GW Murphy 39:54 5–3 UND
3rd BU Jon Coleman Kelleher and Sylvia 59:24 5–4 UND
UND Adam Calder – EN unassisted 59:41 6–4 UND

Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 T
Boston University 11 18 8 29
North Dakota 10 16 4 30

Goaltenders
Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice
BU Michel Larocque 24 5 58:28
UND Aaron Schweitzer 25 4 60:00

All-Tournament Team[]

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[4]

[5]

Record by conference[]

Conference # of Bids Record Win % Regional Semifinals Frozen Four Championship Game Champions
WCHA 4 7-3 .700 4 2 1 1
CCHA 3 1-3 .250 1 1 – –
ECAC 3 1-3 .250 2 - - -
Hockey East 2 2-2 .500 1 1 1 -

References[]

  1. ↑ "NCAA Division 1 Tournament", College Hockey Historical Archives. 
  2. ↑ "Michigan State 2013-14 Hockey History", Michigan State Spartans. 
  3. ↑ "2017-18 UND Hockey Media Guide", UNDSports.com. 
  4. ↑ "NCAA Division I Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. 
  5. ↑ "NCAA Frozen Four Records", NCAA.org. 
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey champions
1948 - Michigan, 1949 - Boston College- 1950 - Colorado College, 1951 - Michigan, 1952 - Michigan, 1953 - Michigan, 1954- Rensselaer, 1955 - Michigan, 1956 - Michigan, 1957 - Colorado College, 1958 - Denver, 1959 - North Dakota, 1960 - Denver, 1961 - Denver, 1962 - Michigan Tech, 1963 - North Dakota, 1964 - Michigan, 1965 - Michigan Tech, 1966 - Michigan State, 1967 - Cornell, 1968 - Denver, 1969 - Denver, 1970 - Cornell, 1971 - Boston University, 1972 - Boston University, 1973 - Wisconsin, 1974 - Minnesota, 1975 - Michigan Tech, 1976 - Minnesota, 1977 - Wisconsin, 1978 - Boston University, 1979 - Minnesota, 1980 - North Dakota, 1981 - Wisconsin, 1982 - North Dakota, 1983 - Wisconsin, 1984 - Bowling Green, 1985 - Rensselaer, 1986 - Michigan State, 1987 - North Dakota, 1988 - Lake Superior State, 1989 - Harvard, 1990 - Wisconsin, 1991 - Northern Michigan, 1992 - Lake Superior State, 1993 - Maine, 1994- Lake Superior State, 1995 - Boston University, 1996 - Michigan, 1997 - North Dakota, 1998 - Michigan, 1999 - Maine , 2000 - North Dakota, 2001 - Boston College, 2002 - Minnesota, 2003 - Minnesota, 2004 - Denver, 2005 - Denver, 2006 - Wisconsin, 2007 - Michigan State, 2008 - Boston College, 2009 - Boston University, 2010 - Boston College, 2011 - Minnesota–Duluth, 2012 - Boston College, 2013 - Yale, 2014 - Union, 2015 - Providence, 2016 - North Dakota, 2017 - Denver, 2018 - Minnesota–Duluth, 2019 - Minnesota–Duluth, 2020- No tournament
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