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2006 NCAA Division I Men's
Ice Hockey Tournament
2006 Frozen Four logo
2006 Frozen Four logo
Season 2005–06
Teams 16
Finals Site Bradley Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Champions Wisconsin (6th title, 8th title game,
10th Frozen Four)
Runner-Up Boston College (7th title game,
19th Frozen Four)
Semifinalists North Dakota (16th Frozen Four)
Maine (11th Frozen Four)
Winning Coach Mike Eaves (1st title)
MOP Robbie Earl Wisconsin
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 24, 2006, and ended with the championship game on April 8. A total of 15 games were played.

The University of Wisconsin–Madison, coached by Mike Eaves, won their sixth national title with a 2-1 victory in the final game over Boston College, coached by Jerry York.

Robbie Earl, forward for Wisconsin, was named the Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player.

Qualifying teams[1][]

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament was announced on March 19, 2006.[2] The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), Hockey East and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) each had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, the ECACHL had two teams receive a berth in the tournament, while Atlantic Hockey and College Hockey America (CHA) both received a single bid for their tournament champions.

Midwest Regional – Green Bay West Regional – Grand Forks
Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
1 Wisconsin (1) WCHA 26–10–3 At-large bid 22nd 2005 1 Minnesota (2) WCHA 27–8–5 At-large bid 30th 2005
2 Cornell ECACHL 21–8–4 At-large bid 16th 2005 2 North Dakota WCHA 27–15–1 Tournament champion 21st 2005
3 Colorado College WCHA 24–15–2 At-large bid 18th 2005 3 Michigan CCHA 21–14–5 At-large bid 29th 2005
4 Bemidji State CHA 20–13–3 Tournament champion 2nd 2005 4 Holy Cross Atlantic Hockey 26–9–2 Tournament champion 2nd 2004
Northeast Regional – Worcester East Regional – Albany
Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
1 Boston University (3) Hockey East 25–9–4 Tournament champion 29th 2005 1 Michigan State (4) CCHA 24–11–8 Tournament champion 24th 2005
2 Miami CCHA 26–8–4 At-large bid 4th 2004 2 Harvard ECACHL 21–11–2 Tournament champion 21st 2005
3 Boston College Hockey East 23–12–3 At-large bid 26th 2005 3 Maine Hockey East 26–11–2 At-large bid 16th 2005
4 Nebraska-Omaha CCHA 20–14–6 At-large bid 1st Never 4 New Hampshire Hockey East 20–12–7 At-large bid 16th 2005

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Game locations[]

Regional Sites[]

Frozen Four[]

Brackets[]

East Regional[]

Regional Semifinals
March 25
Regional Finals
March 26
      
1 Michigan State 1
4 New Hampshire 0
1 Michigan State 4
3 Maine 5
2 Harvard 1
3 Maine 6

Midwest Regional[]

Regional Semifinals
March 25
Regional Finals
March 26
      
1 Wisconsin 4
4 Bemidji State 0
1 Wisconsin 1***
2 Cornell 0
2 Cornell 3
3 Colorado College 2

Northeast Regional[]

Regional Semifinals
March 24
Regional Finals
March 25
      
1 Boston University 9
4 Nebraska–Omaha 2
3 Boston College 5
1 Boston University 0
2 Miami 0
3 Boston College 5

West Regional[]

Regional Semifinals
March 24
Regional Finals
March 25
      
1 Minnesota 3
4 Holy Cross 4*
4 Holy Cross 2
2 North Dakota 5
2 North Dakota 5
3 Michigan 1

Frozen Four[]

National Semifinals
April 6
National Championship
April 8
      
E3 Maine 2
MW1 Wisconsin 5
MW1 Wisconsin 2
NE3 Boston College 1
W2 North Dakota 5
NE3 Boston College 6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

East Regional[3][]

Regional Semifinals[]

(1) Michigan State vs. (4) New Hampshire[]

March 25[4] Michigan State 1 – 0 New Hampshire Pepsi Arena Recap  
(Kennedy, Abdelkader) Tim CrowderGW – 02:14 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 36 saves / 36 shots ) Jeff Lerg Goalie stats Jeff Pietrasiak ( 29 saves / 30 shots )


(2) Harvard vs. (3) Maine[]

March 25[5] Harvard 1 – 6 Maine Pepsi Arena Recap  
(Coskren, Johnson) Mike Taylor – 09:32 First period 08:16 – Josh Soares (Léveillé)
09:57 – GWBret Tyler
No scoring Second period 07:49 – John Hopson (Hahn, Hopson)
09:57 – Michel Léveillé
No scoring Third period 16:24 – ENGreg Moore (Léveillé)
19:20 – PPBrent Shepheard (Bellamy)
( 38 saves / 43 shots ) John Dagineau Goalie stats Ben Bishop ( 25 saves / 26 shots )


Regional Finals[]

(1) Michigan State vs. (3) Maine[]

March 26[6] Michigan State 4 – 5 Maine Pepsi Arena Recap  
(Booth, Kennedy) Tim CrowderPP – 19:16 First period 03:13 – Matt Duffy (Damon)
10:21 – John Hopson (Hamilton, Hopson)
16:38 – PPJohn Hopson (Duffy, Hopson)
(Kennedy, Booth) Tim CrowderPP – 08:00
(Lerg, Mueller) Jim McKenzie – 19:00
Second period 03:35 – PPDerek Damon (Soares, Lundin)
Drew Miller – 19:55 Third period 19:23 – GW ENGreg Moore (Soares)
( 29 saves / 33 shots ) Jeff Lerg Goalie stats Ben Bishop ( 33 saves / 37 shots )


Midwest Regional[]

Regional Semifinals[]

(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Bemidji State[]

March 25[7] Wisconsin 4 – 0 Bemidji State Resch Center Recap  
(Joudrey, Burish) Joe PavelskiGW PP – 17:07 First period No scoring
Joe Pavelski – 00:26
(Burish) Jake Dowell – 17:30
Second period No scoring
(Gilbert, Joudrey) Joe PavelskiPP – 06:38 Third period No scoring
( 15 saves / 15 shots ) Brian Elliott Goalie stats Layne Sedevie ( 41 saves / 45 shots )


(2) Cornell vs. (3) Colorado College[]

March 25[8] Cornell 3 – 2 Colorado College Resch Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 04:57 – PPBrian Salcido (Sertich, McCulloch)
16:49 – PPJack Hillen (Sertich, Sterling)
(Moulson, Seminoff) Topher ScottPP – 16:44 Second period No scoring
(Carefoot) Matt Moulson – 04:50
(Sawada, Abbott) Jon GleedGW – 09:20
Third period No scoring
( 20 saves / 22 shots ) David McKee Goalie stats Matt Zaba ( 20 saves / 23 shots )


Regional Finals[]

(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Cornell[]

March 26[9] Wisconsin 1 – 0 3OT Cornell Resch Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
(Engel) Jack SkilleGW – 19:55 Third overtime period No scoring
( 40 saves / 40 shots ) Brian Elliott Goalie stats David McKee ( 59 saves / 60 shots )


Northeast Regional[]

Regional Semifinals[]

(1) Boston University vs. (4) Nebraska-Omaha[]

March 24[10] Boston University 9 – 2 Nebraska-Omaha DCU Center Recap  
(Sullivan, MacArthur) Bryan EwingPP – 18:24 First period 03:32 – Bill Thomas (Betts, Krischuk)
(Lawrence, Yip) Chris Higgins – 04:53
(Laliberte, Van der Gulik) Dan SpangGW – 07:52
(Lawrence, Yip) Chris Higgins – 08:38
(Ewing, MacArthur) Kenny Roche – 08:59
(Sullivan) Chris Higgins – 10:24
(Roche, Yip) Bryan EwingPP – 17:17
Second period 08:06 – Tomas Klempa (Chaleston, Platisha)
(Morrow, Redlihs) Ryan WestonPP – 08:04
(Sullivan, Weston) Brian McGuirkPP – 13:13
Third period No scoring
( 17 saves / 19 shots ) John Curry / ( 3 saves / 3 shots ) Stephan Siwiec Goalie stats Jerad Kaufmann ( 28 saves / 37 shots ) / Eric Aarnio ( 1 saves / 1 shots )


(2) Miami vs. (3) Boston College[]

March 24[11] Miami 0 – 5 Boston College DCU Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 00:34 – GW PPBenn Ferriero (Collins, Harrold)
03:14 – PPBenn Ferriero (Boyle, Motherwell)
18:35 – Dan Bertram (Gionta)
No scoring Third period 13:00 – ENChris Collins
19:32 – ENMike Brennan
( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Charlie Effinger Goalie stats Cory Schneider ( 33 saves / 33 shots )


Regional Finals[]

(1) Boston University vs. (3) Boston College[]

March 25[12] Boston University 0 – 5 Boston College DCU Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 06:24 – GWBrian Boyle
No scoring Second period 04:40 – Matt Greene (Rooney, Gionta)
13:22 – SHJoe Rooney (Ferriero, Boyle)
16:00 – SHJoe Rooney (Gionta)
No scoring Third period 14:26 – Benn Ferriero (Rooney, Motherwell)
( 26 saves / 31 shots ) John Curry Goalie stats Cory Schneider ( 28 saves / 28 shots )


West Regional[]

Regional Semifinals[]

(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Holy Cross[]

March 24[13] Minnesota 3 – 4 OT Holy Cross Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Guyer) Mike HoweSH – 13:15
(Kaufmann, Harrington) Phil Kessel – 15:45
Second period 08:49 – Dale Reinhardt (Bartlett, McGregor)
13:46 – PPTyler McGregor (Sixsmith, Landry)
(Wheeler) Alex Goligoski – 02:17 Third period 07:53 – Pierre Napert-Frenette (Nappo, Landry)
No scoring First overtime period 00:53 – GWTyler McGregor (Burke)
( 24 saves / 28 shots ) Kellen Briggs Goalie stats Tony Quesada ( 35 saves / 38 shots )


(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Michigan[]

March 24[14] North Dakota 5 – 1 Michigan Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
(Toews, Radke) Ryan DuncanPP – 05:01
(Špirko, Lee) T. J. OshieGW PP – 07:28
First period No scoring
(Zajac) Drew StaffordSH – 04:08
(Duncan) Jonathan Toews – 14:39
Second period 04:30 – PPChad Kolarik (Kaleniecki, Hunwick)
(Oshie) Travis Zajac – 14:42 Third period No scoring
( 34 saves / 35 shots ) Jordan Parise Goalie stats Noah Ruden ( 28 saves / 33 shots )


Regional Finals[]

(2) North Dakota vs. (4) Holy Cross[]

March 25[15] North Dakota 5 – 2 Holy Cross Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
(Duncan, Radke) Jonathan Toews – 01:18
(Toews, Smaby) Ryan DuncanPP – 15:16
First period No scoring
(Stafford, Duncan) Matt SmabyGW PP – 17:23 Second period 03:07 – Matt Werry (Tselikis)
(Lee, Oshie) Travis ZajacPP – 06:48
(Porter) Matt Watkins – 09:03
Third period 05:21 – PPBlair Bartlett (McGregor, Reinhardt)
( 17 saves / 19 shots ) Jordan Parise Goalie stats Tony Quesada ( 27 saves / 32 shots )


Frozen Four[16][]

National Semifinal[]

(MW1) Wisconsin vs. (E3) Maine[]

April 6[17] Wisconsin 5 – 2 Maine Bradley Center Recap  
(Paveksli, Earl) Adam Burish – 10:11 First period 05:34 – Michel Léveillé (Duffy)
Ross CarlsonSH – 04:18
(Burish) Robbie EarlGW PP – 08:16
Second period No scoring
(Carlson, Skille) Ben Street – 12:26
(Engel) Robbie EarlEN – 18:16
Third period 11:29 – Mike Lundin (Moore, Soares)
( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Brian Elliott Goalie stats Ben Bishop ( 34 saves / 38 shots )


(W2) North Dakota vs. (NE3) Boston College[]

April 6[18] North Dakota 5 – 6 Boston College Bradley Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 07:43 – Brett Motherwell (Orpik, Gannon)
12:34 – SHChris Collins (Brennan)
18:08 – Chris Collins (Bradford)
(Zajac) Rastislav ŠpirkoSH – 04:23
(Watkins, Porter) Rylan Kaip – 13:25
Second period 15:38 – Anthony Aiello
19:37 – PPChris Collins (Ferriero, Schneider)
Jonathan ToewsPP – 08:11
(Stafford, Lee) Travis ZajacSH – 15:42
(Zajac) Brian LeeEA – 19:47
Third period 10:33 – GWNathan Gerbe (Filangieri)
( 26 saves / 31 shots ) Jordan Parise Goalie stats Cory Schneider ( 36 saves / 41 shots )


National Championship[]

(MW1) Wisconsin vs. (NE3) Boston College[]

April 8[19] Wisconsin 2 – 1 Boston College Bradley Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 09:01 – Pat Gannon (Bertram)
(Burish, Pavelski) Robbie Earl – 01:17 Second period No scoring
(Pavelski) Tom GilbertGW PP – 09:32 Third period No scoring
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Brian Elliott Goalie stats Cory Schneider ( 37 saves / 39 shots )


All-Tournament Team[20][]

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[21]

Record by conference[]

Conference # of Bids Record Win % Regional Finals Frozen Four Championship Game Champions
WCHA 4 6-3 .667 2 2 1 1
Hockey East 4 6-4 .600 3 2 1 -
CCHA 4 1-4 .200 1 - - -
ECACHL 2 1-2 .333 1 - - -
Atlantic Hockey 1 1-1 .500 1 - - -
CHA 1 0-1 .000 - - - -

See also[]

References[]

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