NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
2021 Division I Championship | |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Founded | 1948 |
No. of teams | 16 |
Country(ies) | United States |
Most recent champion(s) | University of Massachusetts Amherst (1) |
Most championship(s) | University of Michigan (9) |
TV partner(s) | ESPN |
Official website | NCAA.com |
The annual NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament is a college ice hockey tournament held in the United States by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to determine the top men's team in Division I.[1] Like other Division I championships, it is the highest level of NCAA men's hockey competition.
The semi-finals and finals are branded as the Frozen Four. The final two rounds of the hockey tournament were first referred to as the Frozen Four in 1999. The 2020 championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3][4]
History[]
The NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship is a single elimination competition that has determined the collegiate national champion since the inaugural 1948 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament. The tournament features 16 teams representing all six Division I conferences in the nation. The Championship Committee seeds the entire field from 1 to 16 within four regionals of 4 teams. The winners of the six Division I conference championships receive automatic bids to participate in the NCAA Championship. The tournament begins with initial games played at four regional sites culminating with the semi-finals and finals played at a single site.[1]
In setting up the tournament, the Championship Committee seeks to ensure "competitive equity, financial success and likelihood of playoff-type atmosphere at each regional site." A team serving as the host of a regional is placed within that regional. The top four teams are assigned overall seeds and placed within the bracket such that the national semifinals will feature the No. 1 seed versus the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed versus the No. 3 seed should the top four teams win their respective regional finals. Number 1 seeds are also placed as close to their home site as possible, with the No. 1 seed receiving first preference. Conference matchups are avoided in the first round; should five or more teams from one conference make the tournament, this guideline may be disregarded in favor of preserving the bracket's integrity.
Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado hosted the tournament for the first ten years and has hosted eleven times overall, the most of any venue.[5] Michigan has won the most tournaments with nine, while Vic Heyliger has coached the most championship teams, winning six times with Michigan between 1948 and 1956.[6][7]
The 2020 championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3][4]
Tournament format history[]
- 1948–1976
- 4 teams (1 game series)
- 1977–1980
- 5–6 teams (1 game series)
- 1981–1987
- 8 teams (2 game, total goals first round at higher seed)
- 1988
- 12 teams (2 game, total goals first two rounds at higher seed)
- 1989–1991
- 12 teams (best of 3 games first two rounds series at higher seed)
- 1992–2002
- 12 teams (divided up into 2 regionals, East Regional and West Regional; 6 teams each)
- 2003–present
- 16 teams (divided up into 4 regionals: Northeast, East, Midwest, and West Regionals: 4 teams each)
Results[]
^1 Participation in the tournament vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.
Team titles[]
Team | Titles | Years |
---|---|---|
Michigan | 9 | 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1996, 1998 |
Denver | 8 | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1969, 2004, 2005, 2017 |
North Dakota | 8 | 1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2016 |
Wisconsin | 6 | 1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006 |
Boston College | 5 | 1949, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2012 |
Boston University | 5 | 1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009 |
Minnesota | 5 | 1974, 1976, 1979, 2002, 2003 |
Lake Superior State | 3 | 1988, 1992, 1994 |
Michigan State | 3 | 1966, 1986, 2007 |
Michigan Tech | 3 | 1962, 1965, 1975 |
Minnesota-Duluth | 3 | 2011, 2018, 2019 |
Colorado College | 2 | 1950, 1957 |
Cornell | 2 | 1967, 1970 |
Maine | 2 | 1993, 1999 |
Rensselaer | 2 | 1954, 1985 |
Bowling Green | 1 | 1984 |
Harvard | 1 | 1989 |
Massachusetts | 1 | 2021 |
Northern Michigan | 1 | 1991 |
Providence | 1 | 2015 |
Union | 1 | 2014 |
Yale | 1 | 2013 |
Records[]
Championship Hat Tricks[]
Player | School | Year | Goals | Game–Winner | MOP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wally Gacek | Michigan | 1948 | 3 | ||
Chris Ray | Colorado College | 1950 | 4 | ||
Ed Switzer | Michigan | 1956 | 3 | ||
Bob McCusker | Colorado College | 1957 | 4 | ||
Bill Masterton | Denver | 1961 | 3 | ||
John Ivanitz | Michigan Tech | 1962 | 3 | ||
Bob Hamill* | Denver | 1963 | 3 | ||
Dan Lodboa | Cornell | 1970 | 3† | ||
Doug Smail | North Dakota | 1980 | 4† | ||
Phil Sykes | North Dakota | 1982 | 3 | ||
Allen Bourbeau* | Harvard | 1986 | 3 | ||
John Byce | Wisconsin | 1990 | 3 | ||
Scott Beattie | Northern Michigan | 1991 | 3 | ||
Darryl Plandowski | Northern Michigan | 1991 | 3 | ||
Jason Zent* ‡ | Wisconsin | 1992 | 3 | ||
Jim Montgomery | Maine | 1993 | 3† | ||
Jarid Lukosevicius | Denver | 2017 | 3 |
* Was not a member of the winning team.
† Natural hat-trick.
‡ Tournament participation later vacated.
Tournament Winning Percentage[]
Minimum 2 tournaments
Player | School | Years | Wins | Losses | Ties | Winning Percentage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hunter Shepard | Minnesota–Duluth | 2018, 2019 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Darren Jensen | North Dakota | 1980, 1982 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Lorne Howes | Michigan | 1955, 1956 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
George Kirkwood | Denver | 1960, 1961 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Gerry Powers | Denver | 1968, 1969 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Marc Behrend | Wisconsin | 1981, 1982, 1983 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .938 |
John Muse | Boston College | 2008, 2010, 2011 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 |
Filip Lindberg | Massachusetts | 2019, 2021 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 |
Blaine Lacher | Lake Superior State | 1992, 1993, 1994 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 |
Kenny Reiter | Minnesota–Duluth | 2011, 2012 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 |
Jon Gillies | Providence | 2014, 2015 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 |
Marty Turco | Michigan | 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 |
Willard Ikola | Michigan | 1952, 1953, 1954 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 |
Bob Essensa | Michigan State | 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 |
Parker Milner | Boston College | 2012, 2013 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 |
Cam Johnson | North Dakota | 2016, 2017 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 |
Scott Clemmensen | Boston College | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .769 |
Jeff Lerg | Michigan State | 2006, 2007, 2008 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 |
Jack McDonald | Michigan | 1948, 1949 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 |
Bob Fox | Rensselaer | 1953, 1954 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 |
Gaye Cooley | Michigan State | 1966, 1967 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 |
Jim Craig | Boston University | 1977, 1978 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 |
Tanner Jaillet | Denver | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 |
Duane Derksen | Wisconsin | 1990, 1991, 1992 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 |
Cory Schneider | Boston College | 2005, 2006, 2007 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 |
Tournament Droughts[]
The following is a list of teams that have not made an NCAA tournament anytime in the last 10 seasons.
School | Appearances | Last Appearance |
---|---|---|
Alaska | 0 † | Never† |
Alaska Anchorage | 3 | 1992 |
Army | 0 | Never |
Bentley | 0 | Never |
Brown | 4 | 1993 |
Connecticut | 0 | Never |
Dartmouth | 4 | 1980 |
Holy Cross | 2 | 2006 |
Mercyhurst | 3 | 2005 |
Sacred Heart | 0 | Never |
St. Lawrence | 16 | 2007 ‡ |
† Alaska's only appearance in 2010 was later vacated due to NCAA rules violations.[8]
‡ St. Lawrence received an automatic bid in 2021, however, the team had to decline the invitation due to a positive COVID-19 test from their head coach.[9]
Team records[]
- See also: List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions, List of NCAA Men's Division I Frozen Four appearances by school, and NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament appearances by school
Awards[]
At the conclusion of each tournament both an all-tournament team and 'Most Outstanding Player in Tournament' is named. Both achievements have been in effect since the inaugural championship in 1948
See also[]
- NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Championship
- NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship
- National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 NCAA page for men's ice hockey. NCAA.com.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://cornellsun.com/2020/03/12/ncaa-cancels-hockey-tournaments-ending-top-ranked-cornell-hockey-teams-seasons/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.startribune.com/gophers-hockey-cancellation-what-are-we-even-supposed-to-do/568757712/
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2020/03/how-to-watch-michigan-vs-ohio-state-in-big-ten-hockey-semifinal.html
- ↑ Attendance records and sites (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association.
- ↑ Men's Tournament records (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association.
- ↑ Men's coaching records (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association.
- ↑ "NCAA bans Nanooks from postseason, takes away victories", Anchorage Daily News, 2014-11-05.
- ↑ St. Lawrence Withdraws From NCAAs Over Positive COVID-19 Test.
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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Tournaments | 1948 - 1949 - 1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 - 1955 - 1956 - 1957 - 1958 - 1959 - 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969 - 1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979 - 1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - |
Records & achievements | All-time team records - Tournament appearances - Frozen Four appearances - Champions - Most Outstanding Player - All-Tournament Teams |
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