1997 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

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Collegiate ice hockey tournament

1997 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams	12
Finals site	Bradley Center Milwaukee
Champions	North Dakota Fighting Sioux (6th title)
Runner-up	Boston University Terriers (9th title game)
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
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The 1997 NCAA Division I men's 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 seedings 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, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and the ECAC each had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, and 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

Game locations

East Regional – Centrum Centre, Worcester, Massachusetts
West Regional – Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Frozen Four – Bradley Center, Milwaukee

Brackets

Regionals

Regional Quarterfinals
March 21–22

Regional semifinals
March 22–23

Frozen Four

Clarkson

East Regional

Colorado College

New Hampshire

Colorado College

North Dakota

West Regional

Cornell

Miami

Cornell

Regional Quarterfinals
March 21–22

Regional semifinals
March 22–23

Frozen Four

Boston University

East Regional

Denver

Vermont

Denver

Michigan

West Regional

Minnesota

Minnesota

Michigan State

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	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

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
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	BU	Peter Donatelli	Poti	8:44	1–0 BU
1st	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
3rd	UND	Adam Calder – EN	unassisted	59:41	6–4 UND

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	T
Boston University	11	10	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

G: Aaron Schweitzer (North Dakota)
D: Curtis Murphy (North Dakota)
D: Tom Poti (Boston University)
F: Chris Drury (Boston University)
F: Matt Henderson* (North Dakota)
F: David Hoogsteen (North Dakota)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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

"NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
"Michigan State 2013-14 Hockey History" (PDF). Michigan State Spartans. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 22, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
"2017-18 UND Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). UNDSports.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
"NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
"NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2013.

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NCAA Division I men's ice hockey champions

1948: Michigan
1949: Boston College
1950: Colorado College
1951: Michigan
1952: Michigan
1953: Michigan
1954: RPI
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: RPI
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
2021: UMass
2022: Denver
2023: Quinnipiac
2024: Denver

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