1997 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1997
Gender:men's
Division:Division I
Teams:12
Frozenfourarena:Bradley Center
Frozenfourcity:Milwaukee
Champions:North Dakota Fighting Sioux
Titlecount:6th
Champgamecount:9th
Champffcount:12th
Runnerup:Boston University Terriers
Gamecount:9th
Runnerffcount:20th
Semifinal1:Colorado College Tigers
Frozenfourcount:9th
Semifinal2:Michigan Wolverines
Frozenfourcount2:18th
Coach:Dean Blais
Coachcount:1st
Mop:Matt Henderson
Mopteam:North Dakota
Attendance:84,728

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 – WorcesterWest Regional – Grand Rapids
SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid
1ClarksonECAC27–9–0At-large bid16th19961MichiganCCHA34–3–4Tournament champion20th1996
2Boston UniversityHockey East24–8–6Tournament champion23rd19962North DakotaWCHA28–10–2Tournament champion13th1990
3VermontECAC22–10–3At-large bid3rd19963MiamiCCHA27–11–1At-large bid2nd1993
4New HampshireHockey East28–10–0At-large bid8th19954MinnesotaWCHA27–12–1At-large bid24th1996
5Colorado CollegeWCHA23–14–4At-large bid11th19965Michigan StateCCHA23–12–4At-large bid17th1996
6DenverWCHA23–12–4At-large bid14th19956CornellECAC20–8–4Tournament champion12th1996
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Game locations

Brackets

Frozen Four

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals

East Regional

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

West Regional

(4) Minnesota vs. (5) Michigan State

Regional semifinals

East Regional

(2) Boston University vs. (6) Denver

West Regional

(2) North Dakota vs. (6) Cornell

Frozen Four

National semifinal

(E2) Boston University vs. (W1) Michigan

National Championship

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

Scoring summary[2]
PeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
1stalign=center style=";" BUPeter DonatelliPotialign=center 8:44align=center 1–0 BU
align=center style=";" BUChris DruryPPPoti and O'Connellalign=center 15:08align=center 2–0 BU
2ndalign=center style=";" UNDCurtis MurphyPanzer and Hendersonalign=center 27:06align=center 2–1 BU
align=center style=";" UNDDavid Hoogsteenunassistedalign=center 28:38align=center 2–2
align=center style=";" UNDMatt HendersonSHunassistedalign=center 32:35align=center 3–2 UND
align=center style=";" BUChris KelleherPPunassistedalign=center 33:56align=center 3–3
align=center style=";" UNDMatt HendersonPPCalder and Litkealign=center 35:49align=center 4–3 UND
align=center style=";" UNDDavid HoogsteenGWMurphyalign=center 39:54align=center 5–3 UND
3rdalign=center style=";" BUJon ColemanKelleher and Sylviaalign=center 59:24align=center 5–4 UND
align=center style=";" UNDAdam Calder – ENunassistedalign=center 59:41align=center 6–4 UND
Shots by period
Team123T
align=center style=";" Boston University align=center 11 align=center 10 align=center 8 align=center 29
align=center style=";" North Dakota align=center 10 align=center 16 align=center 4 align=center 30
Goaltenders
TeamNameSavesGoals againstTime on ice
align=center style=";" BU align=center 24 align=center 5 align=center 58:28
align=center style=";" UND align=center 25 align=center 4 align=center 60:00

All-Tournament team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[3]

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Record by conference

Conference
  1. of Bids
RecordWin %Regional semifinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions
47-3.7004211
CCHA31-3.25011
ECAC31-3.2502---
Hockey East22-2.500111-

Notes and References

  1. News: NCAA Division 1 Tournament . College Hockey Historical Archives . 2013-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202145059/http://augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html . 2014-02-02 . live .
  2. News: 2017-18 UND Hockey Media Guide. UNDSports.com. 2018-05-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20180228041601/http://www.undsports.com/pdf9/5459709.pdf. 2018-02-28. dead.
  3. News: NCAA Division I Awards . College Hockey Historical Archives. 2013-07-17.
  4. News: NCAA Frozen Four Records . NCAA.org . 2013-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120817163005/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf . 2012-08-17 . live .