1988 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

August 2023 none 1988 men's Division I 12 Olympic Center Lake Placid, New York Lake Superior State Lakers 1st 1st 1st St. Lawrence Saints 2nd 8th Maine Black Bears 1st Minnesota Golden Gophers 13th Frank Anzalone 1st Bruce Hoffort Lake Superior State 27,582 The 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 41st such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 18 and April 2, 1988, and concluded with Lake Superior State defeating St. Lawrence 4–3 in overtime. All first-round and quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues with the 'Frozen Four' games being played at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York. For the first time the NCAA tournament was expanded to 12 teams (four more than the previous seven years) partially as a result of an increasing number of programs as well as two additional conferences being created in the interim. This was the first tournament to include an independent school since 1960, more than a year before the ECAC was founded. The championship game is remembered for a missed infraction towards the end of regulation by LSSU player Pete Stauber that should have given St. Lawrence a penalty shot but resulted in no call from the official.SLU-LSSU national championship controversy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HowMoUOhQSs https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/HowMoUOhQSs 2021-12-21 live YouTube October 27, 2019 Qualifying teams The NCAA permitted 12 teams to qualify for the tournament and divided its qualifiers into two regions (East and West). Each of the tournament champions from the four Division I conferences (CCHA, ECAC, Hockey East and WCHA) received automatic invitations into the tournament with At-large bids making up the remaining 8 teams. The NCAA permitted one Independent team to participate in the tournament and placed it in the western bracket with the intention to place an additional independent in the eastern regional in 1989. As a result, the two western conferences (WCHA and CCHA) would split only three open spots as opposed to the East's four open spots. East West SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid1 Maine Hockey East 31–7–2 At-large bid 2nd 19871 Minnesota WCHA 32–8–0 At-large bid 15th 19872 St. Lawrence ECAC Hockey 27–7–0 Tournament champion 10th 19872 Lake Superior State CCHA 30–6–6 At-large bid 2nd 19853 Northeastern Hockey East 20–12–4 Tournament champion 2nd 19823 Wisconsin WCHA 27–12–2 Tournament champion 9th 19834 Harvard ECAC Hockey 21–9–0 At-large bid 13th 19874 Bowling Green CCHA 28–11–2 Tournament champion 7th 19875 Vermont ECAC Hockey 21–9–3 At-large bid 1st Never5 Michigan State CCHA 25–14–3 At-large bid 10th 19876 Lowell Hockey East 20–15–2 At-large bid 1st Never6 Merrimack Independent 32–4–0 At-large bid 1st Never NCAA Division 1 Tournament http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html College Hockey Historical Archives 2013-06-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20140202145059/http://augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html 2014-02-02 live Format The tournament featured four rounds of play. The three odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the three even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking with the top two teams in each bracket receiving byes into the quarterfinals. In the first round the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds played two-game aggregate series to determine which school advanced to the Quarterfinals with the winners of the 4 vs. 5 series playing the first seed and the winner of the 3 vs. 6 series playing the second seed. In the Quarterfinals the matches were two-game aggregates once more with the victors advancing to the National Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game. Tournament Bracket NCAA Tournament http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html College Hockey Historical Archives May 19, 2013 2/2/1 score yes First roundMarch 18–20 QuarterfinalsMarch 25–27 Frozen FourMarch 31-April 1 National ChampionshipApril 2 Third-place game W4 Bowling Green 5 5 E5 Vermont 1 1 E3 Northeastern 5 3 8 W6 Merrimack 3 7 E4 Harvard 5 3 W5 Michigan State 6 5 W3 Wisconsin 7 4 E6 Lowell 1 4 E1 Maine 5 4 W4 Bowling Green 1 3 W2 Lake Superior State 3 5 W6 Merrimack 4 0 W1 Minnesota 4 4 W5 Michigan State 2 3 E2 St. Lawrence 7 3 W3 Wisconsin 0 4 E1 Maine 3 W2 Lake Superior State 6 W1 Minnesota 2 E2 St. Lawrence 3 W2 Lake Superior State 4* E2 St. Lawrence 3 E1 Maine 5 W1 Minnesota 2 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) First round (E3) Northeastern vs. (W6) Merrimack Northeastern Merrimack Matthews Arena March 18 5 – 3 www.newspapers.com/image/438909245/?clipping_id=60693092 1 No scoring 00:09 - Mark Ziliotto (unassisted) (MacDougall, Dowd) Rico Rossi - 01:34 06:27 - PP - Brad Atol (Keating)09:38 - Jim Alcott (Atol) (Averill, Rossi) Dave Buda - 01:15(Heffernan, Sullivan) Brian Dowd - 02:06(Heffernan, O'Brien) Brian Sullivan - GW - 06:47(Sullivan, Heffernan) Dave O'Brien - PP - 19:21 (37 saves / 40 shots) Bruce Racine Jim Hrivnak (34 saves / 39 shots) March 19 3 – 7 www.newspapers.com/image/438917162/?clipping_id=60693174 2 (Buda) Brian Dowd - PP - 04:34(Lodin, Heffernan) Dave O'Brien - PP - 12:13 (unassisted) Dave Buda - 00:11 13:57 - Jim Vesey (Ziliotto, Lebeau)19:27 - Mark Ziliotto (Jay) 01:24 - Jim Alcott (Pion)03:23 - GW - Mark Ziliotto (unassisted)11:00 - Jocko Magadini (Locke)17:13 - Mark Ziliotto (Lebeau)19:00 - Richard Pion (Heinze, Boyce) (38 saves / 45 shots) Bruce Racine Jim Hrivnak (23 saves / 26 shots) Merrimack won series 10–8 (E4) Harvard vs. (W5) Michigan State Harvard Michigan State Bright Hockey Center March 18Michigan State 2013-14 Hockey History http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-hockey/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/section-6-mg.pdf Michigan State Spartans 2017-02-11 2016-03-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20160322232331/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-hockey/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/section-6-mg.pdf dead 5 – 6 2 (Armstrong, Sweeney) Andy Janfanza - PP – 04:43 00:57 – Brian McReynolds (Gibson)01:26 – Kevin Miller (Marshall, Ki. Miller)07:54 - PP – Bobby Reynolds (Tilley, Cole)10:44 - PP – Jeff Harding (Cole, Beadle) (Hartje, Sweeney) Andy Janfanza - PP – 11:35(Weisbrod, Murphy) Mike Vukonich – 18:08 00:40 – Tom Tilley (unassisted) (Donato, Armstrong) Jerry Pawlowski – 17:23(unassisted) Peter Ciavaglia – 19:20 09:56 – GW – Kevin Miller (Luongo, Hamilton) (9 saves / 13 shots) John Devin(20 saves / 22 shots) Mike Francis Jason Muzzatti (28 saves / 33 shots) March 19 3 – 5 2 No scoring 03:33 - PP – Danton Cole (Murray, Reynolds)15:46 – Mike O'Toole (Cole, Reynolds) (Vukonich, Pawlowski) John Weisbrod – 05:08 06:03 – Bruce Rendall (Luongo, McReynolds) (Hartje) Jerry Pawlowski - PP – 09:39(unassisted) Josh Caplan - SH – 18:18 00:19 – PP GW – Kevin Miller (Luongo, Hamilton)19:56 - EN – Mike O'Toole (unassisted) (14 saves / 18 shots) Mike Francis Jason Muzzatti (26 saves / 29 shots) Michigan State won series 11–8 (W3) Wisconsin vs. (E6) Lowell Wisconsin Lowell Dane County Coliseum March 19 7 – 1 newspapers.com/image/401511230/?clipping_id=194659471 1 (Tuttle, Stanton) Paul Ranheim - 00:18 10:38 - Tony Lopilato (unassisted) (Byce, Shuchuk) Chris Tancill - PP GW - 09:16(unassisted) John Byce - 12:15 (unassisted) John Byce - 01:02(Tuttle, Semandel) Paul Ranheim - 04:20(Rohlik, Stanton) Don Granato - 12:10(unassisted) John Byce - 19:51 (22 saves / 23 shots) Dean Anderson David Delfino (27 saves / 34 shots) March 20 4 – 4 www.newspapers.com/image/401512452/?clipping_id=194662115 3 No scoring 00:19 - Tony Lopilato (Dohaney, Thomas)17:42 - PP - Tim Foley (Charron, Dohaney) (Semandel, Tuttle) Paul Ranheim - 04:17(Snedden) John Byce - 05:19 08:41 - Bill Dohaney (Lopilato) (Scheid, Tancill) John Byce - PP - 09:18(Ranheim, Byce) Steve Tuttle - EA - 19:52 17:59 - John Borrell (Dohaney, Thomas) (29 saves / 33 shots) Dean Anderson Ken Stein (40 saves / 44 shots) Wisconsin won series 11–5 (W4) Bowling Green vs. (E5) Vermont Bowling Green Vermont BGSU Ice Arena March 18 5 – 1 www.newspapers.com/image/892716853/?clipping_id=194658684 1 (Meharry, Emerson) Scott Paluch - PP - 04:48(Gribble, Emerson) Brent Regan - GW - 12:55(Gribble, Meharry) Joe Quinn - PP - 18:14 17:38 - SH - Kyle McDonough (unassisted) (Paluch, Arthur) Joe Quinn - 07:45 (Gribble, Barber) Greg Parks - 06:02 (15 saves / 16 shots) Paul Connell Mike Millham (26 saves / 31 shots) March 19 5 – 1 www.newspapers.com/image/892716878/?clipping_id=194659121 1 (Paluch, Barber) Greg Parks - 00:43(Williams, Ruchty) Pierrick Maïa - GW - 02:47 03:25 - Toby Ducolon (McDonough) (Gribble) Scott Paluch - 05:13 (Paluch, Parks) Marc Potvin - PP - 02:09(Leggett) Brian Meharry - 13:53 (26 saves / 27 shots) Paul Connell Phil Marrandette (20 saves / 25 shots) Bowling Green won series 10–2 Quarterfinals (E1) Maine vs. (W4) Bowling Green Maine Bowling Green Alfond Arena March 25 5 – 1 www.newspapers.com/image/892717245/?clipping_id=194662753 1 No scoring 06:12 - PP - Brent Regan (Meharry, Gribble) (McHugh) Vince Guidotti - 03:22(Corkum) Dave Wensley - GW - 09:38(Norris, Wensley) Dave Capuano - PP - 09:38(D. Capuano, Thyer) Dave Nonis - 17:14 (unassisted) Mario Thyer - 14:37 (26 saves / 27 shots) Scott King Paul Connell (30 saves / 35 shots) March 26 4 – 3 www.newspapers.com/image/892717267/?clipping_id=194663281 1 (Jenkins, Studnikca) Jim Burke - 06:12 (Wensley, Weinrich) Bob Corkum - 14:02 03:21 - PP - Andy Gribble (Paluch) (Thyer, Weinrich) Christian Lalonde - PP - 09:17(D. Capuano, Scremin) Mario Thyer - GW - 14:58 13:22 - Nelson Emerson (Leggett)19:38 - Thad Rusiecki (Emerson) (23 saves / 26 shots) Scott King Paul Connell (24 saves / 27 shots)John Burke (2 saves / 3 shots) Maine won series 9–4 (E2) St. Lawrence vs. (W3) Wisconsin St. Lawrence Wisconsin Appleton Arena March 26 7 – 0 www.newspapers.com/image/401513220/?clipping_id=194667334 1 (Baker) Brian McColgan - PP GW - 01:43(Ball) Russ Mann - 18:51 (Lammens, Consorte) Andy Pritchard - 08:02(McColgan, McGeough) Peter Lappin - PP - 09:17(Baker) Joe Day - 14:48(Witherall) Joe Day - 16:42(Ball) Chris Consorte - 18:49 (23 saves / 23 shots) Paul Cohen Dean Anderson (33 saves / 40 shots) March 27 3 – 4 www.newspapers.com/image/522547579/?clipping_id=194667836 2 (Consorte, Pritchard) Martyn Ball - 13:55 03:48 - Dennis Snedden (unassisted)09:23 - Joe Decker (Andringa)18:02 - Paul Ranheim (Tuttle, Andringa) (T. Lappin) Peter Lappin - SH - 04:46(Consorte, P. Lappin) Andy Pritchard - 10:50 14:34 - GW - Paul Stanton (Tancill, Poss) (28 saves / 32 shots) Paul Cohen Dean Anderson (33 saves / 36 shots) St. Lawrence won series 10–4 (W1) Minnesota vs. (W5) Michigan State Minnesota Michigan State Mariucci Arena March 25 4 – 2 1 (Miller) Paul Broten – 07:03(Broten, Grannis) Todd Richards – 19:42 03:15 – Bobby Reynolds (Russell, Cole) (Hankinson, Orth) Scott Bloom – GW – 10:54 (Broten) David Grannis – 18:38 14:12 – Bruce Rendall (unassisted) (29 saves / 31 shots) Robb Stauber Jason Muzzatti (26 saves / 30 shots) March 26 4 – 3 1 No scoring 05:42 – Kip Miller (Murray, Beadle) (Werness, Skarda) Jay Cates – 17:14 10:02 - PP – Kip Miller (Murray, Beadle)15:35 – Kip Miller (Kv. Miller, Hamilton) (Cates) Grant Bischoff – 07:44(unassisted) Todd Richards – 13:10(Skarda) Jason Miller – EN GW – 19:56 (32 saves / 35 shots) Robb Stauber Jason Muzzatti (28 saves / 31 shots) Minnesota won series 8–5 (W2) Lake Superior State vs. (W6) Merrimack Lake Superior State Merrimack Norris Center March 25 3 – 4 www.newspapers.com/image/438842450/?clipping_id=194669898 2 (Dowd, Vermette) Pete Stauber - 18:16 (Stauber, Keczmer) Mark Vermette - 03:26(deCarle) Mark Vermette - PP - 13:41 07:45 - PP - Richard Pion (Kiene, Boyce)11:20 - Richard Pion (Alcott) 05:58 - Mark Ziliotto (Vesey)19:08 - GW - Jim Vesey (LeBeau, Jay) (25 saves / 29 shots) Bruce Hoffort Jim Hrivnak (38 saves / 41 shots) March 26 5 – 0 www.newspapers.com/image/1180110216/?clipping_id=194669148 1 (unassisted) - Karl Johnston - SH GW - 17:43 (Dowd, Johnston) - Anthony Palumbo - PP - 12:48(Vermette) Craig Hewson - 15:03 (deCarle, Barnett) - Anthony Palumbo - 10:04(Barnett, Dowd) - Anthony Palumbo - PP - 11:29 (21 saves / 21 shots) Bruce Hoffort Jim Hrivnak (35 saves / 40 shots) Lake Superior State won series 8–4 Frozen Four National Semifinal (E1) Maine vs. (W2) Lake Superior State Maine Lake Superior State Olympic Center March 31 3 – 6 www.newspapers.com/image/1118682321/?clipping_id=194670060 2 (Thyer, Lalonde) Dave Capuano - 00:52(Weinrich, Golden) Dave Capuano - PP - 02:48 14:30 - PP - Mike deCarle (Stauber) 08:23 - Mike deCarle (Barnett, Johnston)09:08 - Jim Dowd (Stauber)18:37 - GW - Kord Cernich (Barnett, Palumbo) (Weinrich, Perron) Mike Golden - 03:01 11:32 - Karl Johnston (Dyer, Hossack)12:25 - Jim Dowd (Stauber, Chapdelaine) (29 saves / 35 shots) Scott King Bruce Hoffort (33 saves / 36 shots) (W1) Minnesota vs. (E2) St. Lawrence Minnesota St. Lawrence Olympic Center April 1 2 – 3 www.newspapers.com/image/1163655475/?clipping_id=194670674 2 (Broten) David Espe - 00:28 07:19 - PP - Peter Lappin (McGeough, Baker) (Cates, P. Hankinson) Randy Skarda - PP - 05:39 12:03 - Peter Lappin (White, Buckeridge) 19:48 - GW - Peter Lappin (Day, Robertson) (34 saves / 37 shots) Robb Stauber Paul Cohen (36 saves / 38 shots) Third-place game (E1) Maine vs. (W1) Minnesota Maine Minnesota Olympic Center April 2 5 – 2 www.newspapers.com/image/195195220/?clipping_id=32467977 1 No scoring 19:41 - Jay Cates (Broten, Grannis) (Jenkins, Scremin) Guy Perron - 09:14(D. Capuano) Dave Wensley - PP - 11:02(J. Capuano, Lalonde) Dave Capuano - GW - 13:55 15:44 - Jay Cates (Broten, Strot) (Guidotti) Eric Weinrich - 01:33(Golden) Vince Guidotti - 14:39 (39 saves / 41 shots) Al Loring Robb Stauber (38 saves / 43 shots)Al Fritzinger (0 saves / 0 shots) National Championship (W2) Lake Superior State vs. (E2) St. Lawrence Lake Superior State St. Lawrence Olympic Center April 2 4 – 3 1 1 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st LSSUTim HarrisLaprade and Keczmer 05:46 1–0 LSSU LSSUKord Cernich - PP Palumbo and deCarle 16:48 2–0 LSSU 2nd SLUDoug MurrayMcColgan and P. Lappin 22:16 2–1 LSSU SLURuss Mannunassisted 27:39 2–2 LSSUKord Cernich - PPdeCarle and Vermette 32:19 3–2 LSSU SLUBrian McColgan - PPP. Lappin and Baker 37:24 3–3 3rd No scoring 1st Overtime LSSUMark Vermette - GWHossack and Dowd 64:46 4–3 LSSU Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st LSSUKarl JohnstonCross-checking 6:40 2:00 LSSUKord CernichSlashing 8:15 2:00 LSSUTim HarrisRoughing 11:05 2:00 SLUJamie BakerHolding 15:41 2:00 SLUMark LammensHigh-sticking 16:03 2:00 LSSUPete StauberHigh-sticking 16:03 2:00 LSSUDoug LapradeHooking 17:26 2:00 2nd LSSUKarl JohnstonHolding 22:30 2:00 LSSUTerry HossackHolding 24:36 2:00 SLUJamie BakerSlashing 31:25 2:00 LSSUCraig HewsonSlashing 31:25 2:00 SLUPete McGeoughHolding 31:37 2:00 SLUBrian McColganSlashing 33:09 2:00 LSSUJeff JablonskiElbowing 35:37 2:00 LSSUTim HarrisHolding 39:07 2:00 SLUMartyn BallHolding 39:07 2:00 3rd LSSUTim BreslinHolding 40:38 2:00 SLUJoe DayHooking 47:14 2:00 SLURuss MannHolding 55:38 2:00 LSSUMark VermetteRoughing 55:38 2:00 1st Overtime none Shots by period Team 1 2 3 OT Total St. Lawrence 20 19 6 7 52 Lake Superior State 8 11 14 2 35 Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice SLU Paul Cohen 31 4 LSSU Bruce Hoffort 49 3 All-Tournament Team G: Bruce Hoffort* (Lake Superior State) D: Kord Cernich (Lake Superior State) D: Brian McColgan (St. Lawrence) F: Dave Capuano (Maine) F: Mike de Carle (Lake Superior State) F: Pete Lappin (St. Lawrence) * Most Outstanding Player(s)NCAA Division I Awards http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_awd.html College Hockey Historical Archives 2013-07-17 NCAA Frozen Four Records http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf 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 References 50em Tournament Category:NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament Category:March 1988 sports events in the United States Category:April 1988 sports events in the United States NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Category:College ice hockey tournaments in New York (state) Category:Ice hockey competitions in Lake Placid, New York