1997 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

none August 2023 1997 men's Division I 12 Bradley Center Milwaukee North Dakota Fighting Sioux 6th 9th 12th Boston University Terriers 9th 20th Colorado College Tigers 9th Michigan Wolverines 18th Dean Blais 1st Matt Henderson North Dakota 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 – Worcester West Regional – Grand RapidsSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid1 Clarkson ECAC 27–9–0 At-large bid 16th 19961 Michigan CCHA 34–3–4 Tournament champion 20th 19962 Boston University Hockey East 24–8–6 Tournament champion 23rd 19962 North Dakota WCHA 28–10–2 Tournament champion 13th 19903 Vermont ECAC 22–10–3 At-large bid 3rd 19963 Miami CCHA 27–11–1 At-large bid 2nd 19934 New Hampshire Hockey East 28–10–0 At-large bid 8th 19954 Minnesota WCHA 27–12–1 At-large bid 24th 19965 Colorado College WCHA 23–14–4 At-large bid 11th 19965 Michigan State CCHA 23–12–4 At-large bid 17th 19966 Denver WCHA 23–12–4 At-large bid 14th 19956 Cornell ECAC 20–8–4 Tournament champion 12th 1996 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 Game locations East Regional – Centrum Centre, Worcester, Massachusetts West Regional – Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan Frozen Four – Bradley Center, Milwaukee Bracket yes First RoundMarch 21–22 QuarterfinalsMarch 22–23 National SemifinalsMarch 27 National ChampionshipMarch 29 E4 New Hampshire 2 E5 Colorado College 3 W3 Miami 2 W6 Cornell 4 E3 Vermont 3 E6 Denver 6 W4 Minnesota 6 W5 Michigan State 3 E1 Clarkson 4 E5 Colorado College 5 W2 North Dakota 6 W6 Cornell 2 E2 Boston University 4* E6 Denver 3 W1 Michigan 7 W4 Minnesota 4 E5 Colorado College 2 W2 North Dakota 6 E2 Boston University 3 W1 Michigan 2 W2 North Dakota 6 E2 Boston University 4 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Results East Regional – Worcester, Massachusetts First Round #f0f0f0 March 21, 1997 8:30 pm (3) Vermont (6) Denver 3–6 (1–1, 1–2, 1–3) https://www.newspapers.com/image/202589381/?clipping_id=196229316 Tim Thomas Jim Mullin 0 – 11 – 12 – 12 – 22 – 33 – 33 – 43 – 53 – 6 (Kloboucek) Eric Perrin – 15:45(Reid) Stéphane Piché – 26:44(Ruid, Navrat) Eric Hollman – 42:01 09:35 – Erik Andersson (Laaksonen)28:08 – Anders Björk (Gunther)32:47 – Antti Laaksonen (Gunther)48:02 – GW – Anders Björk (Comrie, Veres)49:22 – Antti Laaksonen (unassisted)53:56 – James Patterson (T. Smith, Morgan) Matt Shegos Jon LaDuke John Dobrzelewski Centrum Centre 6,849 16 16 34 27 #e0e0e0 March 21, 1997 5:00 pm (4) New Hampshire (5) Colorado College 2–3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1) https://www.newspapers.com/image/194604999/?clipping_id=195122251 Sean Matile Judd Lambert 0 – 10 – 21 – 22 – 22 – 3 (Murray, Nolan) Jason Krog – 34:09(Boguniecki, O'Brien) Eric Nickulas – 44:04 16:16 – Toby Petersen (S. Swanson)29:03 – Brian Swanson (Clark)55:00 – GW – Cam Kryway (B. Swanson, Rud) Mike Noeth Mike St. Louis Jack Dunn Centrum Centre 33 23 Quarterfinals #f0f0f0 March 22, 1997 5:00 pm (1) Clarkson (5) Colorado College 4–5 (0–4, 1–0, 3–1) https://www.newspapers.com/image/405338042/?clipping_id=195124105 Dan Murphy Judd Lambert 0 – 10 – 20 – 30 – 41 – 41 – 52 – 53 – 54 – 5 (Clark, Pagnutti) Jean-François Houle – PP – 32:08(Mulvihill, Maidment) Jordan Grant – PP – 46:47(Houle) Todd White – 47:19(Pagnutti) Jean-François Houle – EA – 58:21 07:47 – T.J. Tanberg (Gudmundson, Karpan)08:23 – Brian Swanson (Needham, S. Swanson)10:47 – Calvin Elfring (Clark)18:33 – Stewart Bodtker (Petersen, Austin)43:54 – GW – Darren Clark (Kryway, Peters) Centrum Centre 16 8 25 23 #e0e0e0 March 22, 1997 8:30 pm (2) Boston University (6) Denver 4–3 (OT) (1–1, 0–0, 2–2, 1–0) https://www.newspapers.com/image/441453580/?clipping_id=195124863 Michel Larocque Jim Mullin 0 – 11 – 11 – 22 – 23 – 23 – 34 – 3 (Bates, LaCouture) Albie O'Connell – PP – 06:21(Bates, Poti) Albie O'Connell – 49:13(unassisted) Shawn Bates – SH – 56:41(Kelleher) Chris Drury – GW – 72:20 02:07 – Garrett Buzan (Hacker)46:17 – Paul Veres (Björk, Comrie)59:08 – EA – Erik Andersson (Comrie, Murphy) Centrum Centre 9,105 32 24 West Regional – Grand Rapids, Michigan First Round #f0f0f0 March 22, 1997 3:00 pm (3) Miami (6) Cornell 2–4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2) http://newspapers.com/image/408651196/?clipping_id=196227754 Trevor Prior Jason Elliott 1 – 01 – 11 – 22 – 22 – 32 – 4 (Robitaille) Adam Copeland – 07:06(Bautch, Shalawylo) Josh Harrold – 36:51 14:04 – Ryan Smart (Papp, Tymchyshyn)35:27 – Jeff Oates (Stienstra, Adler)48:00 – GW – Ryan Moynihan (Rutter, Burgoyne)59:20 – EN – Matt Cooney (Tymchyshyn, S. Wilson) Mike Schmitt Jon Campion Derek Shepherd Van Andel Arena 0 4 25 26 #e0e0e0 March 22, 1997 6:30 pm (4) Minnesota (5) Michigan State 6–3 (3–1, 2–1, 1–1) https://msuspartans.com/documents/2024/5/29/1996-97_Hockey_Box_Scores.pdf Steve DeBus Chad Alban 1 – 01 – 12 – 13 – 14 – 15 – 15 – 26 – 26 – 3 (Anderson, Godbout) Dan Woog – 03:01(Miller, Checco) Dan Hendrickson – 10:33(LaFleur, Crowley) Casey Hankinson – PP – 18:46(Berg, Clymer) Casey Hankinson – GW – 24:37(Hankinson, Berg) Dave Spehar – PP – 27:19(Hankinson) Mike Crowley – PP – 47:44 09:05 – Mike York (Tuzzolino)34:31 – Steve Ferranti (Horcoff, Loeding)57:19 – SH – Shawn Horcoff (Harlton) Frank Cole Bill Jones Bill Doiron Van Andel Arena 8,276 26 28 40 33 Quarterfinals #f0f0f0 March 23, 1997 5:30 pm (1) Michigan (4) Minnesota 7–4 (3–0, 4–3, 0–1) https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071754977/709 Marty Turco Steve DeBus 1 – 02 – 03 – 04 – 05 – 05 – 16 – 16 – 26 – 37 – 37 – 4 (Botterill) Brendan Morrison – 00:33(Botterill) Bob Muckalt – 18:41(Luhning, Morrison) Jason Botterill – PP – 19:42(Muckalt, Frescoln) Jason Botterill – 20:23(Luhning, Turco) Matt Herr – GW – 20:57(Peach, Fox) Greg Crozier – 29:07(Sloan) Brendan Morrison – 37:35 25:31 – Erik Rasmussen (unassisted)30:58 – PP – Erik Rasmussen (unassisted)34:10 – PP – Casey Hankinson (Berg, Crowley)40:54 – Dave Spehar (Hankinson, Abrahamson) Tim Benedetto Brian Sullivan John Jones Van Andel Arena 8,926 28 18 38 25 #e0e0e0 March 23, 1997 2:00 pm (2) North Dakota (6) Cornell 6–2 (2–1, 1–1, 3–0) https://www.newspapers.com/image/255763110/?clipping_id=196231842 Aaron Schweitzer Jason Elliott 1 – 02 – 02 – 13 – 13 – 24 – 25 – 26 – 2 (unassisted) Jay Panzer – 01:39(DeFauw) Kevin Hoogsteen – PP – 07:15(D. Hoogsteen) Curtis Murphy – GW – 21:11(Pivetz) Jesse Bull – 49:21(Litke, Ulmer) Brad DeFauw – 53:49(unassisted) Matt Henderson – EN – 59:09 19:41 – PP – Tony Gergin (Burgoyne, Rutter)23:53 – PP – Matt Cooney (Knopp, Dailey) Frank Cole Bill Jones Bill Doiron Van Andel Arena 16 16 38 22 Frozen Four – Milwaukee, Wisconsin National Semifinals #f0f0f0 March 27, 1997 12:00 pm (W2) North Dakota (E5) Colorado College 6–2 (3–1, 3–1, 0–0) https://www.newspapers.com/image/1262224825/?clipping_id=196233300 Aaron Schweitzer Judd Lambert (out 57:41)Todd Gustin (in 57:41) 1 – 02 – 03 – 03 – 13 – 24 – 25 – 26 – 2 (Henderson, Pivetz) Adam Calder – 04:55(Panzer) Kevin Hoogsteen – 07:14(unassisted) Jason Blake – GW – 07:47(Litke) Matt Henderson – 23:58(Blake, Kallay) David Hoogsteen – 24:41(unassisted) Jesse Bull – 32:32 12:06 – Eric Rud (unassisted)22:04 – Toby Petersen (unassisted) Don Adam Randy Schmidt Tim Swiader Bradley Center 17,212 6 8 41 25 #e0e0e0 March 27, 1997 6:30 pm (W1) Michigan (E2) Boston University 2–3 (1–0, 0–3, 1–0) https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071754977/773 Marty Turco Michel Larocque 1 – 01 – 11 – 21 – 32 – 3 (Legg, Madden) Warren Luhning – 14:00(Madden, Luhning) Brendan Morrison – 59:04 27:53 – Greg Quebec (LaCouture)33:30 – Chris Heron (Bates, Poti)36:29 – GW PP – Tommi Degerman (Drury, Poti) Mike Schmitt Jon Campion Derek Shepherd Bradley Center 17,375 4 23 20 21 National Championship #d0d0d0 March 29, 1997 12:00 pm (W2) North Dakota (E2) Boston University 6–4 (0–2, 5–1, 1–1) https://www.newspapers.com/image/1129190265/?clipping_id=195126536 Matt Shegos John Dobrzelewski John LaDuke Bradley Center 17,537 Scoring summary2017-18 UND Hockey Media Guide http://www.undsports.com/pdf9/5459709.pdf UNDSports.com 2018-05-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20180228041601/http://www.undsports.com/pdf9/5459709.pdf 2018-02-28 dead Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st BUPeter DonatelliPoti 8:44 1–0 BU BUChris Drury – PPPoti and O'Connell 15:08 2–0 BU 2nd UNDCurtis MurphyPanzer and Henderson 27:06 2–1 BU UNDDavid Hoogsteenunassisted 28:38 2–2 UNDMatt Henderson – SHunassisted 32:35 3–2 UND BUChris Kelleher – PPunassisted 33:56 3–3 UNDMatt Henderson – PPCalder and Litke 35:49 4–3 UND UNDDavid Hoogsteen – GWMurphy 39:54 5–3 UND 3rd BUJon ColemanKelleher and Sylvia 59:24 5–4 UND UNDAdam Calder – ENunassisted 59:41 6–4 UND Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st UNDJesse BullHooking 2:12 2:00 BUBilly PierceInterference 4:47 2:00 BUChris KelleherInterference 9:40 2:00 UNDMatt HendersonElbowing 13:34 2:00 2nd BUGreg QuebecInterference 23:01 2:00 UNDCurtis MurphyTripping 31:44 2:00 UNDMark PivetzInterference 33:12 2:00 BUMatt WrightInterference 35:02 2:00 3rd BUMike SylviaCross-checking 48:02 2:00 UNDMitch VigHolding 51:44 2:00 UNDMatt HendersonInterference 57:09 2:00 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)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 Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Regional semifinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions 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 50em Tournament Category:NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament NCAA Men's Division Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA Men's Division Ice Hockey Tournament Category:1990s in Milwaukee Category:Sports competitions in Milwaukee Category:College ice hockey tournaments in Wisconsin