1986 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

none August 2023 1986 men's Division I 8 Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island Michigan State Spartans 2nd 3rd 5th Harvard Crimson 2nd 9th Minnesota Golden Gophers 11th Denver Pioneers 12th Ron Mason 1st Mike Donnelly Michigan State 24,836 The 1986 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the culmination of the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 39th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 21 and 29, 1986, and concluded with Michigan State defeating Harvard 6-5. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues while all succeeding games were played at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island. Qualifying teams The NCAA permitted 8 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 4 teams, 1 from each conference. East West SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid1 Boston University Hockey East 25–12–4 Tournament champion 15th 19841 Denver WCHA 33–10–1 Tournament champion 12th 19732 Harvard ECAC Hockey 22–7–1 At-large bid 11th 19852 Michigan State CCHA 30–9–2 At-large bid 8th 19853 Boston College Hockey East 26–11–3 At-large bid 14th 19853 Western Michigan CCHA 32–10–0 Tournament champion 1st Never4 Cornell ECAC Hockey 20–6–4 Tournament champion 9th 19814 Minnesota WCHA 32–12–0 At-large bid 13th 1985 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 three rounds of play. The two odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the two even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking. In the Quarterfinals the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds played two-game aggregate series to determine which school advanced to the Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the Providence Civic Center and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game with the losers playing in a Third Place game. Tournament bracket NCAA Tournament http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html College Hockey Historical Archives May 19, 2013 2/1 score high QuarterfinalsMarch 21–23 SemifinalsMarch 27–28 National championshipMarch 29 Third-place game E1 Boston University 4 3 7 W4 Minnesota 6 5 11 W2 Michigan State 6 4 10 E3 Boston College 4 2 6 W1 Denver 4 3 7 E4 Cornell 2 4 6 E2 Harvard 4 7 11 W3 Western Michigan 2 2 4 W4 Minnesota 4 W2 Michigan State 6 W1 Denver 2 E2 Harvard 5 W2 Michigan State 6 E2 Harvard 5 W4 Minnesota 6 W1 Denver 4 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Quarterfinals (E1) Boston University vs. (W4) Minnesota Boston University Minnesota Walter Brown Arena March 21 4 – 6 www.newspapers.com/image/437565703/?clipping_id=194649941 2 (MacGregor, Sveen) Paul Gerlitz - 08:05(Matchett, Kelfer) Scott Young - 08:32 00:52 - Gary Shopek (Chapman) (Donatelli, Quinn) John Cullen - 08:46 08:19 - PP - Steve MacSwain (Shopek, Cates) (Cullen) Jay Octeau - PP - 17:34 00:42 - Corey Millen (Berland, Mack)06:34 - Tim Bergland (Millen)07:17 - GW - Pat Micheletti (Snuggerud, Broten)07:47 - Steve MacSwain (Okerlund) (38 saves / 44 shots) Terry Taillefer Frank Pietrangelo (33 saves / 37 shots) March 22 3 – 5 www.newspapers.com/image/188706234/?clipping_id=194648294 2 (Donatelli, Cullen) Jay Octeau - PP - 02:51(Kelfer, Quinn) Chris Matchett - 12:06 17:29 - Corey Millen (Shopek)19:16 - Tim Bergland (Chapman, Kellin) (Cullen, Octeau) Clark Donatelli - PP - 15:50 06:52 - Jay Cates (Okerlund, MacSwain)09:33 - GW - Pat Micheletti (unassisted)18:25 - EN - Steve MacSwain (Kellin) (34 saves / 38 shots) Terry Taillefer John Blue (31 saves / 34 shots) Minnesota won series 11–7 (E2) Harvard vs. (W3) Western Michigan Harvard Western Michigan Bright Hockey Center March 21 4 – 2 www.newspapers.com/image/437565703/?clipping_id=194613210 1 (Fusco, Smith) Lane MacDonald - 00:39(Sweeney, MacDonald) Tim Smith - 17:47 04:18 - Jeff Crossman (Thron) (Smith, Barakett) Allen Bourbeau - GW - 00:17 09:53 - Troy Thrun (Dorion, Gagne) (Smith, Fusco) Lane MacDonald - PP - 09:45 (17 saves / 19 shots) Grant Blair Bill Horn (24 saves / 28 shots) March 22 7 – 2 www.newspapers.com/image/437566334/?clipping_id=194613444 1 (Bourbeau) Tim Barakett - 11:11(MacDonald, Smith) Scott Fusco - 11:26(Smith, Fusco) Lane MacDonald - GW - 15:31 (MacDonald) Scott Fusco - 00:38(Taylor, Benning) Lane MacDonald - PP - 11:37(Bourbeau, Barakett) Ed Krayer - 16:49 09:47 - Dan Dorion (Crossman, Thrun)19:37 - Dan Dorion (Adams, Gagne) (MacDonald, Pawloski) Scott Fusco - EN - 08:33 (31 saves / 33 shots) Grant Blair Bill Horn (26 saves / 32 shots)Kevin McCaffrey (5 saves / 5 shots) Harvard won series 11–4 (W1) Denver vs. (E4) Cornell Denver Cornell DU Arena March 21 4 – 2 www.newspapers.com/image/255395079/?clipping_id=194650066 1 No scoring 09:07 - PP - Stewart Smith (Parry, Major) (Mayer) John McMillan - 06:32(Weiss, Hanson) Scott Mathias - 18:26 (Gaume) Dwight Mathiasen - PP GW - 03:17(Ecklebarger) Dwight Mathiasen - 11:22 04:21 - Peter Natyshak (unassisted) (23 saves / 25 shots) Chris Olson Doug Dadswell (30 saves / 34 shots) March 22 3 – 4 www.newspapers.com/image/255395340/?clipping_id=194650866 2 No scoring 15:39 - Joe Nieuwendyk (Natyshak)16:39 - Stewart Smith (Howe)17:24 - Joe Nieuwendyk (unassisted) (Mathias, Weiss) Grant Dion - 11:14(Onstad, Lamb) Ed Cristofoli - 18:10 12:14 - GW - Peter Natyshak (Niewuwendyk, Narcov) (Weiss, Gaume) Dave Hanson - PP - 10:40 (22 saves / 26 shots) Chris Olson Doug Dadswell (44 saves / 47 shots) Denver won series 7–6 (W2) Michigan State vs. (E3) Boston College Michigan State Boston College Munn Ice Arena March 22Michigan 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 6 – 4 1 (Miller, Messier) Don McSween – 08:17(Miller, Messier) Mike Donnelly – 09:30(Donnelly, Shibicky) Mitch Messier – 16:35 01:45 – Kevin Stevens (Janney) (Miller, Messier) Mike Donnelly – 13:07(Miller, Donnelly) Mitch Messier – GW – 16:34 07:58 – Chris Stapleton (T. Sweeney)15:39 – Doug Brown (Harlow, Hodge) (Miller) Mike Donnelly – 00:15 01:45 – Tim Sweeney (Stapleton) (33 saves / 37 shots) Norm Foster Scott Gordon (31 saves / 37 shots) March 23 4 – 2 1 No scoring (Shibicky, Murphy) Mitch Messier – 08:43(Messier, Donnelly) Brad Hamilton – 09:11(Donnelly) Jeff Parker - GW – 13:42 04:57 – Kevin Stevens (Marshall, Stapleton) (unassisted) Kevin Miller – 13:22 02:28 - SH – Doug Brown (Harlow, Marshall) (36 saves / 38 shots) Bob Essensa Scott Gordon (13 saves / 16 shots)Shaun Real (4 saves / 5 shots) Michigan State won series 10–6 Semifinal (W2) Michigan State vs. (W4) Minnesota Michigan State Minnesota Providence Civic Center March 27 6 – 4 1 (Hoff, Shibicky) Mitch Messier – 04:44(McReynolds, Parker) Bruce Rendall – 05:22 03:13 – Steve Orth (Nanne) (Foster) Brian McReynolds – 05:07(unassisted) Kevin Miller – 12:03(unassisted) Don McSween – SH GW – 14:16 07:58 - PP – Paul Broten (Micheletti, Snuggerud)15:15 - PP – Pat Micheletti (Millen, Cates) (Tilley) Jeff Parker - EN – 19:24 01:45 – Tony Kellin (Okerlund, MacSwain) (42 saves / 46 shots) Norm Foster Frank Pietrangelo (20 saves / 25 shots)John Blue (11 saves / 11 shots) (W1) Denver vs. (E2) Harvard Denver Harvard Providence Civic Center March 28 2 – 5 https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1986/3/31/crimson-stuns-favored-pioneers-5-2-pbefore 2 (Ecklebarger, Gaume) Dwight Mathiasen – 15:16 12:35 – Allen Bourbeau (Taylor, Benning) (Mathias, Weiss) David Hanson – 09:37 00:08 – PP – Tim Smith (MacDonald) 06:31 – GW PP – Tim Smith (Taylor, MacDonald)16:04 – Andy Janfaza (Pawloski, Chiarelli)17:05 – Tim Smith (unassisted) ( 25 saves / 30 shots ) Chris Olson Grant Blair ( 38 saves / 40 shots ) Third-place game (W1) Denver vs. (W4) Minnesota Denver Minnesota Providence Civic Center March 29 4 – 6 www.newspapers.com/image/188707902/?clipping_id=126149038 2 (Mathias, Hanson) Grant Dion - 18:06(Onstad) Jeff Lamb - 18:44 03:33 - Corey Millen (Nanne)14:53 - Corey Millen (Richards)16:14 - Steve MacSwain (Cates, Okerlund) (Ecklebarger) Jim Smith - 00:49 (Weiss, Dion) Dallas Gaume - PP - 18:23 14:23 - Todd Okerlund (MacSwain, Snuggerud)14:55 - GW - Eric Dornfeld (MacSwain, Snuggerud)19:36 - EN - Corey Millen (MacSwain) (19 saves / 22 shots) Tom Allen(10 saves / 12 shots) Chris Olson John Blue (20 saves / 24 shots) National Championship (W2) Michigan State vs. (E2) Harvard Michigan State Harvard Providence Civic Center March 29 6 – 5 1 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st HARSteve ArmstrongFollows and Ohno 2:15 1–0 HAR HARAllen Bourbeau – PPMacDonald and Smith 8:10 2–0 HAR MSUMitch MessierShibicky 17:55 2–1 HAR 2nd HARAllen BourbeauBarakett and Pawlowski 20:53 3–1 HAR MSUJeff Parker – SHMiller and Tilley 26:48 3–2 HAR HARAllen Bourbeau – PPKrayer and Benning 36:09 4–2 HAR MSUMike Donnelly – PPMiller and Messier 38:30 4–3 HAR 3rd MSUBrad HamiltonMessier and Shibicky 41:06 4–4 MSUBrian McReynoldsRendall and Parker 42:15 5–4 MSU HARAndy JanfazaCarone and Chiarelli 46:46 5–5 MSUMike Donnelly – GWMurphy 57:09 6–5 MSU Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st HARLane MacDonaldTripping 4:14 2:00 MSUKevin MillerHooking 7:48 2:00 HARJerry PawloskiHigh-sticking 8:49 2:00 MSUBill ShibickyHigh-sticking 8:49 2:00 2nd MSUSean ClementInterference 21:36 2:00 MSUBill ShibickyElbowing 24:58 2:00 HARPeter FollowsHigh-sticking 28:16 2:00 MSUKevin MillerHigh-sticking 28:16 2:00 MSUBrad HamiltonSlashing 35:38 2:00 HARRob OhnoTripping 37:27 2:00 3rd HARLane MacDonaldHigh-sticking 47:20 2:00 MSUKevin MillerHigh-sticking 47:20 2:00 HARJosh CaplanHigh-sticking 49:45 2:00 MSUBruce RendallHigh-sticking 49:45 2:00 HARSteve ArmstrongRoughing 49:45 2:00 MSUBrian McReynoldsRoughing 49:45 2:00 MSUBenchToo many men (served by Dave Arkeilpane) 59:42 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Harvard 6 10 4 20 Michigan State 12 10 11 33 Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice HAR Grant Blair 27 6 MSU Bob Essensa 15 5 All-Tournament team G: Norm Foster (Michigan State) D: Mark Benning (Harvard) D: Don McSween (Michigan State) F: Allen Bourbeau (Harvard) F: Mike Donnelly* (Michigan State) F: Jeff Parker (Michigan State) * 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 Quick facts The total championship attendance was 57,826 Lane MacDonald (4 G, 7 A) of Harvard and Mitch Messier (5 G, 6 A) of Michigan St each tallied 11 points in the tournament, most by any players The following records were set or tied: Most Assists, Individual, Game – 5, Kevin Miller, Michigan St, first round, game 1, tied Shots on Goal, Both Teams, Period – 40, Minnesota (23) vs Michigan St (17), semifinals, second period, 5 goals References 50em Tournament Category:NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Category:1980s in Denver Category:Ice hockey competitions in Providence, Rhode Island