1997 NCAA Division I men's 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
	← 1996 ; NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournaments; 1998 →;

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

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Game locations

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

Bracket

First Round
March 21–22

Quarterfinals
March 22–23

National Semifinals
March 27

National Championship
March 29

E1

Clarkson

4

E4

New Hampshire

2

E5

Colorado College

5

E5

Colorado College

3

E5

Colorado College

2

W2

North Dakota

6

W2

North Dakota

6

W3

Miami

2

W6

Cornell

2

W6

Cornell

4

W2

North Dakota

6

E2

Boston University

4

E2

Boston University

4*

E3

Vermont

3

E6

Denver

3

E6

Denver

6

E2

Boston University

3

W1

Michigan

2

W1

Michigan

7

W4

Minnesota

6

W4

Minnesota

4

W5

Michigan State

3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

East Regional – Worcester, Massachusetts

First Round

March 21, 1997
8:30 pm

(3) Vermont

3–6
(1–1, 1–2, 1–3)

(6) Denver

Centrum Centre
Attendance: 6,849

Game reference

Tim Thomas

Goalies

Jim Mullin

Referee:
Matt Shegos
Linesmen:
Jon LaDuke
John Dobrzelewski

	0 – 1	09:35 – Erik Andersson (Laaksonen)
(Kloboucek) Eric Perrin – 15:45	1 – 1
(Reid) Stéphane Piché – 26:44	2 – 1
	2 – 2	28:08 – Anders Björk (Gunther)
	2 – 3	32:47 – Antti Laaksonen (Gunther)
(Ruid, Navrat) Eric Hollman – 42:01	3 – 3
	3 – 4	48:02 – GW – Anders Björk (Comrie, Veres)
	3 – 5	49:22 – Antti Laaksonen (unassisted)
	3 – 6	53:56 – James Patterson (T. Smith, Morgan)

16 min

Penalties

16 min

34

Shots

27

March 21, 1997
5:00 pm

(4) New Hampshire

2–3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

(5) Colorado College

Goalies

Referee:
Mike Noeth
Linesmen:
Mike St. Louis
Jack Dunn

	0 – 1	16:16 – Toby Petersen (S. Swanson)
	0 – 2	29:03 – Brian Swanson (Clark)
(Murray, Nolan) Jason Krog – 34:09	1 – 2
(Boguniecki, O'Brien) Eric Nickulas – 44:04	2 – 2
	2 – 3	55:00 – GW – Cam Kryway (B. Swanson, Rud)

33

Shots

23

Quarterfinals

March 22, 1997
5:00 pm

(1) Clarkson

4–5
(0–4, 1–0, 3–1)

(5) Colorado College

Goalies

	0 – 1	07:47 – T.J. Tanberg (Gudmundson, Karpan)
	0 – 2	08:23 – Brian Swanson (Needham, S. Swanson)
	0 – 3	10:47 – Calvin Elfring (Clark)
	0 – 4	18:33 – Stewart Bodtker (Petersen, Austin)
(Clark, Pagnutti) Jean-François Houle – PP – 32:08	1 – 4
	1 – 5	43:54 – GW – Darren Clark (Kryway, Peters)
(Mulvihill, Maidment) Jordan Grant – PP – 46:47	2 – 5
(Houle) Todd White – 47:19	3 – 5
(Pagnutti) Jean-François Houle – EA – 58:21	4 – 5

16 min

Penalties

8 min

25

Shots

23

March 22, 1997
8:30 pm

(2) Boston University

4–3 (OT)
(1–1, 0–0, 2–2, 1–0)

(6) Denver

Centrum Centre
Attendance: 9,105

Game reference

Michel Larocque

Goalies

Jim Mullin

	0 – 1	02:07 – Garrett Buzan (Hacker)
(Bates, LaCouture) Albie O'Connell – PP – 06:21	1 – 1
	1 – 2	46:17 – Paul Veres (Björk, Comrie)
(Bates, Poti) Albie O'Connell – 49:13	2 – 2
(unassisted) Shawn Bates – SH – 56:41	3 – 2
	3 – 3	59:08 – EA – Erik Andersson (Comrie, Murphy)
(Kelleher) Chris Drury – GW – 72:20	4 – 3

32

Shots

24

West Regional – Grand Rapids, Michigan

First Round

March 22, 1997
3:00 pm

(3) Miami

2–4
(1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

(6) Cornell

Goalies

Referee:
Mike Schmitt
Linesmen:
Jon Campion
Derek Shepherd

(Robitaille) Adam Copeland – 07:06	1 – 0
	1 – 1	14:04 – Ryan Smart (Papp, Tymchyshyn)
	1 – 2	35:27 – Jeff Oates (Stienstra, Adler)
(Bautch, Shalawylo) Josh Harrold – 36:51	2 – 2
	2 – 3	48:00 – GW – Ryan Moynihan (Rutter, Burgoyne)
	2 – 4	59:20 – EN – Matt Cooney (Tymchyshyn, S. Wilson)

0 min

Penalties

4 min

25

Shots

26

March 22, 1997
6:30 pm

(4) Minnesota

6–3
(3–1, 2–1, 1–1)

(5) Michigan State

Van Andel Arena
Attendance: 8,276

Game reference

Steve DeBus

Goalies

Chad Alban

Referee:
Frank Cole
Linesmen:
Bill Jones
Bill Doiron

(Anderson, Godbout) Dan Woog – 03:01	1 – 0
	1 – 1	09:05 – Mike York (Tuzzolino)
(Miller, Checco) Dan Hendrickson – 10:33	2 – 1
(LaFleur, Crowley) Casey Hankinson – PP – 18:46	3 – 1
(Berg, Clymer) Casey Hankinson – GW – 24:37	4 – 1
(Hankinson, Berg) Dave Spehar – PP – 27:19	5 – 1
	5 – 2	34:31 – Steve Ferranti (Horcoff, Loeding)
(Hankinson) Mike Crowley – PP – 47:44	6 – 2
	6 – 3	57:19 – SH – Shawn Horcoff (Harlton)

26 min

Penalties

28 min

40

Shots

33

Quarterfinals

March 23, 1997
5:30 pm

(1) Michigan

7–4
(3–0, 4–3, 0–1)

(4) Minnesota

Van Andel Arena
Attendance: 8,926

Game reference

Marty Turco

Goalies

Steve DeBus

Referee:
Tim Benedetto
Linesmen:
Brian Sullivan
John Jones

(Botterill) Brendan Morrison – 00:33	1 – 0
(Botterill) Bob Muckalt – 18:41	2 – 0
(Luhning, Morrison) Jason Botterill – PP – 19:42	3 – 0
(Muckalt, Frescoln) Jason Botterill – 20:23	4 – 0
(Luhning, Turco) Matt Herr – GW – 20:57	5 – 0
	5 – 1	25:31 – Erik Rasmussen (unassisted)
(Peach, Fox) Greg Crozier – 29:07	6 – 1
	6 – 2	30:58 – PP – Erik Rasmussen (unassisted)
	6 – 3	34:10 – PP – Casey Hankinson (Berg, Crowley)
(Sloan) Brendan Morrison – 37:35	7 – 3
	7 – 4	40:54 – Dave Spehar (Hankinson, Abrahamson)

28 min

Penalties

18 min

38

Shots

25

March 23, 1997
2:00 pm

(2) North Dakota

6–2
(2–1, 1–1, 3–0)

(6) Cornell

Goalies

Referee:
Frank Cole
Linesmen:
Bill Jones
Bill Doiron

(unassisted) Jay Panzer – 01:39	1 – 0
(DeFauw) Kevin Hoogsteen – PP – 07:15	2 – 0
	2 – 1	19:41 – PP – Tony Gergin (Burgoyne, Rutter)
(D. Hoogsteen) Curtis Murphy – GW – 21:11	3 – 1
	3 – 2	23:53 – PP – Matt Cooney (Knopp, Dailey)
(Pivetz) Jesse Bull – 49:21	4 – 2
(Litke, Ulmer) Brad DeFauw – 53:49	5 – 2
(unassisted) Matt Henderson – EN – 59:09	6 – 2

16 min

Penalties

16 min

38

Shots

22

Frozen Four – Milwaukee, Wisconsin

National Semifinals

March 27, 1997
12:00 pm

(W2) North Dakota

6–2
(3–1, 3–1, 0–0)

(E5) Colorado College

Bradley Center
Attendance: 17,212

Game reference

Aaron Schweitzer

Goalies

Judd Lambert (out 57:41)
Todd Gustin (in 57:41)

Referee:
Don Adam
Linesmen:
Randy Schmidt
Tim Swiader

(Henderson, Pivetz) Adam Calder – 04:55	1 – 0
(Panzer) Kevin Hoogsteen – 07:14	2 – 0
(unassisted) Jason Blake – GW – 07:47	3 – 0
	3 – 1	12:06 – Eric Rud (unassisted)
	3 – 2	22:04 – Toby Petersen (unassisted)
(Litke) Matt Henderson – 23:58	4 – 2
(Blake, Kallay) David Hoogsteen – 24:41	5 – 2
(unassisted) Jesse Bull – 32:32	6 – 2

6 min

Penalties

8 min

41

Shots

25

March 27, 1997
6:30 pm

(W1) Michigan

2–3
(1–0, 0–3, 1–0)

(E2) Boston University

Bradley Center
Attendance: 17,375

Game reference

Marty Turco

Goalies

Michel Larocque

Referee:
Mike Schmitt
Linesmen:
Jon Campion
Derek Shepherd

(Legg, Madden) Warren Luhning – 14:00	1 – 0
	1 – 1	27:53 – Greg Quebec (LaCouture)
	1 – 2	33:30 – Chris Heron (Bates, Poti)
	1 – 3	36:29 – GW PP – Tommi Degerman (Drury, Poti)
(Madden, Luhning) Brendan Morrison – 59:04	2 – 3

4 min

Penalties

23 min

20

Shots

21

National Championship

March 29, 1997
12:00 pm

(W2) North Dakota

6–4
(0–2, 5–1, 1–1)

(E2) Boston University

Bradley Center
Attendance: 17,537

Game reference
				Referee: Matt Shegos Linesmen: John Dobrzelewski John LaDuke

Scoring summary^[2]
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
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	UND	Jesse Bull	Hooking	2:12	2:00
	BU	Billy Pierce	Interference	4:47	2:00
	BU	Chris Kelleher	Interference	9:40	2:00
	UND	Matt Henderson	Elbowing	13:34	2:00
2nd	BU	Greg Quebec	Interference	23:01	2:00
	UND	Curtis Murphy	Tripping	31:44	2:00
	UND	Mark Pivetz	Interference	33:12	2:00
	BU	Matt Wright	Interference	35:02	2:00
3rd	BU	Mike Sylvia	Cross-checking	48:02	2:00
	UND	Mitch Vig	Holding	51:44	2:00
	UND	Matt Henderson	Interference	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)^[3]

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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.
↑ "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.

[1] "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2013.

[2] "2017-18 UND Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). UNDSports.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018.

[3] "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved July 17, 2013.

[4] "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2013.

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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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