1999 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

1999 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament
	1999 Frozen Four logo
Teams	12
Finals site	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim,; Anaheim, California;
Champions	Maine Black Bears (2nd title)
Runner-up	New Hampshire Wildcats (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Boston College Eagles (15th Frozen Four); Michigan State Spartans (9th Frozen Four);
Winning coach	Shawn Walsh (2nd title)
MOP	Alfie Michaud (Maine)
Attendance	69,429
	← 1998 ; NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournaments; 2000 →;

The 1999 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament involved 12 schools in playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I. It began on March 26, 1999. The second round was on March 27 and March 28. The semifinals were on April 1. The National Championship Game was on April 3, 1999. A total of 11 games were played, the final 3 at the Arrowhead Pond (now the Honda Center) in Anaheim, CA. The University of Maine defeated New Hampshire by a score of 3–2 in overtime, to claim their second national championship.

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded on March 20, 1999. The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, Hockey East and Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) each had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, while the ECAC had two berths.

West Regional – Madison							East Regional – Worcester
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	North Dakota (1)	WCHA	32–5–2	At-large bid	15th	1998	1	New Hampshire (2)	Hockey East	29–6–3	At-large bid	10th	1998
2	Michigan State	CCHA	28–5–7	At-large bid	19th	1998	2	Clarkson	ECAC	25–10–1	Tournament champion	18th	1998
3	Colorado College	WCHA	28–11–1	At-large bid	13th	1998	3	Maine	Hockey East	27–6–4	At-large bid	9th	1995
4	Boston College	Hockey East	25–11–4	Tournament champion	20th	1998	4	Denver	WCHA	26–12–2	Tournament champion	15th	1997
5	Northern Michigan	CCHA	22–14–5	At-large bid	7th	1993	5	Michigan	CCHA	24–10–6	Tournament champion	22nd	1998
6	St. Lawrence	ECAC	23–12–3	At-large bid	13th	1992	6	Ohio State	CCHA	21–15–4	At-large bid	2nd	1998

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

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Game locations

East Regional – Centrum Centre, Worcester, Massachusetts
West Regional – Dane County Coliseum, Madison, Wisconsin
Frozen Four – Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, Anaheim, California

Bracket

First Round
March 26–27

Quarterfinals
March 27–28

National Semifinals
April 1

National Championship
April 3

E1

New Hampshire

2*

E4

Denver

3

E5

Michigan

1

E5

Michigan

5

E1

New Hampshire

5

W2

Michigan State

3

W2

Michigan State

4

W3

Colorado College

5

W3

Colorado College

3

W6

St. Lawrence

4

E1

New Hampshire

2

E3

Maine

3*

E2

Clarkson

2

E3

Maine

4

E3

Maine

7

E6

Ohio State

2

E3

Maine

2*

W4

Boston College

1

W1

North Dakota

1

W4

Boston College

2

W4

Boston College

3

W5

Northern Michigan

1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

East Regional – Worcester, Massachusetts

First Round

March 26, 1999
5:00 pm

(3) Maine

4–2
(2–1, 0–0, 2–1)

(6) Ohio State

Centrum Centre
Attendance: 8,509

Game reference

Alfie Michaud

Goalies

Jeff Maund

Referee:
Mike Schmitt
Linesmen:
Jon Campion
Derek Shepard

(Walsh) Bobby Stewart – 06:58	1 – 0
(Dimitrakos, Guite) Dan Kerluke – 12:07	2 – 0
	2 – 1	18:50 – Jason Crain (Des Gagné, Richards)
(Kariya, LaRose) Marcus Gustafsson – GW – 48:53	3 – 1
(Ek, LaRose) Steve Kariya – SH – 53:23	4 – 1
	4 – 2	55:21 – Brandon Lafrance (Meloche)

8 min

Penalties

6 min

34

Shots

22

March 26, 1999
8:30 pm

(4) Denver

3–5
(1–0, 2–2, 0–3)

(5) Michigan

Centrum Centre
Attendance: 8,509

Game reference

Stephen Wagner

Goalies

Josh Blackburn

Referee:
Jeff Bunyon
Linesmen:
Paul Scalparts
Richard Zanetti

(Ritson, Patterson) Björn Engström – 13:11	1 – 0
(Patterson) Joe Ritson – 26:34	2 – 0
(Kidd) Paul Veres – 27:44	3 – 0
	3 – 1	32:09 – Greg Crozier (Kosick, Matzka)
	3 – 2	36:11 – Sean Ritchlin (Kosick)
	3 – 3	46:11 – Dave Huntzicker (Koch, Matzka)
	3 – 4	50:58 – GW – Dale Rominski (Jillson)
	3 – 5	53:40 – Mike Comrie (unassisted)

14 min

Penalties

14 min

18

Shots

24

Quarterfinals

March 27, 1999
6:30 pm

(1) New Hampshire

2–1 (OT)
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 1–0)

(5) Michigan

Centrum Centre
Attendance: 12,517

Game reference

Ty Conklin

Goalies

Josh Blackburn

Referee:
Mike Schmitt
Linesmen:
Derek Shepard
Jon Campion

(Krog, Haydar) Mike Souza – 19:50	1 – 0
	1 – 1	50:00 – Bobby Hayes (unassisted)
(Krog) Darren Haydar – GW – 63:16	2 – 1

2 min

Penalties

2 min

34

Shots

21

March 27, 1999
3:00 pm

(2) Clarkson

2–7
(1–3, 1–1, 0–3)

(3) Maine

Centrum Centre
Attendance: 12,517

Game reference

Shawn Grant

Goalies

Alfie Michaud (out 58:02)
Mike Morrison (in 58:02)

Referee:
Steve Piotrowski
Linesmen:
John Pearson
John LaDuque

	0 – 1	09:32 – Marcus Gustafsson (Kariya, Cullen)
(Cole, Ollila) David Evans – 11:05	1 – 1
	1 – 2	16:23 – PP – Steve Kariya (Cullen, Larose)
	1 – 3	18:14 – GW – David Cullen (unassisted)
	1 – 4	24:55 – PP – Steve Kariya (Kerluke, Larose)
(unassisted) David Evans – PS – 36:52	2 – 4
	2 – 5	40:37 – Cory Larose (Metcalf, Kariya)
	2 – 6	52:21 – PP – Niko Dimitrakos (Metcalf, Kariya)
	2 – 7	55:25 – EN – Steve Kariya (unassisted)

14 min

Penalties

16 min

22

Shots

24

West Regional – Madison, Wisconsin

First Round

March 27, 1999
1:00 pm

(3) Colorado College

5–2
(0–1, 4–1, 1–0)

(6) St. Lawrence

Dane County Coliseum
Attendance: 2,414

Game reference

Jeff Sanger

Goalies

Eric Heffler

	0 – 1	10:48 – SH – Brandon Dietrich (unassisted)
(Stuart) Cam Kryway – 21:21	1 – 1
(Cullen, Peters) Justin Morrison – 21:32	2 – 1
(unassisted) Aaron Karpan – GW – 22:03	3 – 1
	3 – 2	29:26 – PP – Al Fyfe (Daniels, Desrosiers)
(S. Swanson) Shaun Winkler – 36:34	4 – 2
(S. Swanson, Kryway) Justin Morrison – EN – 59:40	5 – 2

10 min

Penalties

8 min

31

Shots

33

March 27, 1999
4:30 pm

(4) Boston College

2–1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)

(5) Northern Michigan

Dane County Coliseum
Attendance: 2,414

Game reference

Scott Clemmensen

Goalies

Dan Ragusett

	0 – 1	05:38 – Fred Mattersdorfer (Theuer, Phillips)
(Bellefeuille, Gionta) Jeff Farkas – PP – 25:01	1 – 1
(Bellefeuille, Mattau) Brian Gionta – PP GW – 38:23	2 – 1

14 min

Penalties

14 min

24

Shots

27

Quarterfinals

March 28, 1999
5:30 pm

(1) North Dakota

1–2
(0–0, 1–2, 0–1)

(4) Boston College

Dane County Coliseum
Attendance: 2,910

Game reference

Karl Goehring

Goalies

Scott Clemmensen

	0 – 1	30:26 – PP – Chris Masters (Lephart)
(Williamson) Lee Goren – PP – 33:47	1 – 1
	1 – 2	37:45 – GW – Jeff Giuliano (Farkas, Orpik)
	1 – 3	59:49 – EN – Brian Gionta (Bellefeuille)

31 min

Penalties

8 min

32

Shots

29

March 28, 1999
2:00 pm

(2) Michigan State

4–3
(1–1, 0–1, 3–1)

(3) Colorado College

Dane County Coliseum
Attendance: 2,910

Game reference

Joe Blackburn

Goalies

Jeff Sanger

Referee:
Tim Benedetto
Linesmen:
John Jones
Tom Carpenito

(Dolyn, Horcoff) Joe Goodenow – 01:56	1 – 0
	1 – 1	14:43 – PP – K.J. Voorhees (Heerema, Austin)
	1 – 2	25:41 – Cam Kryway (Heerema, B. Swanson)
(Adams, Kozakowski) Adam Hall – 49:14	2 – 2
	2 – 3	51:21 – Trent Clark (Manning, Hartsburg)
(Adams, Bogas) Andrew Hutchinson – PP – 58:20	3 – 3
(York, Adams) Adam Hall – GW – 58:52	4 – 3

14 min

Penalties

18 min

41

Shots

28

Frozen Four – Anaheim, California

National Semifinals

April 1, 1999
1:00 pm

(E3) Maine

2–1 (OT)
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

(W4) Boston College

Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
Attendance: 12,852

Game reference

Alfie Michaud

Goalies

Scott Clemmensen

	0 – 1	25:34 – PP – Marty Hughes (Lephart, Masters)
(Guité, Kerluke) Niko Dimitrakos – 42:34	1 – 1
(Heisten, Dimitrakos) Bobby Stewart – GW – 65:16	2 – 1

12 min

Penalties

14 min

37

Shots

36

April 1, 1999
6:00 pm

(E1) New Hampshire

5–3
(1–1, 2–1, 2–1)

(W2) Michigan State

Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
Attendance: 12,719

Game reference

Ty Conklin

Goalies

Joe Blackburn

Referee:
Mike Noeth
Linesmen:
Bill Jones
Tim Kotyra

(Ficek, Filipowicz) Jason Krog – 18:49	1 – 0
	1 – 1	19:27 – Rustyn Dolyny (Horcoff, Hodgins)
(Haydar, Walsh) Mike Souza – 22:44	2 – 1
	2 – 2	26:49 – Sean Patchell (Loeding, York)
(unassisted) Mike Souza – 38:17	3 – 2
	3 – 3	43:44 – Adam Hall (York)
(Krog, Souza) Jason Shipulski – GW – 50:52	4 – 3
(Haydar, Souza) Jason Krog – PP – 54:40	5 – 3

14 min

Penalties

10 min

37

Shots

35

National Championship

April 3, 1999
4:30 pm

(E1) New Hampshire

2–3 (OT)
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0, 0–1)

(E3) Maine

Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
Attendance: 14,447

Game reference
				Referee: Mike Noeth Linesmen: Bill Jones Tim Kotyra

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	Maine	Ben Guité (12) – PP	Vitorino and Kerluke	15:47	1–0 Maine
2nd	Maine	Niko Dimitrakos (8)	Cullen and Metcalf	33:47	2–0 Maine
2nd	UNH	Darren Haydar (31) – SH	Souza and Conklin	35:58	2–1 Maine
3rd	UNH	Michael Souza (23)	Krog and Haydar	43:33	2–2
1st Overtime	Maine	Marcus Gustafsson (13) – GW	Larose	70:50	3–2 Maine
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	UNH	Darren Haydar	Roughing	0:40	2:00
	Maine	Barrett Heisten	Tripping	2:42	2:00
	Maine	Robert Ek	Roughing	9:39	2:00
	UNH	Christian Bragnalo	Boarding	10:34	2:00
	UNH	Mike Souza	Cross-checking	11:13	2:00
	Maine	Jason Vitorino	Interference	13:30	2:00
	UNH	John Sadowski	Hooking	14:53	2:00
	Maine	Matthias Trattnig	High-sticking	19:49	2:00
2nd	Maine	Bench	Too many men (served by Jason Vitorino)	20:47	2:00
	Maine	Dan Kerluke	Checking from behind	31:10	2:00
	UNH	Darren Haydar	Elbowing	33:52	2:00
	UNH	Chad Onufrechuk	Slashing	34:28	2:00
	UNH	Christian Bragnalo	Misconduct	34:33	10:00
	Maine	Bench	Delay of game (served by Dan Kerluke)	35:58	2:00
	UNH	Darren Haydar	Tripping	39:24	2:00
3rd	none
1st Overtime	Maine	Doug Janik	Roughing	67:22	2:00
1st Overtime	UNH	John Sadowski	Holding	67:22	2:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T
Maine	12	11	7	9	39
New Hampshire	16	19	8	5	48

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
Maine	Alfie Michaud	46	2
UNH	Ty Conklin	36	3

All-Tournament team

G: Alfie Michaud* (Maine)
D: David Cullen (Maine)
D: Jayme Filipowicz (New Hampshire)
F: Niko Dimitrakos (Maine)
F: Jason Krog (New Hampshire)
F: Mike Souza (New Hampshire)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[2]

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Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Regional semifinals	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
CCHA	4	2-4	.333	2	1	-	-
Hockey East	3	8-2	.800	3	3	2	1
WCHA	3	1-3	.250	2	-	-	-
ECAC	2	0-2	.000	1	-	-	-

References

↑ "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
↑ "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. Retrieved May 31, 2013.

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

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

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