The 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 43rd such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 16 and April 1, 1990, and concluded with Wisconsin defeating Colgate 7-3. All First Round and Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues with the 'Frozen Four' games being played at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
| Teams | 12 |
|---|---|
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Wisconsin Badgers (5th title) |
| Runner-up | Colgate Red Raiders (1st title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Jeff Sauer (2nd title) |
| MOP | Chris Tancill (Wisconsin) |
| Attendance | 24,569 |
This was the first year in which the consolation game was not played since the tournament's premier in 1948.[1]
Boston University's 30 goals scored during the tournament is the highest ever for a single team. The Terriers also played the most NCAA tournament games in one year (7).
Qualifying teams
editThe 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 East Regional with the intent to insert an additional independent in the West Regional the following season. As a result, the two western conferences (CCHA and WCHA) would split four open spots as opposed to the East's three.
| East | West | ||||||||||||
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| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Boston College | Hockey East | 26–11–1 | Tournament champion | 17th | 1989 | 1 | Michigan State | CCHA | 36–5–3 | Tournament champion | 12th | 1989 |
| 2 | Colgate | ECAC Hockey | 28–5–1 | Tournament champion | 2nd | 1981 | 2 | Wisconsin | WCHA | 32–9–1 | Tournament champion | 11th | 1989 |
| 3 | Maine | Hockey East | 31–9–2 | At-large bid | 4th | 1989 | 3 | Lake Superior State | CCHA | 31–8–3 | At-large bid | 4th | 1989 |
| 4 | Boston University | Hockey East | 21–14–2 | At-large bid | 16th | 1986 | 4 | Minnesota | WCHA | 25–14–2 | At-large bid | 17th | 1989 |
| 5 | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | 21–9–3 | At-large bid | 10th | 1984 | 5 | North Dakota | WCHA | 27–11–4 | At-large bid | 12th | 1987 |
| 6 | Alaska-Anchorage | Independent | 21–9–2 | At-large bid | 1st | Never | 6 | Bowling Green | CCHA | 25–15–2 | At-large bid | 9th | 1989 |
Format
editThe 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 best-of-three 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 best-of-three series once more with the victors advancing to the National Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the Joe Louis Arena and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game.
Tournament Bracket
edit| First Round March 16–18 | Quarterfinals March 23–25 | Frozen Four March 30 | National Championship April 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Boston College | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Minnesota | 6 | 5 | – | W4 | Minnesota | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| E5 | Clarkson | 1 | 1 | – | E1 | Boston College | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Wisconsin | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Wisconsin | 7 | 4* | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Maine | 8 | 5 | – | E3 | Maine | 3 | 3 | – | ||||||||||||||
| W6 | Bowling Green | 4 | 2 | – | W2 | Wisconsin | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Colgate | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Michigan State | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Boston University | 5 | 5 | 5 | E4 | Boston University | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| W5 | North Dakota | 8 | 3 | 0 | E4 | Boston University | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Colgate | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Colgate | 3 | 2 | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Lake Superior State | 6 | 10 | – | W3 | Lake Superior State | 2 | 1 | – | ||||||||||||||
| E6 | Alaska-Anchorage | 2 | 3 | – | |||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First round
edit(E3) Maine vs. (W6) Bowling Green
edit| March 16 | Maine | 8 – 5 | Bowling Green | Alfond Arena | ||||
| March 17 | Maine | 5 – 2 | Bowling Green | Alfond Arena | ||||
| Maine won series 2–0 | |
(E4) Boston University vs. (W5) North Dakota
edit| March 16 | Boston University | 5 – 8 | North Dakota | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| March 17 | Boston University | 5 – 3 | North Dakota | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| March 18 | Boston University | 5 – 0 | North Dakota | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| Boston University won series 2–1 | |
(W3) Lake Superior State vs. (E6) Alaska-Anchorage
edit| March 16 | Lake Superior State | 6 – 2 | Alaska-Anchorage | Norris Center | ||||
| March 17 | Lake Superior State | 10 – 3 | Alaska-Anchorage | Norris Center | ||||
| Lake Superior State won series 2–0 | |
(W4) Minnesota vs. (E5) Clarkson
edit| March 16 | Minnesota | 6 – 1 | Clarkson | Mariucci Arena | ||||
| March 17 | Minnesota | 5 – 1 | Clarkson | Mariucci Arena | ||||
| Minnesota won series 2–0 | |
Quarterfinals
edit(E1) Boston College vs. (W4) Minnesota
edit| March 23 | Boston College | 4 – 2 | Minnesota | Conte Forum | ||||
| March 24 | Boston College | 1 – 2 | Minnesota | Conte Forum | ||||
| March 25 | Boston College | 6 – 1 | Minnesota | Conte Forum | ||||
| Boston College won series 2–1 | |
(E2) Colgate vs. (W3) Lake Superior State
edit| March 23 | Colgate | 3 – 2 | Lake Superior State | Starr Arena | ||||
| March 24 | Colgate | 2 – 1 | Lake Superior State | Starr Arena | ||||
| Colgate won series 2–0 | |
(W1) Michigan State vs. (E4) Boston University
edit| March 23[3] | Michigan State | 6 – 3 | Boston University | Munn Ice Arena | ||||
| (Smolinski, Norris) Shawn Heaphy – 09:03 (Beadle, Miller) Pat Murray – 11:46 |
First period | 05:09 – Shawn McEachern (Sacco, Krys) 10:51 – Dave Tomlinson (Koskimaki) | ||||||
| (Miller) Pat Murray – 10:04 (Miller, Murray) Jim Cummins – GW – 13:31 (Cummins, Murray) Kip Miller – 14:18 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Murray, McCauley) Kip Miller – 03:58 | Third period | 06:42 – Tony Amonte (McEachern) | ||||||
| March 24[3] | Michigan State | 3 – 5 | Boston University | Munn Ice Arena | ||||
| (White) Bryan Smolinski – 01:02 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Woolley, Muzzatti) Shawn Heaphy – 14:00 | Second period | 00:23 – Phil von Stefenelli (Legault, Amonte) 11:46 – Ed Ronan (Legault, von Stefenelli) 19:30 – Shawn McEachern (Amonte) | ||||||
| (Murray, White) Steve Beadle – 10:54 | Third period | 06:42 – GW – Mike Sullivan (McEachern, Amonte) 15:38 – Tony Amonte (Legault, McEachern) | ||||||
| March 25[3] | Michigan State | 3 – 5 | Boston University | Munn Ice Arena | ||||
| (Murray, Miller) Steve Beadle – PP – 19:17 | First period | 11:14 – Mark Bavis (Ahola, Mi. Bavis) | ||||||
| (Miller, Russell) Jason Woolley – PP – 02:58 (Woolley, Miller) Pat Murray – 07:28 |
Second period | 00:23 – Petteri Koskimaki (Ronan) 11:33 | ||||||
| (Murray, White) Steve Beadle – 10:54 | Third period | 06:42 – Ed Ronan (Sacco, Ahola) 07:02 – GW PP – Tony Amonte (Cashman) 18:03 – Robert Regan (Sullivan, von Stefenelli) | ||||||
| Boston University won series 2–1 | |
(W2) Wisconsin vs. (E3) Maine
edit| March 23 | Wisconsin | 7 – 3 | Maine | Dane County Coliseum | ||||
| March 24 | Wisconsin | 4 – 3 | Maine | Dane County Coliseum | ||||
| Wisconsin won series 2–0 | |
Frozen Four
editNational Semifinal
edit(E1) Boston College vs. (W2) Wisconsin
edit| March 30 | Boston College | 1 – 2 | Wisconsin | Joe Louis Arena | ||||
(E2) Colgate vs. (E4) Boston University
edit| March 30 | Colgate | 3 – 2 | Boston University | Joe Louis Arena | ||||
National Championship
edit(W2) Wisconsin vs. (E2) Colgate
edit| April 1 | Wisconsin | 7 – 3 | Colgate | Joe Louis Arena | ||||
| Scoring summary | |||||
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| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | WIS | John Byce – PP | Hill and Andringa | 1:30 | 1–0 WIS |
| WIS | John Byce – SH | Mendel | 3:23 | 2–0 WIS | |
| CGT | Joel Gardner – PP | Dupere and Spott | 4:58 | 2–1 WIS | |
| WIS | Chris Tancill – PP | Andringa and Hill | 7:33 | 3–1 WIS | |
| WIS | Rob Andringa – PP GW | Hill and MacDonald | 14:53 | 4–1 WIS | |
| 2nd | WIS | Dennis Snedden | Kurtz and Osiecki | 25:03 | 5–1 WIS |
| CGT | Steve Poapst – PP | Gardner | 29:42 | 5–2 WIS | |
| WIS | Gary Shuchuk – PP | Richter and Rohlik | 33:09 | 6–2 WIS | |
| 3rd | CGT | Jamie Cooke – PP | Woodcroft and Lille | 49:36 | 6–3 WIS |
| WIS | John Byce – EN | unassisted | 59:18 | 7–3 WIS | |
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- G: Duane Derksen (Wisconsin)
- D: Rob Andringa (Wisconsin)
- D: Mark Osiecki (Wisconsin)
- F: John Byce (Wisconsin)
- F: Joel Gardner (Colgate)
- F: Chris Tancill* (Wisconsin)
References
edit- ^ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Michigan State 2013-14 Hockey History" (PDF). Michigan State Spartans. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 22, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ^ "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.