1997 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

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 seeding 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, Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and the ECAC each had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, while 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

Brackets

Regionals

Frozen Four

	National semifinals March 27					National championship March 29
	E5	Colorado College	2
	W2	North Dakota	6
						W2	North Dakota	6
						E2	Boston University	4
	E2	Boston University	3
	W1	Michigan	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals

East Regional

(3) Vermont vs. (6) Denver

March 21

Vermont

3 – 6

Denver

Centrum Centre

(4) New Hampshire vs. (5) Colorado College

March 21

New Hampshire

2 – 3

Colorado College

Centrum Centre

West Regional

(3) Miami vs. (6) Cornell

March 22

Miami

2 – 4

Cornell

Van Andel Arena

(4) Minnesota vs. (5) Michigan State

March 22[2]	Minnesota		6 – 3		Michigan State	Van Andel Arena
(Anderson, Godbout) Dan Woog – 03:01 (Miller, Checco) Dan Hendrickson – 10:33 (LaFleur, Crowley) Casey Hankinson – 18:46		First period			09:05 – Mike York (Weaver, Tuzzolino)
(Berg, Clymer) Casey Hankinson – GW – 04:37 (Hankinson, Berg) DaveSpehar – 13:31		Second period			14:31 – Steve Ferranti (Horcoff, Loeding)
(Crowley) Casey Hankinson – 07:44		Third period			17:19 – Shawn Horcoff (Harlton)

Regional semifinals

East Regional

(1) Clarkson vs. (5) Colorado College

March 22

Clarkson

4 – 5

Colorado College

Centrum Centre

(2) Boston University vs. (6) Denver

March 22

Boston University

4 – 3

OT

Denver

Centrum Centre

West Regional

(1) Michigan vs. (4) Minnesota

March 23

Michigan

7 – 4

Minnesota

Van Andel Arena

(2) North Dakota vs. (6) Cornell

March 23

North Dakota

6 – 2

Cornell

Van Andel Arena

Frozen Four

National semifinal

(E5) Colorado College vs. (W2) North Dakota

March 27

Colorado College

2 – 6

North Dakota

Bradley Center

(E2) Boston University vs. (W1) Michigan

March 27

Boston University

3 – 2

Michigan

Bradley Center

National Championship

(W2) North Dakota vs. (E2) Boston University

March 29

North Dakota

6 – 4

Boston University

Bradley Center

Scoring summary[3]
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	BU	Peter Donatelli	Poti	8:44	1–0 BU
	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
	UND	Adam Calder – EN	unassisted	59:41	6–4 UND

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)^[4]

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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