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 – WorcesterSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid1 North Dakota (1) WCHA 32–5–2 At-large bid 15th 19981 New Hampshire (2) Hockey East 29–6–3 At-large bid 10th 19982 Michigan State CCHA 28–5–7 At-large bid 19th 19982 Clarkson ECAC 25–10–1 Tournament champion 18th 19983 Colorado College WCHA 28–11–1 At-large bid 13th 19983 Maine Hockey East 27–6–4 At-large bid 9th 19954 Boston College Hockey East 25–11–4 Tournament champion 20th 19984 Denver WCHA 26–12–2 Tournament champion 15th 19975 Northern Michigan CCHA 22–14–5 At-large bid 7th 19935 Michigan CCHA 24–10–6 Tournament champion 22nd 19986 St. Lawrence ECAC 23–12–3 At-large bid 13th 19926 Ohio State CCHA 21–15–4 At-large bid 2nd 1998
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
Game locations East Regional – Centrum Centre, Worcester, Massachusetts West Regional – Dane County Coliseum, Madison, Wisconsin Frozen Four – Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Bracket
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results East Regional – Worcester, Massachusetts First Round
Quarterfinals
West Regional – Madison, Wisconsin First Round
Quarterfinals
Frozen Four – Anaheim, California
National Semifinals
National Championship
Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MaineBen Guité (12) – PPVitorino and Kerluke 15:47 1–0 Maine 2nd MaineNiko Dimitrakos (8)Cullen and Metcalf 33:47 2–0 Maine UNHDarren Haydar (31) – SHSouza and Conklin 35:58 2–1 Maine 3rd UNHMichael Souza (23)Krog and Haydar 43:33 2–2 1st Overtime MaineMarcus Gustafsson (13) – GWLarose 70:50 3–2 Maine Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st UNHDarren HaydarRoughing0:402:00 MaineBarrett HeistenTripping2:422:00 MaineRobert EkRoughing9:392:00 UNHChristian BragnaloBoarding10:342:00 UNHMike SouzaCross-checking11:132:00 MaineJason VitorinoInterference13:302:00 UNHJohn SadowskiHooking14:532:00 MaineMatthias TrattnigHigh-sticking19:492:00 2nd MaineBenchToo many men (served by Jason Vitorino)20:472:00 MaineDan KerlukeChecking from behind31:102:00 UNHDarren HaydarElbowing33:522:00 UNHChad OnufrechukSlashing34:282:00 UNHChristian BragnaloMisconduct34:3310:00 MaineBenchDelay of game (served by Dan Kerluke)35:582:00 UNHDarren HaydarTripping39:242:00 3rdnone 1st Overtime MaineDoug JanikRoughing67:222:00 UNHJohn SadowskiHolding67:222:00
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)
Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Regional semifinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions 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 - - -
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