1987 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The 1987 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the culmination of the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 40th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 20 and 28, 1987, and concluded with North Dakota defeating Michigan State 5-3. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues while all succeeding games were played at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.

Qualifying teams The NCAA permitted 8 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 4 teams, 1 from each conference.

East West SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid1 Boston College Hockey East 30–7–0 Tournament champion 15th 19861 North Dakota WCHA 36–8–0 Tournament champion 11th 19842 Harvard ECAC Hockey 26–4–0 Tournament champion 12th 19862 Michigan State CCHA 30–9–2 Tournament champion 9th 19863 Maine Hockey East 24–14–2 At-large bid 1st Never3 Bowling Green CCHA 33–8–2 At-large bid 6th 19844 St. Lawrence ECAC Hockey 24–9–0 At-large bid 9th 19834 Minnesota WCHA 32–12–1 At-large bid 14th 1986

Format The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the two even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking. In the Quarterfinals the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds played two-game aggregate series to determine which school advanced to the 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 with the losers playing in a Third Place game.

Tournament bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(E1) Boston College vs. (W4) Minnesota

(E2) Harvard vs. (W3) Bowling Green

(W1) North Dakota vs. (E4) St. Lawrence

(W2) Michigan State vs. (E3) Maine

Semifinal

(W1) North Dakota vs. (E2) Harvard

(W2) Michigan State vs. (W4) Minnesota

Third-place game

(E2) Harvard vs. (W4) Minnesota

National Championship

(W1) North Dakota vs. (W2) Michigan State

Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st UNDIan Kidd – PPJoyce 15:07 1–0 UND UNDMurray BaronBowen and Kidd 16:44 2–0 UND UNDBob JoyceKidd and Hrkac 17:02 3–0 UND 2nd MSUTom TillyMcReynolds and Messier 28:30 3–1 UND UNDMalcolm Parks – GWKoberinski 35:05 4–1 UND MSUKevin Millerunassisted 36:56 4–2 UND 3rd UNDBrent BobyckParent 47:54 5–2 UND MSUKip MillerMiller 58:34 5–3 UND Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MSUTom TilleyHooking 1:05 2:00 UNDGrant ParanicaHolding 7:09 2:00 MSUBrad HamiltonTripping 12:45 2:00 MSUDanton ColeTripping 13:54 2:00 UNDTom BensonHigh-sticking 18:06 2:00 2nd UNDScott DubSlashing 23:16 2:00 MSUBrad HamiltonTripping 23:57 2:00 MSUSean ClementHooking 29:53 2:00 UNDMurray BaronCross-checking 32:55 2:00 3rd MSUDon GibsonRoughing (late hit) 52:07 2:00 UNDLee DavidsonRoughing 52:07 2:00

Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Michigan State 2 8 8 18 North Dakota 8 9 6 23

Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice MSU Bob Essensa 18 5 60:00 UND Ed Belfour 15 3 60:00

All-Tournament team G: Ed Belfour (North Dakota) D: Ian Kidd (North Dakota) D: Chris Luongo (Michigan State) D: Don McSween (Michigan State) F: Tony Hrkac* (North Dakota) F: Bob Joyce (North Dakota) F: Corey Millen (Minnesota) * Most Outstanding Player(s)

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