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 seedings 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, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and the ECAC each had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, and Hockey East had two berths.

East Regional – Worcester West Regional – Grand RapidsSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid1 Clarkson ECAC 27–9–0 At-large bid 16th 19961 Michigan CCHA 34–3–4 Tournament champion 20th 19962 Boston University Hockey East 24–8–6 Tournament champion 23rd 19962 North Dakota WCHA 28–10–2 Tournament champion 13th 19903 Vermont ECAC 22–10–3 At-large bid 3rd 19963 Miami CCHA 27–11–1 At-large bid 2nd 19934 New Hampshire Hockey East 28–10–0 At-large bid 8th 19954 Minnesota WCHA 27–12–1 At-large bid 24th 19965 Colorado College WCHA 23–14–4 At-large bid 11th 19965 Michigan State CCHA 23–12–4 At-large bid 17th 19966 Denver WCHA 23–12–4 At-large bid 14th 19956 Cornell ECAC 20–8–4 Tournament champion 12th 1996

Game locations East Regional – Centrum Centre, Worcester, Massachusetts West Regional – Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan Frozen Four – Bradley Center, Milwaukee

Bracket

Results East Regional – Worcester, Massachusetts First Round

Quarterfinals

West Regional – Grand Rapids, Michigan First Round

Quarterfinals

Frozen Four – Milwaukee, Wisconsin National Semifinals

National Championship

Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st BUPeter DonatelliPoti 8:44 1–0 BU BUChris Drury – PPPoti and O'Connell 15:08 2–0 BU 2nd UNDCurtis MurphyPanzer and Henderson 27:06 2–1 BU UNDDavid Hoogsteenunassisted 28:38 2–2 UNDMatt Henderson – SHunassisted 32:35 3–2 UND BUChris Kelleher – PPunassisted 33:56 3–3 UNDMatt Henderson – PPCalder and Litke 35:49 4–3 UND UNDDavid Hoogsteen – GWMurphy 39:54 5–3 UND 3rd BUJon ColemanKelleher and Sylvia 59:24 5–4 UND UNDAdam Calder – ENunassisted 59:41 6–4 UND Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st UNDJesse BullHooking 2:12 2:00 BUBilly PierceInterference 4:47 2:00 BUChris KelleherInterference 9:40 2:00 UNDMatt HendersonElbowing 13:34 2:00 2nd BUGreg QuebecInterference 23:01 2:00 UNDCurtis MurphyTripping 31:44 2:00 UNDMark PivetzInterference 33:12 2:00 BUMatt WrightInterference 35:02 2:00 3rd BUMike SylviaCross-checking 48:02 2:00 UNDMitch VigHolding 51:44 2:00 UNDMatt HendersonInterference 57:09 2:00

Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Boston University 11 10 8 29 North Dakota 10 16 4 30

Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice BU Michel Larocque 24 5 58:28 UND Aaron Schweitzer 25 4 60:00

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)

Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Regional semifinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions 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 -

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