The 1995 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 24, 1995, and ended with the championship game on April 1. A total of 11 games were played. The top 2 seeds in each region received a bye into the tournament quarterfinals.
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, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and Hockey East each had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, while the ECAC had two berths.
East Regional – Worcester West Regional – MadisonSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid1 Boston University Hockey East 28–6–3 Tournament champion 21st 19941 Michigan CCHA 29–7–1 At-large bid 18th 19942 Maine Hockey East 30–5–6 At-large bid 8th 19932 Colorado College WCHA 30–11–1 At-large bid 9th 19783 New Hampshire Hockey East 22–9–4 At-large bid 7th 19943 Minnesota WCHA 23–13–5 At-large bid 22nd 19944 Clarkson ECAC 23–9–4 At-large bid 14th 19934 Wisconsin WCHA 23–14–4 Tournament champion 16th 19945 Lake Superior State CCHA 22–11–6 Tournament champion 9th 19945 Michigan State CCHA 25–11–3 At-large bid 15th 19946 Denver WCHA 24–14–2 At-large bid 13th 19866 Rensselaer ECAC 19–13–4 Tournament champion 8th 1994
Game locations East Regional – Centrum in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts West Regional – Dane County Coliseum, Madison, Wisconsin Frozen Four – Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island
Bracket
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results East Regional – Worcester, Massachusetts First Round
Quarterfinals
West Regional – Madison, Wisconsin First Round
Quarterfinals
Frozen Four – Providence, Rhode Island
National Semifinals
National Championship
Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st BUSteve Thornton – PPunassisted 14:57 1–0 BU 2nd BUChris O'SullivanThornton and Grier 27:27 2–0 BU BUJacques Joubert – PP GWLinna and Prendergast 29:15 3–0 BU MaineTim LovellFrenette and Thompson 34:51 3–1 BU 3rd MaineTrevor Roenick – PPRodrigue and Tory 40:31 3–2 BU BUMike SylviaBates and Pandolfo 45:23 4–2 BU BUChris O'Sullivan – PPBrennan and Grier 48:30 5–2 BU BUBob Lachance – SHThornton 58:47 6–2 BU Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st BUMike SylviaHigh-sticking 2:13 2:00 MaineTim LovellHigh-sticking 2:13 2:00 BUShawn BatesInterference 8:32 2:00 BUShane JohnsonInterference 11:26 2:00 MaineBrad MahoneyRoughing 13:50 2:00 MaineJamie ThompsonCross-checking 16:25 2:00 BUChris O'SullivanCross-checking 17:53 2:00 2nd BUChris DruryInterference 23:19 2:00 MaineDan ShermerhornInterference 28:42 2:00 BUShane JohnsonInterference 38:20 2:00 BUKaj LinnaSlashing 39:44 2:00 3rd MaineReg CardinalHolding 47:41 2:00 BUKaj LinnaHolding 52:17 2:00 MaineJason MansoffHolding 55:26 2:00 BUJacques JoubertElbowing 55:26 2:00 BUBenchToo many men (served by Ken Rausch) 56:59 2:00
Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Maine 9 5 9 23 Boston University 11 14 14 39
Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice Maine Blair Allison 33 5 58:28 BU Tom Noble 21 2 60:00
All-Tournament team G: Blair Allison (Maine) D: Chris Imes (Maine) D: Kaj Linna (Boston University) F: Shawn Bates (Boston University) F: Chris O'Sullivan* (Boston University) F: Dan Shermerhorn (Maine) * Most Outstanding Player(s)
Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Regional semifinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions WCHA 4 4-4 .500 4 1 - - CCHA 3 2-3 .400 2 1 - - Hockey East 3 5-2 .714 2 2 2 1 ECAC 2 0-2 .000 - - - -
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