1987 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

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.

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

March 20–21 March 26–27 March 28

| RD1-seed1=E1 | RD1-team1=Boston College | RD1-score1-1=1 | RD1-score1-2=3 | RD1-score1-agg=4 | RD1-seed2=W4 | RD1-team2=Minnesota | RD1-score2-1=4 | RD1-score2-2=2 | RD1-score2-agg=6 | RD1-seed3=W2 | RD1-team3=Michigan State | RD1-score3-1=6 | RD1-score3-2=5 | RD1-score3-agg=11 | RD1-seed4=E3 | RD1-team4=Maine | RD1-score4-1=2 | RD1-score4-2=3 | RD1-score4-agg=5 | RD1-seed5=W1 | RD1-team5=North Dakota | RD1-score5-1=3 | RD1-score5-2=6 | RD1-score5-agg=9 | RD1-seed6=E4 | RD1-team6=St. Lawrence | RD1-score6-1=1 | RD1-score6-2=3 | RD1-score6-agg=4 | RD1-seed7=E2 | RD1-team7=Harvard | RD1-score7-1=7 | RD1-score7-2=3 | RD1-score7-agg=10 | RD1-seed8=W3 | RD1-team8=Bowling Green | RD1-score8-1=1 | RD1-score8-2=0 | RD1-score8-agg=1

| RD2-seed1=W4 | RD2-team1=Minnesota | RD2-score1=3 | RD2-seed2=W2 | RD2-team2=Michigan State | RD2-score2=5 | RD2-seed3=W1 | RD2-team3=North Dakota | RD2-score3=5 | RD2-seed4=E2 | RD2-team4=Harvard | RD2-score4=2

| RD3-seed1=W2 | RD3-team1=Michigan State | RD3-score1=3 | RD3-seed2=W1 | RD3-team2=North Dakota | RD3-score2=5

| RD3b-seed1=W4 | RD3b-team1=Minnesota | RD3b-score1=6 | RD3b-seed2=E2 | RD3b-team2=Harvard | RD3b-score2=3 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(E1) Boston College vs. (W4) Minnesota

|1-1-1 = |1-1-2 = |1-2-1 = |1-2-2 = |1-3-1 = |1-3-2 = |goalie1-1 = |goalie1-2 = |2-1-1 = |2-1-2 = |2-2-1 = |2-2-2 = |2-3-1 = |2-3-2 = |goalie2-1 = |goalie2-2 =

(E2) Harvard vs. (W3) Bowling Green

|1-1-1 = (Caplan, Biotti) Steve Armstrong – 01:27 (Taylor, Bourbeau) Lane MacDonald – GW PP – 04:51 (Armstrong, Caplan) Don Sweeney – PP – 16:41 |1-1-2 = No scoring |1-2-1 = (unassisted) C. J. Young – 03:09 (Barakett, Sweeney) C. J. Young – 08:00 (MacDonald, Barakett) Allen Bourbeau – PP – 11:37 |1-2-2 = 18:32 – PP – Iain Duncan (Emerson, Barber) |1-3-1 = (Taylor, Bourbeau) Tim Barakett – PP – 11:07 |1-3-2 = No scoring |goalie1-1 = ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) Dickie McEvoy |goalie1-2 = Gary Kruzich ( 34 saves / 41 shots ) |2-1-1 = |2-1-2 = |2-2-1 = |2-2-2 = |2-3-1 = |2-3-2 = |goalie2-1 = |goalie2-2 =

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

|1-1-1 = |1-1-2 = |1-2-1 = |1-2-2 = |1-3-1 = |1-3-2 = |goalie1-1 = |goalie1-2 = |2-1-1 = |2-1-2 = |2-2-1 = |2-2-2 = |2-3-1 = |2-3-2 = |goalie2-1 = |goalie2-2 =

(W2) Michigan State vs. (E3) Maine

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-1-2 = 13:15 – Guy Perron (McHugh) |1-2-1 = (Cole, Foster) Don McSween – 10:05 (unassisted) Tom Tilley – 16:41 (Kv. Miller, Hamilton) Bruce Rendall – GW – 18:07 |1-2-2 = No scoring |1-3-1 = (Luongo, Shibicky) Mitch Messier – 07:31 (Gibson, Hoff) Brian McReynolds – 15:00 (Tilley, Ki. Miller) Kevin Miller – 15:33 |1-3-2 = 02:38 – Guy Perron (Beers, Nonis) |goalie1-1 = |goalie1-2 = |2-1-1 = (Kv. Miller) Mitch Messier – 19:15 |2-1-2 = No scoring |2-2-1 = (Kv. Miller, Rendall) Kip Miller – 09:55 (Rendall, Shibicky) Mitch Messier – 15:12 |2-2-2 = 09:32 – Steve Santini (D. Capuano, Baker) |2-3-1 = (Messier, McSween) Dave Arkeilpane – GW – 15:36 (Cole, Luongo) Bobby Reynolds – 19:28 |2-3-2 = 01:57 – Todd Jenkins (Nonis) 12:10 – Todd Jenkins (Nonis) |goalie2-1 = |goalie2-2 =

Semifinal

(W1) North Dakota vs. (E2) Harvard

|1-1-1 = |1-1-2 = |1-2-1 = |1-2-2 = |1-3-1 = |1-3-2 = |goalie1-1 = |goalie1-2 = }}

(W2) Michigan State vs. (W4) Minnesota

|1-1-1 = (Kv. Miller, Hamilton) Mitch Messier – 01:39 (Reynolds, Luongo) Danton Cole – 04:16 |1-1-2 = No scoring |1-2-1 = (O'Toole, Cole) Neil Wilkinson – 10:05 |1-2-2 = 01:08 – Corey Millen (Blue) 06:27 – Jay Cates (Chorske, Millen) 17:18 – Tom Chorske (unassisted) |1-3-1 = (unassisted) Dave Arkeilpane – GW – 07:31 (Luongo) Bill Shibicky – 19:04 |1-3-2 = No scoring |goalie1-1 = |goalie1-2 = }}

Third-place game

(E2) Harvard vs. (W4) Minnesota

|1-1-1 = |1-1-2 = |1-2-1 = |1-2-2 = |1-3-1 = |1-3-2 = |goalie1-1 = |goalie1-2 = }}

National Championship

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

|1-1-1 = |1-1-2 = |1-2-1 = |1-2-2 = |1-3-1 = |1-3-2 = |goalie1-1 = |goalie1-2 =

[[List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey All-Tournament Teams|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)

References

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