1988 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

Qualifying teams

The NCAA permitted 12 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 8 teams. The NCAA permitted one Independent team to participate in the tournament and placed it in the western bracket with the intention to place an additional independent in the eastern regional in 1989. As a result, the two western conferences (WCHA and CCHA) would split only three open spots as opposed to the East's four open spots.

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. The three odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the three even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking with the top two teams in each bracket receiving byes into the quarterfinals. In the first round the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds played two-game aggregate series to determine which school advanced to the Quarterfinals with the winners of the 4 vs. 5 series playing the first seed and the winner of the 3 vs. 6 series playing the second seed. In the Quarterfinals the matches were two-game aggregates once more with the victors advancing to the National Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game.

Tournament Bracket

March 18–20 March 25–27 March 31-April 1 April 2

| RD1-seed01=W4 | RD1-team01=Bowling Green | RD1-score01-1=5 | RD1-score01-2=5 | RD1-score01-agg=10 | RD1-seed02=E5 | RD1-team02=Vermont | RD1-score02-1=1 | RD1-score02-2=1 | RD1-score02-agg=2 | RD1-seed03=E3 | RD1-team03=Northeastern | RD1-score03-1=5 | RD1-score03-2=3 | RD1-score03-agg=8 | RD1-seed04=W6 | RD1-team04=Merrimack | RD1-score04-1=3 | RD1-score04-2=7 | RD1-score04-agg=10 | RD1-seed05=E4 | RD1-team05=Harvard | RD1-score05-1=5 | RD1-score05-2=3 | RD1-score05-agg=8 | RD1-seed06=W5 | RD1-team06=Michigan State | RD1-score06-1=6 | RD1-score06-2=5 | RD1-score06-agg=11 | RD1-seed07=W3 | RD1-team07=Wisconsin | RD1-score07-1=7 | RD1-score07-2=4 | RD1-score07-agg=11 | RD1-seed08=E6 | RD1-team08=Lowell | RD1-score08-1=3 | RD1-score08-2=2 | RD1-score08-agg=5

| RD2-seed01=E1 | RD2-team01=Maine | RD2-score01-1=5 | RD2-score01-2=4 | RD2-score01-agg=9 | RD2-seed02=W4 | RD2-team02=Bowling Green | RD2-score02-1=1 | RD2-score02-2=3 | RD2-score02-agg=4 | RD2-seed03=W2 | RD2-team03=Lake Superior State | RD2-score03-1=3 | RD2-score03-2=5 | RD2-score03-agg=8 | RD2-seed04=W6 | RD2-team04=Merrimack | RD2-score04-1=4 | RD2-score04-2=1 | RD2-score04-agg=5 | RD2-seed05=W1 | RD2-team05=Minnesota | RD2-score05-1=4 | RD2-score05-2=4 | RD2-score05-agg=8 | RD2-seed06=W5 | RD2-team06=Michigan State | RD2-score06-1=2 | RD2-score06-2=3 | RD2-score06-agg=5 | RD2-seed07=E2 | RD2-team07=St. Lawrence | RD2-score07-1=7 | RD2-score07-2=3 | RD2-score07-agg=10 | RD2-seed08=W3 | RD2-team08=Wisconsin | RD2-score08-1=0 | RD2-score08-2=4 | RD2-score08-agg=4

| RD3-seed01=E1 | RD3-team01=Maine | RD3-score01=3 | RD3-seed02=W2 | RD3-team02=Lake Superior State | RD3-score02=6 | RD3-seed03=W1 | RD3-team03=Minnesota | RD3-score03=2 | RD3-seed04=E2 | RD3-team04=St. Lawrence | RD3-score04=3

| RD4-seed01=W2 | RD4-team01=Lake Superior State | RD4-score01=4* | RD4-seed02=E2 | RD4-team02=St. Lawrence | RD4-score02=3

| RD4b-seed01=E1 | RD4b-team01=Maine | RD4b-score01=5 | RD4b-seed02=W1 | RD4b-team02=Minnesota | RD4b-score02=2 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(E3) Northeastern vs. (W6) Merrimack

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(E4) Harvard vs. (W5) Michigan State

|1-1-1 = (Armstrong, Sweeney) Andy Janfanza – 04:43 |1-1-2 = 00:57 – Brian McReynolds (Gibson) 01:26 – Kevin Miller (Marshall, Ki. Miller) 07:54 – Bobby Reynolds (Tilley, Cole) 14:45 – Jeff Harding (Cole, Beadle) |1-2-1 = (Hartje, Sweeney) Andy Janfanza – 11:35 (Weisbrod, Murphy) Mike Vukonich – 18:08 |1-2-2 = 00:40 – Tom Tilley (unassisted) |1-3-1 = (Donato, Armstrong) Jerry Pawlowski – 17:23 (unassisted) Peter Ciavaglia – 19:20 |1-3-2 = 09:56 – GW – Kevin Miller (Luongo, Hamilton) |goalie1-1 = |goalie1-2 = |2-1-1 = No scoring |2-1-2 = 03:33 – Danton Cole (Murray, Reynolds) 15:46 – Mike O'Toole (Cole, Reynolds) |2-2-1 = (Vukonich, Pawlowski) John Weisbrod – 05:08 |2-2-2 = 06:03 – Bruce Rendall (Luongo, McReynolds) |2-3-1 = (Hartje) Jerry Pawlowski – 09:39 (unassisted) Josh Caplan – 18:18 |2-3-2 = 00:19 – GW – Kevin Miller (Luongo, Hamilton) 19:56 – Mike O'Toole (unassisted) |goalie2-1 = |goalie2-2 =

(W3) Wisconsin vs. (E6) Lowell

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(W4) Bowling Green vs. (E5) Vermont

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Quarterfinals

(E1) Maine vs. (W4) Bowling Green

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(E2) St. Lawrence vs. (W3) Wisconsin

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(W1) Minnesota vs. (W5) Michigan State

|1-1-1 = (Miller) Paul Broten – 07:03 (Broten, Grannis) Todd Richards – 19:42 |1-1-2 = 03:15 – Bobby Reynolds (Russell, Cole) |1-2-1 = (Hankinson, Orth) Scott Bloom – GW – 10:54 |1-2-2 = No scoring |1-3-1 = (Broten) David Grannis – 18:38 |1-3-2 = 14:12 – Bruce Rendall (unassisted) |goalie1-1 = |goalie1-2 = |2-1-1 = No scoring |2-1-2 = 05:42 – Kip Miller (Murray, Beadle) |2-2-1 = (Werness, Skarda) Jay Cates – 17:14 |2-2-2 = 10:02 – Kip Miller (Murray, Beadle) 15:35 – Kip Miller (Kv. Miller, Hamilton) |2-3-1 = (Cates) Grant Bischoff – 07:44 (unassisted) Todd Richards – 13:10 (Skarda) Jason Miller – GW – 19:56 |2-3-2 = No scoring |goalie2-1 = |goalie2-2 =

(W2) Lake Superior State vs. (W6) Merrimack

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Frozen Four

National Semifinal

(E1) Maine vs. (W2) Lake Superior State

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(W1) Minnesota vs. (E2) St. Lawrence

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Third-place game

(E1) Maine vs. (W1) Minnesota

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National Championship

(W2) Lake Superior State vs. (E2) St. Lawrence

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

• G: Bruce Hoffort* (Lake Superior State)
• D: Kord Cernich (Lake Superior State)
• D: Brian McColgan (St. Lawrence)
• F: Dave Capuano (Maine)
• F: Mike de Carle (Lake Superior State)
• F: Pete Lappin (St. Lawrence)

• Most Outstanding Player(s)

Cheating Scandal

LSSU player Pete Stauber cheated in this game. |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HowMoUOhQSs

References

References

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5. "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives.
6. "NCAA Frozen Four Records". NCAA.org.