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1991 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

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FieldValue
Year1991
Gendermen's
DivisionDivision I
Teams12
FrozenFourArenaSt. Paul Civic Center
FrozenFourCitySaint Paul, Minnesota
Champions[Northern Michigan Wildcats](1990-91-northern-michigan-wildcats-men-s-ice-hockey-season)
TitleCount1st
ChampGameCount2nd
ChampFFCount3rd
RunnerUpBoston University Terriers
GameCount6th
RunnerFFCount15th
Semifinal1Clarkson Golden Knights
FrozenFourCount7th
Semifinal2Maine Black Bears
FrozenFourCount23rd
CoachRick Comley
CoachCount1st
MOPScott Beattie
MOPTeamNorthern Michigan
Attendance35,938

The 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 44th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 15 and March 30, 1991, and concluded with Northern Michigan defeating Boston University 8-7 in overtime. All First Round and Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues with the 'Frozen Four' games being played at the St. Paul Civic Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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 because the previous year the independent qualifier was placed in the East pool the two western conferences (CCHA and WCHA) would split only three open spots as opposed to the East's four open spots. The top four remaining eastern teams and the top three remaining western teams received invitations and were seeded with the automatic qualifiers according to their ranking.

EastWestSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1MaineHockey East30–8–2At-large bid5th19901Lake Superior StateCCHA35–3–4[Tournament champion](1991-ccha-men-s-ice-hockey-tournament)5th1990
2Boston UniversityHockey East25–10–2[Tournament champion](1991-hockey-east-men-s-ice-hockey-tournament)17th19902Northern MichiganWCHA34–5–4[Tournament champion](1991-wcha-men-s-ice-hockey-tournament)4th1989
3Boston CollegeHockey East27–10–0At-large bid18th19903MichiganCCHA32–7–3At-large bid14th1977
4ClarksonECAC25–7–2[Tournament champion](1991-ecac-hockey-men-s-ice-hockey-tournament)11th19904MinnesotaWCHA28–7–5At-large bid18th1990
5ProvidenceHockey East23–10–8At-large bid7th19895WisconsinWCHA26–13–3At-large bid12th1990
6CornellECAC17–9–3At-large bid10th19866Alaska-AnchorageIndependent20–15–4At-large bid2nd1990

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 best-of-three 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 best-of-three series once more with the victors advancing to the National Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the Saint Paul Civic Center and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game.

Tournament Bracket

March 15–17 March 22–24 March 28 March 30

| RD1-seed01=W4 | RD1-team01=Minnesota | RD1-score01-1=3 | RD1-score01-2=8 | RD1-score01-3=8 | RD1-seed02=E5 | RD1-team02=Providence | RD1-score02-1=4 | RD1-score02-2=4 | RD1-score02-3=3 | RD1-seed03=E3 | RD1-team03=Boston College | RD1-score03-1=2 | RD1-score03-2=1 | RD1-score03-3=– | RD1-seed04=W6 | RD1-team04=Alaska-Anchorage | RD1-score04-1=3 | RD1-score04-2=3 | RD1-score04-3=– | RD1-seed05=E4 | RD1-team05=Clarkson | RD1-score05-1=8 | RD1-score05-2=5 | RD1-score05-3=– | RD1-seed06=W5 | RD1-team06=Wisconsin | RD1-score06-1=3 | RD1-score06-2=4 | RD1-score06-3=– | RD1-seed07=W3 | RD1-team07=Michigan | RD1-score07-1=4 | RD1-score07-2=6 | RD1-score07-3=9 | RD1-seed08=E6 | RD1-team08=Cornell | RD1-score08-1=5* | RD1-score08-2=4 | RD1-score08-3=3

| RD2-seed01=E1 | RD2-team01=Maine | RD2-score01-1=4 | RD2-score01-2=5 | RD2-score01-3=– | RD2-seed02=W4 | RD2-team02=Minnesota | RD2-score02-1=0 | RD2-score02-2=3 | RD2-score02-3=– | RD2-seed03=W2 | RD2-team03=Northern Michigan | RD2-score03-1=8 | RD2-score03-2=5 | RD2-score03-3=– | RD2-seed04=W6 | RD2-team04=Alaska Anchorage | RD2-score04-1=5 | RD2-score04-2=3 | RD2-score04-3=– | RD2-seed05=W1 | RD2-team05=Lake Superior State | RD2-score05-1=3 | RD2-score05-2=6 | RD2-score05-3=3 | RD2-seed06=E4 | RD2-team06=Clarkson | RD2-score06-1=7 | RD2-score06-2=2 | RD2-score06-3=4 | RD2-seed07=E2 | RD2-team07=Boston University | RD2-score07-1=4 | RD2-score07-2=8 | RD2-score07-3=– | RD2-seed08=W3 | RD2-team08=Michigan | RD2-score08-1=1 | RD2-score08-2=1 | RD2-score08-3=–

| RD3-seed01=E1 | RD3-team01=Maine | RD3-score01=3 | RD3-seed02=W2 | RD3-team02=Northern Michigan | RD3-score02=5 | RD3-seed03=E4 | RD3-team03=Clarkson | RD3-score03=3 | RD3-seed04=E2 | RD3-team04=Boston University | RD3-score04=7

| RD4-seed01=W2 | RD4-team01=Northern Michigan | RD4-score01=8*** | RD4-seed02=E2 | RD4-team02=Boston University | RD4-score02=7 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(E3) Boston College vs. (W6) Alaska-Anchorage

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(E4) Clarkson vs. (W5) Wisconsin

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(W3) Michigan vs. (E6) Cornell

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(W4) Minnesota vs. (E5) Providence

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Quarterfinals

(E1) Maine vs. (W4) Minnesota

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(E2) Boston University vs. (W3) Michigan

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(W1) Lake Superior State vs. (E4) Clarkson

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(W2) Northern Michigan vs. (W6) Alaska-Anchorage

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Frozen Four

National Semifinal

(E1) Maine vs. (W2) Northern Michigan

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(E2) Boston University vs. (E4) Clarkson

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National Championship

(W2) Northern Michigan vs. (E2) Boston University

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Scoring summaryPeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
**1st**Boston University Terrierscolor=#FFFFFF}};"**BU**Ed Ronan1–0 BU
Boston University Terrierscolor=#FFFFFF}};"**BU**David Sacco2–0 BU
Boston University Terrierscolor=#FFFFFF}};"**BU**Ed Ronan3–0 BU
**2nd**Northern Michigan Wildcatscolor=#FFFFFF}};"**NMU**Dean AntosWerenka and Beattie3–1 BU
Northern Michigan Wildcatscolor=#FFFFFF}};"**NMU**Mark BeaufaitMelone and Soukoroff3–2 BU
Northern Michigan Wildcatscolor=#FFFFFF}};"**NMU**Scott BeattieMelone and Scott3–3
Northern Michigan Wildcatscolor=#FFFFFF}};"**NMU**Darryl PlandowskiFrederick4–3 NMU
Northern Michigan Wildcatscolor=#FFFFFF}};"**NMU**Scott Beattieunassisted5–3 NMU
**3rd**Northern Michigan Wildcatscolor=#FFFFFF}};"**NMU**Scott Beattieunassisted43:086–3 NMU
Boston University Terrierscolor=#FFFFFF}};"**BU**Dave Tomlinson45:596–4 NMU
Northern Michigan Wildcatscolor=#FFFFFF}};"**NMU**Darryl PlandowskiSoukoroff48:247–4 NMU
Boston University Terrierscolor=#FFFFFF}};"**BU**Tony AmonteMcEachern52:247–5 NMU
Boston University Terrierscolor=#FFFFFF}};"**BU**Shawn McEachernAmonte54:517–6 NMU
Boston University Terrierscolor=#FFFFFF}};"**BU**David SaccoTomlinson59:217–7
**3rd Overtime**Northern Michigan Wildcatscolor=#FFFFFF}};"**NMU**Darryl PlandowskiBeaufait and Antos81:578–7 NMU
GoaltendersTeamNameSavesGoals againstTime on ice
Northern Michigan Wildcatscolor=#FFFFFF}};"**NMU**Bill Pye7
Boston University Terrierscolor=#FFFFFF}};"**BU**John Bradley5
Boston University Terrierscolor=#FFFFFF}};"**BU**Scott Cashman3

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

  • G: Bill Pye (Northern Michigan)
  • D: Lou Melone (Northern Michigan)
  • D: Brad Werenka (Northern Michigan)
  • F: Tony Amonte (Boston University)
  • F: Scott Beattie* (Northern Michigan)
  • F: Jean-Yves Roy (Maine)
  • Most Outstanding Player(s)

References

References

  1. "Northern Michigan Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com.
  2. "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives.
  3. "Golden Season- Part 2: 1990-91 NMU Hockey". Six Productions.
  4. "Golden Season- Part 3: 1990-91 NMU Hockey". Six Productions.
  5. "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives.
  6. "NCAA Frozen Four Records". NCAA.org.
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