1992 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded. The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), Hockey East and Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) all had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, the ECAC had two berths, and there was one independent Division I bid.

• Maine was required to forfeit 13 victories after the season concluded, their total here was their record at the time of the start of the tournament.

^ These teams records reflect the losses they had against Maine at the time that were later overturned.

Game locations

• East Regional – Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island
• West Regional – Joe Louis Arena, Detroit
• Frozen Four – Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York

Tournament bracket

Wisconsin's participation in the 1992 tournament was later vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions. March 26–27 March 28–29 April 2 April 4 | RD1-seed03=E4 | RD1-team03=Boston University | RD1-score03=2 | RD1-seed04=E5 | RD1-team04=Michigan State | RD1-score04=4 | RD1-seed07=W3 | RD1-team07=Lake Superior State | RD1-score07=7 | RD1-seed08=W6 | RD1-team08=Alaska Anchorage | RD1-score08=3 | RD1-seed11=E3 | RD1-team11=New Hampshire | RD1-score11=2 | RD1-seed12=E6 | RD1-team12=Wisconsin | RD1-score12=4 | RD1-seed15=W4 | RD1-team15=Northern Michigan | RD1-score15=8 | RD1-seed16=W5 | RD1-team16=Clarkson | RD1-score16=4 | RD2-seed01=E1 | RD2-team01=Maine | RD2-score01=2 | RD2-seed02=E5 | RD2-team02=Michigan State | RD2-score02=3 | RD2-seed03=W2 | RD2-team03=Minnesota | RD2-score03=3 | RD2-seed04=W3 | RD2-team04=Lake Superior State | RD2-score04=8 | RD2-seed05=E2 | RD2-team05=St. Lawrence | RD2-score05=2 | RD2-seed06=E6 | RD2-team06=Wisconsin | RD2-score06=5 | RD2-seed07=W1 | RD2-team07=Michigan | RD2-score07=7 | RD2-seed08=W4 | RD2-team08=Northern Michigan | RD2-score08=6 | RD3-seed01=E5 | RD3-team01=Michigan State | RD3-score01=2 | RD3-seed02=W3 | RD3-team02=Lake Superior State | RD3-score02=4 | RD3-seed03=E6 | RD3-team03=Wisconsin | RD3-score03=4 | RD3-seed04=W1 | RD3-team04=Michigan | RD3-score04=2 | RD4-seed01=W3 | RD4-team01=Lake Superior State | RD4-score01=5 | RD4-seed02=E6 | RD4-team02=Wisconsin (vacated) | RD4-score02=3 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals

East Regional

(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Wisconsin

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

(4) Boston University vs. (5) Michigan State

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-1-2 = No scoring |1-2-1 = (Ma. Bavis, Sacco) Mike Prendergast – 05:50 (Mi. Bavis) David Sacco – 19:04 |1-2-2 = 05:18 – Rem Murray (Smolinski, Thompson) |1-3-1 = No scoring |1-3-2 = 01:39 – Bart Turner (Woodward, Worden) 07:25 – GW – Dwayne Norris (unassisted) 12:55 – Bryan Smolinski (Murray, Messier) |goalie1-1 = |goalie1-2 = }}

West Regional

(3) Lake Superior State vs. (6) Alaska-Anchorage

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

(4) Northern Michigan vs. (5) Clarkson

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

Regional semifinals

East Regional

(1) Maine vs. (5) Michigan State

|1-1-1 = (Tardiff) Jim Montgomery – 05:39 |1-1-2 = 09:53 – Dwayne Norris (White) |1-2-1 = (Tardiff, Montgomery) Chris Imes – 17:12 |1-2-2 = 01:54 – Dwayne Norris (White, Suk) 11:22 – GW – Bryan Smolinski (Norris, Suk) |1-3-1 = No scoring |1-3-2 = No scoring |goalie1-1 = |goalie1-2 = }}

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (6) Wisconsin

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

West Regional

(1) Michigan vs. (4) Northern Michigan

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

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Lake Superior State

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

Frozen Four

National semifinal

(W3) Lake Superior State vs. (E5) Michigan State

|1-1-1 = (Smith, Hanley) Paul Constantin – 01:27 |1-1-2 = 05:28 – Nicholas Perreault (Harper, Garbarz) |1-2-1 = (Hanley, Hendry) Paul Constantin – 06:32 |1-2-2 = 17:22 – Dwayne Norris (Smolinski, Murray) |1-3-1 = (Hendry, Hulett) Mark Astley – GW – 10:58 (Strachan, Faucher) Sandy Moger – 12:22 |1-3-2 = No scoring |goalie1-1 = |goalie1-2 = }}

(W1) Michiganvs. (E6) Wisconsin

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

National Championship

(W3) Lake Superior State vs. (E6) Wisconsin

|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: Darrin Madeley (Lake Superior State)
• D: Mark Astley (Lake Superior State)
• D: vacated†
• F: Paul Constantin* (Lake Superior State)
• F: Brian Rolston (Lake Superior State)
• F: vacated†

• Most Outstanding Player(s)

† Participation of D: Barry Richter and F: Jason Zent vacated when Wisconsin's participation in the tournament was later vacated

Record by conference

References

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