1991 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
| Champions | Northern Michigan Wildcats (1st title) |
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| Runner-up | Boston University Terriers (6th title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Rick Comley[1] (1st title) |
| MOP | Scott Beattie (Northern Michigan) |
| Attendance | 35,938 |
The 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the
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.
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| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Maine | Hockey East | 30–8–2 | At-large bid | 5th | 1990 | 1 | Lake Superior State | CCHA | 35–3–4 | Tournament champion
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5th | 1990 |
| 2 | Boston University | Hockey East | 25–10–2 | Tournament champion
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17th | 1990 | 2 | Northern Michigan | WCHA | 34–5–4 | Tournament champion
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4th | 1989 |
| 3 | Boston College | Hockey East | 27–10–0 | At-large bid | 18th | 1990 | 3 | Michigan | CCHA | 32–7–3 | At-large bid | 14th | 1977 |
| 4 | Clarkson | ECAC | 25–7–2 | Tournament champion
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11th | 1990 | 4 | Minnesota | WCHA | 28–7–5 | At-large bid | 18th | 1990 |
| 5 | Providence | Hockey East | 23–10–8 | At-large bid | 7th | 1989 | 5 | Wisconsin | WCHA | 26–13–3 | At-large bid | 12th | 1990 |
| 6 | Cornell | ECAC | 17–9–3 | At-large bid | 10th | 1986 | 6 | Alaska-Anchorage
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Independent | 20–15–4 | At-large bid | 2nd | 1990 |
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
| First Round March 15–17 | Quarterfinals March 22–24 | Frozen Four March 28 | National Championship March 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Maine | 4 | 5 | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Minnesota | 3 | 8 | 8 | W4 | Minnesota | 0 | 3 | – | ||||||||||||||
| E5 | Providence | 4 | 4 | 3 | E1 | Maine | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Northern Michigan | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Northern Michigan | 8 | 5 | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Boston College | 2 | 1 | – | W6 | Alaska Anchorage | 5 | 3 | – | ||||||||||||||
| W6 | Alaska-Anchorage | 3 | 3 | – | W2 | Northern Michigan | 8*** | ||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Boston University | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Lake Superior State | 3 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Clarkson | 8 | 5 | – | E4 | Clarkson | 7 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| W5 | Wisconsin | 3 | 4 | – | E4 | Clarkson | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Boston University | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Boston University | 4 | 8 | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Michigan | 4 | 6 | 9 | W3 | Michigan | 1 | 1 | – | ||||||||||||||
| E6 | Cornell | 5* | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First round
(E3) Boston College vs. (W6) Alaska-Anchorage
| March 15 | Boston College | 2 – 3 | Alaska-Anchorage | Conte Forum | ||||
| March 16 | Boston College | 1 – 3 | Alaska-Anchorage | Conte Forum | ||||
| Alaska-Anchorage won series 2–0 | |
(E4) Clarkson vs. (W5) Wisconsin
| March 15 | Clarkson | 8 – 3 | Wisconsin | Walker Arena
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| March 16 | Clarkson | 5 – 4 | Wisconsin | Walker Arena
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| Clarkson won series 2–0 | |
(W3) Michigan vs. (E6) Cornell
| March 15 | Michigan | 4 – 5 | OT | Cornell | Yost Ice Arena | |||
| March 16 | Michigan | 6 – 4 | Cornell | Yost Ice Arena | ||||
| March 17 | Michigan | 9 – 3 | Cornell | Yost Ice Arena | ||||
| Michigan won series 2–1 | |
(W4) Minnesota vs. (E5) Providence
| March 15 | Minnesota | 3 – 4 | Providence | Mariucci Arena | ||||
| March 16 | Minnesota | 8 – 4 | Providence | Mariucci Arena | ||||
| March 17 | Minnesota | 8 – 3 | Providence | Mariucci Arena | ||||
| Minnesota won series 2–1 | |
Quarterfinals
(E1) Maine vs. (W4) Minnesota
| March 22 | Maine | 4 – 0 | Minnesota | Alfond Arena
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| March 23 | Maine | 5 – 3 | Minnesota | Alfond Arena
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| Maine won series 2–0 | |
(E2) Boston University vs. (W3) Michigan
| March 22 | Boston University | 4 – 1 | Michigan | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| March 23 | Boston University | 8 – 1 | Michigan | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| Boston University won series 2–0 | |
(W1) Lake Superior State vs. (E4) Clarkson
| March 22 | Lake Superior State | 3 – 7 | Clarkson | Taffy Abel Arena | ||||
| March 23 | Lake Superior State | 6 – 2 | Clarkson | Taffy Abel Arena | ||||
| March 24 | Lake Superior State | 3 – 4 | Clarkson | Taffy Abel Arena | ||||
| Clarkson won series 2–1 | |
(W2) Northern Michigan vs. (W6) Alaska-Anchorage
| March 22 | Northern Michigan | 8 – 5 | Alaska-Anchorage | Lakeview Arena | ||||
| March 23 | Northern Michigan | 5 – 3 | Alaska-Anchorage | Lakeview Arena | ||||
| Northern Michigan won series 2–0 | |
Frozen Four
National Semifinal
(E1) Maine vs. (W2) Northern Michigan
| March 28 | Maine | 3 – 5 | Northern Michigan | Saint Paul Civic Center
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(E2) Boston University vs. (E4) Clarkson
| March 28 | Boston University | 7 – 3 | Clarkson | Saint Paul Civic Center
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National Championship
(W2) Northern Michigan vs. (E2) Boston University
| March 30 | Northern Michigan | 8 – 7 | 3OT | Boston University | Saint Paul Civic Center
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[https://[3][4] Recap] |
| Scoring summary | |||||
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| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | BU | Ed Ronan | 1–0 BU | ||
| BU | David Sacco | 2–0 BU | |||
| BU | Ed Ronan | 3–0 BU | |||
| 2nd | NMU | Dean Antos | Werenka and Beattie | 3–1 BU | |
| NMU | Mark Beaufait | Melone and Soukoroff | 3–2 BU | ||
| NMU | Scott Beattie | Melone and Scott | 3–3 | ||
| NMU | Darryl Plandowski
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Frederick | 4–3 NMU | ||
| NMU | Scott Beattie | unassisted | 5–3 NMU | ||
| 3rd | NMU | Scott Beattie | unassisted | 43:08 | 6–3 NMU |
| BU | Dave Tomlinson | 45:59 | 6–4 NMU | ||
| NMU | Darryl Plandowski
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Soukoroff | 48:24 | 7–4 NMU | |
| BU | Tony Amonte | McEachern | 52:24 | 7–5 NMU | |
| BU | Shawn McEachern | Amonte | 54:51 | 7–6 NMU | |
| BU | David Sacco | Tomlinson | 59:21 | 7–7 | |
| 3rd Overtime | NMU | Darryl Plandowski
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Beaufait and Antos | 81:57 | 8–7 NMU |
| Goaltenders | ||||
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| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice |
| NMU | Bill Pye | 7 | ||
| BU | John Bradley | 5 | ||
| BU | Scott Cashman | 3 | ||
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)
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References
- ^ "Northern Michigan Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
- ^ "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ Golden Season- Part 2: 1990-91 NMU Hockey. Six Productions. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ Golden Season- Part 3: 1990-91 NMU Hockey. Six Productions. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2013.