1994 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

Collegiate ice hockey tournament

1994 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams	12
Finals site	Saint Paul Civic Center Saint Paul, Minnesota
Champions	Lake Superior State Lakers (3rd title)
Runner-up	Boston University Terriers (7th title game)
Semifinalists	Minnesota Golden Gophers (15th Frozen Four) Harvard Crimson (12th Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Jeff Jackson (2nd title)
MOP	Sean Tallaire (Lake Superior State)
Attendance	76,016
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The 1994 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament involved 12 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 25, 1994, and ended with the championship game on April 2. A total of 11 games were played.

Lake Superior State's 9-1 win in the title game was the largest margin of victory since 1961.

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) and Hockey East each had four teams receive a berth in the tournament while the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and the ECAC had two berths.

East Regional – Albany							West Regional – East Lansing
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Boston University	Hockey East	32–6–0	Tournament champion	20th	1993	1	Michigan	CCHA	33–6–1	Tournament champion	17th	1993
2	Harvard	ECAC	23–4–4	Tournament champion	16th	1993	2	Minnesota	WCHA	23–11–4	Tournament champion	21st	1993
3	New Hampshire	Hockey East	24–11–3	At-large bid	6th	1992	3	Massachusetts-Lowell	Hockey East	24–9–5	At-large bid	2nd	1988
4	Wisconsin	WCHA	25–14–1	At-large bid	15th	1993	4	Lake Superior State	CCHA	27–10–4	At-large bid	8th	1993
5	Western Michigan	CCHA	24–12–3	At-large bid	2nd	1986	5	Northeastern	Hockey East	19–12–7	At-large bid	3rd	1988
6	Rensselaer	ECAC	21–10–4	At-large bid	7th	1985	6	Michigan State	CCHA	23–12–5	At-large bid	14th	1992

Game locations

East Regional – Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York
West Regional – Munn Ice Arena, East Lansing, Michigan
Frozen Four – Saint Paul Civic Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Tournament bracket

Regional Quarterfinals
March 25–26

Regional semifinals
March 26–27

Frozen Four
March 31

National championship
April 2

Boston University

Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Western Michigan

Boston University

Minnesota

Minnesota

2**

Massachusetts-Lowell

Massachusetts-Lowell

Michigan State

Boston University

Lake Superior State

Harvard

New Hampshire

New Hampshire

Rensselaer

Harvard

Lake Superior State

Michigan

Lake Superior State

Northeastern

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals

East Regional

(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Rensselaer

March 25

New Hampshire

2 – 0

Rensselaer

Knickerbocker Arena

(4) Wisconsin vs. (5) Western Michigan

March 25

Wisconsin

6 – 3

Western Michigan

Knickerbocker Arena

West Regional

(3) Massachusetts-Lowell vs. (6) Michigan State

March 26	Massachusetts-Lowell		4 – 3	Michigan State	Munn Ice Arena
(unassisted) Christian Sbrocca – 06:54 (Angus, Bullock) Ian Herbert – 14:33 (Bullock, Henry) Norm Bazin – 17:08		First period		13:08 – Steve Guolla (Carter)
(Herbert) Michael Murray – GW – 05:19		Second period		00:58 – Steve Suk (Murray, Guolla) 16:09 – Anson Carter (Guolla, Sullivan)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring

(4) Lake Superior State vs. (5) Northeastern

March 26

Lake Superior State

6 – 5

Northeastern

Munn Ice Arena

Regional semifinals

East Regional

(1) Boston University vs. (4) Wisconsin

March 26

Boston University

4 – 1

Wisconsin

Knickerbocker Arena

(2) Harvard vs. (3) New Hampshire

March 26	Harvard		7 – 1	New Hampshire	Knickerbocker Arena	Recap
(Maguire, Martins) Brian Farrell – PP – 6:51 (unassisted) Steve Martins – GW – 13:53		First period
		Second period		21:50 – Dean Woodman (unassisted)
(Martins, Farrell) Sean McCann – PP – 46:44 (Baird) Perry Cohagan – 47:18 (McCann, Farrell) Chris Baird – 49:51 (Coughlin, Nielsen) Jason Karmanos – 51:43 (Body, Coughlin) Cory Gustafson – PP – 53:43		Third period		No scoring
Tripp Tracy ( 16 saves / 17 shots )		Goalie stats		Trent Cavicchi ( 19 saves / 26 shots ) Mike Heinke ( 4 saves / 4 shots )

West Regional

(1) Michigan vs. (4) Lake Superior State

March 27	Michigan		4 – 5	OT	Lake Superior State	Munn Ice Arena	Recap
(Morrison) Mike Stone – 08:52		First period			12:10 – Rob Valicevic (G. Tallaire) 14:43 – PP – Keith Aldridge (G. Tallaire, Valicevic) 15:18 – Jay Ness (Angelelli)
(Knuble, Morrison) Mike Stone – 23:34 (Morrison, Wiseman) Jason Botterill – PP – 26:59 (Morrison, Knuble) David Oliver – PP – 34:56		Second period			39:57 – Kurtis Miller (S. Tallaire, Beddoes)
		Third period
		First overtime period			62:31 – GW – Rob Valicevic (Willner, G. Tallaire)
Steve Shields ( 28 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats			Blaine Lacher ( 33 saves / 37 shots )

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Massachusetts-Lowell

March 27

Minnesota

2 – 1

2OT

Massachusetts-Lowell

Munn Ice Arena

Frozen Four

National semifinal

(E1) Boston University vs. (W2) Minnesota

March 31	Boston University		4 – 1	Minnesota	Saint Paul Civic Center	Recap
(Friedman) Bob Lachance – 09:14 (O'Sullivan) Mike Pomichter – GW – ??:?? Steve Thornton – PP – 18:43		First period
		Second period		24:42 – Bobby Dustin (LaFleur)
(LaChance, Joubert) Mike Pomichter – 54:12		Third period
J. P. McKersie ( 31 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats		Jeff Callinan ( 29 saves / 33 shots )

(E2) Harvard vs. (W4) Lake Superior State

March 31

Harvard

2 – 3

Lake Superior State

Saint Paul Civic Center

National Championship

(E1) Boston University vs. (W4) Lake Superior State

April 2

Boston University

1 – 9

Lake Superior State

Saint Paul Civic Center

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	LSSU	Rob Valicevic	Miller and G. Tallaire	13:40	1–0 LSSU
2nd	LSSU	Matt Alvey – GW	Strachan and Barnes	23:14	2–0 LSSU
	LSSU	Kurtis Miller	Valicevic and G. Tallaire	25:07	3–0 LSSU
	BU	Rich Brennan – PP	O'Sullivan and Pomichter	29:40	3–1 LSSU
	LSSU	Jay Ness – PP	Valicevic and G. Tallaire	34:13	4–1 LSSU
	LSSU	Steve Barnes – PP	S. Tallaire and Strachan	37:26	5–1 LSSU
	LSSU	Sean Tallaire – PP	Strachan and Morin	39:17	6–1 LSSU
3rd	LSSU	Mike Matteucci	Beddoes	44:40	7–1 LSSU
	LSSU	Sean Tallaire	Barnes	52:51	8–1 LSSU
	LSSU	Rob Valicevic	Bilben and G. Tallaire	58:32	9–1 LSSU

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	T
Lake Superior State	12	15	13	40
Boston University	2	11	12	25

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
LSSU	Blaine Lacher	24	1
BU	Derek Herlofsky	19
BU	J. P. McKersie	12

All-Tournament team

G: Blaine Lacher (Lake Superior State)
D: Keith Aldridge (Lake Superior State)
D: Steve Barnes (Lake Superior State)
F: Clayton Beddoes (Lake Superior State)
F: Mike Pomichter (Boston University)
F: Sean Tallaire* (Lake Superior State)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Regional semifinals	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
CCHA	4	4-3	.571	2	1	1	1
Hockey East	4	4-4	.500	3	1	1	-
WCHA	2	2-2	.500	2	1	–	-
ECAC	2	1-2	.333	1	1	–	-

References

"NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
"Michigan State 2013-14 Hockey History" (PDF). Michigan State Spartans. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 22, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
"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.

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NCAA Division I men's ice hockey champions

1948: Michigan
1949: Boston College
1950: Colorado College
1951: Michigan
1952: Michigan
1953: Michigan
1954: RPI
1955: Michigan
1956: Michigan
1957: Colorado College
1958: Denver
1959: North Dakota
1960: Denver
1961: Denver
1962: Michigan Tech
1963: North Dakota
1964: Michigan
1965: Michigan Tech
1966: Michigan State
1967: Cornell
1968: Denver
1969: Denver
1970: Cornell
1971: Boston University
1972: Boston University
1973: Wisconsin
1974: Minnesota
1975: Michigan Tech
1976: Minnesota
1977: Wisconsin
1978: Boston University
1979: Minnesota
1980: North Dakota
1981: Wisconsin
1982: North Dakota
1983: Wisconsin
1984: Bowling Green
1985: RPI
1986: Michigan State
1987: North Dakota
1988: Lake Superior State
1989: Harvard
1990: Wisconsin
1991: Northern Michigan
1992: Lake Superior State
1993: Maine
1994: Lake Superior State
1995: Boston University
1996: Michigan
1997: North Dakota
1998: Michigan
1999: Maine
2000: North Dakota
2001: Boston College
2002: Minnesota
2003: Minnesota
2004: Denver
2005: Denver
2006: Wisconsin
2007: Michigan State
2008: Boston College
2009: Boston University
2010: Boston College
2011: Minnesota–Duluth
2012: Boston College
2013: Yale
2014: Union
2015: Providence
2016: North Dakota
2017: Denver
2018: Minnesota–Duluth
2019: Minnesota Duluth
2020: No tournament
2021: UMass
2022: Denver
2023: Quinnipiac
2024: Denver

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