Collegiate ice hockey tournament
| Teams | 12 |
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| Finals site | |
| Champions | Michigan Wolverines (8th title) |
| Runner-up | Colorado College Tigers (5th title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Red Berenson (1st title) |
| MOP | Brendan Morrison (Michigan) |
| Attendance | 65,778 |
The 1996 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament involved 12 schools playing in single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 22, 1996, and ended with the championship game on March 30. A total of 11 games were played. The top two seeds in each region received a bye into the tournament quarterfinals.
In the regional semifinals, Michigan's Mike Legg scored a high wraparound goal that, in the U.S., is now known as a Michigan goal.
The University of Michigan, coached by Red Berenson, won the national championship with a 3–2 victory over Colorado College in overtime in front of 12,957 fans.
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) had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, the ECAC and Hockey East each had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, while the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had two berths.
| East Regional – Albany | West Regional – East Lansing | ||||||||||||
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| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Boston University | Hockey East | 29–6–3 | At-large bid | 22nd | 1995 | 1 | Colorado College | WCHA | 31–4–4 | At-large bid | 10th | 1995 |
| 2 | Vermont | ECAC | 26–6–4 | At-large bid | 2nd | 1988 | 2 | Michigan | CCHA | 30–7–2 | Tournament champion | 19th | 1995 |
| 3 | Lake Superior State | CCHA | 29–7–2 | At-large bid | 10th | 1995 | 3 | Minnesota | WCHA | 29–9–2 | Tournament champion | 23rd | 1995 |
| 4 | Western Michigan | CCHA | 27–10–3 | At-large bid | 3rd | 1994 | 4 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Hockey East | 25–9–4 | At-large bid | 3rd | 1994 |
| 5 | Clarkson | ECAC | 24–9–3 | At-large bid | 15th | 1995 | 5 | Michigan State | CCHA | 28–12–1 | At-large bid | 16th | 1995 |
| 6 | Providence | Hockey East | 21–14–3 | Tournament champion | 8th | 1991 | 6 | Cornell | ECAC | 21–8–4 | Tournament champion | 11th | 1991 |
Game locations
- East Regional – Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, NY
- West Regional – Munn Ice Arena, East Lansing, MI
- Frozen Four – Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH
Tournament bracket
| Regional Quarterfinals March 22–23 | Regional semifinals March 23–24 | Frozen Four March 28 | National championship March 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Boston University | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Clarkson | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Western Michigan | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Clarkson | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Boston University | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Michigan | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Michigan | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Minnesota | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Minnesota | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| W6 | Providence | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Michigan | 3* | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Colorado College | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Vermont | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Lake Superior State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Lake Superior State | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Cornell | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Vermont | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Colorado College | 4** | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Colorado College | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Michigan State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Regional Quarterfinals
East Regional
(3) Lake Superior State vs. (6) Cornell
| March 22 | Lake Superior State | 5 – 4 | Cornell | Knickerbocker Arena | ||||
(4) Western Michigan vs. (5) Clarkson
| March 22 | Western Michigan | 1 – 6 | Clarkson | Knickerbocker Arena | ||||
West Regional
(3) Minnesota vs. (6) Providence
| March 23 | Minnesota | 5 – 1 | Providence | Munn Ice Arena | ||||
(4) Massachusetts-Lowell vs. (5) Michigan State
| March 23 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 6 – 2 | Michigan State | Munn Ice Arena | ||||
| (Donovan, Sbrocca) Jeff Daw – 07:12 (Concannon, Donovan) David Barrozino – 16:57 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Dartsch) Marc Salsman – GW – 06:52 (Sbrocca) Brendan Concannon – 11:30 |
Second period | 18:52 – Sean Berens (York, Watt) | ||||||
| (Concannon) David Barrozino – 00:34 (Mahoney, Sandholm) David Barrozino – 17:42 |
Third period | 06:42 – Mark Loeding (Adams, Ford) | ||||||
Regional semifinals
East Regional
(1) Boston University vs. (5) Clarkson
| March 23 | Boston University | 3 – 2 | Clarkson | Knickerbocker Arena | ||||
(2) Vermont vs. (3) Lake Superior State
| March 23 | Vermont | 2 – 1 | Lake Superior State | Knickerbocker Arena | ||||
West Regional
(1) Colorado College vs. (4) Massachusetts-Lowell
| March 24 | Colorado College | 5 – 3 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Munn Ice Arena | ||||
(2) Michigan vs. (3) Minnesota
| March 24 | Michigan | 4 – 3 | Minnesota | Munn Ice Arena | ||||
Frozen Four
National semifinal
(E1) Boston University vs. (W2) Michigan
| March 28 | Boston University | 0 – 4 | Michigan | Riverfront Coliseum | ||||
(E2) Vermont vs. (W1) Colorado College
| March 28 | Vermont | 3 – 4 | 2OT | Colorado College | Riverfront Coliseum | |||
National Championship
(W2) Michigan vs. (W1) Colorado College
| March 30 | Michigan | 3 – 2 | OT | Colorado College | Riverfront Coliseum | |||
| Scoring summary | |||||
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| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | UM | Bill Muckalt | Morrison | 11:33 | 1–0 UM |
| 2nd | CC | Peter Geronazzo – PP | Schmidt and Rud | 23:52 | 1–1 |
| CC | Colin Schmidt | Geronazzo and Remackel | 25:37 | 2–1 CC | |
| 3rd | UM | Mike Legg – PP | Halko and Schock | 46:54 | 2–2 |
| 1st Overtime | UM | Brendan Morrison – GW | Muckalt and Crozier | 63:35 | 3–2 UM |
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All-Tournament team
- G: Marty Turco (Michigan)
- D: Steven Halko (Michigan)
- D: Scott Swanson (Colorado College)
- F: Peter Geronazzo (Colorado College)
- F: Brendan Morrison* (Michigan)
- F: Martin St. Louis (Vermont)
Record by conference
| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | Regional semifinals | Frozen Four | Championship Game | Champions |
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| CCHA | 4 | 4-3 | .571 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ECAC | 3 | 2-3 | .400 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Hockey East | 3 | 2-3 | .400 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| WCHA | 2 | 3-2 | .600 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
References
- "Mike Legg - 'The Michigan Goal' - Full Sequence - March 24, 1996 (High Quality)". HockeyWebCast. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- "1996 NCAA Championship Game: Michigan vs Colorado College - YouTube". YouTube.
- "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
- "Michigan State 2013-14 Hockey History" (PDF). Michigan State Spartans. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 22, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- "Michigan Wolverines Team History" (PDF). mgoblue.com. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- "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 2013-06-19.
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