1998 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

Collegiate ice hockey tournament

1998 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams	12
Finals site	FleetCenter Boston
Champions	Michigan Wolverines (9th title)
Runner-up	Boston College Eagles (4th title game)
Semifinalists	New Hampshire Wildcats (4th Frozen Four) Ohio State Buckeyes (1st Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Red Berenson (2nd title)
MOP	Marty Turco (Michigan)
Attendance	79,362
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The 1998 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 27, 1998, and ended with the championship game on April 4. A total of 11 games were played.

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), the ECAC, Hockey East and Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) all received 3 berths in the tournament.

East Regional – Albany							West Regional – Ann Arbor
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Boston University	Hockey East	28–7–2	At-large bid	24th	1997	1	Michigan State	CCHA	33–5–5	Tournament champion	18th	1997
2	Boston College	Hockey East	26–8–5	Tournament champion	19th	1991	2	North Dakota	WCHA	30–7–1	At-large bid	14th	1997
3	Clarkson	ECAC	23–8–3	At-large bid	17th	1997	3	Michigan	CCHA	30–11–1	At-large bid	21st	1997
4	Wisconsin	WCHA	26–13–1	Tournament champion	17th	1995	4	Ohio State	CCHA	25–12–2	At-large bid	1st	Never
5	New Hampshire	Hockey East	23–11–1	At-large bid	9th	1997	5	Yale	ECAC	23–8–3	At-large bid	2nd	1952
6	Colorado College	WCHA	25–12–3	At-large bid	12th	1997	6	Princeton	ECAC	18–10–7	Tournament champion	1st	Never

Game locations

East Regional – Pepsi Arena, Albany, New York
West Regional – Yost Ice Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Frozen Four – Fleet Center, Boston

Brackets

Regionals

Regional Quarterfinals
March 27–28

Regional semifinals
March 28–29

Frozen Four

Boston University

East Regional

New Hampshire

Wisconsin

New Hampshire

North Dakota

West Regional

Michigan

Princeton

Regional Quarterfinals
March 27–28

Regional semifinals
March 28–29

Frozen Four

Boston College

East Regional

Colorado College

Clarkson

Colorado College

Michigan State

West Regional

Ohio State

Yale

Frozen Four

National semifinals April 2			National championship April 4

E5	New Hampshire	0

W3	Michigan	4
			W3	Michigan	3*

			E2	Boston College	2
E2	Boston College	5

W4	Ohio State	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals

East Regional

(3) Clarkson vs. (6) Colorado College

March 28

Clarkson

1 – 3

Colorado College

Pepsi Arena

(4) Wisconsin vs. (5) New Hampshire

March 28

Wisconsin

4 – 7

New Hampshire

Pepsi Arena

West Regional

(3) Michigan vs. (6) Princeton

March 27	Michigan		2 – 1	Princeton	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
no scoring		First period
(Kosick, Herr) Chris Fox – PP – 30:45		Second period		38:38 – Jeff Halpern (Masters)
(unassisted) Mark Kosick – GW – 40:41		Third period
Marty Turco ( 20 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats		Erasmo Saltarelli ( 29 saves / 31 shots )

(4) Ohio State vs. (5) Yale

March 27	Ohio State		4 – 0	Yale	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
no scoring		First period
Todd Compeau – GW – 26:38 Todd Compeau – PP – ??:??		Second period
Jean-Francois Dufour – ??:?? ?? – EN – ??:??		Third period
Jeff Maund ( 22 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats		Alex Westlund

Regional semifinals

East Regional

(1) Boston University vs. (5) New Hampshire

March 29

Boston University

3 – 4

New Hampshire

Pepsi Arena

(2) Boston College vs. (6) Colorado College

March 29

Boston College

6 – 1

Colorado College

Pepsi Arena

West Regional

(1) Michigan State vs. (4) Ohio State

March 28	Michigan State		3 – 4	OT	Ohio State	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
Brad Hodgins – PP – 18:34		First period
Shawn Horcoff – PP – 26:10 Rustyn Dolyny – PP – 37:23		Second period			26:51 – Andrè Signoretti 31:25 – PP – Éric Meloche
		Third period			45:43 – Neal Rech
		First overtime period			68:47 – GW – Andrè Signoretti
Chad Alban		Goalie stats			Jeff Maund

(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Michigan

March 28	North Dakota		3 – 4	Michigan	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
(Vig) Matt Henderson – 08:25 (Ja. Panzer) David Hoogsteen – 18:53		First period
(Hammer, Vig) Adam Calder – 25:06		Second period		23:28 – SH – Matt Herr (Clark, Turco) 28:38 – Bill Muckalt (Kosick, Herr)
		Third period		40:56 – PP – Greg Crozier (Kosick, Herr) 43:?? – GW – Bobby Hayes (Herr, Clark)
Aaron Schweitzer ( 25 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats		Marty Turco ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

Frozen Four

National semifinal

(E5) New Hampshire vs. (W3) Michigan

April 2	New Hampshire		0 – 4	Michigan	Fleet Center	Recap
no scoring		First period		13:34 – GW SH – Andrew Berenzweig (Rominski)
		Second period		27:43 – PP – Andrew Berenzweig (Hayes, Merrick) 28:26 – Geoff Koch (Clark, Huntzicker)
		Third period		57:12 – PP – Matt Herr (Muckalt, Langfeld)
Sean Matile ( 26 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats		Marty Turco ( 19 saves / 19 shots )

(E2) Boston College vs. (W4) Ohio State

April 2	Boston College		5 – 2	Ohio State	Fleet Center	Recap
Brian Gionta – SH – 08:40		First period
Jeff Farkas – 30:24		Second period		35:02 – Dan Cousineau 38:21 – Dan Cousineau
Marty Reasoner – GW – 46:12 Andy Powers – 57:25 ?? – ??:??		Third period
Scott Clemmensen		Goalie stats		Jeff Maund

National Championship

(W3) Michigan vs. (E2) Boston College

April 4

Michigan

3 – 2

Boston College

Fleet Center

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	BC	Kevin Caufield	Mottau	4:19	1–0 BC
2nd	UM	Mark Kosick	Berenzweig and Crozier	27:42	1–1
2nd	BC	Mike Lephart – PP	Farkas and Allen	38:38	2–1 BC
3rd	UM	Mark Kosick	Muckalt and Fox	53:48	2–2
1st Overtime	UM	Josh Langfeld – GW	Fox and Matzka	77:51	3–2 UM

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T
Michigan	7	8	10	10	35
Boston College	11	7	9	3	30

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
UM	Marty Turco	28	2
BC	Scott Clemmensen	32	3

All-Tournament team

G: Marty Turco* (Michigan)
D: Bubba Berenzweig (Michigan)
D: Mike Mottau (Boston College)
F: Mark Kosick (Michigan)
F: Josh Langfeld (Michigan)
F: Marty Reasoner (Boston College)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Regional semifinals	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
CCHA	3	6-2	.750	3	2	1	1
Hockey East	3	4-3	.571	3	2	1	–
WCHA	3	1-3	.250	2	-	-	-
ECAC	3	0-3	.000	-	-	-	-

References

"NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on July 4, 2009. 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.
"1998 NCAA Championship Game: Michigan vs Boston College". YouTube.
"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 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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