1983 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1983
Gender:men's
Division:Division I
Teams:8
Frozenfourarena:Winter Sports Center
Frozenfourcity:Grand Forks, North Dakota
Champions:Wisconsin Badgers
Titlecount:4th
Champgamecount:5th
Champffcount:8th
Runnerup:Harvard Crimson
Gamecount:1st
Runnerffcount:8th
Semifinal1:Providence Friars
Frozenfourcount:2nd
Semifinal2:Minnesota Golden Gophers
Frozenfourcount2:10th
Coach:Jeff Sauer
Coachcount:1st
Mop:Marc Behrend
Mopteam:Wisconsin

The 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 36th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 18 and 26, 1983, and concluded with Wisconsin defeating Harvard 6-2. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues while all succeeding games were played at the Winter Sports Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

The Badgers' goal differential (+16) is a record for an NCAA tournament, equaling the record set by Colorado College in 1950 and matched by Michigan in 1953.

Qualifying teams

The NCAA permitted 8 teams to qualify for the tournament and divided its qualifiers into two regions (East and West). Each of the tournament champions from the three Division I conferences (CCHA, ECAC and WCHA) received automatic invitations into the tournament with At-large bids making up the remaining 5 teams, an additional 2 western and 3 eastern schools.

East West
SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid
1HarvardECAC Hockey21–8–1Tournament champion9th19821WisconsinWCHA29–10–4Tournament champion8th1982
2ProvidenceECAC Hockey30–9–0At-large bid4th19812MinnesotaWCHA31–10–1At-large bid11th1981
3New HampshireECAC Hockey22–9–2At-large bid4th19823Minnesota–DuluthWCHA28–14–1At-large bid1stNever
4St. LawrenceECAC Hockey23–10–1At-large bid8th19624Michigan StateCCHA30–10–0Tournament champion5th1982
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Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the two even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking. In the Quarterfinals the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds played two-game aggregate series to determine which school advanced to the Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the Winter Sports Center and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game with the losers playing in a Third Place game.

Tournament bracket

[2] Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(W2) Minnesota vs. (E3) New Hampshire

Semifinal

(E1) Harvard vs. (W2) Minnesota

Third-place game

(E2) Providence vs. (W2) Minnesota

National Championship

(E1) Harvard vs. (W1) Wisconsin

Scoring summary
PeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
1stalign=center style=";" WISPatrick Flatley – PPHouck and Driveralign=center 7:03align=center 1–0 WIS
2ndalign=center style=";" WISPatrick FlatleyHouston and Maleyalign=center 36:09align=center 2–0 WIS
3rdalign=center style=";" WISPaul Houston – GWMaley and Flatleyalign=center 43:00align=center 3–0 WIS
align=center style= Scott FuscoSheehy and Kukulowiczalign=center 48:54align=center 3–1 WIS
align=center style=";" WISBruce DriverSabo and Wiitalaalign=center 51:35align=center 4–1 WIS
align=center style= Shayne KukulowiczSheehyalign=center 52:22align=center 4–2 WIS
align=center style=";" WISPaul Houston – PPDriver and Maleyalign=center 58:39align=center 5–2 WIS
align=center style=";" WISJohn Johannson – SH ENBehrendalign=center 59:21align=center 6–2 WIS
Penalty summary
PeriodTeamPlayerPenaltyTimePIM
1stalign=center style= Dave ConnorsTrippingalign=center bgcolor=ddffdd6:29align=center bgcolor=ddffdd2:00
align=center style=";" WISPaul HouckTrippingalign=center 11:01align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" WISMarty WiitalaHoldingalign=center 17:38align=center 2:00
align=center style= Shayne KukulowiczHigh Stickingalign=center 18:19align=center 2:00
2ndalign=center style= Mark FuscoRoughingalign=center 30:12align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" WISJim JohannsonRoughingalign=center 30:12align=center 2:00
align=center style= Scott FuscoHookingalign=center 30:53align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" WISJan–Ake DanielsonHigh Stickingalign=center 36:50align=center 2:00
align=center style= Phil FalconeHookingalign=center 40:00align=center 2:00
3rdalign=center style= Grant BlairSlashingalign=center 43:42align=center 2:00
align=center style= Shayne KukulowiczSlashingalign=center 58:12align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" WISTim SagerHookingalign=center 59:01align=center 2:00
Shots by period
Team123T
align=center style=";" Wisconsin align=center 14 align=center 10 align=center 13 align=center 37
align=center 9 align=center 10 align=center 7 align=center 26
Goaltenders
TeamNameSavesGoals againstTime on ice
align=center style=";" WIS align=center 24 align=center 2 align=center
align=center 31 align=center 5 align=center

All-Tournament team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[3]

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References

Notes and References

  1. News: NCAA Division 1 Tournament . College Hockey Historical Archives . 2013-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202145059/http://augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html . 2014-02-02 . live .
  2. News: NCAA Tournament. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.
  3. News: NCAA Division I Awards . College Hockey Historical Archives. 2013-07-17.
  4. News: NCAA Frozen Four Records . NCAA.org . 2013-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120817163005/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf . 2012-08-17 . live .

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