1994 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1994
Gender:men's
Division:Division I
Teams:12
Frozenfourarena:Saint Paul Civic Center
Frozenfourcity:Saint Paul, Minnesota
Champions:Lake Superior State Lakers
Titlecount:3rd
Champgamecount:4th
Champffcount:4th
Runnerup:Boston University Terriers
Gamecount:7th
Runnerffcount:17th
Semifinal1:Minnesota Golden Gophers
Frozenfourcount:15th
Semifinal2:Harvard Crimson
Frozenfourcount2:12th
Coach:Jeff Jackson
Coachcount:2nd
Mop:Sean Tallaire
Mopteam:Lake Superior State
Attendance:76,016

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 – AlbanyWest Regional – East Lansing
SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid
1Boston UniversityHockey East32–6–0Tournament champion20th19931MichiganCCHA33–6–1Tournament champion17th1993
2HarvardECAC23–4–4Tournament champion16th19932MinnesotaWCHA23–11–4Tournament champion21st1993
3New HampshireHockey East24–11–3At-large bid6th19923Massachusetts-LowellHockey East24–9–5At-large bid2nd1988
4WisconsinWCHA25–14–1At-large bid15th19934Lake Superior StateCCHA27–10–4At-large bid8th1993
5Western MichiganCCHA24–12–3At-large bid2nd19865NortheasternHockey East19–12–7At-large bid3rd1988
6RensselaerECAC21–10–4At-large bid7th19856Michigan StateCCHA23–12–5At-large bid14th1992
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Game locations

Tournament bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals

East Regional

(4) Wisconsin vs. (5) Western Michigan

West Regional

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

Regional semifinals

East Regional

(2) Harvard vs. (3) New Hampshire

West Regional

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

Frozen Four

National semifinal

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

National Championship

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

Scoring summary
PeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
1stalign=center style=";" LSSURob ValicevicMiller and G. Tallairealign=center 13:40align=center 1–0 LSSU
2ndalign=center style=";" LSSUMatt Alvey – GWStrachan and Barnesalign=center 23:14align=center 2–0 LSSU
align=center style=";" LSSUKurtis MillerValicevic and G. Tallairealign=center 25:07align=center 3–0 LSSU
align=center style=";" BURich Brennan – PPO'Sullivan and Pomichteralign=center 29:40align=center 3–1 LSSU
align=center style=";" LSSUJay Ness – PPValicevic and G. Tallairealign=center 34:13align=center 4–1 LSSU
align=center style=";" LSSUSteve Barnes – PPS. Tallaire and Strachanalign=center 37:26align=center 5–1 LSSU
align=center style=";" LSSUSean Tallaire – PPStrachan and Morinalign=center 39:17align=center 6–1 LSSU
3rdalign=center style=";" LSSUMike MatteucciBeddoesalign=center 44:40align=center 7–1 LSSU
align=center style=";" LSSUSean TallaireBarnesalign=center 52:51align=center 8–1 LSSU
align=center style=";" LSSURob ValicevicBilben and G. Tallairealign=center 58:32align=center 9–1 LSSU
Shots by period
Team123T
align=center style=";" Lake Superior State align=center 12 align=center 15 align=center 13 align=center 40
align=center style=";" Boston University align=center 2 align=center 11 align=center 12 align=center 25
Goaltenders
TeamNameSavesGoals againstTime on ice
align=center style=";" LSSU align=center 24 align=center 1 align=center
align=center style=";" BU align=center 19 align=center align=center
align=center style=";" BU align=center 12 align=center align=center

All-Tournament team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[2]

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Record by conference

Conference
  1. of Bids
RecordWin %Regional semifinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions
CCHA4 4-3 .571 2 1 1 1
Hockey East4 4-4 .500 3 1 1 -
2 2-2 .500 2 1 – -
ECAC2 1-2 .333 1 1 – -

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 Division I Awards . College Hockey Historical Archives. 2013-07-17.
  3. 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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