1995 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1995
Gender:men's
Division:Division I
Teams:12
Frozenfourarena:Providence Civic Center
Frozenfourcity:Providence, Rhode Island
Champions:Boston University Terriers
Titlecount:4th
Champgamecount:8th
Champffcount:18th
Runnerup:Maine Black Bears
Gamecount:2nd
Runnerffcount:5th
Semifinal1:Minnesota Golden Gophers
Frozenfourcount:16th
Semifinal2:Michigan Wolverines
Frozenfourcount2:16th
Coach:Jack Parker
Coachcount:2nd
Mop:Chris O'Sullivan
Mopteam:Boston University
Attendance:65,624

The 1995 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 24, 1995, and ended with the championship game on April 1. A total of 11 games were played. The top 2 seeds in each region received a bye into the tournament quarterfinals.

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and Hockey East each had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, while the ECAC had two berths.

East Regional – WorcesterWest Regional – Madison
SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid
1Boston UniversityHockey East28–6–3Tournament champion21st19941MichiganCCHA29–7–1At-large bid18th1994
2MaineHockey East30–5–6At-large bid8th19932Colorado CollegeWCHA30–11–1At-large bid9th1978
3New HampshireHockey East22–9–4At-large bid7th19943MinnesotaWCHA23–13–5At-large bid22nd1994
4ClarksonECAC23–9–4At-large bid14th19934WisconsinWCHA23–14–4Tournament champion16th1994
5Lake Superior StateCCHA22–11–6Tournament champion9th19945Michigan StateCCHA25–11–3At-large bid15th1994
6DenverWCHA24–14–2At-large bid13th19866RensselaerECAC19–13–4Tournament champion8th1994
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Game locations

Tournament bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals

East Regional

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

West Regional

(4) Wisconsin vs. (5) Michigan State

Regional semifinals

East Regional

(2) Maine vs. (6) Denver

West Regional

(2) Colorado College vs. (3) Minnesota

Frozen Four

National semifinal

(E2) Maine vs. (W1) Michigan

National Championship

(E1) Boston University vs. (E2) Maine

Scoring summary[2]
PeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
1stalign=center style=";" BUSteve ThorntonPPunassistedalign=center 14:57align=center 1–0 BU
2ndalign=center style=";" BUChris O'SullivanThornton and Grieralign=center 27:27align=center 2–0 BU
align=center style=";" BUJacques JoubertPP GWLinna and Prendergastalign=center 29:15align=center 3–0 BU
align=center style=";" MaineTim LovellFrenette and Thompsonalign=center 34:51align=center 3–1 BU
3rdalign=center style=";" MaineTrevor Roenick – PPRodrigue and Toryalign=center 40:31align=center 3–2 BU
align=center style=";" BUMike SylviaBates and Pandolfoalign=center 45:23align=center 4–2 BU
align=center style=";" BUChris O'SullivanPPBrennan and Grieralign=center 48:30align=center 5–2 BU
align=center style=";" BUBob Lachance – SHThorntonalign=center 58:47align=center 6–2 BU
Penalty summary
PeriodTeamPlayerPenaltyTimePIM
1stalign=center style=";" BUMike SylviaHigh-Stickingalign=center 2:13align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MaineTim LovellHigh-Stickingalign=center 2:13align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BUShawn BatesInterferencealign=center 8:32align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BUShane JohnsonInterferencealign=center 11:26align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MaineBrad MahoneyRoughingalign=center 13:50align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MaineJamie ThompsonCross–Checkingalign=center 16:25align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BUChris O'SullivanCross–Checkingalign=center 17:53align=center 2:00
2ndalign=center style=";" BUChris DruryInterferencealign=center 23:19align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MaineDan ShermerhornInterferencealign=center 28:42align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BUShane JohnsonInterferencealign=center 38:20align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BUKaj LinnaSlashingalign=center 39:44align=center 2:00
3rdalign=center style=";" MaineReg CardinalHoldingalign=center 47:41align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BUKaj LinnaHoldingalign=center 52:17align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" MaineJason MansoffHoldingalign=center 55:26align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BUJacques JoubertElbowingalign=center 55:26align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BUBENCHToo Many Menalign=center 56:59align=center 2:00
Shots by period
Team123T
align=center style=";" Maine align=center 9 align=center 5 align=center 9 align=center 23
align=center style=";" Boston University align=center 11 align=center 14 align=center 14 align=center 39
Goaltenders
TeamNameSavesGoals againstTime on ice
align=center style=";" Maine align=center 33 align=center 5 align=center 58:28
align=center style=";" BU align=center 21 align=center 2 align=center 60:00

All-Tournament team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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Record by conference

Conference
  1. of Bids
RecordWin %Regional semifinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions
4 4-4 .500 4 1 - -
CCHA3 2-3 .400 2 1 - -
Hockey East3 5-2 .714 2 2 2 1
ECAC2 0-2 .000 - - - -

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: 2017-18 UND Hockey Media Guide. UNDSports.com. 2018-05-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20180228041601/http://www.undsports.com/pdf9/5459709.pdf. 2018-02-28. dead.
  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 .