2005 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2005
Gender:men's
Division:Division I
Teams:16
Frozenfourarena:Value City Arena
Frozenfourcity:Columbus, Ohio
Champions:Denver Pioneers
Titlecount:7th
Champgamecount:9th
Champffcount:13th
Runnerup:North Dakota Fighting Sioux
Gamecount:12th
Runnerffcount:15th
Semifinal1:Minnesota Golden Gophers
Frozenfourcount:19th
Semifinal2:Colorado College Tigers
Frozenfourcount2:10th
Coach:George Gwozdecky
Coachcount:2nd
Mop:Peter Mannino
Mopteam:Denver
Attendance:107,003

The 2005 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament involved 16 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, 2005, and ended with the championship game on April 9. A total of 15 games were played.

This tournament marked the first time in NCAA history, in any Division, in any sport, male or female, that the 4 semi-finalists all hailed from the same conference. The University of Denver, Colorado College, University of Minnesota, and University of North Dakota were all members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA).

Game locations

The NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship is a single-elimination tournament featuring 16 teams representing all six Division I conferences in the nation. The Championship Committee seeds the entire field from 1 to 16 within four regionals of 4 teams. The winners of the six Division I conference championships receive automatic bids to participate in the NCAA Championship. Regional placements are based primarily on the home location of the top seed in each bracket with an attempt made to put the top-ranked teams close to their home site.

Regional Sites

Frozen Four

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament was announced on March 20, 2005.[1] The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, Hockey East had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, the ECACHL had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) had two teams receive a berth in the tournament, while Atlantic Hockey and College Hockey America (CHA) both received a single bid for their tournament champions.

East Regional – WorcesterNortheast Regional – Amherst
SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid
1Boston College (1)Hockey East25–6–7Tournament champion25th20041Denver (2)WCHA28–9–2Tournament champion18th2004
2North DakotaWCHA23–12–5At-large bid20th20042New HampshireHockey East25–10–5At-large bid15th2004
3Boston UniversityHockey East22–14–5At-large bid28th20033HarvardECACHL21–9–3At-large bid20th2004
4MercyhurstAtlantic Hockey18–15–4Tournament champion3rd20034Bemidji StateCHA23–12–1Tournament champion1stNever
Midwest Regional – Grand RapidsWest Regional – Minneapolis
SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid
1Colorado College (3)WCHA29–8–3At-large bid17th20031Minnesota (4)WCHA26–14–1At-large bid29th2004
2MichiganCCHA30–7–3Tournament champion28th20042CornellECACHL26–4–3Tournament champion15th2003
3WisconsinWCHA23–13–4At-large bid21st20043Ohio StateCCHA27–10–4At-large bid5th2004
4ColgateECACHL25–10–3At-large bid4th20004MaineHockey East20–12–7At-large bid15th2004

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

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Game locations

First round and regional finals

Frozen Four

Brackets

Frozen Four

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

East Regional

[3]

Regional semifinals

(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Boston University

Regional Finals

(1) Boston College vs. (2) North Dakota

Midwest Regional

Regional semifinals

(2) Michigan vs. (3) Wisconsin

Regional Final

(1) Colorado College vs. (2) Michigan

Northeast Regional

Regional semifinals

(2) New Hampshire vs. (3) Harvard

Regional Finals

(1) Denver vs. (2) New Hampshire

West Regional

Regional semifinals

(2) Cornell vs. (3) Ohio State

Regional Final

(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Cornell

Frozen Four

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National semifinal

(NE1) Denver vs. (MW1) Colorado College

National Championship

(NE1) Denver vs. (E2) North Dakota

Scoring summary[5]
PeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
1stalign=center style="color:white; background:#862633; " DENJeff Drummond (16)Ulanski and Gauthieralign=center 6:15align=center 1–0 DEN
align=center style=";" UNDTravis Zajac (20) – PPFuher and Staffordalign=center 9:52align=center 1–1
2ndalign=center style="color:white; background:#862633; " DENPaul Stastny (16) – GW PPUlanski and Laatschalign=center 30:08align=center 2–1 DEN
3rdalign=center style="color:white; background:#862633; " DENPaul Stastny (17) – PPCarle and Skinneralign=center 48:19align=center 3–1 DEN
align=center style="color:white; background:#862633; " DENGabe Gauthier (26) – ENStastnyalign=center 59:23align=center 4–1 DEN
Penalty summary
PeriodTeamPlayerPenaltyTimePIM
1stalign=center style=";" UNDMatt Greene Roughingalign=center 2:31align=center 2:00
align=center style="color:white; background:#862633; " DENAdrian Veideman Roughingalign=center 2:31align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" UNDMatt Greene High-Stickingalign=center 6:31align=center 2:00
align=center style="color:white; background:#862633; " DENAndrew Thomas High-Stickingalign=center 8:55align=center 2:00
2ndalign=center style="color:white; background:#862633; " DENJussi Halme Trippingalign=center 21:28align=center 2:00
align=center style="color:white; background:#862633; " DENJussi Halme Hookingalign=center 25:55align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" UNDBrian Canady Contact to the Head-Elbowingalign=center 28:26align=center 2:00
align=center style="color:white; background:#862633; " DENPaul Stastny Holdingalign=center 31:37align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" UNDRory McMahon Interferencealign=center 33:34align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" UNDAndy Schneider Hookingalign=center 37:09align=center 2:00
align=center style="color:white; background:#862633; " DENPaul Stastny Obstruction Hookingalign=center 38:06align=center 2:00
3rdalign=center style=";" UNDMike Prpich Unsportsmanlike Conductalign=center 42:57align=center 2:00
align=center style="color:white; background:#862633; " DENAndrew Thomas Holdingalign=center 42:57align=center 2:00
align=center style="color:white; background:#862633; " DENMichael Handza Unsportsmanlike Conductalign=center 42:57align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" UNDMatt GreeneCross-Checkingalign=center 47:01align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" UNDNick Fuher Slashingalign=center 48:53align=center 2:00
align=center style="color:white; background:#862633; " DENGeoff Paukovich Interferencealign=center 49:46align=center 2:00
Shots by period
Team123T
align=center style=";" North Dakota align=center 10 align=center 12 align=center 23 align=center 45
align=center style="color:white; background:#862633; " Denver align=center 7 align=center 11 align=center 6 align=center 24
Goaltenders
TeamNameSavesGoals againstTime on ice
align=center style=";" UND Jordan Parise align=center 20 align=center 3 align=center 58:10
align=center style="color:white; background:#862633; " DEN align=center 44 align=center 1 align=center 60:00

All-Tournament team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[6]

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Record by conference

Conference
  1. of Bids
RecordWin %Regional FinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions
WCHA511-4.7334421
42-4.3332---
ECACHL31-3.2501---
CCHA21-2.3331---
Atlantic Hockey10-1.000----
CHA10-1.000----

Notes and References

  1. News: Braketology: A Final Analysis . USCHO.com . 2005-03-20 . 2013-06-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120319230844/http://www.uscho.com/2005/03/20/what-happened-with-the-selection/ . 2012-03-19 . live.
  2. News: NCAA Division 1 Tournament . College Hockey Historical Archives . 2013-06-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202145059/http://augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html . 2014-02-02 . live.
  3. News: Men's Division I Hockey 2004-2005 Schedule and Results — Week 26 . USCHO.com . 2005-03-27 . 2013-06-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223450/http://www.uscho.com/scoreboard/division-i-men/2004-2005/list-26/ . 2016-03-03 . live.
  4. News: Men's Division I Hockey 2004-2005 Schedule and Results — Week 28. USCHO.com. 2005-04-09. 2013-06-30.
  5. News: Denver 4, North Dakota 1. CollegeHockeyStats.net. 2005-04-09. 2018-05-07.
  6. News: NCAA Division I Awards . College Hockey Historical Archives. 2013-07-17.
  7. 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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