2006 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2006
Gender:men's
Division:Division I
Teams:16
Frozenfourarena:Bradley Center
Frozenfourcity:Milwaukee
Champions:Wisconsin Badgers
Titlecount:6th
Champgamecount:8th
Champffcount:10th
Runnerup:Boston College Eagles
Gamecount:7th
Runnerffcount:19th
Semifinal1:North Dakota Fighting Sioux
Frozenfourcount:16th
Semifinal2:Maine Black Bears
Frozenfourcount2:10th
Coach:Mike Eaves
Coachcount:1st
Mop:Robbie Earl
Mopteam:Wisconsin
Attendance:117,613

The 2006 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 24, 2006, and ended with the championship game on April 8. A total of 15 games were played.

The tournament is remembered for the win by Holy Cross over Minnesota which is typically considered one of if not the biggest upset in tournament history.[1]

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 19, 2006.[2] The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), Hockey East and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) each had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, the ECACHL 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.

Midwest Regional – Green BayWest Regional – Grand Forks
SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid
1Wisconsin (1)WCHA26–10–3At-large bid22nd20051Minnesota (2)WCHA27–8–5At-large bid30th2005
2CornellECACHL21–8–4At-large bid16th20052North DakotaWCHA27–15–1Tournament champion21st2005
3Colorado CollegeWCHA24–15–2At-large bid18th20053MichiganCCHA21–14–5At-large bid29th2005
4Bemidji StateCHA20–13–3Tournament champion2nd20054Holy CrossAtlantic Hockey26–9–2Tournament champion2nd2004
Northeast Regional – WorcesterEast Regional – Albany
SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid
1Boston University (3)Hockey East25–9–4Tournament champion29th20051Michigan State (4)CCHA24–11–8Tournament champion24th2005
2MiamiCCHA26–8–4At-large bid4th20042HarvardECACHL21–11–2Tournament champion21st2005
3Boston CollegeHockey East23–12–3At-large bid26th20053MaineHockey East26–11–2At-large bid16th2005
4Nebraska-OmahaCCHA20–14–6At-large bid1stNever4New HampshireHockey East20–12–7At-large bid16th2005

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

[3]

Brackets

Frozen Four

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

East Regional

[4]

Regional semifinals

(2) Harvard vs. (3) Maine

Regional Finals

(1) Michigan State vs. (3) Maine

Midwest Regional

Regional semifinals

(2) Cornell vs. (3) Colorado College

Regional Finals

(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Cornell

Northeast Regional

Regional semifinals

(2) Miami vs. (3) Boston College

Regional Finals

(1) Boston University vs. (3) Boston College

West Regional

Regional semifinals

(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Michigan

Regional Finals

(2) North Dakota vs. (4) Holy Cross

Frozen Four

[5]

National semifinal

(W2) North Dakota vs. (NE3) Boston College

National Championship

(MW1) Wisconsin vs. (NE3) Boston College

Scoring summary
PeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
1stalign=center style=";" BCPat Gannon (5)Bertramalign=center 09:01align=center 1–0 BC
2ndalign=center style=";" WISRobbie Earl (24)Burish and Pavelskialign=center 21:17align=center 1–1
3rdalign=center style=";" WISTom Gilbert (12) – GW PPPavelski and Burishalign=center 49:32align=center 2–1 WIS
Penalty summary
PeriodTeamPlayerPenaltyTimePIM
1stalign=center style=";" BCAnthony AielloInterferencealign=center 03:22align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCDan BertramHolding the Stickalign=center 05:57align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" WISMatt OlingerInterferencealign=center 11:48align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCDan BertramContact to Head High-Stickingalign=center 13:36align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" WISTom GilbertContact to Head High-Stickingalign=center 13:36align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCDan BertramHookingalign=center 18:03align=center 2:00
2ndalign=center style=";" BCJoe RooneyHookingalign=center 22:38align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCNathan GerbeRoughing After The Whistlealign=center 25:03align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" WISAndy BrandtRoughing After The Whistlealign=center 25:03align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" WISJeff LikensContact to Head High-Stickingalign=center 26:30align=center 2:00
3rdalign=center style=";" WISJake DowellObstruction Cross-Checkingalign=center 40:50align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCNathan GerbeInterferencealign=center 42:44align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" WISAndy BrandtHookingalign=center 45:39align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCAnthony AielloHookingalign=center 48:34align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCTim FilangieriSlashingalign=center 51:29align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCPeter HarroldBoardingalign=center 56:32align=center 2:00
Shots by period
Team123T
align=center style=";" Boston College align=center 9 align=center 10 align=center 4 align=center 23
align=center style=";" Wisconsin align=center 17 align=center 11 align=center 11 align=center 39
Goaltenders
TeamNameSavesGoals againstTime on ice
align=center style=";" BC align=center 37 align=center 2 align=center 59:36
align=center style=";" WIS align=center 22 align=center 1 align=center 59:49

All-Tournament team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[6]

[7]

Record by conference

Conference
  1. of Bids
RecordWin %Regional FinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions
46-3.6672211
46-4.600321-
41-4.2001---
ECACHL21-2.3331---
Atlantic Hockey11-1.5001---
CHA10-1.000----

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SB Nation . Remembering the Holy Cross Upset 10 Years Later . November 24, 2016 . November 23, 2018.
  2. News: Braketology: Analysis of the Field . USCHO.com . 2006-03-19 . 2013-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234134/http://www.uscho.com/2006/03/19/bracketology-analysis-of-the-field/ . 2016-03-03 . live.
  3. News: NCAA Division 1 Tournament . College Hockey Historical Archives . 2013-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202145059/http://augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html . 2014-02-02 . live.
  4. News: Men's Division I Hockey 2005-2006 Schedule and Results — Week 26 . USCHO.com . 2006-03-26 . 2013-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054705/http://www.uscho.com/scoreboard/division-i-men/2005-2006/list-26/ . 2016-03-04 . live.
  5. News: Men's Division I Hockey 2005-2006 Schedule and Results — Week 28. USCHO.com. 2006-04-08. 2013-07-04.
  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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