NCAA Frozen Four Records Book 1948-2010 The History of the Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament, Including Single-Game, Year, Career Records, Tournament, Frozen Four and Championship Game Records, Coaching Records, Championship Finals Brackets. THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 6222 Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-6222 317/917-6222 March 2011 THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 6222, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-6222 317/917-6222 www.ncaa.org February 2011 Researched and Compiled By: Mark Bedics, Associate Director of Media Coordination and Championships Kevin Buerge, Statistics Assistant Distributed to Division I ice hockey sports information directors and conference pub- licity directors. NCAA, NCAA logo and National Collegiate Athletic Association are registered marks of the Association and use in any manner is prohibited unless prior approval is obtained from the Association. Original research by John Painter. 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ISSN 1089-0092 NCAA 65995-2/09 2 2011 NCAA FROZEN FOUR Table of Contents Men’s Frozen Four Records .................................................. 4 Men’s Championship Game Records .............................. 14 Men’s Regional Records ........................................................ 17 Men’s Tournament Records ................................................. 23 Men’s Tournament History ................................................... 29 Men’s Coaching Records ....................................................... 38 Men’s Attendance Records and Sites .............................. 44 Men’s All-Time Tournament Field...................................... 51 Men’s Championship Brackets ........................................... 83 Men’s and Women’s Frozen Four Skills Challenge ..... 113 Women’s Frozen Four Records ........................................... 117 Women’s Championship Game Records ....................... 120 Women’s Regional Records ................................................. 122 Women’s Tournament Records .......................................... 124 Women’s Tournament History ............................................ 127 Women’s Coaching Records ................................................ 130 Women’s Team Champions ................................................. 131 Women’s Championship Brackets .................................... 135 CONTEnts 3 Frozen Four Records Championship Results ........................................................... 5 Frozen Four Facts ..................................................................... 6 Frozen Four Records ............................................................... 6 Individual, Game ................................................................ 6 Individual, Year .................................................................... 7 Individual, Career ............................................................... 7 Team, Game ......................................................................... 7 Team, Year ............................................................................. 8 Most Outstanding Players .................................................... 10 All-Tournament Teams ........................................................... 11 CHampioNSHIP RESULTS 5 Championship Results Year Champion Coach Score Runner-Up Semifinalist Semifinalist Site 1948 Michigan (20-2-1) Vic Heyliger 8-4 Dartmouth Boston College Colorado Col. Colorado Springs, Colo. 1949 Boston College (21-1) Snooks Kelley 4-3 Dartmouth Michigan Colorado Col. Colorado Springs, Colo. 1950 Colorado Col. (18-5-1) Cheddy Thompson 13-4 Boston U. Michigan Boston College Colorado Springs, Colo. 1951 Michigan (22-4-1) Vic Heyliger 7-1 Brown Boston U. Colorado Col. Colorado Springs, Colo. 1952 Michigan (22-4) Vic Heyliger 4-1 Colorado Col. Yale St. Lawrence Colorado Springs, Colo. 1953 Michigan (17-7) Vic Heyliger 7-3 Minnesota Rensselaer Boston U. Colorado Springs, Colo. 1954 Rensselaer (18-5) Ned Harkness 5-4 (ot) Minnesota Michigan Boston College Colorado Springs, Colo. 1955 Michigan (18-5-1) Vic Heyliger 5-3 Colorado Col. Harvard St. Lawrence Colorado Springs, Colo. 1956 Michigan (20-2-1) Vic Heyliger 7-5 Michigan Tech St. Lawrence Boston College Colorado Springs, Colo. 1957 Colorado Col. (25-5) Tom Bedecki 13-6 Michigan Clarkson Harvard Colorado Springs, Colo. 1958 Denver (24-10-2) Murray Armstrong 6-2 North Dakota Clarkson Harvard Minneapolis 1959 North Dakota (20-10-1) Bob May 4-3 (ot) Michigan St. Boston College St. Lawrence Troy, N.Y. 1960 Denver (27-4-3) Murray Armstrong 5-3 Michigan Tech Boston U. St. Lawrence Boston 1961 Denver (30-1-1) Murray Armstrong 12-2 St. Lawrence Minnesota Rensselaer Denver 1962 Michigan Tech (29-3) John MacInnes 7-1 Clarkson Michigan St. Lawrence Utica, N.Y. 1963 North Dakota (22-7-3) Barry Thorndycraft 6-5 Denver Clarkson Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. 1964 Michigan (24-4-1) Al Renfrew 6-3 Denver Rensselaer Providence Denver 1965 Michigan Tech (24-5-2) John MacInnes 8-2 Boston College North Dakota Brown Providence, R.I. 1966 Michigan St. (16-13) Amo Bessone 6-1 Clarkson Denver Boston U. Minneapolis 1967 Cornell (27-1-1) Ned Harkness 4-1 Boston U. Michigan St. North Dakota Syracuse, N.Y. 1968 Denver (28-5-1) Murray Armstrong 4-0 North Dakota Cornell Boston College Duluth, Minn. 1969 Denver (26-6) Murray Armstrong 4-3 Cornell Harvard Michigan Tech Colorado Springs, Colo. 1970 Cornell (29-0) Ned Harkness 6-4 Clarkson Wisconsin Michigan Tech Lake Placid, N.Y. 1971 Boston U. (28-2-1) Jack Kelley 4-2 Minnesota Denver Harvard Syracuse, N.Y. 1972 Boston U. (26-4-1) Jack Kelley 4-0 Cornell Wisconsin Denver Boston 1973 Wisconsin (29-9-2) Bob Johnson 4-2 #Denver Boston College Cornell Boston 1974 Minnesota (22-11-6) Herb Brooks 4-2 Michigan Tech Boston U. Harvard Boston 1975 Michigan Tech (32-10) John MacInnes 6-1 Minnesota Boston U. Harvard St. Louis 1976 Minnesota (27-13-2) Herb Brooks 6-4 Michigan Tech Brown Boston U. Denver 1977 Wisconsin (37-7-1) Bob Johnson 6-5 (ot) Michigan Boston U. New Hampshire Detroit 1978 Boston U. (30-2) Jack Parker 5-3 Boston College Bowling Green Wisconsin Providence, R.I. 1979 Minnesota (32-11-1) Herb Brooks 4-3 North Dakota Dartmouth New Hampshire Detroit 1980 North Dakota (31-8-1) Gino Gasparini 5-2 Northern Mich. Dartmouth Cornell Providence, R.I. 1981 Wisconsin (27-14-1) Bob Johnson 6-3 Minnesota Michigan Tech Northern Mich. Duluth, Minn. 1982 North Dakota (35-12) Gino Gasparini 5-2 Wisconsin Northeastern New Hampshire Providence, R.I. 1983 Wisconsin (33-10-4) Jeff Sauer 6-2 Harvard Providence Minnesota Grand Forks, N.D. 1984 Bowling Green (34-8-2) Jerry York 5-4 (4 ot) Minn. Duluth North Dakota Michigan St. Lake Placid, N.Y. 1985 Rensselaer (35-2-1) Mike Addesa 2-1 Providence Minn. Duluth Boston College Detroit 1986 Michigan St. (34-9-2) Ron Mason 6-5 Harvard Minnesota Denver Providence, R.I. 1987 North Dakota (40-8) Gino Gasparini 5-3 Michigan St. Minnesota Harvard Detroit 1988 Lake Superior St. (33-7-6) Frank Anzalone 4-3 (ot) St. Lawrence Maine Minnesota Lake Placid, N.Y. 1989 Harvard (31-3) Bill Cleary 4-3 (ot) Minnesota Michigan St. Maine St. Paul, Minn. 1990 Wisconsin (36-9-1) Jeff Sauer 7-3 Colgate Boston College Boston U. Detroit 1991 Northern Mich. (38-5-4) Rick Comley 8-7 (3 ot) Boston U. Clarkson Maine St. Paul, Minn. 1992 Lake Superior St. (29-9-4) Jeff Jackson 5-3 #Wisconsin Michigan Michigan St. Albany, N.Y. 1993 Maine (40-1-2) Shawn Walsh 5-4 Lake Superior St. Boston U. Michigan Milwaukee 1994 Lake Superior St. (31-10-4) Jeff Jackson 9-1 Boston U. Harvard Minnesota St. Paul, Minn. 1995 Boston U. (31-6-3) Jack Parker 6-2 Maine Michigan Minnesota Providence, R.I. 1996 Michigan (32-7-2) Red Berenson 3-2 (ot) Colorado Col. Boston U. Vermont Cincinnati 1997 North Dakota (31-10-2) Dean Blais 6-4 Boston U. Colorado Col. Michigan Milwaukee 1998 Michigan (32-11-1) Red Berenson 3-2 (ot) Boston College New Hampshire Ohio St. Boston 1999 Maine (31-6-4) Shawn Walsh 3-2 (ot) New Hampshire Boston College Michigan St. Anaheim, Calif. 2000 North Dakota (31-8-5) Dean Blais 4-2 Boston College Maine St. Lawrence Providence, R.I. 2001 Boston College (33-8-2) Jerry York 3-2 (ot) North Dakota Michigan Michigan St. Albany, N.Y. 2002 Minnesota (32-8-4) Don Lucia 4-3 (ot) Maine New Hampshire Michigan St. Paul, Minn. 2003 Minnesota (28-8-9) Don Lucia 5-1 New Hampshire Cornell Michigan Buffalo 2004 Denver (27-12-5) George Gwozdecky 1-0 Maine Boston College Minn. Duluth Boston 2005 Denver (32-9-2) George Gwozdecky 4-1 North Dakota Colorado Col. Minnesota Columbus, Ohio 2006 Wisconsin (30-10-3) Mike Eaves 2-1 Boston College North Dakota Maine Milwaukee 2007 Michigan St. (26-13-3) Rick Comley 3-1 Boston College North Dakota Maine St. Louis 2008 Boston College (25-11-8) Jerry York 4-1 Notre Dame Michigan North Dakota Denver 2009 Boston U. (35-6-4) Jack Parker 4-3 (ot) Miami (OH) Vermont Bemidji St. Washington, D.C. 2010 Boston College (29-10-3) Jerry York 5-0 Wisconsin Miami (OH) Rochester Inst. Detroit Semifinalists from 1949-89 denote third- and fourth-place finishes, respectively; all other years both teams tied for third. #Participation in tournament vacated. Records since 1992 do not include games against Canadian teams. 6 FroZEN FOUR FactS FROZEN FOUR WINS NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Frozen Four Facts 24—Michigan, 1948-2001 9—Michigan 21—North Dakota, 1958-2007 7—Denver 20—Boston U., 1950-2009 7—North Dakota *Does not include vacated years. 19—Minnesota,