GOPHER HOCKEY NCAA HISTORY NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY NCAA TOURNAMENT ALL-TIME NCAA TOURNAMENT FINISHES BY SCHOOL APPEARANCES CHAMPION RUNNER-UP THIRD PLACE* FOURTH PLACE Michigan . 9 Minnesota . 6 Michigan . 11 Boston College . 6 31 Appearances Denver . 7 Boston College . 6 Boston University . 8 Harvard . 6 North Dakota . 7 Boston University . 5 Minnesota . 6 St. Lawrence . 5 1953-54-61-71-74-75-76-79-80-81-83-85-86-87-88-89-90-91-92-93-94-95- Wisconsin . 6 North Dakota . 5 Boston College . 6 Boston Univ. 3 96-97-2001-02-03-04-05-06-07 Minnesota . 5 Michigan Tech . 4 Maine . 6 New Hampshire . 3 (record of 50-32 .610) Boston University . 4 Clarkson . 3 Michigan State . 5 Minnesota . 2 19 Frozen Four Appearances Lake Superior St. 3 Colorado College . 3 Clarkson . 4 Colorado College . 2 Michigan State . 3 Maine . 3 North Dakota . 4 Cornell . 2 (1953-54-61-71-74-75-76-79-81-83-86-87-88-89-94-95-2002-03-05) Michigan Tech . 3 Cornell . 2 Colorado College . 3 Denver . 2 (record of 19-16, .543) Boston College . 2 Dartmouth . 2 Harvard . 3 Michigan Tech . 2 Colorado College . 2 Denver . 2 Dartmouth . 2 Brown . 1 Five NCAA Championships . (1974-76-79-2002-03) Cornell . 2 Harvard . 2 Denver . 2 Maine . 1 Maine . 2 Michigan . 2 Minnesota-Duluth . 2 Michigan State . 1 Six Runner-Up Finishes . (1953-54-71-75-81-89) RPI . 2 Michigan State . 2 New Hampshire . 2 North Dakota . 1 Bowling Green . 1 New Hampshire . 2 RPI . 2 Northern Michigan . 1 Six Third-Place Finishes . (1961-86-87-94-95-2005) Harvard . 1 St. Lawrence . 2 St. Lawrence . 2 Providence . 1 Northern Michigan . 1 Brown . 1 Wisconsin . 2 RPI . 1 Two Fourth-Place Finishes . (1983-88) Colgate . 1 Bowling Green . 1 Wisconsin . 1 Brown . 1 Lake Superior St. 1 Cornell . 1 *Note: In championships without NCAA RECORD VS. OPPONENTS Minnesota-Duluth . 1 Michigan Tech . 1 a third-place game (after 1989), Northern Michigan . 1 both teams are awarded third Northeastern . 1 TEAM SERIES LAST MEETING Providence . 1 place. Denver’s participation in Ohio State . 1 1973 tournament and Wisconsin . 1 Wisconsin’s participation in Air Force 1-0 3/24/07, MN 4, AF 3 Providence . 1 1992 tournament vacated. Boston College 4-4 3/22/86, BC 6, MN 1 Vermont . 1 Boston University 4-3 3/30/95, BU 7, MN 3 Yale . 1 Bowling Green 1-0 3/18/79, MN 6, BG 3 Clarkson 3-0 3/26/93, MN 2, CU 1 NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORD BOOK (TEAM) Colgate 2-0 3/21/81, MN 5, Col 4 Colorado College 2-0 3/23/02, MN 4, CC 2 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS CONSECUTIVE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES Cornell 1-0 3/27/05, MN 2, CU 1 (ot) 9 Michigan 17 Michigan, 1991-2007 Denver 1-1 3/28/86, MN 6, DU 4 7 Denver 13 Minnesota, 1985-97 Ferris State 1-0 3/28/03, MN 7, FSU 4 North Dakota 10 Michigan, 1948-57 Harvard 3-2 4/1/89, HU 4, MN 3 (ot) 6 Wisconsin 9 Maine, 1999-2007 Holy Cross 0-1 3/24/06, HC 4, MN 3 (ot) 5 Minnesota Michigan State, 1982-90 Lake Superior State 0-1 3/29/92, LSSU 8, MN 3 FROZEN FOUR APPEARANCES Lake Superior State, 1988-96 Maine 3-5 3/26/05, MN 1, ME 0 (ot) Boston University, 1990-98 22 Michigan Mercyhurst 1-0 3/27/03, MN 9, MCY 2 Michigan State, 1994-2002 20 Boston College Michigan 2-3 4/10/03, MN 3, MI 2 (ot) 7 Maine, 1987-93 Boston University Michigan State 3-2 3/22/97, MN 6, MSU 3 19 Minnesota CURRENT CONSECUTIVE TOURNAMENT Michigan Tech 3-1 3/26/81, MN 7, MTU 2 17 North Dakota APPEARANCES Minnesota Duluth 0-1 3/28/04, UMD 3, MN 1 New Hampshire 4-0 4/12/03, MN 5, UNH 1 FROZEN FOUR WINS 17 Michigan, 1991-2007 9 Maine, 1999-2007 North Dakota 1-2 3/25/07, UND 3, MN 2 (ot) 24 Michigan 7 Minnesota, 2001-07 Northern Michigan 0-1 3/22/80, NMU 4, MN 3 21 North Dakota 6 New Hampshire, 2002-07 Notre Dame 1-0 3/27/04, MN 5, ND 2 19 Minnesota Providence 3-2 3/23/96, MN 5, PC 1 18 Denver TOURNAMENT WINS Rensselaer 3-1 3/24/95, MN 3, RPI 0 Boston University 50 Minnesota, 1953-2007 St. Lawrence 0-1 4/1/88, SLU 3, MN 2 CONSECUTIVE FROZEN FOUR APPEARANCES 44 Michigan, 1948-2007 Wisconsin 2-1 3/25/89, MN 4, WI 2 38 North Dakota, 1958-2007 UMass-Lowell 1-0 3/27/94, MN 2, UML 1 (ot) 10 Michigan, 1948-57 34 Boston University, 1950-2007 Total 50-32 5 Colorado College, 1948-52 Boston University, 1974-78, 1993-97 33 Boston College, 1948-2007 4 Minnesota, 1986-89 Wisconsin, 1970-2006 St. Lawrence, 1959-62 30 Maine, 1987-2007 Cornell, 1967-70 29 Michigan State, 1959-2007 Michigan, 1995-98 25 Denver, 1958-2005 Boston College, 1948-50 TOURNAMENT WINNING PERCENTAGE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES .691 North Dakota, 1958-2007 (38-17) 31 Minnesota, 1953-2007 .657 Michigan, 1948-2007 (44-23) 30 Boston University, 1950-2007 .642 Wisconsin, 1970-2006 (33-18-2) Michigan, 1948-2007 .641 Lake Superior State, 1985-96 (20-11-1) 27 Boston College, 1948-2007 .612 Maine, 1987-2006 (30-19) 25 Michigan State, 1959-2007 .610 Minnesota, 1953-2007 (50-32) 22 North Dakota, 1958-2007 21 Wisconsin, 1970-2006 Harvard, 1955-2005 118 MINNESOTA HOCKEY 2007-08 GOPHER HOCKEY NCAA HISTORY NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY APPEARANCES YEAR-BY-YEAR 1990 1953 - SECOND PLACE First round: Minnesota 6, Clarkson 1; Semifinals: Minnesota, 3, RPI 2 (Colorado Springs) Minnesota 5, Clarkson 1 (Minnesota wins series 2-0) (Minneapolis) Quarterfinals: Finals: Michigan 7, Minnesota 3 (Colorado Springs) Boston College 4, Minnesota 2; Minnesota 2, Boston College 1; Boston College 6, 1954 - SECOND PLACE Minnesota (Boston College wins series 2-1) (Boston) Semifinals: Minnesota 14, Boston College 1 (Colorado Springs) 1991 Finals: RPI 5, Minnesota 4 (OT) (Colorado Springs) First round: Providence 4, Minnesota 3; 1961 - THIRD PLACE Minnesota 8, Providence 4; Semifinals: Denver 6, Minnesota 1 (Denver) Minnesota 8, Providence 3 (Minnesota wins series 2-1) (Minneapolis) Third-place game: Minnesota 4, RPI 3 (Denver) Quarterfinals: Maine 4, Minnesota 0; Maine 5, Minnesota 3 (Maine wins series 2-0) (Orono, Maine) 1971 - SECOND PLACE 1992 Semifinals: Minnesota 6, Harvard 5 (Syracuse, N.Y.) Finals: Boston University 4, Minnesota 2 (Syracuse, N.Y.) West Regional: Lake Superior State 8, Minnesota 3 (Detroit) 1974 - FIRST PLACE 1993 Semifinals: Minnesota 5, Boston University 4 (Boston) East Regional: Minnesota 2, Clarkson 1; Finals: Minnesota 4, Michigan Tech 2 (Boston) Maine 6, Minnesota 2 (Worcester, Mass.) 1975 - SECOND PLACE 1994 - THIRD PLACE Semifinals: Minnesota 6, Harvard 4 (St. Louis) West Regional: Minnesota 2, UMass-Lowell 1 (2 OT) (East Lansing, Mich.) Finals: Michigan Tech 6, Minnesota 1 (St. Louis) Semifinals: Boston University 4, Minnesota 1 (St. Paul, Minn.) 1976 - FIRST PLACE 1995 - THIRD PLACE Semifinals: Minnesota 4, Boston University 2 (Denver) West Regional: Minnesota 3, RPI 0; Finals: Minnesota 6, Michigan Tech 3 (Denver) Minnesota 5, Colorado College 2 (Madison, Wis.) Semifinals: Boston University 7, Minnesota 3 (Providence, R.I.) 1979 - FIRST PLACE 1996 Semifinals: Minnesota 4, New Hampshire 3 (Detroit) Finals: Minnesota 4, North Dakota 3 (Detroit) West Regional: Minnesota 5, Providence 1; Michigan 4, Minnesota 3 (East Lansing, Mich.) 1981 - SECOND PLACE 1997 First round: Minnesota 9, Colgate 4; Minnesota 5, Colgate 4 (Minnesota wins 14-8) (Minneapolis) West Regional: Minnesota 6, Michigan State 3; Semifinals: Minnesota, 7, Michigan Tech 2 (Duluth, Minn.) Michigan 7, Minnesota 4 (Grand Rapids, Mich.) Finals: Wisconsin 6, Minnesota 3 (Duluth, Minn.) 2001 1983 - FOURTH PLACE East Regional: Maine 5, Minnesota 4 (OT) (Worcester, Mass.) First round: Minnesota 9, New Hampshire 6; 2002 - FIRST PLACE Minnesota 7, New Hampshire 2 (Minnesota wins 16-8) (Minneapolis) West Regional: Semifinals: Harvard 5, Minnesota 3 (Grand Forks, N.D.) Minnesota 4, Colorado College 2 (Ann Arbor, Mich.) Semifinals: Third-place game: Providence 4, Minnesota 3 (Grand Forks, N.D.) Minnesota 3, Michigan 2 (St. Paul, Minn.) Finals: Minnesota 4, Maine 3 (OT) (St. Paul, Minn.) 1985 2003 - FIRST PLACE First Round: Minnesota 7, Boston College 5; West Regional: Boston College 4, Minnesota 1 (Boston College wins 9-8) (Boston) Minnesota 9, Mercyhurst 2; Minnesota 7, Ferris State 4 (Minneapolis) Semifinals: Minnesota 3, Michigan 2 (OT) (Buffalo, N.Y.) 1986 - THIRD PLACE Finals: Minnesota 5, New Hampshire 1 (Buffalo, N.Y.) First Round: Minnesota 6, Boston University 5; 2004 Minnesota 5, Boston University 3 (Minnesota wins 11-7) (Boston) Midwest Regional: Semifinals: Michigan State 6, Minnesota 4 (Providence, R.I.) Minnesota 5, Notre Dame 2; Third-place game: Minnesota 6, Denver 4 (Providence, R.I.) Minnesota-Duluth 3, Minnesota 1 (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1987 - THIRD PLACE 2005 - THIRD PLACE West Regional: First Round: Minnesota 4, Boston College 1; Minnesota 1, Maine 0 (OT); Minnesota 2, Cornell 1 (OT) (Minneapolis) Semifinals: Boston College 3, Minnesota 2 (Minnesota wins 6-4) (Boston) North Dakota 4, Minnesota 2 (Columbus, Ohio) Semifinals: Michigan State 5, Minnesota 3 (Detroit) 2006 Third-place game: Minnesota 6, Harvard 3 (Detroit) West Regional: Holy Cross 4, Minnesota 3 (OT) (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1988 - FOURTH PLACE 2007 Quarterfinals: Minnesota 4, Michigan State 2; West Regional: Minnesota 4, Air Force 3; Minnesota 4, Michigan State 3 (Minnesota wins 8-5) (Minneapolis) North Dakota 3, Minnesota 2 (OT) (Denver, Colo.) Semifinals: St.