1993 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The 1993 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 26, 1993, and ended with the championship game on April 3. A total of 11 games were played.

1993 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams12
Finals site
ChampionsMaine Black Bears (1st title)
Runner-upLake Superior State Lakers (3rd title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachShawn Walsh (1st title)
MOPJim Montgomery (Maine)
Attendance80,433

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, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and the ECAC each had three teams receive a berth in the tournament while the Hockey East had two berths.

East Regional – WorcesterWest Regional – Detroit
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1MaineHockey East39–1–2Tournament champion7th19921Lake Superior StateCCHA30–7–5Tournament champion7th1992
2Boston UniversityHockey East28–8–2At-large bid19th19922MichiganCCHA29–6–3At-large bid16th1992
3HarvardECAC22–5–3At-large bid15th19893MiamiCCHA27–8–5At-large bid1stNever
4ClarksonECAC20–9–5Tournament champion13th19924Minnesota-DuluthWCHA26–10–2At-large bid4th1985
5MinnesotaWCHA21–11–8Tournament champion20th19925BrownECAC16–11–3At-large bid4th1976
6Northern MichiganWCHA20–17–4At-large bid6th19926WisconsinWCHA23–14–3At-large bid14th1992

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Game locations

Tournament bracket

Regional Quarterfinals
March 26
Regional semifinals
March 27
Frozen Four
April 1
National championship
April 3
            
E1Maine6
E5Minnesota2
E4Clarkson1
E5Minnesota2
E1Maine4*
W2Michigan3
W2Michigan4*
W6Wisconsin3
W3Miami1
W6Wisconsin3
E1Maine5
W1Lake Superior State4
E2Boston University4
E6Northern Michigan1
E3Harvard2
E6Northern Michigan3**
E2Boston University1
W1Lake Superior State6
W1Lake Superior State4
W4Minnesota–Duluth3
W4Minnesota–Duluth7
W5Brown3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals

East Regional

(3) Harvard vs. (6) Northern Michigan

March 26Harvard2 – 3OTNorthern MichiganCentrum in Worcester


(4) Clarkson vs. (5) Minnesota

March 26Clarkson1 – 2MinnesotaCentrum in Worcester


West Regional

(3) Miami vs. (6) Wisconsin

March 26Miami1 – 3WisconsinJoe Louis Arena


(4) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (5) Brown

March 26Minnesota-Duluth7 – 3BrownJoe Louis Arena


Regional semifinals

East Regional

(1) Maine vs. (5) Minnesota

March 27Maine6 – 2MinnesotaCentrum in Worcester


(2) Boston University vs. (6) Northern Michigan

March 27Boston University4 – 1Northern MichiganCentrum in Worcester


West Regional

(1) Lake Superior State vs. (4) Minnesota-Duluth

March 27Lake Superior State4 – 3Minnesota-DuluthJoe Louis Arena


(2) Michigan vs. (6) Wisconsin

March 27Michigan4 – 3OTWisconsinJoe Louis Arena


Frozen Four

National semifinal

(E1) Maine vs. (W2) Michigan

April 1Maine4 – 3OTMichiganBradley Center


(E2) Boston University vs. (W1) Lake Superior State

April 1Boston University1 – 6Lake Superior StateBradley Center


National Championship

(E1) Maine vs. (W1) Lake Superior State

April 3Maine5 – 4Lake Superior StateBradley Center


Scoring summary
PeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
1stMainePatrice TardifLatendresse0:281–0 Maine
MaineChris FerraroImes and Ferraro7:102–0 Maine
LSSUMike BachuszAngelelli and Ness17:022–1 Maine
2ndLSSUClayton Beddoesunassisted27:012–2
LSSUJohn HendryBeddoes35:463–2 LSSU
LSSUWayne StrachanHulett38:424–2 LSSU
3rdMaineJim MontgomeryKariya44:194–3 LSSU
MaineJim MontgomeryKariya and Imes47:404–4
MaineJim MontgomeryGWKariya48:545–4 Maine
Goaltenders
TeamNameSavesGoals againstTime on ice
LSSUBlaine Lacher245
MaineMike Dunham84
MaineGarth Snow80

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[2]

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Record by conference

Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Regional semifinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions
WCHA44-4.5004---
CCHA33-3.500221-
ECAC30-3.000----
Hockey East24-1.8002211

References