NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship

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The annual NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship tournament determines the top ice hockey team in the NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III. [1]

This tournament is a single elimination competition that has determined the collegiate national champion since the inaugural 1948 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament. The semi-finals and finals are called by the trademarked name of "Frozen Four." The tournament was first referred to by this moniker in 1999. The term is derived from the term "final four." The tournament structure begins with four regional sites culminating to a single site, where the national semifinals and final game are played.[1] The NCAA started a Women's Frozen Four beginning in the 2000-01 season.

The Hobey Baker Award ceremony, Hockey Humanitarian Award ceremony, and USCHO.com Town Hall Meeting take place annually during Frozen Four weekend.[2]

Contents

[edit] Division I

[edit] Championship game results

Year Champion Score Runner-up City Arena
1948 Michigan 8–4 Dartmouth Colorado Springs, CO Broadmoor Arena
1949 Boston College 4–3 Dartmouth Colorado Springs, CO Broadmoor Arena
1950 Colorado College 13–4 Boston University Colorado Springs, CO Broadmoor Arena
1951 Michigan 7–1 Brown Colorado Springs, CO Broadmoor Arena
1952 Michigan 4–1 Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO Broadmoor Arena
1953 Michigan 7–3 Minnesota Colorado Springs, CO Broadmoor Arena
1954 Rensselaer 5–4 (OT) Minnesota Colorado Springs, CO Broadmoor Arena
1955 Michigan 5-3 Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO Broadmoor Arena
1956 Michigan 7–5 Michigan Tech Colorado Springs, CO Broadmoor Arena
1957 Colorado College 13–6 Michigan Colorado Springs, CO Broadmoor Arena
1958 Denver 6–2 North Dakota Minneapolis, MN Williams Arena
1959 North Dakota 4–3 (OT) Michigan State Troy, NY RPI Field House
1960 Denver 5–3 Michigan Tech Boston, MA Matthews Arena
1961 Denver 12–2 St. Lawrence Denver, CO University of Denver Arena
1962 Michigan Tech 7–1 Clarkson Utica, NY Utica Memorial Auditorium
1963 North Dakota 6–5 Denver Chestnut Hill, MA McHugh Forum
1964 Michigan 6–3 Denver Denver, CO University of Denver Arena
1965 Michigan Tech 8–2 Boston College Providence, RI Meehan Auditorium
1966 Michigan State 6–1 Clarkson Minneapolis, MN Williams Arena
1967 Cornell 4–1 Boston University Syracuse, NY Onondaga War Memorial
1968 Denver 4–0 North Dakota Duluth, MN Duluth Entertainment Center
1969 Denver 4–3 Cornell Colorado Springs, CO Broadmoor Arena
1970 Cornell 6–4 Clarkson Lake Placid, NY Olympic Center
1971 Boston University 4–2 Minnesota Syracuse, NY Onondaga War Memorial
1972 Boston University 4–0 Cornell Boston, MA Boston Garden
1973 Wisconsin 4–2 Denver Boston, MA Boston Garden
1974 Minnesota 4–2 Michigan Tech Boston, MA Boston Garden
1975 Michigan Tech 6–1 Minnesota St. Louis, MO St. Louis Arena
1976 Minnesota 6–4 Michigan Tech Denver, CO University of Denver Arena
1977 Wisconsin 6–5 (OT) Michigan Detroit, MI Olympia Stadium
1978 Boston University 5–3 Boston College Providence, RI Providence Civic Center
1979 Minnesota 4–3 North Dakota Detroit, MI Olympia Stadium
1980 North Dakota 5–2 Northern Michigan Providence, RI Providence Civic Center
1981 Wisconsin 6–3 Minnesota Duluth, MN Duluth Entertainment Center
1982 North Dakota 5–2 Wisconsin Providence, RI Providence Civic Center
1983 Wisconsin 6–2 Harvard Grand Forks, ND Ralph Engelstad Arena
1984 Bowling Green 5–4 (4OT) Minnesota-Duluth Lake Placid, NY Olympic Center
1985 Rensselaer 2–1 Providence Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
1986 Michigan State 6–5 Harvard Providence, RI Providence Civic Center
1987 North Dakota 5–3 Michigan State Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
1988 Lake Superior State 4–3 (OT) St. Lawrence Lake Placid, NY Olympic Center
1989 Harvard 4–3 (OT) Minnesota Saint Paul, MN Saint Paul Civic Center
1990 Wisconsin 7–3 Colgate Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
1991 Northern Michigan 8–7 (3OT) Boston University St. Paul, MN St. Paul Civic Center
1992 Lake Superior State 5–3 Wisconsin# Albany, NY Knickerbocker Arena
1993 Maine 5–4 Lake Superior State Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
1994 Lake Superior State 9–1 Boston University Saint Paul, MN Saint Paul Civic Center
1995 Boston University 6–2 Maine Providence, RI Providence Civic Center
1996 Michigan 3–2 (OT) Colorado College Cincinnati, OH Riverfront Coliseum
1997 North Dakota 6–4 Boston University Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
1998 Michigan 3–2 (OT) Boston College Boston, MA FleetCenter
1999 Maine 3–2 (OT) New Hampshire Anaheim, CA Arrowhead Pond
2000 North Dakota 4–2 Boston College Providence, RI Providence Civic Center
2001 Boston College 3–2 (OT) North Dakota Albany, NY Pepsi Arena
2002 Minnesota 4–3 (OT) Maine Saint Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
2003 Minnesota 5–1 New Hampshire Buffalo, NY HSBC Arena
2004 Denver 1–0 Maine Boston, MA FleetCenter
2005 Denver 4–1 North Dakota Columbus, OH Value City Arena
2006 Wisconsin 2–1 Boston College Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
2007 Michigan State 3–1 Boston College St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
2008 Boston College 4–1 Notre Dame Denver, CO Pepsi Center
2009 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
2010 Detroit, MI Ford Field
2011 Saint Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
2012 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum

# - Participation in the tournament vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

[edit] Rankings by most championships

If teams have equal amount of championships, most recently won is listed first.

Rank School #
1 Michigan 9
2 Denver 7
North Dakota 7
4 Wisconsin 6
5 Minnesota 5
6 Boston University 4
7 Boston College 3
Michigan State 3
Lake Superior State 3
Michigan Tech 3
10 Maine 2
Rensselaer 2
Cornell 2
Colorado College 2
15 Northern Michigan 1
Harvard 1
Bowling Green 1

[edit] Rankings by state

The following list is of championships won ranked by state.

Rank State School #
1 Michigan Michigan (9)
Lake Superior State (3)
Michigan State (3)
Michigan Tech (3)
Northern Michigan (1)		 19
2 Colorado Denver (7)
Colorado College (2)		 9
3 Massachusetts Boston University (4)
Boston College (3)
Harvard (1)		 8
4 North Dakota North Dakota (7) 7
5 Wisconsin Wisconsin (6) 6
6 Minnesota Minnesota (5) 5
7 New York Cornell (2)
Rensselaer (2)		 4
8 Maine Maine (2) 2
9 Ohio Bowling Green (1) 1

[edit] Tournament format history

1948–1976
4 teams (1 game series)
1977–1980
5-6 teams (1 game series)
1981–1987
8 teams (2 game, total goals first round at higher seed)
1988–1991
12 teams (best of 3 games first round series at higher seed)
1992–2002
12 teams (divided up into 2 regionals, East Regional and West Regional; 6 Teams each)
2003–present
16 teams (divided up into 4 regionals: Northeast, East, Midwest and West Regionals: 4 Teams each)

[edit] Division II

The Division II Championship was suspended following 1999, due to a lack of sponsoring schools. Most of the schools in Division II hockey became members of newly formed hockey conferences such as College Hockey America.

[edit] Championship game results

Year Champion Score Runner-up Notes
1978 Merrimack 12–2 Lake Forest
1979 Lowell 6–4 Mankato State
1980 Mankato State 5–2 Elmira
1981 Lowell 5–4 Plattsburgh State
1982 Lowell 6–1 Plattsburgh State
1983 RIT 4–2 Bemidji State
1984 Bemidji State 6–3, 8–1 Merrimack Two-game, total-goal series
1985-1992 Not held
1993 Bemidji State 10–6, 5–0 Mercyhurst Best-of-three series
1994 Bemidji State 3–5, 2–1, 2–1 (OT) Ala.-Huntsville
1995 Bemidji State 6–2, 5–4 Mercyhurst
1996 Ala.-Huntsville 7–1, 3–0 Bemidji State
1997 Bemidji State 3–2, 4–2 Ala.-Huntsville
1998 Ala.-Huntsville 6–2, 5–2 Bemidji State
1999 St. Michael's 4–4, 8–5 New Hampshire College

[edit] Division III

[edit] Championship game results

Year Champion Score Runner-up
1984 Babson 8–0 Union (N.Y.)
1985 RIT 5–1 Bemidji State
1986 Bemidji State 8–5 #Plattsburgh State
1987 #Plattsburgh State 8–3 Oswego State
1988 Wis.-River Falls 7–1, 3–5, 3–0 Elmira
1989 Wis.-Stevens Point 3–3, 3–2 RIT
1990 Wis.-Stevens Point 10–1, 3–6, 1–0 Plattsburgh State
1991 Wis.-Stevens Point 6–2 Mankato State
1992 Plattsburgh State 7–3 Wis.-Stevens Point
1993 Wis.-Stevens Point 4–3 (OT) Wis.-River Falls
1994 Wis.-River Falls 6–4 Wis.-Superior
1995 Middlebury 1–0 Fredonia State
1996 Middlebury 3–2 RIT
1997 Middlebury 3–2 Wis.-Superior
1998 Middlebury 2–1 Wis.-Stevens Point
1999 Middlebury 5–0 Wis.-Superior
2000 Norwich 2–1 St.Thomas (Minn.)
2001 Plattsburgh State 6–2 RIT
2002 Wis.-Superior 3–2 (OT) Norwich
2003 Norwich 2–1 Oswego State
2004 Middlebury 1–0 (OT) St. Norbert
2005 Middlebury 5–0 St. Thomas (Minn)
2006 Middlebury 3–0 St. Norbert
2007 Oswego State 4–3 (OT) Middlebury
2008 St. Norbert 2-0 Plattsburgh State

# - Participation in the tournament vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b NCAA page for men's ice hockey. NCAA.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
  2. ^ Hobey Baker Award. HobeyBaker.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
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