1992 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

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1992 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament
Teams12
Finals site
Champions Lake Superior State Lakers  (2nd title)
Runner-upnone
(Wisconsin Badgers vacated) [1]  (- title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Jeff Jackson  (1st title)
MOP Paul Constantin (Lake Superior State)
Attendance67,363

The 1992 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament involved 12 schools competing to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. Beginning with the 1992 tournament the format was changed to single-elimination play for all rounds of the tournament. First and quarterfinal rounds were played at two predetermined sites as the East and West Regionals. [2] The tournament began on March 26, 1992, and ended with the championship game on April 4 in which Lake Superior State defeated the University of Wisconsin 5-3. A total of 11 games were played. Wisconsin's participation in the tournament was later vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions. [1]

Contents

Alaska-Anchorage's 1992 participation was the last time an independent team was selected to the tournament, until Arizona State in 2019.

The 1992 championship game is most remembered for the controversial penalty calls that gave Lake Superior State 11 power plays in the game. Wisconsin staff and players were so incensed at the calls that referee Tim McConaghy was accosted after the match which led to two Wisconsin players being suspended for the Badgers' next NCAA Tournament game while assistant coach Bill Zito was barred from any affiliation with Wisconsin for the program's next two NCAA appearances. [3] [4]

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded. The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), Hockey East and Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) all had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, the ECAC had two berths, and there was one independent Division I bid.

East Regional – Providence West Regional – Detroit
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1 Maine Hockey East31–3–2* Tournament champion 6th19911 Michigan CCHA31–8–3At-large bid15th1991
2 St. Lawrence ECAC22–9–2 Tournament champion 12th19892 Minnesota WCHA33–10–0At-large bid19th1991
3 New Hampshire Hockey East22–12–2^At-large bid5th19833 Lake Superior State CCHA26–9–4 Tournament champion 6th1991
4 Boston University Hockey East22–8–4^At-large bid18th19914 Northern Michigan WCHA24–13–3 Tournament champion 5th1991
5 Michigan State CCHA23–10–8^At-large bid13th19905 Clarkson ECAC22–9–1At-large bid12th1991
6 Wisconsin (vacated) [1] WCHA24–13–2At-large bid(vacated) [1] 19916 Alaska-Anchorage Independent27–7–1At-large bid3rd1991

* Maine was required to forfeit 13 victories after the season concluded, their total here was their record at the time of the start of the tournament.

^ These teams records reflect the losses they had against Maine at the time that were later overturned.

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Game locations

Tournament bracket

Wisconsin's participation in the 1992 tournament was later vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

Regional Quarterfinals
March 26–27 		Regional semifinals
March 28–29 		Frozen Four
April 2 		National championship
April 4
            
E1 Maine 2
E5Michigan State3
E4 Boston University 2
E5Michigan State4
E5 Michigan State 2
W3Lake Superior State4
W2 Minnesota 3
W3Lake Superior State8
W3Lake Superior State7
W6 Alaska Anchorage 3
W3Lake Superior State5
E6 Wisconsin (vacated) [1] 3
E2 St. Lawrence 2
E6Wisconsin5
E3 New Hampshire 2
E6Wisconsin4
E6Wisconsin4
W1 Michigan 2
W1Michigan7
W4 Northern Michigan 6
W4Northern Michigan8
W5 Clarkson 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals

East Regional

(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Wisconsin

March 26New Hampshire2 – 4Wisconsin Providence Civic Center

(4) Boston University vs. (5) Michigan State

March 26 [6] Boston University2 – 4Michigan State Providence Civic Center  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Ma. Bavis, Sacco) Mike Prendergast – 05:50
(Mi. Bavis) David Sacco – 19:04		Second period05:18 – Rem Murray (Smolinski, Thompson)
No scoringThird period01:39 – Bart Turner (Woodward, Worden)
07:25 – GW – Dwayne Norris (unassisted)
12:55 – Bryan Smolinski (Murray, Messier)

West Regional

(3) Lake Superior State vs. (6) Alaska-Anchorage

March 27Lake Superior State7 – 3Alaska-Anchorage Joe Louis Arena

(4) Northern Michigan vs. (5) Clarkson

March 27Northern Michigan8 – 4Clarkson Joe Louis Arena

Regional semifinals

East Regional

(1) Maine vs. (5) Michigan State

March 28 [6] Maine2 – 3Michigan State Providence Civic Center  
(Tardiff) Jim Montgomery – 05:39First period09:53 – Dwayne Norris (White)
(Tardiff, Montgomery) Chris Imes – 17:12Second period01:54 – Dwayne Norris (White, Suk)
11:22 – GW – Bryan Smolinski (Norris, Suk)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (6) Wisconsin

March 28St. Lawrence2 – 5Wisconsin Providence Civic Center

West Regional

(1) Michigan vs. (4) Northern Michigan

March 29Michigan7 – 6Northern Michigan Joe Louis Arena

(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Lake Superior State

March 29Minnesota3 – 8Lake Superior State Joe Louis Arena

Frozen Four

National semifinal

(W3) Lake Superior State vs. (E5) Michigan State

April 2 [6] Lake Superior State4 – 2Michigan State Knickerbocker Arena  
(Smith, Hanley) Paul Constantin – 01:27First period05:28 – Nicholas Perreault (Harper, Garbarz)
(Hanley, Hendry) Paul Constantin – 06:32Second period17:22 – Dwayne Norris (Smolinski, Murray)
(Hendry, Hulett) Mark Astley – GW – 10:58
(Strachan, Faucher) Sandy Moger – 12:22		Third periodNo scoring

(W1) Michiganvs. (E6) Wisconsin

April 2Michigan2 – 4Wisconsin Knickerbocker Arena

National Championship

(W3) Lake Superior State vs. (E6) Wisconsin

April 4Lake Superior State5 – 3Wisconsin Knickerbocker Arena
Scoring summary
PeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
1stWIS Jason Zent 1–0 WIS
WIS Jason Zent – PP2–0 WIS
2ndLSSU Paul Constantin – PP2–1 WIS
LSSU Tim Hanley 39:542–2
3rdLSSU Michael Smith 44:163–2 LSSU
WIS Jason Zent – PP3–3
LSSU Brian Rolston – GW55:084–3 LSSU
LSSU Jay Ness – PP EN59:585–3 LSSU
Goaltenders
TeamNameSavesGoals againstTime on ice
WIS Duane Derksen 4
LSSU Darrin Madeley 243

All-Tournament team

* Most Outstanding Player(s) [7]
† Participation of D: Barry Richter and F: Jason Zent vacated when Wisconsin's participation in the tournament was later vacated [1]

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Record by conference

Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Regional semifinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions
CCHA 37-2.7783311
Hockey East 30-3.0001---
WCHA 34-3.57131
(vacated)		1
(vacated)		-
ECAC 20-2.0001---
Independent10-1.000----

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship History". NCAA . Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Tournament History" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  3. ↑ "HOCKEY; Amid Fury, Lake Superior St. Prevails". The New York Times. April 6, 1992. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  4. ↑ "NCAA PENALTIES HIT WISCONSIN". The Chicago Tribune. April 23, 1992. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  5. ↑ "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 "Michigan State 2013-14 Hockey History" (PDF). Michigan State Spartans. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 22, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  7. ↑ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  8. ↑ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
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