2006 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

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2006 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament
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2006 Frozen Four logo
Teams16
Finals site
Champions Wisconsin Badgers  (6th title)
Runner-up Boston College Eagles  (7th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Mike Eaves  (1st title)
MOP Robbie Earl (Wisconsin)
Attendance117,613
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Final moments of play of the National Championship game
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trophy received by Wisconsin

The 2006 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 24, 2006, and ended with the championship game on April 8. A total of 15 games were played.

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The tournament is largely remembered for a 4-3 overtime win by Holy Cross over Minnesota, which is typically considered one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Division 1 Men’s Ice Hockey tournament history. [1]

Game locations

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Albany
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Green Bay
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Worcester
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Grand Forks
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Milwaukee
2006 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red)

The NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship is a single-elimination tournament featuring 16 teams representing all six Division I conferences in the nation. The Championship Committee seeds the entire field from 1 to 16 within four regionals of 4 teams. The winners of the six Division I conference championships receive automatic bids to participate in the NCAA Championship. Regional placements are based primarily on the home location of the top seed in each bracket with an attempt made to put the top-ranked teams close to their home site.

Regional Sites

Frozen Four

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament was announced on March 19, 2006. [2] The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), Hockey East and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) each had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, the ECACHL had two teams receive a berth in the tournament, while Atlantic Hockey and College Hockey America (CHA) both received a single bid for their tournament champions.

Midwest Regional – Green Bay West Regional – Grand Forks
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1 Wisconsin (1)WCHA26–10–3At-large bid22nd20051 Minnesota (2)WCHA27–8–5At-large bid30th2005
2 Cornell ECACHL21–8–4At-large bid16th20052 North Dakota WCHA27–15–1 Tournament champion 21st2005
3 Colorado College WCHA24–15–2At-large bid18th20053 Michigan CCHA21–14–5At-large bid29th2005
4 Bemidji State CHA20–13–3 Tournament champion 2nd20054 Holy Cross Atlantic Hockey26–9–2 Tournament champion 2nd2004
Northeast Regional – Worcester East Regional – Albany
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1 Boston University (3)Hockey East25–9–4 Tournament champion 29th20051 Michigan State (4)CCHA24–11–8 Tournament champion 24th2005
2 Miami CCHA26–8–4At-large bid4th20042 Harvard ECACHL21–11–2 Tournament champion 21st2005
3 Boston College Hockey East23–12–3At-large bid26th20053 Maine Hockey East26–11–2At-large bid16th2005
4 Nebraska-Omaha CCHA20–14–6At-large bid1stNever4 New Hampshire Hockey East20–12–7At-large bid16th2005

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

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Brackets

Frozen Four

National semifinals
April 6
National championship
April 8
      
E3 Maine 2
MW1 Wisconsin5
MW1 Wisconsin2
NE3 Boston College 1
W2 North Dakota 5
NE3 Boston College6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

East Regional

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Regional semifinals

(1) Michigan State vs. (4) New Hampshire

March 25 [5] Michigan State1 – 0New Hampshire Pepsi Arena Recap  
(Kennedy, Abdelkader) Tim CrowderGW – 02:14First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
( 36 saves / 36 shots ) Jeff Lerg Goalie stats Jeff Pietrasiak ( 29 saves / 30 shots )

(2) Harvard vs. (3) Maine

March 25 [6] Harvard1 – 6Maine Pepsi Arena Recap  
(Coskren, Johnson) Mike Taylor – 09:32First period08:16 – Josh Soares (Léveillé)
09:57 – GWBret Tyler
No scoringSecond period07:49 – John Hopson (Hahn, Hopson)
09:57 – Michel Léveillé
No scoringThird period16:24 – ENGreg Moore (Léveillé)
19:20 – PPBrent Shepheard (Bellamy)
( 38 saves / 43 shots ) John Dagineau Goalie stats Ben Bishop ( 25 saves / 26 shots )

Regional Finals

(1) Michigan State vs. (3) Maine

March 26 [7] Michigan State4 – 5Maine Pepsi Arena Recap  
(Booth, Kennedy) Tim CrowderPP – 19:16First period03:13 – Matt Duffy (Damon)
10:21 – John Hopson (Hamilton, Hopson)
16:38 – PPJohn Hopson (Duffy, Hopson)
(Kennedy, Booth) Tim Crowder – PP – 08:00
(Lerg, Mueller) Jim McKenzie – 19:00
Second period03:35 – PPDerek Damon (Soares, Lundin)
Drew Miller – 19:55Third period19:23 – GW ENGreg Moore (Soares)
( 29 saves / 33 shots ) Jeff Lerg Goalie stats Ben Bishop ( 33 saves / 37 shots )

Midwest Regional

Regional semifinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Bemidji State

March 25 [8] Wisconsin4 – 0Bemidji State Resch Center Recap  
(Joudrey, Burish) Joe PavelskiGW PP – 17:07First periodNo scoring
Joe Pavelski – 00:26
(Burish) Jake Dowell – 17:30
Second periodNo scoring
(Gilbert, Joudrey) Joe PavelskiPP – 06:38Third periodNo scoring
( 15 saves / 15 shots ) Brian Elliott Goalie stats Layne Sedevie ( 41 saves / 45 shots )

(2) Cornell vs. (3) Colorado College

March 25 [9] Cornell3 – 2Colorado College Resch Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period04:57 – PPBrian Salcido (Sertich, McCulloch)
16:49 – PPJack Hillen (Sertich, Sterling)
(Moulson, Seminoff) Topher ScottPP – 16:44Second periodNo scoring
(Carefoot) Matt Moulson – 04:50
(Sawada, Abbott) Jon GleedGW – 09:20
Third periodNo scoring
( 20 saves / 22 shots ) David McKee Goalie stats Matt Zaba ( 20 saves / 23 shots )

Regional Finals

(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Cornell

March 26 [10] Wisconsin1 – 03OTCornell Resch Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
(Engel) Jack SkilleGW – 11:13Third overtime periodNo scoring
( 40 saves / 40 shots ) Brian Elliott Goalie stats David McKee ( 59 saves / 60 shots )

Northeast Regional

Regional semifinals

(1) Boston University vs. (4) Nebraska-Omaha

March 24 [11] Boston University9 – 2Nebraska-Omaha DCU Center Recap  
(Sullivan, MacArthur) Bryan EwingPP – 18:24First period03:32 – Bill Thomas (Betts, Krischuk)
(Lawrence, Yip) Chris Higgins – 04:53
(Laliberte, Van der Gulik) Dan SpangGW – 07:52
(Lawrence, Yip) Chris Higgins – 08:38
(Ewing, MacArthur) Kenny Roche – 08:59
(Sullivan) Chris Higgins – 10:24
(Roche, Yip) Bryan EwingPP – 17:17
Second period08:06 – Tomas Klempa (Charleston, Platisha)
(Morrow, Redlihs) Ryan WestonPP – 08:04
(Sullivan, Weston) Brian McGuirkPP – 13:13
Third periodNo scoring
( 17 saves / 19 shots ) John Curry / ( 3 saves / 3 shots ) Stephan Siwiec Goalie stats Jerad Kaufmann ( 28 saves / 37 shots ) / Eric Aarnio ( 1 saves / 1 shots )

(2) Miami vs. (3) Boston College

March 24 [12] Miami0 – 5Boston College DCU Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period00:34 – GW PPBenn Ferriero (Collins, Harrold)
03:14 – PPBenn Ferriero (Boyle, Motherwell)
18:35 – Dan Bertram (Gionta)
No scoringThird period13:00 – ENChris Collins
19:32 – ENMike Brennan
( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Charlie Effinger Goalie stats Cory Schneider ( 33 saves / 33 shots )

Regional Finals

(1) Boston University vs. (3) Boston College

March 25 [13] Boston University0 – 5Boston College DCU Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period06:24 – GWBrian Boyle
No scoringSecond period04:40 – Matt Greene (Rooney, Gionta)
13:22 – SHJoe Rooney (Ferriero, Boyle)
16:00 – SHJoe Rooney (Gionta)
No scoringThird period14:26 – Benn Ferriero (Rooney, Motherwell)
( 26 saves / 31 shots ) John Curry Goalie stats Cory Schneider ( 28 saves / 28 shots )

West Regional

Regional semifinals

(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Holy Cross

March 24 [14] Minnesota3 – 4OTHoly Cross Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Guyer) Mike HoweSH – 13:15
(Kaufmann, Harrington) Phil Kessel – 15:45
Second period08:49 – Dale Reinhardt (Bartlett, McGregor)
13:46 – PP – Tyler McGregor (Sixsmith, Landry)
(Wheeler) Alex Goligoski – 02:17Third period07:53 – Pierre Napert-Frenette (Nappo, Landry)
No scoringFirst overtime period00:53 – GW – Tyler McGregor (Burke)
( 24 saves / 28 shots ) Kellen Briggs Goalie stats Tony Quesada ( 35 saves / 38 shots )

(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Michigan

March 24 [15] North Dakota5 – 1Michigan Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
(Toews, Radke) Ryan DuncanPP – 05:01
(Špirko, Lee) T. J. OshieGW PP – 07:28
First periodNo scoring
(Zajac) Drew StaffordSH – 04:08
(Duncan) Jonathan Toews – 14:39
Second period04:30 – PPChad Kolarik (Kaleniecki, Hunwick)
(Oshie) Travis Zajac – 14:42Third periodNo scoring
( 34 saves / 35 shots ) Jordan Parise Goalie stats Noah Ruden ( 28 saves / 33 shots )

Regional Finals

(2) North Dakota vs. (4) Holy Cross

March 25 [16] North Dakota5 – 2Holy Cross Ralph Engelstad Arena Recap  
(Duncan, Radke) Jonathan Toews – 01:18
(Toews, Smaby) Ryan DuncanPP – 15:16
First periodNo scoring
(Stafford, Duncan) Matt SmabyGW PP – 17:23Second period03:07 – Matt Werry (Tselikis)
(Lee, Oshie) Travis ZajacPP – 06:48
(Porter) Matt Watkins – 09:03
Third period05:21 – PPBlair Bartlett (McGregor, Reinhardt)
( 17 saves / 19 shots ) Jordan Parise Goalie stats Tony Quesada ( 27 saves / 32 shots )

Frozen Four

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National semifinal

(MW1) Wisconsin vs. (E3) Maine

April 6 [18] Wisconsin5 – 2Maine Bradley Center Recap  
(Paveksli, Earl) Adam Burish – 10:11First period17:37 – Michel Léveillé (Duffy)
Ross CarlsonSH – 04:18
(Burish) Robbie EarlGW PP – 08:16
Second periodNo scoring
(Carlson, Skille) Ben Street – 12:26
(Engel) Robbie EarlEN – 18:16
Third period11:29 – Mike Lundin (Moore, Soares)
( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Brian Elliott Goalie stats Ben Bishop ( 34 saves / 38 shots )

(W2) North Dakota vs. (NE3) Boston College

April 6 [19] North Dakota5 – 6Boston College Bradley Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period07:43 – Brett Motherwell (Orpik, Gannon)
12:34 – SHChris Collins (Brennan)
18:08 – Chris Collins (Bradford)
(Zajac) Rastislav ŠpirkoSH – 04:23
(Watkins, Porter) Rylan Kaip – 13:25
Second period15:38 – Anthony Aiello
19:37 – PPChris Collins (Ferriero, Schneider)
Jonathan ToewsPP – 08:11
(Stafford, Lee) Travis ZajacSH – 15:42
(Zajac) Brian LeeEA – 19:47
Third period10:33 – GWNathan Gerbe (Filangieri)
( 26 saves / 31 shots ) Jordan Parise Goalie stats Cory Schneider ( 36 saves / 41 shots )

National Championship

(MW1) Wisconsin vs. (NE3) Boston College

April 8 [20] [21] Wisconsin2 – 1Boston College Bradley Center Recap
Scoring summary
PeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
1stBC Pat Gannon (5)Bertram09:011–0 BC
2ndWIS Robbie Earl (24) Burish and Pavelski 21:171–1
3rdWIS Tom Gilbert (12) – GW PP Pavelski and Burish 49:322–1 WIS
Penalty summary
PeriodTeamPlayer Penalty TimePIM
1stBCAnthony AielloInterference03:222:00
BCDan BertramHolding the Stick05:572:00
WISMatt OlingerInterference11:482:00
BCDan BertramContact to Head High-Sticking13:362:00
WISTom GilbertContact to Head High-Sticking13:362:00
BCDan BertramHooking18:032:00
2ndBCJoe RooneyHooking22:382:00
BCNathan GerbeRoughing After The Whistle25:032:00
WISAndy BrandtRoughing After The Whistle25:032:00
WISJeff LikensContact to Head High-Sticking26:302:00
3rdWISJake DowellObstruction Cross-Checking40:502:00
BCNathan GerbeInterference42:442:00
WISAndy BrandtHooking45:392:00
BCAnthony AielloHooking48:342:00
BCTim FilangieriSlashing51:292:00
BCPeter HarroldBoarding56:322:00

All-Tournament team

* Most Outstanding Player(s) [22]

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Record by conference

Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Regional FinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions
WCHA 46-3.6672211
Hockey East 46-4.600321-
CCHA 41-4.2001---
ECACHL 21-2.3331---
Atlantic Hockey 11-1.5001---
CHA 10-1.000----

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