1989 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The 1989 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 42nd such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 17 and April 1, 1989, and concluded with Harvard defeating Minnesota 4-3 in overtime. All First Round and Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues with the 'Frozen Four' games being played at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Following this tournament, the schedule was changed for future tournaments so that both semifinals would be played on the same day.

Qualifying teams

The NCAA permitted 12 teams to qualify for the tournament and divided its qualifiers into two regions (East and West). Each of the tournament champions from the four Division I conferences (CCHA, ECAC, Hockey East and WCHA) received automatic invitations into the tournament with At-large bids making up the remaining 8 teams. The NCAA permitted one Independent team to participate in the tournament and because the previous year the independent qualifier was placed in the West pool the two eastern conferences (ECAC and Hockey East) would split only three open spots as opposed to the West's four open spots. The top four remaining western teams and the top three remaining eastern teams received invitations and were seeded with the automatic qualifiers according to their ranking.

East							West
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Maine	Hockey East	29–11–0	Tournament champion	3rd	1988	1	Michigan State	CCHA	34–7–1	Tournament champion	11th	1988
2	Harvard	ECAC Hockey	27–3–0	At-large bid	14th	1988	2	Minnesota	WCHA	31–10–3	At-large bid	16th	1988
3	St. Lawrence	ECAC Hockey	29–5–0	Tournament champion	11th	1988	3	Lake Superior State	CCHA	27–9–6	At-large bid	3rd	1988
4	Boston College	Hockey East	22–9–4	At-large bid	16th	1987	4	Northern Michigan	WCHA	25–15–2	Tournament champion	3rd	1981
5	Providence	Hockey East	19–15–2	At-large bid	6th	1985	5	Bowling Green	CCHA	26–16–3	At-large bid	8th	1988
6	St. Cloud State	Independent	19–14–2	At-large bid	1st	Never	6	Wisconsin	WCHA	23–14–5	At-large bid	10th	1988

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Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. The three odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the three even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking with the top two teams in each bracket receiving byes into the quarterfinals. In the first round the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds played best-of-three series to determine which school advanced to the Quarterfinals with the winners of the 4 vs. 5 series playing the first seed and the winner of the 3 vs. 6 series playing the second seed. In the Quarterfinals the matches were best-of-three series once more with the victors advancing to the National Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the St. Paul Civic Center and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game.

Tournament Bracket

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First Round March 17–19

Quarterfinals March 24–26

Frozen Four March 30–31

National Championship April 1

E1

Maine

6

3

4**

W4

Northern Michigan

9

2

0

E5

Providence

8

2

3

E5

Providence

5

4

2

E1

Maine

4

W2

Minnesota

7

W2

Minnesota

4

4

–

E3

St. Lawrence

1

2

–

W6

Wisconsin

2

2

–

W6

Wisconsin

3

4

–

W2

Minnesota

3

E2

Harvard

4*

W1

Michigan State

3

7

5*

E4

Boston College

8

4

–

E4

Boston College

6

2

4

W5

Bowling Green

5

2

–

W1

Michigan State

3

Third Place Game

E2

Harvard

6

E2

Harvard

4

5

–

E1

Maine

4

W3

Lake Superior State

6

4

–

W3

Lake Superior State

2

2

–

W1

Michigan State

7

E6

St. Cloud State

3

2

–

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(E3) St. Lawrence vs. (W6) Wisconsin

March 17

St. Lawrence

1 – 3

Wisconsin

Appleton Arena

March 18

St. Lawrence

2 – 4

Wisconsin

Appleton Arena

Wisconsin won series 2–0

(E4) Boston College vs. (W5) Bowling Green

March 17

Boston College

8 – 5

Bowling Green

Conte Forum

March 18

Boston College

4 – 2

Bowling Green

Conte Forum

Boston College won series 2–0

(W3) Lake Superior State vs. (E6) St. Cloud State

March 17

Lake Superior State

6 – 3

St. Cloud State

Norris Center

March 18

Lake Superior State

4 – 2

St. Cloud State

Norris Center

Lake Superior State won series 2–0

(W4) Northern Michigan vs. (E5) Providence

March 17

Northern Michigan

9 – 5

Providence

Lakeview Arena

March 18

Northern Michigan

2 – 4

Providence

Lakeview Arena

March 19

Northern Michigan

0 – 2

Providence

Lakeview Arena

Providence won series 2–1

Quarterfinals

(E1) Maine vs. (E5) Providence

March 24

Maine

6 – 8

Providence

Alfond Arena

March 25

Maine

3 – 2

Providence

Alfond Arena

March 26

Maine

4 – 3

2OT

Providence

Alfond Arena

Maine won series 2–1

(E2) Harvard vs. (W3) Lake Superior State

March 24

Harvard

4 – 2

Lake Superior State

Bright Hockey Center

March 25

Harvard

5 – 2

Lake Superior State

Bright Hockey Center

Harvard won series 2–0

(W1) Michigan State vs. (E4) Boston College

March 24[3]	Michigan State		3 – 6		Boston College	Munn Ice Arena
(Reynolds, Murray) Steve Beadle – 19:55		First period			10:41 – Marty McInnis (Franzosa) 12:41 – Steve Scheifele (Franzosa, Buckley)
No scoring		Second period			01:11 – Shawn Kennedy (O'Neill, Sweeney)
(Hamilton, Brind'Amour) Shawn Heaphy – 11:53 (Cole, Reynolds) Brad Hamilton – 19:16		Third period			06:42 – GW – David Emma (Mullowney) 08:09 – Tim Sweeney (Heinze, McInnis) 12:34 – Shawn Kennedy (Braccia)

March 25[3]	Michigan State		7 – 2		Boston College	Munn Ice Arena
(Reynolds) Danton Cole – 17:59		First period			No scoring
(White, Woolley) Shawn Heaphy – 07:22 (Bartels, Beadle) Mark Hirth – GW – 09:18 (White, Brind'Amour) Shawn Heaphy – 10:34 (Luongo, Norris) Pat Murray – 13:41		Second period			05:07 – Paul Marshall (Franzosa) 10:49 – Steve Heinze (McInnis)
(Luongo) Peter White – 12:16 (Murray, Brind'Amour) Kip Miller – 14:29		Third period			No scoring

March 26[3]	Michigan State		5 – 4	OT	Boston College	Munn Ice Arena
(Brind'Amour, Woolley) Kip Miller – 05:22		First period			03:35 – SH – David Emma (Heinze, Brown) 12:41 – Steve Scheifele (Franzosa, Buckley)
(Brind'Amour) Peter White – 01:49		Second period			00:34 – Jeff O'Neill (Brown, Mullowney)
(Murray, Beadle) Bobby Reynolds – 01:42 (Heaphy) Rod Brind'Amour – 05:23		Third period			03:57 – Paul Marshall (Emma, Heinze) 04:22 – Joe Cleary (Braccia, Buckley)
(Gibson, Russell) Mark Hirth – GW – 05:57		First overtime period			No scoring

Michigan State won series 2–1

(W2) Minnesota vs. (W6) Wisconsin

March 24

Minnesota

4 – 2

Wisconsin

Mariucci Arena

March 25

Minnesota

4 – 2

Wisconsin

Mariucci Arena

Minnesota won series 2–0

Frozen Four

National Semifinal

(W1) Michigan State vs. (E2) Harvard

March 30[3]	Michigan State		3 – 6		Harvard	St. Paul Civic Center
No scoring		First period			03:58 – Peter Ciavaglia (Weisbrod, Krayer) 06:54 – C. J. Young (Donato, Ciavaglia)
(Woolley, Miller) Danton Cole – 15:25		Second period			10:24 – Lane MacDonald (Ciavaglia, Donato) 16:01 – GW – Ted Donato (Vukonich) 16:24 – Ed Krayer (Hartje, Caplan)
(White, Hamilton) Shawn Heaphy – 06:37 (unassisted) Danton Cole – 14:16		Third period			05:10 – Ed Krayer (Ciavaglia, Weisbrod)

(E1) Maine vs. (W2) Minnesota

March 31

Maine

4 – 7

Minnesota

St. Paul Civic Center

Consolation Game

(E1) Maine vs. (W1) Michigan State

April 1[3]	Maine		4 – 7		Michigan State	St. Paul Civic Center
(Vitale, Scremin) Bob Corkum – 02:08		First period			07:17 – Shawn Heaphy (unassisted) 13:17 – Shawn Heaphy (Brind'Amour)
(Barkley, Jenkins) Chris Cambio – 03:06 (Burke, Guidotti) Scott Pellerin – 04:16		Second period			08:26 – Steve Beadle (Norris, Miller) 11:10 – Kerry Russell (Bartels) 12:50 – GW – Danton Cole (Cummins, Reynolds) 13:07 – Rod Brind'Amour (Heaphy, beadle) 19:49 – Shawn Heaphy (White, Brind'Amour)
(Perron, Robitaille) Mario Thyer – 04:09		Third period			No scoring

National Championship

(W2) Minnesota vs. (E2) Harvard

April 1

Minnesota

3 – 4

OT

Harvard

St. Paul Civic Center

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	MIN	Jon Anderson	B. Hankinson and Olimb	6:24	1–0 MIN
2nd	HAR	Ted Donato – PP	MacDonald and Bourbeau	26:30	1–1
	HAR	Lane MacDonald	Young	30:29	2–1 HAR
	MIN	Jason Miller – PP	Pitlick and Chorske	33:01	2–2
3rd	HAR	Ted Donato	Sneddon and Vukonich	52:53	3–2 HAR
	MIN	Peter Hankinson – PP	Pederson and Skarda	56:34	3–3
1st Overtime	HAR	Ed Krayer – GW	B. McCormack and Ciavaglia	64:15	4–3 HAR
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	HAR	Ed Krayer	Cross-Checking	13:21	2:00
	HAR	Nick Carone	High–Sticking	15:33	2:00
	HAR	Kevan Melrose	Holding	17:39	2:00
2nd	MIN	Lance Pitlick	Elbowing	20:56	2:00
	MIN	Todd Richards	Holding	25:57	2:00
	MIN	Tom Chorske	Hooking	27:22	2:00
	HAR	Kevin Sneddon	Hooking	31:08	2:00
	MIN	Tom Chorske	Interference	37:10	2:00
	HAR	Josh Caplan	Elbowing	38:44	2:00
3rd	MIN	Tom Pederson	Roughing	40:46	2:00
	HAR	Nick Carone	Holding	47:29	2:00
	HAR	Allen Bourbeau	High–Sticking	49:59	2:00
	HAR	John Weisbrod	Cross–Checking	54:46	2:00

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All-Tournament Team

• G: Allain Roy (Harvard)
• D: Todd Richards (Minnesota)
• D: Kevin Sneddon (Harvard)
• F: Jon Anderson (Minnesota)
• F: Ted Donato* (Harvard)
• F: Lane MacDonald (Harvard)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[8]

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References