1977 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

1977 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Teams	5
Finals Site	Olympia Stadium Detroit, Michigan
Champions	Wisconsin (2nd title, 2nd title game, 4th Frozen Four)
Runner-Up	Michigan (9th title game, 13th Frozen Four)
Semifinalists	Boston University (12th Frozen Four) New Hampshire (1st Frozen Four)
Winning Coach	Bob Johnson (2nd title)
MOP	Julian Baretta (Wisconsin)
Attendance	25,694
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1976  1978 →

The NCAA NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved in playing single-elimination play to determine the national champion of NCAA Division 1. Beginning with the 1977 tournament the NCAA allowed itself the option to add one team to each region of the bracket, east and west, as it deemed necessary. This created a quarterfinal round that was contested in a single game elimination format held at campus sites. This format would remain in place until 1981 when the field was expanded to eight teams. In the four years this format was used the field was expanded to five teams three times and six teams once (1978).^[1]

The tournament began on March 20, 1977. The semifinals were on March 22 and March 23, 1977. The National Championship Game was on March 24, 1977. A total of 4 games were played in Olympia Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. Wisconsin won their second national championship by defeating Michigan 6-5 in overtime.

Teams

• University of Michigan
• Bowling Green University
• Boston University
• University of Wisconsin
• University of New Hampshire

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	3	Bowling Green	5
	2	Michigan	7
						1	Boston University	4
						2	Michigan	6
											2	Michigan	5
											1	Wisconsin	6*
						1	Wisconsin	4*
						2	New Hampshire	3

* Overtime

Consolation Game: Boston University 6, New Hampshire 5

All-Tournament Team^[2]

• G: Julian Baretta* (Wisconsin)
• D: Craig Norwich (Wisconsin)
• D: John Taft (Wisconsin)
• F: Dave Debol (Michigan)
• F: Rick Meagher (Boston University)
• F: Dave Silk (Boston University)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[3]

References

1. "Title Unknown" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
2. "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
3. "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-17.

• "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey historical Archive. Archived from the original on 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
• "NCAA Division 1 Awards". College Hockey historical Archive. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
• "Bob Johnson Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
• "Attendance Records and Sites" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived from the original on 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2013-07-03.

External links

• http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/6History/ncaa_77.htm