1986 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

1986 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Teams	8
Finals Site	Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island
Champions	Michigan State (2nd title, 3rd title game, 5th Frozen Four)
Runner-Up	Harvard (2nd title game, 9th Frozen Four)
Semifinalists	Minnesota (11th Frozen Four) Denver (12th Frozen Four)
Winning Coach	Ron Mason (1st title)
MOP	Mike Donnelly (Michigan State)
Attendance	24,836
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1985  1987 →

The 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools playing in a two-game series followed by single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 21, 1986, and ended with the championship game on March 29. A total of 12 games were played. The quarterfinal round consisted of a two-game series with the winner being the team scoring the most goals.

Michigan State University, coached by Ron Mason, won the national championship with a 6–5 victory over Harvard University in front of 8,341 fans.

Game locations

Quarterfinals

• Campus sites
  • Walter Brown Arena, Boston, MA
  • Munn Ice Arena, East Lansing, MI
  • DU Arena, Denver, CO
  • Bright Hockey Center, Allston, MA

Frozen Four

• Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI

Teams

East Regional Seed Team Conference Coach 1 Boston University Hockey East    Jack Parker    2 Michigan State University      CCHA Ron Mason 3 Boston College Hockey East Len Ceglarski 4 University of Minnesota WCHA Doug Woog

West Regional Seed Team Conference Coach 1 University of Denver WCHA Ralph Backstrom 2 Harvard University ECAC Bill Cleary 3 Western Michigan University CCHA Bill Wilkinson 4 Cornell University ECAC Lou Reycroft

Brackets

East Regional Seed Team Gm 1 Gm 2 Total 1 Boston 4 3 7 4 Minnesota 6 5 11 Seed Team Gm 1 Gm 2 Total 2 Michigan St 6 4 10 3 Boston College 4 2 6

West Regional Seed Team Gm 1 Gm 2 Total 1 Denver 4 3 7 4 Cornell 2 4 6 Seed Team Gm 1 Gm 2 Total 2 Harvard 4 7 11 3 Western Michigan 2 2 4

Frozen Four

	Semifinals March 27–28					National Championship March 29
	E4	Minnesota	4
	E2	Michigan St	6
						E2	Michigan St	6
						W2	Harvard	5
	W1	Denver	2
	W2	Harvard	5

Consolation Game: Minnesota 6, Denver 4

All-Tournament Team^[1]

• G: Norm Foster (Michigan State)
• D: Mark Benning (Harvard)
• D: Don McSween (Michigan State)
• F: Allen Bourbeau (Harvard)
• F: Mike Donnelly* (Michigan State)
• F: Jeff Parker (Michigan State)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[2]

Quick facts

• The total championship attendance was 57,826
• Lane MacDonald (4 G, 7 A) of Harvard and Mitch Messier (5 G, 6 A) of Michigan St each tallied 11 points in the tournament, most by any players
• The following records were set or tied:
  • Most Assists, Individual, Game - 5, Kevin Miller, Michigan St, first round, game 1, tied
  • Shots on Goal, Both Teams, Period - 40, Minnesota (23) vs Michigan St (17), semifinals, second period, 5 goals

References

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

External links

• Inside College Hockey
• Official 2006 NCAA Men's and Women's Ice Hockey Records Book