2006 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2006 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
2006 Frozen Four logo
Season	2005–06
Teams	16
Finals Site	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Champions	Wisconsin (6th title, 8th title game, 10th Frozen Four)
Runner-Up	Boston College (7th title game, 19th Frozen Four)
Semifinalists	North Dakota (16th Frozen Four) Maine (10th Frozen Four)
Winning Coach	Mike Eaves (1st title)
MOP	Robbie Earl (Wisconsin)
Attendance	117,613
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2005  2007 →

The 2006 NCAA Men's Division I 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.

The University of Wisconsin–Madison, coached by Mike Eaves, won their sixth national title with a 2-1 victory in the final game over Boston College, coached by Jerry York. The Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team won the 2006 NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament marking the first time the same school won both the Division I men's and women's championship in the same year.

Robbie Earl, forward for Wisconsin, was named the Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player.

Qualifying teams^[1]

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
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Wisconsin (1)	WCHA	26–10–3	At-large bid	22nd	2005	1	Minnesota (2)	WCHA	27–8–5	At-large bid	30th	2005
2	Cornell	ECACHL	21–8–4	At-large bid	16th	2005	2	North Dakota	WCHA	27–15–1	Tournament champion	21st	2005
3	Colorado College	WCHA	24–15–2	At-large bid	18th	2005	3	Michigan	CCHA	21–14–5	At-large bid	29th	2005
4	Bemidji State	CHA	20–13–3	Tournament champion	2nd	2005	4	Holy Cross	Atlantic Hockey	26–9–2	Tournament champion	2nd	2004
Northeast Regional – Worcester							East Regional – Albany
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Boston University (3)	Hockey East	25–9–4	Tournament champion	29th	2005	1	Michigan State (4)	CCHA	24–11–8	Tournament champion	24th	2005
2	Miami	CCHA	26–8–4	At-large bid	4th	2004	2	Harvard	ECACHL	21–11–2	Tournament champion	21st	2005
3	Boston College	Hockey East	23–12–3	At-large bid	26th	2005	3	Maine	Hockey East	26–11–2	At-large bid	16th	2005
4	Nebraska-Omaha	CCHA	20–14–6	At-large bid	1st	Never	4	New Hampshire	Hockey East	20–12–7	At-large bid	16th	2005

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Game locations

Regional Sites

• East – Pepsi Arena, Albany, New York — Host: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the ECAC Hockey League
• Midwest – Resch Center, Green Bay, Wisconsin — Host: Michigan Technological University
• Northeast – DCU Center, Worcester, Massachusetts — Host: Boston University
• West – Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, North Dakota — Host: University of North Dakota

Frozen Four

• Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin — Host: University of Wisconsin–Madison

Brackets

East Regional Regional Semifinals March 25 Regional Finals March 26             1 Michigan State 1 4 New Hampshire 0 1 Michigan State 4 3 Maine 5 2 Harvard 1 3 Maine 6

Midwest Regional Regional Semifinals March 25 Regional Finals March 26             1 Wisconsin 4 4 Bemidji State 0 1 Wisconsin 1*** 2 Cornell 0 2 Cornell 3 3 Colorado College 2

Northeast Regional Regional Semifinals March 24 Regional Finals March 25             1 Boston University 9 4 Nebraska–Omaha 2 3 Boston College 5 1 Boston University 0 2 Miami 0 3 Boston College 5

West Regional Regional Semifinals March 24 Regional Finals March 25             1 Minnesota 3 4 Holy Cross 4* 4 Holy Cross 2 2 North Dakota 5 2 North Dakota 5 3 Michigan 1

Frozen Four

	National Semifinals April 6					National Championship April 8
	E3	Maine	2
	MW1	Wisconsin	5
						MW1	Wisconsin	2
						NE3	Boston College	1
	W2	North Dakota	5
	NE3	Boston College	6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

East Regional^[3]

Regional Semifinals

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

March 25[4]	Michigan State		1 – 0		New Hampshire	Pepsi Arena	Recap
(Kennedy, Abdelkader) Tim Crowder - GW - 02:14		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 36 saves / 36 shots ) Jeff Lerg		Goalie stats			Jeff Pietrasiak ( 29 saves / 30 shots )

(2) Harvard vs. (3) Maine

March 25[5]	Harvard		1 – 6		Maine	Pepsi Arena	Recap
(Coskren, Johnson) Mike Taylor - 09:32		First period			08:16 - Josh Soares (Léveillé) 09:57 - GW - Bret Tyler
No scoring		Second period			07:49 - John Hopson (Hahn, Hopson) 09:57 - Michel Léveillé
No scoring		Third period			16:24 - EN - Greg Moore (Léveillé) 19:20 - PP - Brent 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[6]	Michigan State		4 – 5		Maine	Pepsi Arena	Recap
(Booth, Kennedy) Tim Crowder - PP - 19:16		First period			03:13 - Matt Duffy (Damon) 10:21 - John Hopson (Hamilton, Hopson) 16:38 - PP - John Hopson (Duffy, Hopson)
(Kennedy, Booth) Tim Crowder - PP - 08:00 (Lerg, Mueller) Jim McKenzie - 19:00		Second period			03:35 - PP - Derek Damon (Soares, Lundin)
Drew Miller - 19:55		Third period			19:23 - GW EN - Greg 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[7]	Wisconsin		4 – 0		Bemidji State	Resch Center	Recap
(Joudrey, Burish) Joe Pavelski - GW PP - 17:07		First period			No scoring
Joe Pavelski - 00:26 (Burish) Jake Dowell - 17:30		Second period			No scoring
(Gilbert, Joudrey) Joe Pavelski - PP - 06:38		Third period			No scoring
( 15 saves / 15 shots ) Brian Elliott		Goalie stats			Layne Sedevie ( 41 saves / 45 shots )

(2) Cornell vs. (3) Colorado College

March 25[8]	Cornell		3 – 2		Colorado College	Resch Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			04:57 - PP - Brian Salcido (Sertich, McCulloch) 16:49 - PP - Jack Hillen (Sertich, Sterling)
(Moulson, Seminoff) Topher Scott - PP - 16:44		Second period			No scoring
(Carefoot) Matt Moulson - 04:50 (Sawada, Abbott) Jon Gleed - GW - 09:20		Third period			No scoring
( 20 saves / 22 shots ) David McKee		Goalie stats			Matt Zaba ( 20 saves / 23 shots )

Regional Finals

(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Cornell

March 26[9]	Wisconsin		1 – 0	3OT	Cornell	Resch Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
(Engel) Jack Skille - GW - 19:55		Third overtime period			No 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[10]	Boston University		9 – 2		Nebraska-Omaha	DCU Center	Recap
(Sullivan, MacArthur) Bryan Ewing - PP - 18:24		First period			03:32 - Bill Thomas (Betts, Krischuk)
(Lawrence, Yip) Chris Higgins - 04:53 (Laliberte, Van der Gulik) Dan Spang - GW - 07:52 (Lawrence, Yip) Chris Higgins - 08:38 (Ewing, MacArthur) Kenny Roche - 08:59 (Sullivan) Chris Higgins - 10:24 (Roche, Yip) Bryan Ewing - PP - 17:17		Second period			08:06 - Tomas Klempa (Chaleston, Platisha)
(Morrow, Redlihs) Ryan Weston - PP - 08:04 (Sullivan, Weston) Brian McGuirk - PP - 13:13		Third period			No 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[11]	Miami		0 – 5		Boston College	DCU Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			00:34 - GW PP - Benn Ferriero (Collins, Harrold) 03:14 - PP - Benn Ferriero (Boyle, Motherwell) 18:35 - Dan Bertram (Gionta)
No scoring		Third period			13:00 - EN - Chris Collins 19:32 - EN - Mike 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[12]	Boston University		0 – 5		Boston College	DCU Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			06:24 - GW - Brian Boyle
No scoring		Second period			04:40 - Matt Greene (Rooney, Gionta) 13:22 - SH - Joe Rooney (Ferriero, Boyle) 16:00 - SH - Joe Rooney (Gionta)
No scoring		Third period			14:26 - 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[13]	Minnesota		3 – 4	OT	Holy Cross	Ralph Engelstad Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Guyer) Mike Howe - SH - 13:15 (Kaufmann, Harrington) Phil Kessel - 15:45		Second period			08:49 - Dale Reinhardt (Bartlett, McGregor) 13:46 - PP - Tyler McGregor (Sixsmith, Landry)
(Wheeler) Alex Goligoski - 02:17		Third period			07:53 - Pierre Napert-Frenette (Nappo, Landry)
No scoring		First overtime period			00:53 - 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[14]	North Dakota		5 – 1		Michigan	Ralph Engelstad Arena	Recap
(Toews, Radke) Ryan Duncan - PP - 05:01 (Špirko, Lee) T. J. Oshie - GW PP - 07:28		First period			No scoring
(Zajac) Drew Stafford - SH - 04:08 (Duncan) Jonathan Toews - 14:39		Second period			04:30 - PP - Chad Kolarik (Kaleniecki, Hunwick)
(Oshie) Travis Zajac - 14:42		Third period			No 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[15]	North Dakota		5 – 2		Holy Cross	Ralph Engelstad Arena	Recap
(Duncan, Radke) Jonathan Toews - 01:18 (Toews, Smaby) Ryan Duncan - PP - 15:16		First period			No scoring
(Stafford, Duncan) Matt Smaby - GW PP - 17:23		Second period			03:07 - Matt Werry (Tselikis)
(Lee, Oshie) Travis Zajac - PP - 06:48 (Porter) Matt Watkins - 09:03		Third period			05:21 - PP - Blair Bartlett (McGregor, Reinhardt)
( 17 saves / 19 shots ) Jordan Parise		Goalie stats			Tony Quesada ( 27 saves / 32 shots )

Frozen Four^[16]

National Semifinal

(MW1) Wisconsin vs. (E3) Maine

April 6[17]	Wisconsin		5 – 2		Maine	Bradley Center	Recap
(Paveksli, Earl) Adam Burish - 10:11		First period			05:34 - Michel Léveillé (Duffy)
Ross Carlson - SH - 04:18 (Burish) Robbie Earl - GW PP - 08:16		Second period			No scoring
(Carlson, Skille) Ben Street - 12:26 (Engel) Robbie Earl - EN - 18:16		Third period			11:29 - 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[18]	North Dakota		5 – 6		Boston College	Bradley Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			07:43 - Brett Motherwell (Orpik, Gannon) 12:34 - SH - Chris Collins (Brennan) 18:08 - Chris Collins (Bradford)
(Zajac) Rastislav Špirko - SH - 04:23 (Watkins, Porter) Rylan Kaip - 13:25		Second period			15:38 - Anthony Aiello 19:37 - PP - Chris Collins (Ferriero, Schneider)
Jonathan Toews - PP - 08:11 (Stafford, Lee) Travis Zajac - SH - 15:42 (Zajac) Brian Lee - EA - 19:47		Third period			10:33 - GW - Nathan 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[19]	Wisconsin		2 – 1		Boston College	Bradley Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			09:01 - Pat Gannon (Bertram)
(Burish, Pavelski) Robbie Earl - 01:17		Second period			No scoring
(Pavelski) Tom Gilbert - GW PP - 09:32		Third period			No scoring
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Brian Elliott		Goalie stats			Cory Schneider ( 37 saves / 39 shots )

All-Tournament Team^[20]

• G: Brian Elliott (Wisconsin)
• D: Tom Gilbert (Wisconsin)
• D: Brett Motherwell (Boston College)
• F: Adam Burish (Wisconsin)
• F: Chris Collins (Boston College)
• F: Robbie Earl* (Wisconsin)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[21]

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Regional Finals	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
WCHA	4	6-3	.667	2	2	1	1
Hockey East	4	6-4	.600	3	2	1	-
CCHA	4	1-4	.200	1	-	-	-
ECACHL	2	1-2	.333	1	-	-	-
Atlantic Hockey	1	1-1	.500	1	-	-	-
CHA	1	0-1	.000	-	-	-	-

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External links

• Inside College Hockey
• NCAA Division 1 Ice Hockey Tournament
• NCAA Division 1 Ice Hockey Awards
• Mike Eaves Year-by-Year Coaching Record
• NCAA Tournament Attendance Records and Sites