1999 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
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The 1999 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament involved 12 schools in playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I. It began on March 26, 1999. The second round was on March 27 and March 28. The semifinals were on April 1. The National Championship Game was on April 3, 1999. A total of 11 games were played, the final 3 at the Arrowhead Pond (now the Honda Center) in Anaheim, CA. The University of Maine defeated New Hampshire by a score of 3–2 in overtime, to claim their second national championship.
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| Teams | 12 |
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| Finals site | |
| Champions | Maine Black Bears (2nd title) |
| Runner-up | New Hampshire Wildcats (1st title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Shawn Walsh (2nd title) |
| MOP | Alfie Michaud (Maine) |
| Attendance | 69,429 |
Qualifying teams
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded on March 20, 1999. The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, Hockey East and Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) each had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, while the ECAC had two berths.
| West Regional – Madison | East Regional – Worcester | ||||||||||||
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| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | North Dakota (1) | WCHA | 32–5–2 | At-large bid | 15th | 1998 | 1 | New Hampshire (2) | Hockey East | 29–6–3 | At-large bid | 10th | 1998 |
| 2 | Michigan State | CCHA | 28–5–7 | At-large bid | 19th | 1998 | 2 | Clarkson | ECAC | 25–10–1 | Tournament champion | 18th | 1998 |
| 3 | Colorado College | WCHA | 28–11–1 | At-large bid | 13th | 1998 | 3 | Maine | Hockey East | 27–6–4 | At-large bid | 9th | 1995 |
| 4 | Boston College | Hockey East | 25–11–4 | Tournament champion | 20th | 1998 | 4 | Denver | WCHA | 26–12–2 | Tournament champion | 15th | 1997 |
| 5 | Northern Michigan | CCHA | 22–14–5 | At-large bid | 7th | 1993 | 5 | Michigan | CCHA | 24–10–6 | Tournament champion | 22nd | 1998 |
| 6 | St. Lawrence | ECAC | 23–12–3 | At-large bid | 13th | 1992 | 6 | Ohio State | CCHA | 21–15–4 | At-large bid | 2nd | 1998 |
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
Game locations
- East Regional – Centrum Centre, Worcester, Massachusetts
- West Regional – Dane County Coliseum, Madison, Wisconsin
- Frozen Four – Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Bracket
| First Round March 26–27 | Quarterfinals March 27–28 | National Semifinals April 1 | National Championship April 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | New Hampshire | 2* | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Denver | 3 | E5 | Michigan | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| E5 | Michigan | 5 | E1 | New Hampshire | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| W2 | Michigan State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Michigan State | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Colorado College | 5 | W3 | Colorado College | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| W6 | St. Lawrence | 4 | E1 | New Hampshire | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| E3 | Maine | 3* | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Clarkson | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Maine | 4 | E3 | Maine | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| E6 | Ohio State | 2 | E3 | Maine | 2* | ||||||||||||||
| W4 | Boston College | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | North Dakota | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Boston College | 2 | W4 | Boston College | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| W5 | Northern Michigan | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results
East Regional – Worcester, Massachusetts
First Round
| March 26, 1999 5:00 pm | (3) Maine | 4–2 (2–1, 0–0, 2–1) | (6) Ohio State | Centrum Centre Attendance: 8,509 |
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| Alfie Michaud | Goalies | Jeff Maund | Referee: Mike Schmitt Linesmen: Jon Campion Derek Shepard | |||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 34 | Shots | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| March 26, 1999 8:30 pm | (4) Denver | 3–5 (1–0, 2–2, 0–3) | (5) Michigan | Centrum Centre Attendance: 8,509 |
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| Stephen Wagner | Goalies | Josh Blackburn | Referee: Jeff Bunyon Linesmen: Paul Scalparts Richard Zanetti | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 14 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Shots | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quarterfinals
| March 27, 1999 6:30 pm | (1) New Hampshire | 2–1 (OT) (1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 1–0) | (5) Michigan | Centrum Centre Attendance: 12,517 |
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| Ty Conklin | Goalies | Josh Blackburn | Referee: Mike Schmitt Linesmen: Derek Shepard Jon Campion | ||||||||
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| 2 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||
| 34 | Shots | 21 | |||||||||
| March 27, 1999 3:00 pm | (2) Clarkson | 2–7 (1–3, 1–1, 0–3) | (3) Maine | Centrum Centre Attendance: 12,517 |
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| Shawn Grant | Goalies | Alfie Michaud (out 58:02) Mike Morrison (in 58:02) | Referee: Steve Piotrowski Linesmen: John Pearson John LaDuque | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 14 min | Penalties | 16 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Shots | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Regional – Madison, Wisconsin
First Round
| March 27, 1999 1:00 pm | (3) Colorado College | 5–2 (0–1, 4–1, 1–0) | (6) St. Lawrence | Dane County Coliseum Attendance: 2,414 |
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| Jeff Sanger | Goalies | Eric Heffler | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | Shots | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| March 27, 1999 4:30 pm | (4) Boston College | 2–1 (0–1, 2–0, 0–0) | (5) Northern Michigan | Dane County Coliseum Attendance: 2,414 |
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| Scott Clemmensen | Goalies | Dan Ragusett | |||||||||
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| 14 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||
| 24 | Shots | 27 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
| March 28, 1999 5:30 pm | (1) North Dakota | 1–2 (0–0, 1–2, 0–1) | (4) Boston College | Dane County Coliseum Attendance: 2,910 |
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| Karl Goehring | Goalies | Scott Clemmensen | ||||||||||||
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| 31 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||
| 32 | Shots | 29 | ||||||||||||
| March 28, 1999 2:00 pm | (2) Michigan State | 4–3 (1–1, 0–1, 3–1) | (3) Colorado College | Dane County Coliseum Attendance: 2,910 |
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| Joe Blackburn | Goalies | Jeff Sanger | Referee: Tim Benedetto Linesmen: John Jones Tom Carpenito | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 14 min | Penalties | 18 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 41 | Shots | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Frozen Four – Anaheim, California
National Semifinals
| April 1, 1999 1:00 pm | (E3) Maine | 2–1 (OT) (0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0) | (W4) Boston College | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Attendance: 12,852 |
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| Alfie Michaud | Goalies | Scott Clemmensen | |||||||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||
| 37 | Shots | 36 | |||||||||
| April 1, 1999 6:00 pm | (E1) New Hampshire | 5–3 (1–1, 2–1, 2–1) | (W2) Michigan State | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Attendance: 12,719 |
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| Ty Conklin | Goalies | Joe Blackburn | Referee: Mike Noeth Linesmen: Bill Jones Tim Kotyra | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 14 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 37 | Shots | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
National Championship
| April 3, 1999 4:30 pm | (E1) New Hampshire | 2–3 (OT) (0–1, 1–1, 1–0, 0–1) | (E3) Maine | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Attendance: 14,447 |
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| Referee: Mike Noeth Linesmen: Bill Jones Tim Kotyra | ||||
| Scoring summary | |||||
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| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | Maine | Ben Guité (12) – PP | Vitorino and Kerluke | 15:47 | 1–0 Maine |
| 2nd | Maine | Niko Dimitrakos (8) | Cullen and Metcalf | 33:47 | 2–0 Maine |
| UNH | Darren Haydar (31) – SH | Souza and Conklin | 35:58 | 2–1 Maine | |
| 3rd | UNH | Michael Souza (23) | Krog and Haydar | 43:33 | 2–2 |
| 1st Overtime | Maine | Marcus Gustafsson (13) – GW | Larose | 70:50 | 3–2 Maine |
| Penalty summary | |||||
| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
| 1st | UNH | Darren Haydar | Roughing | 0:40 | 2:00 |
| Maine | Barrett Heisten | Tripping | 2:42 | 2:00 | |
| Maine | Robert Ek | Roughing | 9:39 | 2:00 | |
| UNH | Christian Bragnalo | Boarding | 10:34 | 2:00 | |
| UNH | Mike Souza | Cross-checking | 11:13 | 2:00 | |
| Maine | Jason Vitorino | Interference | 13:30 | 2:00 | |
| UNH | John Sadowski | Hooking | 14:53 | 2:00 | |
| Maine | Matthias Trattnig | High-sticking | 19:49 | 2:00 | |
| 2nd | Maine | Bench | Too many men (served by Jason Vitorino) | 20:47 | 2:00 |
| Maine | Dan Kerluke | Checking from behind | 31:10 | 2:00 | |
| UNH | Darren Haydar | Elbowing | 33:52 | 2:00 | |
| UNH | Chad Onufrechuk | Slashing | 34:28 | 2:00 | |
| UNH | Christian Bragnalo | Misconduct | 34:33 | 10:00 | |
| Maine | Bench | Delay of game (served by Dan Kerluke) | 35:58 | 2:00 | |
| UNH | Darren Haydar | Tripping | 39:24 | 2:00 | |
| 3rd | none | ||||
| 1st Overtime | Maine | Doug Janik | Roughing | 67:22 | 2:00 |
| UNH | John Sadowski | Holding | 67:22 | 2:00 | |
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All-Tournament team
- G: Alfie Michaud* (Maine)
- D: David Cullen (Maine)
- D: Jayme Filipowicz (New Hampshire)
- F: Niko Dimitrakos (Maine)
- F: Jason Krog (New Hampshire)
- F: Mike Souza (New Hampshire)
Record by conference
| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | Regional semifinals | Frozen Four | Championship Game | Champions |
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| CCHA | 4 | 2-4 | .333 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Hockey East | 3 | 8-2 | .800 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| WCHA | 3 | 1-3 | .250 | 2 | - | - | - |
| ECAC | 2 | 0-2 | .000 | 1 | - | - | - |
