1982 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The 1982 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the culmination of the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 35th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 19 and 27, 1982, and concluded with North Dakota defeating Wisconsin 5-2. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues while all succeeding games were played at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

Qualifying teams

The NCAA permitted 8 teams to qualify for the tournament and divided its qualifiers into two regions (East and West). Each of the tournament champions from the three Division I conferences (CCHA, ECAC and WCHA) received automatic invitations into the tournament. Two additional automatic bids were received by the two ECAC division champions that did not contain the ECAC champion. At-large bids made up the remaining 3 teams, an additional 1 eastern and 2 western schools.

East							West
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Northeastern	ECAC Hockey	23–8–1	Tournament champion	1st	Never	1	Wisconsin	WCHA	32–10–1	Tournament champion	7th	1981
2	New Hampshire	ECAC Hockey	20–12–0	At-large bid	3rd	1979	2	North Dakota	WCHA	31–12–0	At-large bid	9th	1980
3	Clarkson	ECAC Hockey	26–6–1	Division champion	8th	1981	3	Michigan State	CCHA	26–12–2	Tournament champion	4th	1967
4	Harvard	ECAC Hockey	13–13–2	Division champion	8th	1975	4	Bowling Green	CCHA	27–12–1	At-large bid	4th	1979

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Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the two even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking. In the Quarterfinals the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds played two-game aggregate series to determine which school advanced to the Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the Providence Civic Center and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game with the losers playing in a Third Place game.

Tournament bracket

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	Quarterfinals March 19–21							Semifinals March 25–26					National championship March 27
	E1	Northeastern	2	3***	5
	W4	Bowling Green	2	2	4
								E1	Northeastern	2
								W2	North Dakota	6
	W2	North Dakota	5	2	7
	E3	Clarkson	1	1	2
													W2	North Dakota	5
													W1	Wisconsin	2
	W1	Wisconsin	6	4	10
	E4	Harvard	1	3	4
								W1	Wisconsin	5			Third-place game
								E2	New Hampshire	0
	E2	New Hampshire	3	6	9								E1	Northeastern	10
	W3	Michigan State	2	2	4								E2	New Hampshire	4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(E1) Northeastern vs. (W4) Bowling Green

March 19

Northeastern

2 – 2

Bowling Green

Matthews Arena

March 20

Northeastern

3 – 2

3OT

Bowling Green

Matthews Arena

Northeastern won series 5–4

(E2) New Hampshire vs. (W3) Michigan State

March 19[3]	New Hampshire		3 – 2		Michigan State	Snively Arena
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Barton, Potter) Brian Byrnes – 14:47		Second period			No scoring
(unassisted) Dan Potter – 07:39 (Doherty, White) Ralph Robinson – GW – 16:20		Third period			06:40 – Mark Hamway (Haight) 12:40 – Mark Hamway (Phair, Flegel)

March 20[3]	New Hampshire		6 – 2		Michigan State	Snively Arena
(Brickley) Paul Barton – 17:03		First period			18:58 – Lyke Phair (Miller, Martin)
(Ellison, Chisholm) Dan Muse – 08:05 (R. Robinson, Doherty) GW – George White – 10:03 (Forget, R. Robinson) Ross Yantzi – 15:12		Second period			No scoring
(Forget, Lee) Normand Lacombe – 07:14 (Muse, Ellison) Dan Muse – 12:10		Third period			17:49 – Newell Brown (Taylor, Phair)

New Hampshire won series 9–4

(W1) Wisconsin vs. (E4) Harvard

March 20

Wisconsin

6 – 1

Harvard

Dane County Coliseum

March 21

Wisconsin

4 – 3

Harvard

Dane County Coliseum

Wisconsin won series 10–4

(W2) North Dakota vs. (E3) Clarkson

March 19

North Dakota

5 – 1

Clarkson

Winter Sports Center

March 20

North Dakota

2 – 1

Clarkson

Winter Sports Center

North Dakota won series 7–2

Semifinal

(E1) Northeastern vs. (W2) North Dakota

March 25

Northeastern

2 – 6

North Dakota

Providence Civic Center

(W1) Wisconsin vs. (E2) New Hampshire

March 26

Wisconsin

5 – 0

New Hampshire

Providence Civic Center

Third-place game

(E1) Northeastern vs. (E2) New Hampshire

March 27

Northeastern

10 – 4

New Hampshire

Providence Civic Center

National Championship

(W1) Wisconsin vs. (W2) North Dakota

March 27[4]

Wisconsin

2 – 5

North Dakota

Providence Civic Center

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	UND	Glen White – PP	Sykes and Fester	1:26	1–0 UND
	WIS	Ron Vincent	Thomas	3:56	1–1
2nd	UND	Phil Sykes	Sherven	21:09	2–1 UND
	WIS	John Newberry	Pearson and Flatley	25:30	2–2
3rd	UND	Phil Sykes – GW	Ludwig and White	46:27	3–2 UND
	UND	Cary Eades	Murray and Dachyshyn	50:07	4–2 UND
	UND	Phil Sykes	White and Zombo	55:08	5–2 UND

All-Tournament team

• G: Darren Jensen (North Dakota)
• D: Bruce Driver (Wisconsin)
• D: James Patrick (North Dakota)
• F: Cary Eades (North Dakota)
• F: John Newbery (Wisconsin)
• F: Phil Sykes* (North Dakota)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[5]

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References