1998 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The 1998 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament involved 12 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 27, 1998, and ended with the championship game on April 4. A total of 11 games were played.

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded. The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), the ECAC, Hockey East and Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) all received 3 berths in the tournament.

East Regional – Albany							West Regional – Ann Arbor
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Boston University	Hockey East	28–7–2	At-large bid	24th	1997	1	Michigan State	CCHA	33–5–5	Tournament champion	18th	1997
2	Boston College	Hockey East	26–8–5	Tournament champion	19th	1991	2	North Dakota	WCHA	30–7–1	At-large bid	14th	1997
3	Clarkson	ECAC	23–8–3	At-large bid	17th	1997	3	Michigan	CCHA	30–11–1	At-large bid	21st	1997
4	Wisconsin	WCHA	26–13–1	Tournament champion	17th	1995	4	Ohio State	CCHA	25–12–2	At-large bid	1st	Never
5	New Hampshire	Hockey East	23–11–1	At-large bid	9th	1997	5	Yale	ECAC	23–8–3	At-large bid	2nd	1952
6	Colorado College	WCHA	25–12–3	At-large bid	12th	1997	6	Princeton	ECAC	18–10–7	Tournament champion	1st	Never

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Game locations

• East Regional – Pepsi Arena, Albany, New York
• West Regional – Yost Ice Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Frozen Four – Fleet Center, Boston

Brackets

Regionals

Frozen Four

	National semifinals April 2					National championship April 4
	E5	New Hampshire	0
	W3	Michigan	4
						W3	Michigan	3*
						E2	Boston College	2
	E2	Boston College	5
	W4	Ohio State	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals

East Regional

(3) Clarkson vs. (6) Colorado College

March 28

Clarkson

1 – 3

Colorado College

Pepsi Arena

(4) Wisconsin vs. (5) New Hampshire

March 28

Wisconsin

4 – 7

New Hampshire

Pepsi Arena

West Regional

(3) Michigan vs. (6) Princeton

March 27

Michigan

2 – 1

Princeton

Yost Ice Arena

(4) Ohio State vs. (5) Yale

March 27

Ohio State

4 – 0

Yale

Yost Ice Arena

Regional semifinals

East Regional

(1) Boston University vs. (5) New Hampshire

March 29

Boston University

3 – 4

OT

New Hampshire

Pepsi Arena

(2) Boston College vs. (6) Colorado College

March 29

Boston College

6 – 1

Colorado College

Pepsi Arena

West Regional

(1) Michigan State vs. (4) Ohio State

March 28[2]	Michigan State		3 – 4	OT	Ohio State	Yost Ice Arena
(York, Kozakowski) Brad Hodgins – 18:34		First period			No scoring
(Weaver, York) Shawn Horcoff – 06:10 (Berens, York) Rustyn Dolyny – GW – 17:23		Second period			06:51 – Andre Signoretti (Richards) 11:25 – Éric Meloche (Boisvert, Maund)
No scoring		Third period			05:43 – Neal Rech (McMillan)
No scoring		First overtime period			08:47 – Andre Signoretti (Meloche, Boisvert)

(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Michigan

March 28

North Dakota

3 – 4

Michigan

Yost Ice Arena

Frozen Four

National semifinal

(E5) New Hampshire vs. (W3) Michigan

April 2

New Hampshire

0 – 4

Michigan

Fleet Center

(E2) Boston College vs. (W4) Ohio State

April 2

Boston College

5 – 2

Ohio State

Fleet Center

National Championship

(W3) Michigan vs. (E2) Boston College

April 4[3]

Michigan

3 – 2

OT

Boston College

Fleet Center

Scoring summary[4]
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	BC	Kevin Caufield	Mottau	4:19	1–0 BC
2nd	UM	Mark Kosick	Berenzweig and Crozier	27:42	1–1
	BC	Mike Lephart – PP	Farkas and Allen	38:38	2–1 BC
3rd	UM	Mark Kosick	Muckalt and Fox	53:48	2–2
1st Overtime	UM	Josh Langfeld – GW	Fox and Matzka	77:51	3–2 UM

All-Tournament team

• G: Marty Turco* (Michigan)
• D: Bubba Berenzweig (Michigan)
• D: Mike Mottau (Boston College)
• F: Mark Kosick (Michigan)
• F: Josh Langfeld (Michigan)
• F: Marty Reasoner (Boston College)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[5]

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Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Regional semifinals	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
CCHA	3	6-2	.750	3	2	1	1
Hockey East	3	4-3	.571	3	2	1	–
WCHA	3	1-3	.250	2	-	-	-
ECAC	3	0-3	.000	-	-	-	-

References