1990 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
Introduction The '''1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament''' was the culmination of the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 43rd such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 16 and April 1, 1990, and concluded with Wisconsin defeating Colgate 7-3.All First Round and Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues with the 'Frozen Four' games being played at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.This was the first year in which the consolation game was not played since the tournament's premier in 1948.Boston University's 30 goals scored during the tournament is the highest ever for a single team. The Terriers also played the most NCAA tournament games in one year (7).
Qualifying teams The NCAA permitted 12 teams to qualify for the tournament and divided its qualifiers into two regions (East and West). Each of the tournament champions from the four Division I conferences (CCHA, ECAC, Hockey East and WCHA) received automatic invitations into the tournament with At-large bids making up the remaining 8 teams. The NCAA permitted one Independent team to participate in the tournament and placed it in the East Regional with the intent to insert an additional independent in the West Regional the following season. As a result, the two western conferences (CCHA and WCHA) would split four open spots as opposed to the East's three. East  West SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid1 Boston College Hockey East 26–11–1 Tournament champion 17th 19891 Michigan State CCHA 36–5–3 Tournament champion 12th 19892 Colgate ECAC Hockey 28–5–1 Tournament champion 2nd 19812 Wisconsin WCHA 32–9–1 Tournament champion 11th 19893 Maine Hockey East 31–9–2 At-large bid 4th 19893 Lake Superior State CCHA 31–8–3 At-large bid 4th 19894 Boston University Hockey East 21–14–2 At-large bid 16th 19864 Minnesota WCHA 25–14–2 At-large bid 17th 19895 Clarkson ECAC Hockey 21–9–3 At-large bid 10th 19845 North Dakota WCHA 27–11–4 At-large bid 12th 19876 Alaska-Anchorage Independent 21–9–2 At-large bid 1st Never6 Bowling Green CCHA 25–15–2 At-large bid 9th 1989
Format The tournament featured four rounds of play. The three odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the three even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking with the top two teams in each bracket receiving byes into the quarterfinals. In the first round the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds played best-of-three series to determine which school advanced to the Quarterfinals with the winners of the 4 vs. 5 series playing the first seed and the winner of the 3 vs. 6 series playing the second seed. In the Quarterfinals the matches were best-of-three series once more with the victors advancing to the National Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the Joe Louis Arena and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game.
Tournament Bracket Note: * denotes overtime period(s)===First round=======(E3) Maine vs. (W6) Bowling Green========(E4) Boston University vs. (W5) North Dakota========(W3) Lake Superior State vs. (E6) Alaska-Anchorage========(W4) Minnesota vs. (E5) Clarkson=======Quarterfinals=======(E1) Boston College vs. (W4) Minnesota========(E2) Colgate vs. (W3) Lake Superior State========(W1) Michigan State vs. (E4) Boston University========(W2) Wisconsin vs. (E3) Maine====
Frozen Four ===National Semifinal=======(E1) Boston College vs. (W2) Wisconsin========(E2) Colgate vs. (E4) Boston University=======National Championship=======(W2) Wisconsin vs. (E2) Colgate==== Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score '''1st''' '''WIS'''John Byce – ''PP''Hill and Andringa 1:30 1–0 WIS '''WIS'''John Byce – ''SH''Mendel 3:23 2–0 WIS '''CGT'''Joel Gardner – ''PP''Dupere and Spott 4:58 2–1 WIS '''WIS'''Chris Tancill – ''PP''Andringa and Hill 7:33 3–1 WIS '''WIS'''Rob Andringa – ''PP GW''Hill and MacDonald 14:53 4–1 WIS '''2nd''' '''WIS'''Dennis SneddenKurtz and Osiecki 25:03 5–1 WIS '''CGT'''Steve Poapst – ''PP''Gardner 29:42 5–2 WIS '''WIS'''Gary Shuchuk – ''PP''Richter and Rohlik 33:09 6–2 WIS '''3rd''' '''CGT'''Jamie Cooke – ''PP''Woodcroft and Lille 49:36 6–3 WIS '''WIS'''John Byce – ''EN''unassisted 59:18 7–3 WIS Shots by period Team 1 2 3 OT '''Colgate'''  5  5  14  24 '''Wisconsin'''  10  7  3  20 Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice '''CGT'''  Dave Gagnon  13  6   '''WIS'''  Duane Derksen  21  3   '''WIS'''  Jon Michelizzi  0  0
[[List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey All-Tournament Teams|All-Tournament Team]] *G: Duane Derksen (Wisconsin)*D: Rob Andringa (Wisconsin)*D: Mark Osiecki (Wisconsin)*F: John Byce (Wisconsin)*F: Joel Gardner (Colgate)*F: Chris Tancill* (Wisconsin) Most Outstanding Player(s)
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