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1997 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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Teams
  
12

Winning coach
  
Dean Blais (1st title)

Finals Site
  
Bradley Center Milwaukee

Champions
  
North Dakota (6th title)

Runner-Up
  
Boston University (9th title game)

Semifinalists
  
Colorado College (9th Frozen Four) Michigan (18th Frozen Four)

The 1997 NCAA Men's Division I 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 21, 1997, and ended with the championship game on March 29. A total of 11 games were played.

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Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and the ECAC each had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, while Hockey East had two berths.

Game locations

  • East Regional – Centrum Centre, Worcester, Massachusetts
  • West Regional – Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Frozen Four – Bradley Center, Milwaukee

    • Frozen Four

    Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

    All-Tournament Team

  • G: Aaron Schweitzer (North Dakota)
  • D: Curtis Murphy (North Dakota)
  • D: Tom Poti (Boston University)
  • F: Chris Drury (Boston University)
  • F: Matt Henderson* (North Dakota)
  • F: David Hoogsteen (North Dakota)

    • * Most Outstanding Player(s)

    References

    1997 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Wikipedia
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