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2006 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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Teams
  
16

Winning coach
  
Mike Eaves (1st title)

Champions
  
Wisconsin (6th title)

Finals Site
  
Bradley Center Milwaukee

Runner-Up
  
Boston College (7th title game)

Semifinalists
  
North Dakota (16th Frozen Four) Maine (10th Frozen Four)

The 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 24, 2006, and ended with the championship game on April 8. A total of 15 games were played.

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The University of Wisconsin–Madison, coached by Mike Eaves, won their sixth national title with a 2-1 victory in the final game over Boston College, coached by Jerry York. The Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team won the 2006 NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament marking the first time the same school won both the Division I men's and women's championship in the same year.

Robbie Earl, forward for Wisconsin, was named the Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player.

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament was announced on March 19, 2006. The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), Hockey East and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) each had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, the ECACHL had two teams receive a berth in the tournament, while Atlantic Hockey and College Hockey America (CHA) both received a single bid for their tournament champions.

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Regional Sites

  • East – Pepsi Arena, Albany, New York — Host: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the ECAC Hockey League
  • Midwest – Resch Center, Green Bay, Wisconsin — Host: Michigan Technological University
  • Northeast – DCU Center, Worcester, Massachusetts — Host: Boston University
  • West – Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, North Dakota — Host: University of North Dakota
  • Frozen Four

  • Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin — Host: University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • Frozen Four

    Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

    All-Tournament Team

  • G: Brian Elliott (Wisconsin)
  • D: Tom Gilbert (Wisconsin)
  • D: Brett Motherwell (Boston College)
  • F: Adam Burish (Wisconsin)
  • F: Chris Collins (Boston College)
  • F: Robbie Earl* (Wisconsin)
  • * Most Outstanding Player(s)

    References

    2006 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Wikipedia