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2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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Teams
  
16

2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

Finals Site
  
Scottrade Center St. Louis, Missouri

Champions
  
Michigan State (3rd title)

Runner-Up
  
Boston College (8th title game)

Semifinalists
  
North Dakota (17th Frozen Four) Maine (11th Frozen Four)

Winning coach
  
Rick Comley (2nd title)

The 2007 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 as the culmination of the 2006–07 season. The tournament began on March 23, 2007, and ended with the championship game on April 7.

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Michigan State University, coached by Rick Comley, won its third national title with a 3–1 victory in the championship game over Boston College, coached by Jerry York.

Justin Abdelkader, sophomore forward for Michigan State, was named the Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player with the tournament-winning goal and two assists.

Tournament procedure

The NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship is a single-elimination tournament featuring 16 teams representing all six Division I conferences in the nation. The Championship Committee seeds the entire field from 1 to 16 within four regionals of 4 teams. The winners of the six Division I conference championships receive automatic bids to participate in the NCAA Championship.

The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following were the sites for the 2007 regionals:

March 23 and 24
East Regional, Blue Cross Arena - Rochester, New York (Host: ECAC Hockey League) Midwest Regional, Van Andel Arena - Grand Rapids, Michigan (Host: Western Michigan University)
March 24 and 25
West Regional, Pepsi Center - Denver, Colorado (Host: University of Denver) Northeast Regional, Verizon Wireless Arena - Manchester, New Hampshire (Host: University of New Hampshire)

Each regional winner advanced to the Frozen Four:

April 5 and 7
Scottrade Center - St. Louis, Missouri (Hosts: College Hockey America and the St. Louis Sports Commission)

Qualifying teams

Hockey East had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) had four teams receive a berth, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had three teams receive a berth, the ECACHL had two teams receive a berth, and Atlantic Hockey and College Hockey America (CHA) each had one team receive a berth.

Preliminary rounds

The number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Frozen Four

  • G: Jeff Lerg (Michigan State)
  • D: Tyler Howells (Michigan State)
  • D: Brian Boyle (Boston College)
  • F: Justin Abdelkader* (Michigan State)
  • F: Nathan Gerbe (Boston College)
  • F: Tim Kennedy (Michigan State)
  • * Most Outstanding Player(s)

    References

    2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Wikipedia