The 1991 NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey season, the 44th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 15 and March 30, 1991, and concluded with Northern Michigan defeating Boston University 8-7 in overtime. All First Round and Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues with the ‘Frozen Four’ games being played at the St. Paul Civic Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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 because the previous year the independent qualifier was placed in the East pool the two western conferences (CCHA and WCHA) would split only three open spots as opposed to the East’s four open spots. The top four remaining eastern teams and the top three remaining western teams received invitations and were seeded with the automatic qualifiers according to their ranking.
| East | West | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Maine | Hockey East | 30–8–2 | At-large bid | 5th | 1990 | 1 | Lake Superior State | CCHA | 35–3–4 | Tournament champion | 5th | 1990 |
| 2 | Boston University | Hockey East | 25–10–2 | Tournament champion | 17th | 1990 | 2 | Northern Michigan | WCHA | 34–5–4 | Tournament champion | 4th | 1989 |
| 3 | Boston College | Hockey East | 27–10–0 | At-large bid | 18th | 1990 | 3 | Michigan | CCHA | 32–7–3 | At-large bid | 14th | 1977 |
| 4 | Clarkson | ECAC | 25–7–2 | Tournament champion | 11th | 1990 | 4 | Minnesota | WCHA | 28–7–5 | At-large bid | 18th | 1990 |
| 5 | Providence | Hockey East | 23–10–8 | At-large bid | 7th | 1989 | 5 | Wisconsin | WCHA | 26–13–3 | At-large bid | 12th | 1990 |
| 6 | Cornell | ECAC | 17–9–3 | At-large bid | 10th | 1986 | 6 | Alaska-Anchorage | Independent | 20–15–4 | At-large bid | 2nd | 1990 |
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 Saint Paul Civic Center and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game.
Tournament Bracket
| First Round March 15–17 | Quarterfinals March 22–24 | Frozen Four March 28 | National Championship March 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Maine | 4 | 5 | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Minnesota | 3 | 8 | 8 | W4 | Minnesota | 0 | 3 | – | ||||||||||||||
| E5 | Providence | 4 | 4 | 3 | E1 | Maine | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Northern Michigan | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Northern Michigan | 8 | 5 | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Boston College | 2 | 1 | – | W6 | Alaska Anchorage | 5 | 3 | – | ||||||||||||||
| W6 | Alaska-Anchorage | 3 | 3 | – | W2 | Northern Michigan | 8*** | ||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Boston University | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Lake Superior State | 3 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Clarkson | 8 | 5 | – | E4 | Clarkson | 7 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| W5 | Wisconsin | 3 | 4 | – | E4 | Clarkson | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Boston University | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Boston University | 4 | 8 | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Michigan | 4 | 6 | 9 | W3 | Michigan | 1 | 1 | – | ||||||||||||||
| E6 | Cornell | 5* | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First round
(E3) Boston College vs. (W6) Alaska-Anchorage
| March 15 | Boston College | 2 – 3 | Alaska-Anchorage | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (unassisted) Bill Guerin – 14:36 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (O’Neill) Dave Pergola – 09:55 | Third period | 09:12 – Rob Conn (Kraft, Pankewicz) 10:12 – Brian Kraft (Conn) 13:39 – GW – Steve Bogoyevac (Coulson, Donald) | ||||||
| (23 saves / 26 shots) Scott LaGrand | Goalie stats | Paul Krake (43 saves / 45 shots) | ||||||
| March 16 | Boston College | 1 – 3 | Alaska-Anchorage | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| (Crowley, Emma) Bill Guerin – PP – 17:17 | First period | 16:09 – PP – Tim Kollman (Conn) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:05 – PP GW – Jeff Batters (Kollman, Bogoyevac) 15:21 – PP – Trent Pankewicz (Conn) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (32 saves / 35 shots) Sandy Galuppo | Goalie stats | Paul Krake (39 saves / 40 shots) | ||||||
| Alaska-Anchorage won series 2–0 | |
(E4) Clarkson vs. (W5) Wisconsin
| March 15 | Clarkson | 8 – 3 | Wisconsin | Walker Arena | Recap | |||
| (Lapointe) Hugo Bélanger – 04:04 (Bélanger, M. Green) Guy Sanderson – PP – 15:57 (Tretowicz, Conroy) Mike Casselman – 19:34 |
First period | 00:47 – Brett Kurtz (Shier, Zent) 14:28 – Jon Helgeson (Shier, Hill) | ||||||
| (d’Orsonnens, Henrich) Dave Trombley – GW – 04:15 (Dubinsky) Scott Thomas – 06:17 (Bélanger, Sanderson) Mark Green – PP – 16:38 |
Second period | 02:22 – Jason Zent (Kurtz) | ||||||
| (Conroy, Casselman) Ed Sabo – 01:53 (Trombley, Tavi) Hugo Bélanger – PP – 14:49 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (33 saves / 36 shots) Chris Rogles | Goalie stats | Duane Derksen (17 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| March 16 | Clarkson | 5 – 4 | Wisconsin | Walker Arena | Recap | |||
| (Trombley, Tavi) Guy Sanderson – PP – 11:53 (M. Green, Sanderson) Hugo Bélanger – PP – 13:05 |
First period | 02:38 – Blaine Moore (Granato, Hill) | ||||||
| (Tretowicz) Guy Sanderson – 19:52 | Second period | 02:50 – Doug MacDonald (Hill, Richter) 07:20 – Jacques Auger (MacDonald) 12:03 – PP – Sean Hill (MacDonald, Andringa) | ||||||
| (Sabo, Dubinsky) Mike Kozak – SH – 05:23 (Bélanger, Trombley) Mark Green – PP GW – 11:58 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (34 saves / 38 shots) Chris Rogles | Goalie stats | Duane Derksen (29 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| Clarkson won series 2–0 | |
(W3) Michigan vs. (E6) Cornell
| March 15 | Michigan | 4 – 5 | OT | Cornell | Yost Ice Arena | Recap | ||
| (Wiseman, Stewart) Dan Stiver – 01:59 | First period | 18:47 – Bruce Frauley (Manderville, Hannah) | ||||||
| (Neaton) Mike Helber – 08:06 (Stewart, Tamer) Aaron Ward – 19:48 |
Second period | 07:56 – Doug Derraugh (Andison, R. Hughes) 15:41 – SH – Kent Manderville (Williams) | ||||||
| (Wiseman) Cam Stewart – PP – 08:49 | Third period | 19:58 – EA – Kent Manderville (Dragon, Derraugh) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 00:21 – GW – Trent Andison (Ratushny, Derraugh) | ||||||
| (28 saves / 33 shots) Steve Shields | Goalie stats | Jim Crozier (14 saves / 18 shots) | ||||||
| March 16 | Michigan | 6 – 4 | Cornell | Yost Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Evans) Cam Stewart – 07:34 (Helber) Pat Neaton – 08:24 (Helber, Harlock) Chris Tamer – 11:02 (Roberts, Neaton) Denny Felsner – 18:16 |
Second period | 12:11 – PP – Doug Derraugh (Ratushny, Frauley) 13:00 – PP – Doug Derraugh (R. Hughes, Ratushny) | ||||||
| (Helber) Denny Felsner – PP GW – 07:18 (Felsner, Roberts) Mark Ouimet – 19:07 |
Third period | 06:02 – PP – Trent Andison (Derraugh, Frauley) 17:23 – PP – Trent Andison (Derraugh, Vanini) | ||||||
| (22 saves / 26 shots) Steve Shields | Goalie stats | Jim Crozier (20 saves / shots) Corrie D’Alessio (0 saves / 0 shots) | ||||||
| March 17 | Michigan | 9 – 3 | Cornell | Yost Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Felsner, Sorensen) David Roberts – PP – 07:53 (D. Stone, Helber) Ted Kramer – 12:46 |
First period | 02:52 – PP – Doug Derraugh (Ratushny, Andison) | ||||||
| (Tamer, Stiver) Brian Wiseman – PP – 01:00 (unassisted) Dan Stiver – GW – 01:19 (Wiseman, Stewart) Dan Stiver – PP – 08:44 (Stewart, Neaton) Brian Wiseman – PP – 18:33 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Kramer, Helber) Don Stone – 02:41 (Felsner) David Roberts – 14:46 (Helber) Ted Kramer – 19:32 |
Third period | 06:32 – PP – Bruce Frauley (Hughes, Vanini) 12:49 – Doug Derraugh (Hughes, Burke) | ||||||
| (20 shots / 23 saves) Chris Gordon | Goalie stats | Jim Crozier (18 saves / 23 shots) Corrie D’Alessio (6 saves / 10 shots) | ||||||
| Michigan won series 2–1 | |
(W4) Minnesota vs. (E5) Providence
| March 15 | Minnesota | 3 – 4 | Providence | Mariucci Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 07:16 – Mike Boback (unassisted) 11:14 – PP – Mario Aubé (Boback, Gaudreau) | ||||||
| (Gernander, Klatt) Larry Olimb – 03:36 (L. Johnson, Bischoff) Ben Hankinson – 11:48 |
Second period | 07:29 – Brian Ridolfi (Rooney) | ||||||
| (L. Johnson, Olimb) Travis Richards – 02:02 | Third period | 09:09 – PP GW – Mike Boback (Rooney, Cowan) | ||||||
| (15 saves / 19 shots) Jeff Stolp | Goalie stats | Mike Heinke (35 saves / 38 shots) | ||||||
| March 16 | Minnesota | 8 – 4 | Providence | Mariucci Arena | Recap | |||
| (Olimb, Pederson) Ken Gernander – PP – 09:11 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Olimb, Pederson) Ken Gernander – PP – 00:37 (C. Johnson, Nielsen) Cory Laylin – PP – 03:47 (Olimb, Klatt) Ken Gernander – 08:29 (C. Johnson) Travis Richards – GW – 19:51 |
Second period | 01:13 – Brian Ridolfi (Boback, Gaudreau) 07:58 – Gary Socha (Therien) 15:00 – Mike Boback (unassisted) | ||||||
| (Klatt, Richards) Jeff Nielsen – 00:37 (C. Johnson) Cory Laylin – 06:20 (Newman) Tom Pederson – 18:39 |
Third period | 19:43 – Brian McCarthy (Huyber) | ||||||
| (14 saves / 18 shots) Tom Newman | Goalie stats | Mike Heinke (25 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| March 17 | Minnesota | 8 – 3 | Providence | Mariucci Arena | Recap | |||
| (Miller, Zmolek) Tom Pederson – 04:27 (Richards, Olimb) Ken Gernander – 15:39 |
First period | 11:03 – SH – Rob Gaudreau (Boback) | ||||||
| (Laylin, Nielsen) Craig Johnson – 02:05 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (L. Johnson) Jeff Nielsen – GW – 02:26 (Miller, L. Johnson) Craig Johnson – 11:10 (Bischoff, Zmolek) Tom Pederson – 11:44 (L. Johnson) Grant Bischoff – 14:53 (Zmolek) Cory Laylin – 15:06 |
Third period | 03:58 – PP – Rob Gaudreau (Boback, Cowan) 18:46 – Larry Rooney (Boback) | ||||||
| (30 saves / 33 shots) Jeff Stolp | Goalie stats | Mike Heinke (26 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| Minnesota won series 2–1 | |
Quarterfinals
(E1) Maine vs. (W4) Minnesota
| March 22 | Maine | 4 – 0 | Minnesota | Alfond Arena | Recap | |||
| (Montgomery, Robitaille) Keith Carney – PP GW – 15:02 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Montgomery, Carney) Jean-Yves Roy – PP – 08:52 (Straub, Montgomery) Brian Downey – PP – 16:17 (Imes, Tepper) Kent Salfi – EN – 19:47 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (27 saves / 27 shots) Mike Dunham | Goalie stats | Jeff Stolp (27 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| March 23 | Maine | 5 – 3 | Minnesota | Alfond Arena | Recap | |||
| (Downey, Montgomery) Keith Carney – PP – 03:42 | First period | 04:14 – Luke Johnson (Hankinson, Bischoff) 17:11 – Tom Pederson (Gernander, Klatt) | ||||||
| (Murphy) Chris Imes – 08:23 (Roy, Downey) Jim Montgomery – 12:02 |
Second period | 01:42 – PP – Grant Bischoff (Hankinson, Miller) | ||||||
| (unassisted) Martin Robitaille – GW – 00:25 (Downey) Jean-Yves Roy – 14:17 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (26 saves / 29 shots) Garth Snow | Goalie stats | Tom Newman (19 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
| Maine won series 2–0 | |
(E2) Boston University vs. (W3) Michigan
| March 22 | Boston University | 4 – 1 | Michigan | Walter Brown Arena | Recap | |||
| (Koskimäki, Cashman) Dave Tomlinson – PP – 07:04 (unassisted) David Sacco – GW – 12:15 (McEachern) Keith Tkachuk – 13:54 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (unassisted) Tom Dion – EN – 19:21 | Third period | 17:16 – EA – Don Stone (Ouimet, Roberts) | ||||||
| (20 saves / 21 shots) Scott Cashman | Goalie stats | Chris Gordon (26 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| March 23 | Boston University | 8 – 1 | Michigan | Walter Brown Arena | Recap | |||
| (Tomlinson, von Stefenelli) Petteri Koskimäki – 03:23 (Mi. Bavis, Friedman) Darin MacDonald – GW – 12:47 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (O’Sullivan, Bradley) Dave Tomlinson – 03:03 (Tkachuk, Sacco) Tony Amonte – 04:30 (Ahola, Lachance) Ed Ronan – PP – 09:32 (Mi. Bavis, Ma. Bavis) Tom Dion – 9:56 (Dion) David Sacco – 10:35 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (unassisted) Tony Amonte – 04:39 | Third period | 05:47 – PP – Brian Wiseman (M. Stone, Felsner) | ||||||
| (21 saves / 22 shots) John Bradley | Goalie stats | Steve Shields (7 saves / 11 shots) Chris Gordon (14 saves / 18 shots) | ||||||
| Boston University won series 2–0 | |
(W1) Lake Superior State vs. (E4) Clarkson
| March 22 | Lake Superior State | 3 – 7 | Clarkson | Taffy Abel Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 10:42 – Hugo Bélanger (Trombley, Torrey) | ||||||
| (Moger, Wetherill) Clayton Beddoes – 05:48 (unassisted) Doug Weight – 06:12 (Hendry, Harris) Paul Constantin – 06:51 |
Second period | 16:39 – PP – Scott Thomas (Dubinsky, Henrich) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:43 – Mike Casselman (Tavi, Dubinsky) 13:45 – GW – Hugo Bélanger (Lapointe) 14:20 – Craig Conroy (M. Green) 19:19 – EN – Steve Dubinsky (Sanderson, Thomas) 19:51 – EN – Dave Trombley (Kozak) | ||||||
| (18 saves / 23 shots) Darrin Madeley | Goalie stats | Chris Rogles (12 saves / 15 shots) Jason Currie (27 saves / 27 shots) | ||||||
| March 23 | Lake Superior State | 6 – 2 | Clarkson | Taffy Abel Arena | Recap | |||
| (Wetherill, Weight) Sandy Moger – 02:58 | First period | 00:11 – Mike Casselman (Conroy, Thomas) | ||||||
| (Dowd, Napierala) Mark Astley – PP – 01:50 (Dowd, Smith) Doug Weight – PP GW – 07:19 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Barnes, Beddoes) Mark Astley – 09:40 (Weight) Jeff Napierala – 14:12 (Weight, Breslin) Jeff Napierala – PP – 18:13 |
Third period | 05:01 – PP – Dave Trombley (Sanderson) | ||||||
| (21 saves / 23 shots) Darrin Madeley | Goalie stats | Chris Rogles (22 saves / 25 shots) Jason Currie (20 saves / 23 shots) | ||||||
| March 24 | Lake Superior State | 3 – 4 | Clarkson | Taffy Abel Arena | Recap | |||
| (Weight) Jim Dowd – SH – 10:32 () Jim Dowd – PP – 18:10 |
First period | 15:57 – PP – Mikko Tavi (Trombley, Tretowicz) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:41 – Scott Thomas (Casselman, Tretowicz) 03:43 – PP – Hugo Bélanger (Trombley, Casselman) | ||||||
| (Napierala, Miller) Jim Dowd – 06:35 | Third period | 00:24 – PP GW – Mark Green (Bélanger, Trombley) | ||||||
| (24 saves / 28 shots) Darrin Madeley (1 save / 1 shot) Brandon Reed |
Goalie stats | Chris Rogles (34 saves / 37 shots) | ||||||
| Clarkson won series 2–1 | |
(W2) Northern Michigan vs. (W6) Alaska-Anchorage
| March 22 | Northern Michigan | 8 – 5 | Alaska-Anchorage | Lakeview Arena | Recap | |||
| (Plandowski, Melone) Dallas Drake – 11:54 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Drake, Melone) Darryl Plandowski – PP – 08:07 (Szabo, Soukoroff) Dallas Drake – 09:41 (Drake, Melone) Tony Szabo – PP – 12:26 (unassisted) Tony Szabo – 19:02 |
Second period | 03:32 – Dean Larson (Morris, O’Rear) 08:50 – Dean Trboyevich (Mayes, Millar) 19:35 – Lorne Knauft (unassisted) | ||||||
| (Beattie) Kevin Scott – GW – 07:34 (Szabo) Dallas Drake – 09:15 (Simpson) Kevin Scott – 12:58 |
Third period | 15:13 – Garnet Deschamp (Larson, Kollman) 19:13 – Keith Morris (unassisted) | ||||||
| (19 saves / 24 shots) Bill Pye | Goalie stats | Paul Krake (41 saves / 49 shots) | ||||||
| March 23 | Northern Michigan | 5 – 3 | Alaska-Anchorage | Lakeview Arena | Recap | |||
| (Melone, Beaufait) Phil Soukoroff – PP – 15:15 | First period | 18:08 – Keith Morris (unassisted) | ||||||
| (unassisted) Ed Ward – 00:44 (Soukoroff) Scott Beattie – 06:07 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Beaufait, Carpenter) Geoff Simpson – GW – 04:09 (Beattie, Antos) Jim Hiller – 10:15 |
Third period | 06:58 – PP – Jeff Batters (Kollman, Conn) 12:21 – SH – Jeff Batters (Mayes, Coulson) | ||||||
| (30 saves / 33 shots) Bill Pye | Goalie stats | Paul Krake (30 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| Northern Michigan won series 2–0 | |
Frozen Four
National Semifinal
(E1) Maine vs. (W2) Northern Michigan
| March 28 | Maine | 3 – 5 | Northern Michigan | Saint Paul Civic Center | Recap | |||
| (Beattie, Hiller) Brad Werenka – 02:29 | First period | 19:11 – SH – Jean-Yves Roy (Straub) | ||||||
| (Beattie, Melone) Jim Hiller – PP – 09:44 (Plandowski, Drake) Tony Szabo – PP – 11:04 |
Second period | 00:47 – Jean-Yves Roy (Robitaille) | ||||||
| (Scott) Dallas Drake – GW – 16:47 (Antos) Darryl Plandowski – EN – 19:40 |
Third period | 10:38 – PP – Jean-Yves Roy (Downey, Straub) | ||||||
| (33 saves / 37 shots) Mike Dunham | Goalie stats | Bill Pye (24 saves / 27 shots) | ||||||
(E2) Boston University vs. (E4) Clarkson
| March 28 | Boston University | 7 – 3 | Clarkson | Saint Paul Civic Center | Recap | |||
| (Tkachuk) Tony Amonte – 05:15 (Ahola, Stefenelli) Tony Amonte – SH – 09:46 (Sacco, Mi. Bavis) Chris McCann – 13:12 (Koskimäki) Dave Tomlinson – GW – 15:51 (Dion, McEachern) Tony Amonte – 17:45 |
First period | 00:31 – Mike Casselman (Lapointe, Conroy) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:48 – Scott Thomas (Casselman, Conroy) | ||||||
| (Tkachuk, Amonte) Shawn McEachern – 03:44 (Ma. Bavis) Doug Friedman – 11:59 |
Third period | 08:52 – Ed Sabo (D. Green, Tavi) | ||||||
| (16 saves / 19 shots) Scott Cashman | Goalie stats | Chris Rogles (26 saves / 32 shots) Jason Currie (1 save / 2 shots) | ||||||
National Championship
(W2) Northern Michigan vs. (E2) Boston University
| March 30[3][4] | Northern Michigan | 8 – 7 | 3OT | Boston University | Saint Paul Civic Center | Recap |
| Scoring summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | BU | Ed Ronan | Tomlinson and Ahola | 1:00 | 1–0 BU |
| BU | David Sacco | McCann and Mi. Bavis | 8:24 | 2–0 BU | |
| BU | Ed Ronan | Lachance and Tomlinson | 9:26 | 3–0 BU | |
| 2nd | NMU | Dean Antos – PP | Werenka and Beattie | 21:33 | 3–1 BU |
| NMU | Mark Beaufait | Melone and Soukoroff | 25:24 | 3–2 BU | |
| NMU | Scott Beattie | Melone and Scott | 34:45 | 3–3 | |
| NMU | Darryl Plandowski | Frederick and Antos | 35:39 | 4–3 NMU | |
| NMU | Scott Beattie | unassisted | 37:18 | 5–3 NMU | |
| 3rd | NMU | Scott Beattie | unassisted | 43:08 | 6–3 NMU |
| BU | Dave Tomlinson | unassisted | 45:59 | 6–4 NMU | |
| NMU | Darryl Plandowski – PP | Soukoroff and Melone | 48:24 | 7–4 NMU | |
| BU | Tony Amonte | McEachern and Tkachuk | 52:24 | 7–5 NMU | |
| BU | Shawn McEachern | Amonte | 54:51 | 7–6 NMU | |
| BU | David Sacco – EA | Lachance and McEachern | 59:21 | 7–7 | |
| 3rd Overtime | NMU | Darryl Plandowski – GW | Beaufait and Antos | 81:57 | 8–7 NMU |
| Penalty summary | |||||
| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
| 1st | NMU | Ed Ward | Checking from behind | 13:25 | 2:00 |
| BU | Peter Ahola | High-sticking | 20:00 | 2:00 | |
| 2nd | NMU | Dave Shyiak | High-sticking | 22:29 | 2:00 |
| BU | Keith Tkachuk | Elbowing | 22:44 | 2:00 | |
| BU | John Bradley | Tripping (served by Tkachuk) | 28:24 | 2:00 | |
| 3rd | NMU | Darryl Plandowski | Interference | 40:51 | 2:00 |
| BU | Doug Friedman | Charging | 46:58 | 2:00 | |
| 1st Overtime | none | ||||
| 2nd Overtime | BU | Tony Amonte | Slashing | 79:31 | 2:00 |
| NMU | Ed Ward | Slashing | 79:31 | 2:00 | |
| 3rd Overtime | none | ||||
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- G: Bill Pye (Northern Michigan)
- D: Lou Melone (Northern Michigan)
- D: Brad Werenka (Northern Michigan)
- F: Tony Amonte (Boston University)
- F: Scott Beattie* (Northern Michigan)
- F: Jean-Yves Roy (Maine)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)[5]
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