 2006 Frozen Four logo | |
| Teams | 16 |
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| Finals site | |
| Champions | Wisconsin Badgers (6th title) |
| Runner-up | Boston College Eagles (7th title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Mike Eaves (1st title) |
| MOP | Robbie Earl (Wisconsin) |
| Attendance | 117,613 |
The 2006 NCAA Division I men's 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.
The tournament is remembered for the win by Holy Cross over Minnesota which is typically considered one of if not the biggest upset in tournament history.[1]
Game locations
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. Regional placements are based primarily on the home location of the top seed in each bracket with an attempt made to put the top-ranked teams close to their home site.
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
Qualifying teams
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament was announced on March 19, 2006.[2] 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.
| Midwest Regional – Green Bay | West Regional – Grand Forks | ||||||||||||
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| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Wisconsin (1) | WCHA | 26–10–3 | At-large bid | 22nd | 2005 | 1 | Minnesota (2) | WCHA | 27–8–5 | At-large bid | 30th | 2005 |
| 2 | Cornell | ECACHL | 21–8–4 | At-large bid | 16th | 2005 | 2 | North Dakota | WCHA | 27–15–1 | Tournament champion | 21st | 2005 |
| 3 | Colorado College | WCHA | 24–15–2 | At-large bid | 18th | 2005 | 3 | Michigan | CCHA | 21–14–5 | At-large bid | 29th | 2005 |
| 4 | Bemidji State | CHA | 20–13–3 | Tournament champion | 2nd | 2005 | 4 | Holy Cross | Atlantic Hockey | 26–9–2 | Tournament champion | 2nd | 2004 |
| Northeast Regional – Worcester | East Regional – Albany | ||||||||||||
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Boston University (3) | Hockey East | 25–9–4 | Tournament champion | 29th | 2005 | 1 | Michigan State (4) | CCHA | 24–11–8 | Tournament champion | 24th | 2005 |
| 2 | Miami | CCHA | 26–8–4 | At-large bid | 4th | 2004 | 2 | Harvard | ECACHL | 21–11–2 | Tournament champion | 21st | 2005 |
| 3 | Boston College | Hockey East | 23–12–3 | At-large bid | 26th | 2005 | 3 | Maine | Hockey East | 26–11–2 | At-large bid | 16th | 2005 |
| 4 | Nebraska-Omaha | CCHA | 20–14–6 | At-large bid | 1st | Never | 4 | New Hampshire | Hockey East | 20–12–7 | At-large bid | 16th | 2005 |
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
Brackets
East Regional
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Northeast Regional
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West Regional
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Frozen Four
| National semifinals April 6 | National championship April 8 | ||||||||
| E3 | Maine | 2 | |||||||
| MW1 | Wisconsin | 5 | |||||||
| MW1 | Wisconsin | 2 | |||||||
| NE3 | Boston College | 1 | |||||||
| W2 | North Dakota | 5 | |||||||
| NE3 | Boston College | 6 | |||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
East Regional
Regional semifinals
(1) Michigan State vs. (4) New Hampshire
| March 25[5] | Michigan State | 1 – 0 | New Hampshire | Pepsi Arena | Recap | |||
| (Kennedy, Abdelkader) Tim Crowder – GW – 02:14 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 36 saves / 36 shots ) Jeff Lerg | Goalie stats | Jeff Pietrasiak ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Harvard vs. (3) Maine
| March 25[6] | Harvard | 1 – 6 | Maine | Pepsi Arena | Recap | |||
| (Coskren, Johnson) Mike Taylor – 09:32 | First period | 08:16 – Josh Soares (Léveillé) 09:57 – GW – Bret Tyler | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:49 – John Hopson (Hahn, Hopson) 09:57 – Michel Léveillé | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:24 – EN – Greg Moore (Léveillé) 19:20 – PP – Brent Shepheard (Bellamy) | ||||||
| ( 38 saves / 43 shots ) John Dagineau | Goalie stats | Ben Bishop ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
Regional Finals
(1) Michigan State vs. (3) Maine
| March 26[7] | Michigan State | 4 – 5 | Maine | Pepsi Arena | Recap | |||
| (Booth, Kennedy) Tim Crowder – PP – 19:16 | First period | 03:13 – Matt Duffy (Damon) 10:21 – John Hopson (Hamilton, Hopson) 16:38 – PP – John Hopson (Duffy, Hopson) | ||||||
| (Kennedy, Booth) Tim Crowder – PP – 08:00 (Lerg, Mueller) Jim McKenzie – 19:00 |
Second period | 03:35 – PP – Derek Damon (Soares, Lundin) | ||||||
| Drew Miller – 19:55 | Third period | 19:23 – GW EN – Greg Moore (Soares) | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 33 shots ) Jeff Lerg | Goalie stats | Ben Bishop ( 33 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
Midwest Regional
Regional semifinals
(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Bemidji State
| March 25[8] | Wisconsin | 4 – 0 | Bemidji State | Resch Center | Recap | |||
| (Joudrey, Burish) Joe Pavelski – GW PP – 17:07 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joe Pavelski – 00:26 (Burish) Jake Dowell – 17:30 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Gilbert, Joudrey) Joe Pavelski – PP – 06:38 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 15 saves / 15 shots ) Brian Elliott | Goalie stats | Layne Sedevie ( 41 saves / 45 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Cornell vs. (3) Colorado College
| March 25[9] | Cornell | 3 – 2 | Colorado College | Resch Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 04:57 – PP – Brian Salcido (Sertich, McCulloch) 16:49 – PP – Jack Hillen (Sertich, Sterling) | ||||||
| (Moulson, Seminoff) Topher Scott – PP – 16:44 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Carefoot) Matt Moulson – 04:50 (Sawada, Abbott) Jon Gleed – GW – 09:20 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) David McKee | Goalie stats | Matt Zaba ( 20 saves / 23 shots ) | ||||||
Regional Finals
(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Cornell
| March 26[10] | Wisconsin | 1 – 0 | 3OT | Cornell | Resch Center | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Engel) Jack Skille – GW – 11:13 | Third overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 40 saves / 40 shots ) Brian Elliott | Goalie stats | David McKee ( 59 saves / 60 shots ) | ||||||
Northeast Regional
Regional semifinals
(1) Boston University vs. (4) Nebraska-Omaha
| March 24[11] | Boston University | 9 – 2 | Nebraska-Omaha | DCU Center | Recap | |||
| (Sullivan, MacArthur) Bryan Ewing – PP – 18:24 | First period | 03:32 – Bill Thomas (Betts, Krischuk) | ||||||
| (Lawrence, Yip) Chris Higgins – 04:53 (Laliberte, Van der Gulik) Dan Spang – GW – 07:52 (Lawrence, Yip) Chris Higgins – 08:38 (Ewing, MacArthur) Kenny Roche – 08:59 (Sullivan) Chris Higgins – 10:24 (Roche, Yip) Bryan Ewing – PP – 17:17 |
Second period | 08:06 – Tomas Klempa (Charleston, Platisha) | ||||||
| (Morrow, Redlihs) Ryan Weston – PP – 08:04 (Sullivan, Weston) Brian McGuirk – PP – 13:13 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 17 saves / 19 shots ) John Curry / ( 3 saves / 3 shots ) Stephan Siwiec | Goalie stats | Jerad Kaufmann ( 28 saves / 37 shots ) / Eric Aarnio ( 1 saves / 1 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Miami vs. (3) Boston College
| March 24[12] | Miami | 0 – 5 | Boston College | DCU Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:34 – GW PP – Benn Ferriero (Collins, Harrold) 03:14 – PP – Benn Ferriero (Boyle, Motherwell) 18:35 – Dan Bertram (Gionta) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:00 – EN – Chris Collins 19:32 – EN – Mike Brennan | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Charlie Effinger | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider ( 33 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
Regional Finals
(1) Boston University vs. (3) Boston College
| March 25[13] | Boston University | 0 – 5 | Boston College | DCU Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 06:24 – GW – Brian Boyle | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:40 – Matt Greene (Rooney, Gionta) 13:22 – SH – Joe Rooney (Ferriero, Boyle) 16:00 – SH – Joe Rooney (Gionta) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 14:26 – Benn Ferriero (Rooney, Motherwell) | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 31 shots ) John Curry | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider ( 28 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
West Regional
Regional semifinals
(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Holy Cross
| March 24[14] | Minnesota | 3 – 4 | OT | Holy Cross | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Guyer) Mike Howe – SH – 13:15 (Kaufmann, Harrington) Phil Kessel – 15:45 |
Second period | 08:49 – Dale Reinhardt (Bartlett, McGregor) 13:46 – PP – Tyler McGregor (Sixsmith, Landry) | ||||||
| (Wheeler) Alex Goligoski – 02:17 | Third period | 07:53 – Pierre Napert-Frenette (Nappo, Landry) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 00:53 – GW – Tyler McGregor (Burke) | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) Kellen Briggs | Goalie stats | Tony Quesada ( 35 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Michigan
| March 24[15] | North Dakota | 5 – 1 | Michigan | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Recap | |||
| (Toews, Radke) Ryan Duncan – PP – 05:01 (Špirko, Lee) T. J. Oshie – GW PP – 07:28 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Zajac) Drew Stafford – SH – 04:08 (Duncan) Jonathan Toews – 14:39 |
Second period | 04:30 – PP – Chad Kolarik (Kaleniecki, Hunwick) | ||||||
| (Oshie) Travis Zajac – 14:42 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 34 saves / 35 shots ) Jordan Parise | Goalie stats | Noah Ruden ( 28 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
Regional Finals
(2) North Dakota vs. (4) Holy Cross
| March 25[16] | North Dakota | 5 – 2 | Holy Cross | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Recap | |||
| (Duncan, Radke) Jonathan Toews – 01:18 (Toews, Smaby) Ryan Duncan – PP – 15:16 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Stafford, Duncan) Matt Smaby – GW PP – 17:23 | Second period | 03:07 – Matt Werry (Tselikis) | ||||||
| (Lee, Oshie) Travis Zajac – PP – 06:48 (Porter) Matt Watkins – 09:03 |
Third period | 05:21 – PP – Blair Bartlett (McGregor, Reinhardt) | ||||||
| ( 17 saves / 19 shots ) Jordan Parise | Goalie stats | Tony Quesada ( 27 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
Frozen Four
National semifinal
(MW1) Wisconsin vs. (E3) Maine
| April 6[18] | Wisconsin | 5 – 2 | Maine | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
| (Paveksli, Earl) Adam Burish – 10:11 | First period | 17:37 – Michel Léveillé (Duffy) | ||||||
| Ross Carlson – SH – 04:18 (Burish) Robbie Earl – GW PP – 08:16 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Carlson, Skille) Ben Street – 12:26 (Engel) Robbie Earl – EN – 18:16 |
Third period | 11:29 – Mike Lundin (Moore, Soares) | ||||||
| ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Brian Elliott | Goalie stats | Ben Bishop ( 34 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
(W2) North Dakota vs. (NE3) Boston College
| April 6[19] | North Dakota | 5 – 6 | Boston College | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 07:43 – Brett Motherwell (Orpik, Gannon) 12:34 – SH – Chris Collins (Brennan) 18:08 – Chris Collins (Bradford) | ||||||
| (Zajac) Rastislav Špirko – SH – 04:23 (Watkins, Porter) Rylan Kaip – 13:25 |
Second period | 15:38 – Anthony Aiello 19:37 – PP – Chris Collins (Ferriero, Schneider) | ||||||
| Jonathan Toews – PP – 08:11 (Stafford, Lee) Travis Zajac – SH – 15:42 (Zajac) Brian Lee – EA – 19:47 |
Third period | 10:33 – GW – Nathan Gerbe (Filangieri) | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 31 shots ) Jordan Parise | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider ( 36 saves / 41 shots ) | ||||||
National Championship
(MW1) Wisconsin vs. (NE3) Boston College
| April 8[20][21] | Wisconsin | 2 – 1 | Boston College | Bradley Center | Recap |
| Scoring summary | |||||
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| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | BC | Pat Gannon (5) | Bertram | 09:01 | 1–0 BC |
| 2nd | WIS | Robbie Earl (24) | Burish and Pavelski | 21:17 | 1–1 |
| 3rd | WIS | Tom Gilbert (12) – GW PP | Pavelski and Burish | 49:32 | 2–1 WIS |
| Penalty summary | |||||
| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
| 1st | BC | Anthony Aiello | Interference | 03:22 | 2:00 |
| BC | Dan Bertram | Holding the Stick | 05:57 | 2:00 | |
| WIS | Matt Olinger | Interference | 11:48 | 2:00 | |
| BC | Dan Bertram | Contact to Head High-Sticking | 13:36 | 2:00 | |
| WIS | Tom Gilbert | Contact to Head High-Sticking | 13:36 | 2:00 | |
| BC | Dan Bertram | Hooking | 18:03 | 2:00 | |
| 2nd | BC | Joe Rooney | Hooking | 22:38 | 2:00 |
| BC | Nathan Gerbe | Roughing After The Whistle | 25:03 | 2:00 | |
| WIS | Andy Brandt | Roughing After The Whistle | 25:03 | 2:00 | |
| WIS | Jeff Likens | Contact to Head High-Sticking | 26:30 | 2:00 | |
| 3rd | WIS | Jake Dowell | Obstruction Cross-Checking | 40:50 | 2:00 |
| BC | Nathan Gerbe | Interference | 42:44 | 2:00 | |
| WIS | Andy Brandt | Hooking | 45:39 | 2:00 | |
| BC | Anthony Aiello | Hooking | 48:34 | 2:00 | |
| BC | Tim Filangieri | Slashing | 51:29 | 2:00 | |
| BC | Peter Harrold | Boarding | 56:32 | 2:00 | |
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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)[22]
Record by conference
| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | Regional Finals | Frozen Four | Championship Game | Champions |
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| WCHA | 4 | 6-3 | .667 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Hockey East | 4 | 6-4 | .600 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| CCHA | 4 | 1-4 | .200 | 1 | - | - | - |
| ECACHL | 2 | 1-2 | .333 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Atlantic Hockey | 1 | 1-1 | .500 | 1 | - | - | - |
| CHA | 1 | 0-1 | .000 | - | - | - | - |
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