1983 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 36th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 18 and 26, 1983, and concluded with Wisconsin defeating Harvard 6-2. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues while all succeeding games were played at the Winter Sports Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

The Badgers' goal differential (+16) is a record for an NCAA tournament, equaling the record set by Colorado College in 1950 and matched by Michigan in 1953.

Qualifying teams

The NCAA permitted 8 teams to qualify for the tournament and divided its qualifiers into two regions (East and West). Each of the tournament champions from the three Division I conferences (CCHA, ECAC and WCHA) received automatic invitations into the tournament with At-large bids making up the remaining 5 teams, an additional 2 western and 3 eastern schools.

East							West
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Harvard	ECAC Hockey	21–8–1	Tournament champion	9th	1982	1	Wisconsin	WCHA	29–10–4	Tournament champion	8th	1982
2	Providence	ECAC Hockey	30–9–0	At-large bid	4th	1981	2	Minnesota	WCHA	31–10–1	At-large bid	11th	1981
3	New Hampshire	ECAC Hockey	22–9–2	At-large bid	4th	1982	3	Minnesota–Duluth	WCHA	28–14–1	At-large bid	1st	Never
4	St. Lawrence	ECAC Hockey	23–10–1	At-large bid	8th	1962	4	Michigan State	CCHA	30–10–0	Tournament champion	5th	1982

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Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the two even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking. In the Quarterfinals the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds played two-game aggregate series to determine which school advanced to the Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the Winter Sports Center and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game with the losers playing in a Third Place game.

Tournament bracket

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	Quarterfinals March 18–20							Semifinals March 24–25					National championship March 26
	E1	Harvard	6	3	9
	W4	Michigan State	5	3	8
								E1	Harvard	5
								W2	Minnesota	3
	W2	Minnesota	9	7	16
	E3	New Hampshire	6	2	8
													E1	Harvard	2
													W1	Wisconsin	6
	W1	Wisconsin	6	7	13
	E4	St. Lawrence	2	1	3
								W1	Wisconsin	2			Third-place game
								E2	Providence	0
	E2	Providence	7	3	10								W2	Minnesota	3
	W3	Minnesota–Duluth	3	2	5								E2	Providence	4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(E1) Harvard vs. (W4) Michigan State

March 18[3]	Harvard		6 – 5		Michigan State	Bright Hockey Center
(Code, Wheeler) Mark Fusco – 12:27 (Turner, S. Fusco) Shayne Kukulowicz – 15:53		First period			06:51 – Kelly Miller (Hamway, Beck) 08:53 – Newell Brown (Donnelly, Smyl)
(Kwong) Brian Busconi – 15:41		Second period			05:29 – Lyle Phair (Martin, Krentz) 13:43 – Jeff Eisley (Martin, Haight)
(Wheeler, M. Fusco) Greg Britz – 05:05 (North, Connors) Philip Falcone – 14:16 (Britz, Visone) Greg Chalmers – GW – 18:31		Third period			15:09 – Dan McFall (Hamway, Flegel)

March 19[3]	Harvard		3 – 3		Michigan State	Bright Hockey Center
(Turner, M. Fusco) Shayne Kukulowicz – 15:53		First period			No scoring
(Chalmers, Sheehy) Greg Britz – 01:36		Second period			05:03 – Mark Hamway (Haight) 11:19 – Dale Krentz (Brown, Taylor)
(Burke, Smith) Rob Wheeler – 06:54		Third period			12:56 – Lyle Phair (Brown, Krentz)

Harvard won series 9–8

(E2) Providence vs. (W3) Minnesota–Duluth

March 18

Providence

7 – 3

Minnesota–Duluth

Schneider Arena

March 19

Providence

3 – 2

Minnesota–Duluth

Schneider Arena

Providence won series 10–5

(W1) Wisconsin vs. (E4) St. Lawrence

March 19	Wisconsin		6 – 2		St. Lawrence	Dane County Coliseum	Recap
(Chelios, Houston) Patrick Flatley – 8:05		First period
(Flatley, Driver) John Johannson – PP – 1:49 (Houston, Flatley) David Maley – GW – 8:39 (Maley, Flatley) Paul Houston – 18:59		Second period
(Walsh) David Maley – 8:03 (Houston, Jo. Johannson) Paul Houck – PP – 12:40		Third period			14:05 – Bruce Robertson (Castron, Robinson) 15:32 – Don Vaughan (unassisted)
( 20 saves / 22 shots ) Marc Behrend		Goalie stats			Gray Weicker ( 23 saves / 29 shots )

March 20	Wisconsin		7 – 1		St. Lawrence	Dane County Coliseum	Recap
(Chelios, Driver) John Johannson – PP – 4:07		First period
(unassisted) Scott Sabo – SH GW – 2:37 (Houck, Flatley) John Johannson – PP – 13:38		Second period			11:47 – PP – Chris Gunnarson (Leach, Smith)
(Wiitala, Pearson) Scott Sabo – 1:54 (Jo. Johannson) Paul Houck – 8:06 (Flatley) Paul Houck – 17:09 (unassisted) Chris Chelios – 18:36		Third period
( 33 saves / 34 shots ) Terry Kleisinger		Goalie stats			Gray Weicker ( 29 saves / 34 shots ) / J. C. Trimble ( 3 saves / 5 shots )

Wisconsin won series 13–3

(W2) Minnesota vs. (E3) New Hampshire

March 18

Minnesota

9 – 6

New Hampshire

Williams Arena

March 19

Minnesota

7 – 2

New Hampshire

Williams Arena

Minnesota won series 16–8

Semifinal

(W1) Wisconsin vs. (E2) Providence

March 24

Wisconsin

2 – 0

Providence

Winter Sports Center

(E1) Harvard vs. (W2) Minnesota

March 25

Harvard

5 – 3

Minnesota

Winter Sports Center

Third-place game

(E2) Providence vs. (W2) Minnesota

March 26

Providence

4 – 3

Minnesota

Winter Sports Center

National Championship

(E1) Harvard vs. (W1) Wisconsin

March 26[4]

Harvard

2 – 6

Wisconsin

Winter Sports Center

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	WIS	Patrick Flatley – PP	Houck and Driver	7:03	1–0 WIS
2nd	WIS	Patrick Flatley	Houston and Maley	36:09	2–0 WIS
3rd	WIS	Paul Houston – GW	Maley and Flatley	43:00	3–0 WIS
	HAR	Scott Fusco	Sheehy and Kukulowicz	48:54	3–1 WIS
	WIS	Bruce Driver	Sabo and Wiitala	51:35	4–1 WIS
	HAR	Shayne Kukulowicz	Sheehy	52:22	4–2 WIS
	WIS	Paul Houston – PP	Driver and Maley	58:39	5–2 WIS
	WIS	John Johannson – SH EN	Behrend	59:21	6–2 WIS
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	HAR	Dave Connors	Tripping	6:29	2:00
	WIS	Paul Houck	Tripping	11:01	2:00
	WIS	Marty Wiitala	Holding	17:38	2:00
	HAR	Shayne Kukulowicz	High Sticking	18:19	2:00
2nd	HAR	Mark Fusco	Roughing	30:12	2:00
	WIS	Jim Johannson	Roughing	30:12	2:00
	HAR	Scott Fusco	Hooking	30:53	2:00
	WIS	Jan–Ake Danielson	High Sticking	36:50	2:00
	HAR	Phil Falcone	Hooking	40:00	2:00
3rd	HAR	Grant Blair	Slashing	43:42	2:00
	HAR	Shayne Kukulowicz	Slashing	58:12	2:00
	WIS	Tim Sager	Hooking	59:01	2:00

All-Tournament team

• G: Marc Behrend* (Wisconsin)
• D: Chris Chelios (Wisconsin)
• D: Mark Fusco (Harvard)
• F: Patrick Flatley (Wisconsin)
• F: Scott Fusco (Harvard)
• F: Paul Houck (Wisconsin)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[5]

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References