1999 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The 1999 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament involved 12 schools in playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I. It began on March 26, 1999. The second round was on March 27 and March 28. The semifinals were on April 1. The National Championship Game was on April 3, 1999. A total of 11 games were played, the final 3 at the Arrowhead Pond (now the Honda Center) in Anaheim, CA. The University of Maine defeated New Hampshire by a score of 3–2 in overtime, to claim their second national championship.

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded on March 20, 1999. The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, Hockey East and Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) each had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, while the ECAC had two berths.

West Regional – Madison							East Regional – Worcester
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	North Dakota (1)	WCHA	32–5–2	At-large bid	15th	1998	1	New Hampshire (2)	Hockey East	29–6–3	At-large bid	10th	1998
2	Michigan State	CCHA	28–5–7	At-large bid	19th	1998	2	Clarkson	ECAC	25–10–1	Tournament champion	18th	1998
3	Colorado College	WCHA	28–11–1	At-large bid	13th	1998	3	Maine	Hockey East	27–6–4	At-large bid	9th	1995
4	Boston College	Hockey East	25–11–4	Tournament champion	20th	1998	4	Denver	WCHA	26–12–2	Tournament champion	15th	1997
5	Northern Michigan	CCHA	22–14–5	At-large bid	7th	1993	5	Michigan	CCHA	24–10–6	Tournament champion	22nd	1998
6	St. Lawrence	ECAC	23–12–3	At-large bid	13th	1992	6	Ohio State	CCHA	21–15–4	At-large bid	2nd	1998

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

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Game locations

• East Regional – Centrum Centre, Worcester, Massachusetts
• West Regional – Dane County Coliseum, Madison, Wisconsin
• Frozen Four – Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, Anaheim, California

Bracket

Regionals

Frozen Four

	National semifinals April 1					National championship April 3
	E1	New Hampshire	5
	W2	Michigan State	3
						E1	New Hampshire	2
						E3	Maine	3*
	E3	Maine	2*
	W4	Boston College	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals

East Regional

(3) Maine vs. (6) Ohio State

March 26[2]	Maine		4 – 2		Ohio State	Centrum Centre
Bobby Stewart – 06:58 Dan Kerluke – 12:07		First period			18:50 – Jason Crain
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Marcus Gustafsson – GW – 08:53 Steve Kariya – SH – 13:23		Third period			15:21 – Brandon Lafrance
Alfie Michaud ( 20 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats			Jeff Maund ( 30 saves / 34 shots )

(4) Denver vs. (5) Michigan

March 26[3]	Denver		3 – 5		Michigan	Centrum Centre
Bjorn Engstrom – 13:11		First period			No scoring
Joe Ritson – 06:34 Paul Veres – 07:44		Second period			12:09 – Greg Crozier 16:11 – Sean Ritchlin
No scoring		Third period			06:11 – Dave Huntzicker 10:58 – GW – Dale Rominski 13:40 – Mike Comrie
Stephen Wagner ( 19 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats			Josh Blackburn ( 15 saves / 18 shots )

West Regional

(3) Colorado College vs. (6) St. Lawrence

March 27[4]	Colorado College		5 – 2		St. Lawrence	Dane County Coliseum
No Scoring		First period			10:48 – SH – Brandon Dietrich
Cam Kryway – 01:21 Justin Morrison – 01:32 Aaron Karpan – GW – 02:03 Shaun Winkler – 16:34		Second period			09:26 – PP – Al Fyfe
Justin Morrison – EN – 19:40		Third period			No scoring
Jeff Sanger ( 31 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats			Eric Heffler ( 26 saves / 30 shots )

(4) Boston College vs. (5) Northern Michigan

March 27[5]	Boston College		2 – 1		Northern Michigan	Dane County Coliseum
No Scoring		First period			05:38 – Fred Mattersdorfer
Jeff Farkas – PP – 05:01 Brian Gionta – GW PP – 18:23		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Scott Clemmensen ( 26 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			Dan Ragusett ( 22 saves / 24 shots )

Regional semifinals

East Regional

(1) New Hampshire vs. (5) Michigan

March 27[6]	New Hampshire		2 – 1	OT	Michigan	Centrum Centre
Mike Souza – 19:50		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			10:00 – Bobby Hayes
Darren Haydar – GW – 03:16		First overtime period			No scoring
Ty Conklin ( 20 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats			Josh Blackburn ( 32 saves / 34 shots )

(2) Clarkson vs. (3) Maine

March 27[7]	Clarkson		2 – 7		Maine	Centrum Centre
David Evans – 11:05		First period			09:32 – Marcus Gustafsson 16:23 – Steve Kariya 18:14 – GW – David Cullen
David Evans – PS – 16:52		Second period			04:55 – Steve Kariya
No scoring		Third period			00:37 – Cory Larose 12:21 – PP – Niko Dimitrakos 15:25 – EN – Steve Kariya
Shawn Grant ( 17 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats			Alfie Michaud ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) / Mike Morrison ( 0 saves / 0 shots )

West Regional

(1) North Dakota vs. (4) Boston College

March 28[8]	North Dakota		1 – 3		Boston College	Dane County Coliseum
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
Lee Goren – PP – 13:47		Second period			13:47 – PP – Chris Masters 17:45 – GW – Jeff Giuliano
No scoring		Third period			19:49 – EN – Brian Gionta
Karl Goehring ( 26 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Scott Clemmensen ( 31 saves / 32 shots )

(2) Michigan State vs. (3) Colorado College

March 28[9]	Michigan State		4 – 3		Colorado College	Dane County Coliseum
Joe Goodenow – 01:56		First period			14:43 – PP – K.J. Voorhees
No scoring		Second period			05:41 – Cam Kryway
Adam Hall – 09:14 Andrew Hutchinson – PP – 18:20 Adam Hall – EN – 18:52		Third period			11:21 – Trent Clark
Joe Blackburn ( 25 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Jeff Sanger ( 37 saves / 41 shots )

Frozen Four

National semifinal

(E1) New Hampshire vs. (W2) Michigan State

April 1[10]	New Hampshire		5 – 3		Michigan State	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
Jason Krog – 18:49		First period			19:27 – Rustyn Dolyny
Mike Souza – 02:44 Mike Souza – 18:17		Second period			06:49 – Sean Patchell
Jason Shipulski – GW – 10:52 Jason Krog – PP – 14:40		Third period			03:44 – Adam Hall
Ty Conklin ( 32 saves / 35 shots )		Goalie stats			Joe Blackburn ( 32 saves / 37 shots )

(E3) Maine vs. (W4) Boston College

April 1[11]	Maine		2 – 1	OT	Boston College	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			05:34 – PP – Marty Hughes
Niko Dimitrakos – 02:34		Third period			No scoring
Bobby Stewart – GW – 05:16		First overtime period			No scoring
Alfie Michaud ( 35 saves / 36 shots )		Goalie stats			Scott Clemmensen ( 35 saves / 37 shots )

National Championship

(E1) New Hampshire vs. (E3) Maine

April 3[12]

New Hampshire

2 – 3

OT

Maine

Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	Maine	Ben Guité (12) – PP	Vitorino and Kerluke	15:47	1–0 Maine
2nd	Maine	Niko Dimitrakos (8)	Cullen and Metcalf	33:47	2–0 Maine
	UNH	Darren Haydar (31) – SH	Souza and Conklin	35:58	2–1 Maine
3rd	UNH	Michael Souza (23)	Krog and Haydar	43:33	2–2
1st Overtime	Maine	Marcus Gustafsson (13) – GW	Larose	70:50	3–2 Maine

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
Maine	Alfie Michaud	46	2
UNH	Ty Conklin	36	3

All-Tournament team

• G: Alfie Michaud* (Maine)
• D: David Cullen (Maine)
• D: Jayme Filipowicz (New Hampshire)
• F: Niko Dimitrakos (Maine)
• F: Jason Krog (New Hampshire)
• F: Mike Souza (New Hampshire)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[13]

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Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Regional semifinals	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
CCHA	4	2-4	.333	2	1	-	-
Hockey East	3	8-2	.800	3	3	2	1
WCHA	3	1-3	.250	2	-	-	-
ECAC	2	0-2	.000	1	-	-	-

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