1986 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 8 schools playing in a 2-game series followed by single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 21, 1986, and ended with the championship game on March 29. A total of 12 games were played. The quarterfinal round consisted of a 2-game series with the winner being the team scoring the most goals.

Michigan State University, coached by Ron Mason, won the national championship with a 6-5 victory over Harvard University in front of 8,341 fans.

The All-Tournament Team consisted of:

• G, Norm Foster, Michigan St
• D, Mark Benning, Harvard
• D, Don McSween, Michigan St
• F, Allen Bourbeau, Harvard
• F, Mike Donnelly, Michigan St (Most Outstanding Player)
• F, Jeff Parker, Michigan St

Game locations

Quarterfinals

• Campus sites
  • Walter Brown Arena, Boston, MA
  • Munn Ice Arena, East Lansing, MI
  • DU Arena, Denver, CO
  • Bright Hockey Center, Cambridge, MA

Frozen Four

• Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI

Teams

East Regional Seed Team Conference Coach 1 Boston University Hockey East    Jack Parker    2 Michigan State University      CCHA Ron Mason 3 Boston College Hockey East Len Ceglarski 4 University of Minnesota WCHA Doug Woog

West Regional Seed Team Conference Coach 1 University of Denver WCHA Ralph Backstrom 2 Harvard University ECAC Bill Cleary 3 Western Michigan University CCHA Bill Wilkinson 4 Cornell University ECAC Lou Reycroft

Brackets

East Regional Seed Team Gm 1 Gm 2 Total 1 Boston 4 3 7 4 Minnesota 6 5 11 Seed Team Gm 1 Gm 2 Total 2 Michigan St 6 4 10 3 Boston College 4 2 6

West Regional Seed Team Gm 1 Gm 2 Total 1 Denver 4 3 7 4 Cornell 2 4 6 Seed Team Gm 1 Gm 2 Total 2 Harvard 4 7 11 3 Western Michigan 2 2 4

Frozen Four

	Semifinals March 27-28					National Championship March 29
	E4	Minnesota	4
	E2	Michigan St	6
						E2	Michigan St	6
						W2	Harvard	5
	W1	Denver	2
	W2	Harvard	5

Consolation Game: Minnesota 6, Denver 4

Quick facts

• The total championship attendance was 57,826
• Lane MacDonald (4 G, 7 A) of Harvard and Mitch Messier (5 G, 6 A) of Michigan St each tallied 11 points in the tournament, most by any players
• The following records were set or tied:
  • Most Assists, Individual, Game - 5, Kevin Miller, Michigan St, first round, game 1, tied
  • Shots on Goal, Both Teams, Period - 40, Minnesota (23) vs Michigan St (17), semifinals, second period, 5 goals

External links

• Inside College Hockey
• Official 2006 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey Records Book