1996–97 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
1996–97 NCAA men's ice hockey season | |||||
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Duration | October 1996– March 29, 1997 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 1997 | ||||
National championship | Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin | ||||
NCAA champion | North Dakota | ||||
Hobey Baker Award | Brendan Morrison (Michigan) | ||||
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The 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1996 and concluded with the 1997 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 29, 1997 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This was the 50th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 102nd year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
Pre-season polls
Regular season
Standings[1][2][3][4]
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Michigan†* | 27 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 151 | 64 | 43 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 242 | 98 | |
Miami | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 112 | 79 | 40 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 174 | 119 | |
Michigan State | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 99 | 76 | 40 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 145 | 118 | |
Lake Superior State | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 106 | 98 | 38 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 154 | 142 | |
Bowling Green | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 100 | 104 | 38 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 158 | 142 | |
Western Michigan | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 94 | 99 | 37 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 125 | 134 | |
Ohio State | 27 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 20 | 95 | 132 | 39 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 135 | 190 | |
Alaska-Fairbanks | 27 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 92 | 126 | 37 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 135 | 169 | |
Ferris State | 27 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 83 | 121 | 37 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 125 | 166 | |
Notre Dame | 27 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 73 | 106 | 35 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 92 | 131 | |
Championship: Michigan † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Clarkson† | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 94 | 54 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 154 | 91 | |
Cornell* | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 80 | 63 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 123 | 100 | |
Vermont | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 67 | 60 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 125 | 105 | |
Rensselaer | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 83 | 71 | 36 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 137 | 112 | |
Union | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 63 | 54 | 34 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 106 | 79 | |
Princeton | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 70 | 59 | 34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 111 | 103 | |
Colgate | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 79 | 79 | 33 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 126 | 124 | |
Harvard | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 64 | 67 | 32 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 85 | 106 | |
St. Lawrence | 22 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 78 | 92 | 35 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 121 | 148 | |
Yale | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 61 | 82 | 32 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 90 | 114 | |
Dartmouth | 22 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 75 | 100 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 105 | 121 | |
Brown | 22 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 81 | 114 | 29 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 108 | 148 | |
Championship: Cornell † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Boston University†* | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 116 | 71 | 41 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 178 | 115 | |
New Hampshire† | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 130 | 76 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 204 | 129 | |
Maine^ | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 120 | 76 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 162 | 109 | |
Providence | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 101 | 88 | 36 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 141 | 137 | |
Merrimack | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 88 | 98 | 36 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 127 | 146 | |
Boston College | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 96 | 112 | 38 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 145 | 170 | |
Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 83 | 113 | 38 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 126 | 163 | |
Massachusetts | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 69 | 117 | 35 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 119 | 167 | |
Northeastern | 24 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 66 | 118 | 36 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 103 | 160 | |
Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ Maine was ineligible for the post season due to NCAA investigations Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Air Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 31 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 109 | 140 | |
Army | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 158 | 119 | |
Mankato State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 34 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 141 | 123 | |
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
North Dakota†* | 32 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 43 | 137 | 105 | 43 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 190 | 130 | |
Minnesota† | 32 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 43 | 129 | 94 | 42 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 179 | 128 | |
St. Cloud State | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 127 | 105 | 40 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 152 | 130 | |
Colorado College | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 38 | 121 | 107 | 44 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 169 | 141 | |
Denver | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 38 | 127 | 99 | 41 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 163 | 122 | |
Minnesota-Duluth | 32 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 34 | 115 | 111 | 38 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 133 | 131 | |
Wisconsin | 32 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 32 | 115 | 115 | 38 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 132 | 151 | |
Northern Michigan | 32 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 20 | 78 | 127 | 40 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 108 | 152 | |
Alaska-Anchorage | 32 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 18 | 75 | 109 | 36 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 86 | 126 | |
Michigan Tech | 32 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 14 | 81 | 133 | 39 | 8 | 27 | 4 | 98 | 155 | |
Championship: North Dakota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll |
1997 NCAA Tournament[5]
Regional Quarterfinals March 21-22 | Regional Semifinals March 22-23 | Frozen Four March 27 | National Championship March 29 | ||||||||||||||||
E1 | Clarkson | – | |||||||||||||||||
– | bye | – | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Clarkson | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
East Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
E5 | Colorado College | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
E4 | New Hampshire | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
E5 | Colorado College | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E5 | Colorado College | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | North Dakota | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | North Dakota | – | |||||||||||||||||
– | bye | – | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | North Dakota | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
West Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
W6 | Cornell | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Miami | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
W6 | Cornell | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | North Dakota | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | Boston University | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Michigan | – | |||||||||||||||||
– | bye | – | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Michigan | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
West Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
W4 | Minnesota | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W4 | Minnesota | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
W5 | Michigan State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Michigan | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | Boston University | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | Boston University | – | |||||||||||||||||
– | bye | – | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | Boston University | 4* | |||||||||||||||||
East Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
E6 | Denver | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | Vermont | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E6 | Denver | 6 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Player stats
Scoring leaders[6]
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Brendan Morrison | Senior | Michigan | 43 | 31 | 57 | 88 | 52 |
Todd White | Senior | Clarkson | 37 | 38 | 36 | 74 | 22 |
Jason Krog | Sophomore | New Hampshire | 39 | 23 | 44 | 67 | 28 |
Bill Muckalt | Junior | Michigan | 36 | 26 | 38 | 64 | 69 |
John Madden | Senior | Michigan | 42 | 26 | 37 | 63 | 56 |
Chris Drury | Junior | Boston University | 41 | 38 | 24 | 62 | 64 |
Mike Johnson | Senior | Bowling Green | 38 | 30 | 32 | 62 | 46 |
Jason Botterill | Senior | Michigan | 42 | 37 | 24 | 61 | 129 |
Randy Robitaille | Sophomore | Miami | 39 | 27 | 34 | 61 | 44 |
Curtis Fry | Senior | Bowling Green | 37 | 21 | 40 | 61 | 50 |
Leading goaltenders[6]
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | OT | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Trevor Koenig | Junior | Union | 28 | 1681 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 57 | 4 | .931 | 2.03 |
Gregg Malicke | Junior | Michigan | 11 | 287 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .899 | 2.09 |
Marty Turco | Junior | Michigan | 41 | 2296 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 87 | 4 | .894 | 2.27 |
Aaron Schweitzer | Freshman | North Dakota | 23 | 1170 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 4 | .908 | 2.31 |
Dan Murphy | Junior | Clarkson | 37 | 2162 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 84 | 3 | .917 | 2.33 |
Michel Larocque | Sophomore | Boston University | 24 | 1466 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 0 | .911 | 2.37 |
Jean-Marc Pelletier | Sophomore | Cornell | 11 | 678 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 1 | .917 | 2.47 |
Chad Alban | Junior | Michigan State | 39 | 2272 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 103 | 3 | .894 | 2.72 |
Jason Elliott | Junior | Cornell | 27 | 1475 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 67 | 0 | .909 | 2.73 |
Trevor Prior | Sophomore | Miami | 28 | 1645 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 75 | 1 | .895 | 2.74 |
Awards
NCAA
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CCHA
ECAC
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Hockey East
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* No Distinction was made between First- and Second-Team All-Stars |
WCHA
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