2006 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
| File:2006frozenfour.png 2006 Frozen Four logo | |
| Teams | 16 |
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| Finals site | |
| Champions | Wisconsin (6th title) |
| Runner-up | Boston College (7th title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Mike Eaves (1st title) |
| MOP | Robbie Earl (Wisconsin) |
| Attendance | 117,613 |
The 2006 NCAA Men's Division I 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 University of Wisconsin–Madison, coached by Mike Eaves, won their sixth national title with a 2-1 victory in the final game over Boston College, coached by Jerry York. The Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team won the 2006 NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament marking the first time the same school won both the Division I men's and women's championship in the same year.
Robbie Earl, forward for Wisconsin, was named the Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player.
Qualifying teams[1]
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.
Game locations
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
Brackets
East Regional
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Midwest Regional
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Northeast Regional
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West Regional
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| 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[3]
Regional Semifinals
(1) Michigan State vs. (4) New Hampshire
| March 25[4] | 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[5] | 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[6] | 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[7] | 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[8] | 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[9] | 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 - 19:55 | 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[10] | 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 (Chaleston, 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[11] | 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[12] | 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[13] | 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[14] | 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[15] | 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[16]
National Semifinal
(MW1) Wisconsin vs. (E3) Maine
| April 6[17] | Wisconsin | 5 – 2 | Maine | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
| (Paveksli, Earl) Adam Burish - 10:11 | First period | 05:34 - 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[18] | 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[19] | Wisconsin | 2 – 1 | Boston College | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 09:01 - Pat Gannon (Bertram) | ||||||
| (Burish, Pavelski) Robbie Earl - 01:17 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Pavelski) Tom Gilbert - GW PP - 09:32 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Brian Elliott | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider ( 37 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
- 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)[21]
Record by conference
| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | Regional Finals | Frozen Four | Championship Game | Champions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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