# 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 | West Regional – Madison | West Regional – Madison | West Regional – Madison | West Regional – Madison | West Regional – Madison | West Regional – Madison | East Regional – Worcester | East Regional – Worcester | East Regional – Worcester | East Regional – Worcester | East Regional – Worcester | East Regional – Worcester | 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.

## 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

| Regional Quarterfinals March 26–27 | Regional Quarterfinals March 26–27 | Regional Quarterfinals March 26–27 | Regional semifinals March 27–28 | Regional semifinals March 27–28 | Regional semifinals March 27–28 |
| | | | E1 | New Hampshire | 2* |
| East Regional | East Regional | East Regional | E1 | New Hampshire | 2* |
| East Regional | East Regional | East Regional | E5 | Michigan | 1 |
| E4 | Denver | 3 | E5 | Michigan | 1 |
| E5 | Michigan | 5 | | | |
| | | | W2 | Michigan State | 5 |
| West Regional | West Regional | West Regional | W2 | Michigan State | 5 |
| West Regional | West Regional | West Regional | W3 | Colorado College | 2 |
| W3 | Colorado College | 5 | W3 | Colorado College | 2 |
| W6 | St. Lawrence | 2 | | | |
| Regional Quarterfinals March 26–27 | Regional Quarterfinals March 26–27 | Regional Quarterfinals March 26–27 | Regional semifinals March 27–28 | Regional semifinals March 27–28 | Regional semifinals March 27–28 |
| | | | E2 | Clarkson | 2 |
| East Regional | East Regional | East Regional | E2 | Clarkson | 2 |
| East Regional | East Regional | East Regional | E3 | Maine | 7 |
| E3 | Maine | 4 | E3 | Maine | 7 |
| E6 | Ohio State | 2 | | | |
| | | | W1 | North Dakota | 1 |
| West Regional | West Regional | West Regional | W1 | North Dakota | 1 |
| West Regional | West Regional | West Regional | W4 | Boston College | 2 |
| W4 | Boston College | 2 | W4 | Boston College | 2 |
| W5 | Northern Michigan | 1 | | | |

### Frozen Four

| National semifinals April 1 | National semifinals April 1 | National semifinals April 1 | National championship April 3 | National championship April 3 | National championship April 3 |
| E1 | New Hampshire | 5 | | | |
| W2 | Michigan State | 3 | | | |
| W2 | Michigan State | 3 | E1 | New Hampshire | 2 |
| | | | E3 | Maine | 3* |
| E3 | Maine | 2* | E3 | Maine | 3* |
| W4 | Boston College | 1 | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Frozen Four
### National semifinal
#### (E3) Maine vs. (W4) Boston College
### National Championship
#### (E1) New Hampshire vs. (E3) Maine

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 |
| 2nd | 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)

## 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 | - | - | - |