# 1989 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The 1989 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 42nd such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 17 and April 1, 1989, and concluded with Harvard defeating Minnesota 4-3 in overtime. All First Round and Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues with the 'Frozen Four' games being played at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Following this tournament, the schedule was changed for future tournaments so that both semifinals would be played on the same day.

## Qualifying teams

The NCAA permitted 12 teams to qualify for the tournament and divided its qualifiers into two regions (East and West). Each of the tournament champions from the four Division I conferences (CCHA, ECAC, Hockey East and WCHA) received automatic invitations into the tournament with At-large bids making up the remaining 8 teams. The NCAA permitted one Independent team to participate in the tournament and because the previous year the independent qualifier was placed in the West pool the two eastern conferences (ECAC and Hockey East) would split only three open spots as opposed to the West's four open spots. The top four remaining western teams and the top three remaining eastern teams received invitations and were seeded with the automatic qualifiers according to their ranking.
| East | East | East | East | East | East | East | West | West | West | West | West | West | West |
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Maine | Hockey East | 29–11–0 | Tournament champion | 3rd | 1988 | 1 | Michigan State | CCHA | 34–7–1 | Tournament champion | 11th | 1988 |
| 2 | Harvard | ECAC Hockey | 27–3–0 | At-large bid | 14th | 1988 | 2 | Minnesota | WCHA | 31–10–3 | At-large bid | 16th | 1988 |
| 3 | St. Lawrence | ECAC Hockey | 29–5–0 | Tournament champion | 11th | 1988 | 3 | Lake Superior State | CCHA | 27–9–6 | At-large bid | 3rd | 1988 |
| 4 | Boston College | Hockey East | 22–9–4 | At-large bid | 16th | 1987 | 4 | Northern Michigan | WCHA | 25–15–2 | Tournament champion | 3rd | 1981 |
| 5 | Providence | Hockey East | 19–15–2 | At-large bid | 6th | 1985 | 5 | Bowling Green | CCHA | 26–16–3 | At-large bid | 8th | 1988 |
| 6 | St. Cloud State | Independent | 19–14–2 | At-large bid | 1st | Never | 6 | Wisconsin | WCHA | 23–14–5 | At-large bid | 10th | 1988 |

## Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. The three odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the three even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking with the top two teams in each bracket receiving byes into the quarterfinals. In the first round the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds played best-of-three series to determine which school advanced to the Quarterfinals with the winners of the 4 vs. 5 series playing the first seed and the winner of the 3 vs. 6 series playing the second seed. In the Quarterfinals the matches were best-of-three series once more with the victors advancing to the National Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the St. Paul Civic Center and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game.

## Tournament Bracket

| First Round March 17–19 | First Round March 17–19 | First Round March 17–19 | First Round March 17–19 | First Round March 17–19 | Quarterfinals March 24–26 | Quarterfinals March 24–26 | Quarterfinals March 24–26 | Quarterfinals March 24–26 | Quarterfinals March 24–26 | Frozen Four March 30–31 | Frozen Four March 30–31 | Frozen Four March 30–31 | National Championship April 1 | National Championship April 1 | National Championship April 1 |
| | | | | | E1 | Maine | 6 | 3 | 4** | | | | | | |
| W4 | Northern Michigan | 9 | 2 | 0 | E5 | Providence | 8 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| E5 | Providence | 5 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | E1 | Maine | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | W2 | Minnesota | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | W2 | Minnesota | 4 | 4 | – | | | | | | |
| E3 | St. Lawrence | 1 | 2 | – | W6 | Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | – | | | | | | |
| W6 | Wisconsin | 3 | 4 | – | | | | | | | | | W2 | Minnesota | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | E2 | Harvard | 4* |
| | | | | | W1 | Michigan State | 3 | 7 | 5* | | | |
| E4 | Boston College | 8 | 4 | – | E4 | Boston College | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | |
| W5 | Bowling Green | 5 | 2 | – | | | | | | W1 | Michigan State | 3 | Third Place Game | Third Place Game | Third Place Game |
| | | | | | | | | | | E2 | Harvard | 6 |
| | | | | | E2 | Harvard | 4 | 5 | – | | | | E1 | Maine | 4 |
| W3 | Lake Superior State | 6 | 4 | – | W3 | Lake Superior State | 2 | 2 | – | | | | W1 | Michigan State | 7 |
| E6 | St. Cloud State | 3 | 2 | – | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### First round
#### (E3) St. Lawrence vs. (W6) Wisconsin

* Wisconsin won series 2–0

#### (E4) Boston College vs. (W5) Bowling Green

* Boston College won series 2–0

#### (W3) Lake Superior State vs. (E6) St. Cloud State

* Lake Superior State won series 2–0

#### (W4) Northern Michigan vs. (E5) Providence

* Providence won series 2–1

### Quarterfinals
#### (E1) Maine vs. (E5) Providence

* Maine won series 2–1

#### (E2) Harvard vs. (W3) Lake Superior State

* Harvard won series 2–0

#### (W1) Michigan State vs. (E4) Boston College

* Michigan State won series 2–1

#### (W2) Minnesota vs. (W6) Wisconsin

* Minnesota won series 2–0

## Frozen Four
### National Championship
#### (W2) Minnesota vs. (E2) Harvard

Scoring summary :
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | MIN | Jon Anderson | B. Hankinson and Olimb | 6:24 | 1–0 MIN |
| 2nd | HAR | Ted Donato – PP | MacDonald and Bourbeau | 26:30 | 1–1 |
| 2nd | HAR | Lane MacDonald | Young | 30:29 | 2–1 HAR |
| 2nd | MIN | Jason Miller – PP | Pitlick and Chorske | 33:01 | 2–2 |
| 3rd | HAR | Ted Donato | Sneddon and Vukonich | 52:53 | 3–2 HAR |
| 3rd | MIN | Peter Hankinson – PP | Pederson and Skarda | 56:34 | 3–3 |
| 1st Overtime | HAR | Ed Krayer – GW | B. McCormack and Ciavaglia | 64:15 | 4–3 HAR |
| Penalty summary ||||||
| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
| 1st | HAR | Ed Krayer | Cross-Checking | 13:21 | 2:00 |
| 1st | HAR | Nick Carone | High–Sticking | 15:33 | 2:00 |
| 1st | HAR | Kevan Melrose | Holding | 17:39 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | MIN | Lance Pitlick | Elbowing | 20:56 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | MIN | Todd Richards | Holding | 25:57 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | MIN | Tom Chorske | Hooking | 27:22 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | HAR | Kevin Sneddon | Hooking | 31:08 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | MIN | Tom Chorske | Interference | 37:10 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | HAR | Josh Caplan | Elbowing | 38:44 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | MIN | Tom Pederson | Roughing | 40:46 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | HAR | Nick Carone | Holding | 47:29 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | HAR | Allen Bourbeau | High–Sticking | 49:59 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | HAR | John Weisbrod | Cross–Checking | 54:46 | 2:00 |
Shots by period :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
| Harvard | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 28 |
| Minnesota | 10 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 35 |
Goaltenders :
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice |
| HAR | Chuckie Hughes | 32 | 3 | 64:15 |
| MIN | Robb Stauber | 24 | 4 | 64:15 |

## All-Tournament Team

* G: Allain Roy (Harvard)
* D: Todd Richards (Minnesota)
* D: Kevin Sneddon (Harvard)
* F: Jon Anderson (Minnesota)
* F: Ted Donato* (Harvard)
* F: Lane MacDonald (Harvard)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)