# 1982 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The 1982 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the culmination of the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 35th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 19 and 27, 1982, and concluded with North Dakota defeating Wisconsin 5-2. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues while all succeeding games were played at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

## Qualifying teams

The NCAA permitted 8 teams to qualify for the tournament and divided its qualifiers into two regions (East and West). Each of the tournament champions from the three Division I conferences (CCHA, ECAC and WCHA) received automatic invitations into the tournament. Two additional automatic bids were received by the two ECAC division champions that did not contain the ECAC champion. At-large bids made up the remaining 3 teams, an additional 1 eastern and 2 western schools.
| 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 | Northeastern | ECAC Hockey | 23–8–1 | Tournament champion | 1st | Never | 1 | Wisconsin | WCHA | 32–10–1 | Tournament champion | 7th | 1981 |
| 2 | New Hampshire | ECAC Hockey | 20–12–0 | At-large bid | 3rd | 1979 | 2 | North Dakota | WCHA | 31–12–0 | At-large bid | 9th | 1980 |
| 3 | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | 26–6–1 | Division champion | 8th | 1981 | 3 | Michigan State | CCHA | 26–12–2 | Tournament champion | 4th | 1967 |
| 4 | Harvard | ECAC Hockey | 13–13–2 | Division champion | 8th | 1975 | 4 | Bowling Green | CCHA | 27–12–1 | At-large bid | 4th | 1979 |

## Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the two even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking. In the Quarterfinals the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds played two-game aggregate series to determine which school advanced to the Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the Providence Civic Center and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game with the losers playing in a Third Place game.

## Tournament bracket

| Quarterfinals March 19–21 | Quarterfinals March 19–21 | Quarterfinals March 19–21 | Quarterfinals March 19–21 | Quarterfinals March 19–21 | Semifinals March 25–26 | Semifinals March 25–26 | Semifinals March 25–26 | National championship March 27 | National championship March 27 | National championship March 27 |
| E1 | Northeastern | 2 | 3*** | 5 | | | | | | |
| W4 | Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | |
| W4 | Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | 4 | E1 | Northeastern | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | W2 | North Dakota | 6 | | | |
| W2 | North Dakota | 5 | 2 | 7 | W2 | North Dakota | 6 | | | |
| E3 | Clarkson | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| E3 | Clarkson | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | W2 | North Dakota | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | W1 | Wisconsin | 2 |
| W1 | Wisconsin | 6 | 4 | 10 | | | | | | | W1 | Wisconsin | 2 |
| E4 | Harvard | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | |
| E4 | Harvard | 1 | 3 | 4 | W1 | Wisconsin | 5 | Third-place game | Third-place game | Third-place game |
| | | | | | E2 | New Hampshire | 0 |
| E2 | New Hampshire | 3 | 6 | 9 | E2 | New Hampshire | 0 | E1 | Northeastern | 10 |
| W3 | Michigan State | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | E2 | New Hampshire | 4 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Quarterfinals
#### (E1) Northeastern vs. (W4) Bowling Green

* Northeastern won series 5–4

#### (E2) New Hampshire vs. (W3) Michigan State

* New Hampshire won series 9–4

#### (W1) Wisconsin vs. (E4) Harvard

* Wisconsin won series 10–4

#### (W2) North Dakota vs. (E3) Clarkson

* North Dakota won series 7–2

### National Championship
#### (W1) Wisconsin vs. (W2) North Dakota

Scoring summary :
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | UND | Glen White – PP | Sykes and Fester | 1:26 | 1–0 UND |
| 1st | WIS | Ron Vincent | Thomas | 3:56 | 1–1 |
| 2nd | UND | Phil Sykes | Sherven | 21:09 | 2–1 UND |
| 2nd | WIS | John Newberry | Pearson and Flatley | 25:30 | 2–2 |
| 3rd | UND | Phil Sykes – GW | Ludwig and White | 46:27 | 3–2 UND |
| 3rd | UND | Cary Eades | Murray and Dachyshyn | 50:07 | 4–2 UND |
| 3rd | UND | Phil Sykes | White and Zombo | 55:08 | 5–2 UND |
Shots by period :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| North Dakota | 12 | 10 | 16 | 38 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | 5 | 9 | 25 |
Goaltenders :
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice |
| UND | Darren Jensen | 23 | 2 | 60:00 |
| WIS | Terry Kleisinger | 33 | 5 | 60:00 |

## All-Tournament team

* G: Darren Jensen (North Dakota)
* D: Bruce Driver (Wisconsin)
* D: James Patrick (North Dakota)
* F: Cary Eades (North Dakota)
* F: John Newbery (Wisconsin)
* F: Phil Sykes* (North Dakota)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)