# 1998 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The 1998 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament involved 12 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 27, 1998, and ended with the championship game on April 4. A total of 11 games were played.

## Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded. The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), the ECAC, Hockey East and Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) all received 3 berths in the tournament.
| East Regional – Albany | East Regional – Albany | East Regional – Albany | East Regional – Albany | East Regional – Albany | East Regional – Albany | East Regional – Albany | West Regional – Ann Arbor | West Regional – Ann Arbor | West Regional – Ann Arbor | West Regional – Ann Arbor | West Regional – Ann Arbor | West Regional – Ann Arbor | West Regional – Ann Arbor |
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Boston University | Hockey East | 28–7–2 | At-large bid | 24th | 1997 | 1 | Michigan State | CCHA | 33–5–5 | Tournament champion | 18th | 1997 |
| 2 | Boston College | Hockey East | 26–8–5 | Tournament champion | 19th | 1991 | 2 | North Dakota | WCHA | 30–7–1 | At-large bid | 14th | 1997 |
| 3 | Clarkson | ECAC | 23–8–3 | At-large bid | 17th | 1997 | 3 | Michigan | CCHA | 30–11–1 | At-large bid | 21st | 1997 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | WCHA | 26–13–1 | Tournament champion | 17th | 1995 | 4 | Ohio State | CCHA | 25–12–2 | At-large bid | 1st | Never |
| 5 | New Hampshire | Hockey East | 23–11–1 | At-large bid | 9th | 1997 | 5 | Yale | ECAC | 23–8–3 | At-large bid | 2nd | 1952 |
| 6 | Colorado College | WCHA | 25–12–3 | At-large bid | 12th | 1997 | 6 | Princeton | ECAC | 18–10–7 | Tournament champion | 1st | Never |

## Game locations

* East Regional – Pepsi Arena, Albany, New York
* West Regional – Yost Ice Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan
* Frozen Four – Fleet Center, Boston

## Brackets
### Regionals

| Regional Quarterfinals March 27–28 | Regional Quarterfinals March 27–28 | Regional Quarterfinals March 27–28 | Regional semifinals March 28–29 | Regional semifinals March 28–29 | Regional semifinals March 28–29 |
| | | | E1 | Boston University | 3 |
| East Regional | East Regional | East Regional | E1 | Boston University | 3 |
| East Regional | East Regional | East Regional | E5 | New Hampshire | 4* |
| E4 | Wisconsin | 4 | E5 | New Hampshire | 4* |
| E5 | New Hampshire | 7 | | | |
| | | | W2 | North Dakota | 3 |
| West Regional | West Regional | West Regional | W2 | North Dakota | 3 |
| West Regional | West Regional | West Regional | W3 | Michigan | 4 |
| W3 | Michigan | 2 | W3 | Michigan | 4 |
| W6 | Princeton | 1 | | | |
| Regional Quarterfinals March 27–28 | Regional Quarterfinals March 27–28 | Regional Quarterfinals March 27–28 | Regional semifinals March 28–29 | Regional semifinals March 28–29 | Regional semifinals March 28–29 |
| | | | E2 | Boston College | 6 |
| East Regional | East Regional | East Regional | E2 | Boston College | 6 |
| East Regional | East Regional | East Regional | E6 | Colorado College | 1 |
| E3 | Clarkson | 1 | E6 | Colorado College | 1 |
| E6 | Colorado College | 3 | | | |
| | | | W1 | Michigan State | 3 |
| West Regional | West Regional | West Regional | W1 | Michigan State | 3 |
| West Regional | West Regional | West Regional | W4 | Ohio State | 4* |
| W4 | Ohio State | 4 | W4 | Ohio State | 4* |
| W5 | Yale | 0 | | | |

### Frozen Four

| National semifinals April 2 | National semifinals April 2 | National semifinals April 2 | National championship April 4 | National championship April 4 | National championship April 4 |
| E5 | New Hampshire | 0 | | | |
| W3 | Michigan | 4 | | | |
| W3 | Michigan | 4 | W3 | Michigan | 3* |
| | | | E2 | Boston College | 2 |
| E2 | Boston College | 5 | E2 | Boston College | 2 |
| W4 | Ohio State | 2 | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Frozen Four
### National semifinal
#### (E2) Boston College vs. (W4) Ohio State
### National Championship
#### (W3) Michigan vs. (E2) Boston College

Scoring summary :
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | BC | Kevin Caufield | Mottau | 4:19 | 1–0 BC |
| 2nd | UM | Mark Kosick | Berenzweig and Crozier | 27:42 | 1–1 |
| 2nd | BC | Mike Lephart – PP | Farkas and Allen | 38:38 | 2–1 BC |
| 3rd | UM | Mark Kosick | Muckalt and Fox | 53:48 | 2–2 |
| 1st Overtime | UM | Josh Langfeld – GW | Fox and Matzka | 77:51 | 3–2 UM |
Shots by period :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
| Michigan | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| Boston College | 11 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 30 |
Goaltenders :
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice |
| UM | Marty Turco | 28 | 2 | |
| BC | Scott Clemmensen | 32 | 3 | |

## All-Tournament team

* G: Marty Turco* (Michigan)
* D: Bubba Berenzweig (Michigan)
* D: Mike Mottau (Boston College)
* F: Mark Kosick (Michigan)
* F: Josh Langfeld (Michigan)
* F: Marty Reasoner (Boston College)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)

## Record by conference

| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | Regional semifinals | Frozen Four | Championship Game | Champions |
| CCHA | 3 | 6-2 | .750 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Hockey East | 3 | 4-3 | .571 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – |
| WCHA | 3 | 1-3 | .250 | 2 | - | - | - |
| ECAC | 3 | 0-3 | .000 | - | - | - | - |