# 1995 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The 1995 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 24, 1995, and ended with the championship game on April 1. A total of 11 games were played. The top 2 seeds in each region received a bye into the tournament quarterfinals.

## Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and Hockey East each had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, while the ECAC had two berths.
| East Regional – Worcester | East Regional – Worcester | East Regional – Worcester | East Regional – Worcester | East Regional – Worcester | East Regional – Worcester | East Regional – Worcester | West Regional – Madison | West Regional – Madison | West Regional – Madison | West Regional – Madison | West Regional – Madison | West Regional – Madison | West Regional – Madison |
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Boston University | Hockey East | 28–6–3 | Tournament champion | 21st | 1994 | 1 | Michigan | CCHA | 29–7–1 | At-large bid | 18th | 1994 |
| 2 | Maine | Hockey East | 30–5–6 | At-large bid | 8th | 1993 | 2 | Colorado College | WCHA | 30–11–1 | At-large bid | 9th | 1978 |
| 3 | New Hampshire | Hockey East | 22–9–4 | At-large bid | 7th | 1994 | 3 | Minnesota | WCHA | 23–13–5 | At-large bid | 22nd | 1994 |
| 4 | Clarkson | ECAC | 23–9–4 | At-large bid | 14th | 1993 | 4 | Wisconsin | WCHA | 23–14–4 | Tournament champion | 16th | 1994 |
| 5 | Lake Superior State | CCHA | 22–11–6 | Tournament champion | 9th | 1994 | 5 | Michigan State | CCHA | 25–11–3 | At-large bid | 15th | 1994 |
| 6 | Denver | WCHA | 24–14–2 | At-large bid | 13th | 1986 | 6 | Rensselaer | ECAC | 19–13–4 | Tournament champion | 8th | 1994 |

## Game locations

* East Regional – Centrum in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
* West Regional – Dane County Coliseum, Madison, Wisconsin
* Frozen Four – Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island

## Tournament bracket

| Regional Quarterfinals March 24 | Regional Quarterfinals March 24 | Regional Quarterfinals March 24 | Regional semifinals March 25 | Regional semifinals March 25 | Regional semifinals March 25 | Frozen Four March 30 | Frozen Four March 30 | Frozen Four March 30 | National championship April 1 | National championship April 1 | National championship April 1 |
| | | | E1 | Boston University | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | E5 | Lake Superior State | 2 | | | | | | |
| E4 | Clarkson | 4 | E5 | Lake Superior State | 2 | | | | | | |
| E5 | Lake Superior State | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| E5 | Lake Superior State | 5 | | | | E1 | Boston University | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | W3 | Minnesota | 3 | | | |
| | | | W2 | Colorado College | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | W3 | Minnesota | 5 | | | | | | |
| W3 | Minnesota | 1 | W3 | Minnesota | 5 | | | | | | |
| W6 | Rensselaer | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| W6 | Rensselaer | 0 | | | | | | | E1 | Boston University | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | E2 | Maine | 2 |
| | | | E2 | Maine | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | E6 | Denver | 2 | | | | | | |
| E3 | New Hampshire | 2 | E6 | Denver | 2 | | | | | | |
| E6 | Denver | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| E6 | Denver | 9 | | | | E2 | Maine | 4*** | | | |
| | | | | | | W1 | Michigan | 3 | | | |
| | | | W1 | Michigan | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | W4 | Wisconsin | 3 | | | | | | |
| W4 | Wisconsin | 5 | W4 | Wisconsin | 3 | | | | | | |
| W5 | Michigan State | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Frozen Four
### National semifinal
#### (E2) Maine vs. (W1) Michigan
### National Championship
#### (E1) Boston University vs. (E2) Maine

Scoring summary :
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | BU | Steve Thornton – PP | unassisted | 14:57 | 1–0 BU |
| 2nd | BU | Chris O'Sullivan | Thornton and Grier | 27:27 | 2–0 BU |
| 2nd | BU | Jacques Joubert – PP GW | Linna and Prendergast | 29:15 | 3–0 BU |
| 2nd | Maine | Tim Lovell | Frenette and Thompson | 34:51 | 3–1 BU |
| 3rd | Maine | Trevor Roenick – PP | Rodrigue and Tory | 40:31 | 3–2 BU |
| 3rd | BU | Mike Sylvia | Bates and Pandolfo | 45:23 | 4–2 BU |
| 3rd | BU | Chris O'Sullivan – PP | Brennan and Grier | 48:30 | 5–2 BU |
| 3rd | BU | Bob Lachance – SH | Thornton | 58:47 | 6–2 BU |
| Penalty summary ||||||
| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
| 1st | BU | Mike Sylvia | High-Sticking | 2:13 | 2:00 |
| 1st | Maine | Tim Lovell | High-Sticking | 2:13 | 2:00 |
| 1st | BU | Shawn Bates | Interference | 8:32 | 2:00 |
| 1st | BU | Shane Johnson | Interference | 11:26 | 2:00 |
| 1st | Maine | Brad Mahoney | Roughing | 13:50 | 2:00 |
| 1st | Maine | Jamie Thompson | Cross–Checking | 16:25 | 2:00 |
| 1st | BU | Chris O'Sullivan | Cross–Checking | 17:53 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | BU | Chris Drury | Interference | 23:19 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | Maine | Dan Shermerhorn | Interference | 28:42 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | BU | Shane Johnson | Interference | 38:20 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | BU | Kaj Linna | Slashing | 39:44 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | Maine | Reg Cardinal | Holding | 47:41 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | BU | Kaj Linna | Holding | 52:17 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | Maine | Jason Mansoff | Holding | 55:26 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | BU | Jacques Joubert | Elbowing | 55:26 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | BU | BENCH | Too Many Men | 56:59 | 2:00 |
Shots by period :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| Maine | 9 | 5 | 9 | 23 |
| Boston University | 11 | 14 | 14 | 39 |
Goaltenders :
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice |
| Maine | Blair Allison | 33 | 5 | 58:28 |
| BU | Tom Noble | 21 | 2 | 60:00 |

## All-Tournament team

* G: Blair Allison (Maine)
* D: Chris Imes (Maine)
* D: Kaj Linna (Boston University)
* F: Shawn Bates (Boston University)
* F: Chris O'Sullivan* (Boston University)
* F: Dan Shermerhorn (Maine)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)

## Record by conference

| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | Regional semifinals | Frozen Four | Championship Game | Champions |
| WCHA | 4 | 4-4 | .500 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| CCHA | 3 | 2-3 | .400 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Hockey East | 3 | 5-2 | .714 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| ECAC | 2 | 0-2 | .000 | - | - | - | - |