# 1994 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The 1994 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 25, 1994, and ended with the championship game on April 2. A total of 11 games were played.
Lake Superior State's 9-1 win in the title game was the largest margin of victory since 1961.

## 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) and Hockey East each had four teams receive a berth in the tournament while the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and the ECAC had two berths.
| East Regional – Albany | East Regional – Albany | East Regional – Albany | East Regional – Albany | East Regional – Albany | East Regional – Albany | East Regional – Albany | West Regional – East Lansing | West Regional – East Lansing | West Regional – East Lansing | West Regional – East Lansing | West Regional – East Lansing | West Regional – East Lansing | West Regional – East Lansing |
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Boston University | Hockey East | 32–6–0 | Tournament champion | 20th | 1993 | 1 | Michigan | CCHA | 33–6–1 | Tournament champion | 17th | 1993 |
| 2 | Harvard | ECAC | 23–4–4 | Tournament champion | 16th | 1993 | 2 | Minnesota | WCHA | 23–11–4 | Tournament champion | 21st | 1993 |
| 3 | New Hampshire | Hockey East | 24–11–3 | At-large bid | 6th | 1992 | 3 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Hockey East | 24–9–5 | At-large bid | 2nd | 1988 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | WCHA | 25–14–1 | At-large bid | 15th | 1993 | 4 | Lake Superior State | CCHA | 27–10–4 | At-large bid | 8th | 1993 |
| 5 | Western Michigan | CCHA | 24–12–3 | At-large bid | 2nd | 1986 | 5 | Northeastern | Hockey East | 19–12–7 | At-large bid | 3rd | 1988 |
| 6 | Rensselaer | ECAC | 21–10–4 | At-large bid | 7th | 1985 | 6 | Michigan State | CCHA | 23–12–5 | At-large bid | 14th | 1992 |

## Game locations

* East Regional – Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York
* West Regional – Munn Ice Arena, East Lansing, Michigan
* Frozen Four – Saint Paul Civic Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota

## Tournament bracket

| Regional Quarterfinals March 25–26 | Regional Quarterfinals March 25–26 | Regional Quarterfinals March 25–26 | Regional semifinals March 26–27 | Regional semifinals March 26–27 | Regional semifinals March 26–27 | Frozen Four March 31 | Frozen Four March 31 | Frozen Four March 31 | National championship April 2 | National championship April 2 | National championship April 2 |
| | | | E1 | Boston University | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | E4 | Wisconsin | 1 | | | | | | |
| E4 | Wisconsin | 6 | E4 | Wisconsin | 1 | | | | | | |
| E5 | Western Michigan | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| E5 | Western Michigan | 3 | | | | E1 | Boston University | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | W2 | Minnesota | 1 | | | |
| | | | W2 | Minnesota | 2** | | | | | | |
| | | | W3 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 1 | | | | | | |
| W3 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 4 | W3 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 1 | | | | | | |
| W6 | Michigan State | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| W6 | Michigan State | 3 | | | | | | | E1 | Boston University | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | W4 | Lake Superior State | 9 |
| | | | E2 | Harvard | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | E3 | New Hampshire | 1 | | | | | | |
| E3 | New Hampshire | 2 | E3 | New Hampshire | 1 | | | | | | |
| E6 | Rensselaer | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| E6 | Rensselaer | 0 | | | | E2 | Harvard | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | W4 | Lake Superior State | 3* | | | |
| | | | W1 | Michigan | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | W4 | Lake Superior State | 5* | | | | | | |
| W4 | Lake Superior State | 6* | W4 | Lake Superior State | 5* | | | | | | |
| W5 | Northeastern | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Frozen Four
### National semifinal
#### (E2) Harvard vs. (W4) Lake Superior State
### National Championship
#### (E1) Boston University vs. (W4) Lake Superior State

Scoring summary :
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | LSSU | Rob Valicevic | Miller and G. Tallaire | 13:40 | 1–0 LSSU |
| 2nd | LSSU | Matt Alvey – GW | Strachan and Barnes | 23:14 | 2–0 LSSU |
| 2nd | LSSU | Kurtis Miller | Valicevic and G. Tallaire | 25:07 | 3–0 LSSU |
| 2nd | BU | Rich Brennan – PP | O'Sullivan and Pomichter | 29:40 | 3–1 LSSU |
| 2nd | LSSU | Jay Ness – PP | Valicevic and G. Tallaire | 34:13 | 4–1 LSSU |
| 2nd | LSSU | Steve Barnes – PP | S. Tallaire and Strachan | 37:26 | 5–1 LSSU |
| 2nd | LSSU | Sean Tallaire – PP | Strachan and Morin | 39:17 | 6–1 LSSU |
| 3rd | LSSU | Mike Matteucci | Beddoes | 44:40 | 7–1 LSSU |
| 3rd | LSSU | Sean Tallaire | Barnes | 52:51 | 8–1 LSSU |
| 3rd | LSSU | Rob Valicevic | Bilben and G. Tallaire | 58:32 | 9–1 LSSU |
Shots by period :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| Lake Superior State | 12 | 15 | 13 | 40 |
| Boston University | 2 | 11 | 12 | 25 |
Goaltenders :
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against |
| LSSU | Blaine Lacher | 24 | 1 |
| BU | Derek Herlofsky | 19 | |
| BU | J. P. McKersie | 12 | |

## All-Tournament team

* G: Blaine Lacher (Lake Superior State)
* D: Keith Aldridge (Lake Superior State)
* D: Steve Barnes (Lake Superior State)
* F: Clayton Beddoes (Lake Superior State)
* F: Mike Pomichter (Boston University)
* F: Sean Tallaire* (Lake Superior State)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)

## Record by conference

| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | Regional semifinals | Frozen Four | Championship Game | Champions |
| CCHA | 4 | 4-3 | .571 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hockey East | 4 | 4-4 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
| WCHA | 2 | 2-2 | .500 | 2 | 1 | – | - |
| ECAC | 2 | 1-2 | .333 | 1 | 1 | – | - |