# 1993 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The 1993 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 26, 1993, and ended with the championship game on April 3. 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 Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had four teams receive a berth, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and the ECAC each had three teams receive a berth in the tournament while the Hockey East 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 – Detroit | West Regional – Detroit | West Regional – Detroit | West Regional – Detroit | West Regional – Detroit | West Regional – Detroit | West Regional – Detroit |
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Maine | Hockey East | 39–1–2 | Tournament champion | 7th | 1992 | 1 | Lake Superior State | CCHA | 30–7–5 | Tournament champion | 7th | 1992 |
| 2 | Boston University | Hockey East | 28–8–2 | At-large bid | 19th | 1992 | 2 | Michigan | CCHA | 29–6–3 | At-large bid | 16th | 1992 |
| 3 | Harvard | ECAC | 22–5–3 | At-large bid | 15th | 1989 | 3 | Miami | CCHA | 27–8–5 | At-large bid | 1st | Never |
| 4 | Clarkson | ECAC | 20–9–5 | Tournament champion | 13th | 1992 | 4 | Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 26–10–2 | At-large bid | 4th | 1985 |
| 5 | Minnesota | WCHA | 21–11–8 | Tournament champion | 20th | 1992 | 5 | Brown | ECAC | 16–11–3 | At-large bid | 4th | 1976 |
| 6 | Northern Michigan | WCHA | 20–17–4 | At-large bid | 6th | 1992 | 6 | Wisconsin | WCHA | 23–14–3 | At-large bid | 14th | 1992 |

## Game locations

* East Regional – Centrum in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
* West Regional – Joe Louis Arena, Detroit
* Frozen Four – Bradley Center, Milwaukee

## Tournament bracket

| Regional Quarterfinals March 26 | Regional Quarterfinals March 26 | Regional Quarterfinals March 26 | Regional semifinals March 27 | Regional semifinals March 27 | Regional semifinals March 27 | Frozen Four April 1 | Frozen Four April 1 | Frozen Four April 1 | National championship April 3 | National championship April 3 | National championship April 3 |
| | | | E1 | Maine | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | E5 | Minnesota | 2 | | | | | | |
| E4 | Clarkson | 1 | E5 | Minnesota | 2 | | | | | | |
| E5 | Minnesota | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| E5 | Minnesota | 2 | | | | E1 | Maine | 4* | | | |
| | | | | | | W2 | Michigan | 3 | | | |
| | | | W2 | Michigan | 4* | | | | | | |
| | | | W6 | Wisconsin | 3 | | | | | | |
| W3 | Miami | 1 | W6 | Wisconsin | 3 | | | | | | |
| W6 | Wisconsin | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| W6 | Wisconsin | 3 | | | | | | | E1 | Maine | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | W1 | Lake Superior State | 4 |
| | | | E2 | Boston University | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | E6 | Northern Michigan | 1 | | | | | | |
| E3 | Harvard | 2 | E6 | Northern Michigan | 1 | | | | | | |
| E6 | Northern Michigan | 3** | | | | | | | | | |
| E6 | Northern Michigan | 3** | | | | E2 | Boston University | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | W1 | Lake Superior State | 6 | | | |
| | | | W1 | Lake Superior State | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | W4 | Minnesota–Duluth | 3 | | | | | | |
| W4 | Minnesota–Duluth | 7 | W4 | Minnesota–Duluth | 3 | | | | | | |
| W5 | Brown | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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

Scoring summary :
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | Maine | Patrice Tardif | Latendresse | 0:28 | 1–0 Maine |
| 1st | Maine | Chris Ferraro | Imes and Ferraro | 7:10 | 2–0 Maine |
| 1st | LSSU | Mike Bachusz | Angelelli and Ness | 17:02 | 2–1 Maine |
| 2nd | LSSU | Clayton Beddoes | unassisted | 27:01 | 2–2 |
| 2nd | LSSU | John Hendry | Beddoes | 35:46 | 3–2 LSSU |
| 2nd | LSSU | Wayne Strachan | Hulett | 38:42 | 4–2 LSSU |
| 3rd | Maine | Jim Montgomery | Kariya | 44:19 | 4–3 LSSU |
| 3rd | Maine | Jim Montgomery | Kariya and Imes | 47:40 | 4–4 |
| 3rd | Maine | Jim Montgomery – GW | Kariya | 48:54 | 5–4 Maine |
Goaltenders :
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against |
| LSSU | Blaine Lacher | 24 | 5 |
| Maine | Mike Dunham | 8 | 4 |
| Maine | Garth Snow | 8 | 0 |

## All-Tournament team

* G: Garth Snow (Maine)
* D: Chris Imes (Maine)
* D: Michael Smith (Lake Superior State)
* F: Paul Kariya (Maine)
* F: Jim Montgomery* (Maine)
* F: Brian Rolston (Lake Superior State)
* 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 | - | - | - |
| CCHA | 3 | 3-3 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| ECAC | 3 | 0-3 | .000 | - | - | - | - |
| Hockey East | 2 | 4-1 | .800 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |