2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2004 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 16 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, 2004, and ended with the championship game on April 10. A total of 15 games were played.
The University of Denver, coached by George Gwozdecky, won its sixth national title with a 1-0 victory in the final game over the University of Maine, coached by Tim Whitehead before a record crowd of over 18,000 people at Boston's FleetCenter (now known as the TD Garden). While Denver's Gabe Gauthier scored the game's only goal, the game is best remembered for Denver surviving Maine's six skaters to three skaters advantage in the final 90 seconds of the contest.
Denver goaltender Adam Berkhoel was named the Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player.
==Qualifying teams==
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament was announced on March 21, 2004. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) each had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, Hockey East had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, while Atlantic Hockey, College Hockey America (CHA) and the ECAC each received a single bid for their tournament champions.
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Seed 	School 	Conference 	Record 	Berth type 	Appearance 	Last bid 	Seed 	School 	Conference 	Record 	Berth type 	Appearance 	Last bid
1 	North Dakota (1) 	WCHA 	29–7–3 	At-large bid 	19th 	2003 	1 	Boston College (2) 	Hockey East 	27–8–4 	At-large bid 	24th 	2003
2 	Denver 	WCHA 	23–12–5 	At-large bid 	17th 	2002 	2 	Michigan 	CCHA 	26–13–2 	At-large bid 	27th 	2003
3 	Miami 	CCHA 	23–13–4 	At-large bid 	3rd 	1997 	3 	New Hampshire 	Hockey East 	20–14–6 	At-large bid 	14th 	2003
4 	Holy Cross 	Atlantic Hockey 	22–9–4 	Tournament champion 	1st 	Never 	4 	Niagara 	CHA 	21–14–3 	Tournament champion 	2nd 	2000
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Seed 	School 	Conference 	Record 	Berth type 	Appearance 	Last bid 	Seed 	School 	Conference 	Record 	Berth type 	Appearance 	Last bid
1 	Maine (3) 	Hockey East 	30–7–3 	Tournament champion 	14th 	2003 	1 	Minnesota (4) 	WCHA 	26–13–3 	Tournament champion 	28th 	2003
2 	Ohio State 	CCHA 	26–15–0 	Tournament champion 	4th 	2003 	2 	Minnesota-Duluth 	WCHA 	26–12–4 	At-large bid 	5th 	1993
3 	Wisconsin 	WCHA 	21–12–8 	At-large bid 	20th 	2000 	3 	Michigan State 	CCHA 	23–16–2 	At-large bid 	23rd 	2002
4 	Harvard 	ECAC 	18–14–3 	Tournament champion 	19th 	2003 	4 	Notre Dame 	CCHA 	20–14–4 	At-large bid 	1st 	Never
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
==Game locations==
===First round and regional finals===
* East – Pepsi Arena, Albany, New York — Host: Rensselaer
* Midwest – Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan — Host: Western Michigan
* Northeast – Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, New Hampshire — Host: New Hampshire
* West – World Arena, Colorado Springs, Colorado — Host: Colorado College
===Frozen Four===
* FleetCenter, Boston
==Brackets==
===East Regional===
===Northeast Regional===
===Midwest Regional===
===West Regional===
===Frozen Four===
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
==Regional Semifinals==
===East Regional===
====(1) Maine vs. (4) Harvard====
====(2) Ohio State vs. (3) Wisconsin====
===Midwest Regional===
====(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Notre Dame====
====(2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (3) Michigan State====
===Northeast Regional===
====(1) Boston College vs. (4) Niagara====
====(2) Michigan vs. (3) New Hampshire====
===West Regional===
====(1) North Dakota vs. (4) Holy Cross====
====(2) Denver vs. (3) Miami====
==Regional Finals==
===East Regional===
====(1) Maine vs. (3) Wisconsin====
===Midwest Regional===
====(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Minnesota-Duluth====
===Northeast Regional===
====(1) Boston College vs. (2) Michigan====
===West Regional===
====(1) North Dakota vs. (2) Denver====
==Frozen Four==
===National Semifinal===
====(E1) Maine vs. (NE1) Boston College====
====(MW2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (W2) Denver====
===National Championship===
====(E1) Maine vs. (W2) Denver====
==All-Tournament Team==
*G: Adam Berkhoel* (Denver)
*D: Ryan Caldwell (Denver)
*D: Prestin Ryan (Maine)
*F: Junior Lessard (Minnesota-Duluth)
*F: Dustin Penner (Maine)
*F: Connor James (Denver)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)
==Record by conference==
Conference 	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Regional Finals	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
WCHA 	5 	9-4 	.692 	5 	2 	1 	1
CCHA 	5 	1-5 	.125 	1 	- 	- 	-
Hockey East 	3 	5-3 	.625 	2 	2 	1 	-
ECAC 	1 	0-1 	.000 	- 	- 	- 	-
Atlantic Hockey	1 	0-1 	.000 	- 	- 	- 	-
CHA 	1 	0-1 	.000 	- 	- 	- 	-
==See also==
*2004 Frozen Four
==References==
Category:2004 in hockey
Category:NCAA Division I Tournaments