1987 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1987 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 40th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 20 and 28, 1987, and concluded with North Dakota defeating Michigan State 5-3. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues while all succeeding games were played at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
==Qualifying teams==
The NCAA permitted 8 teams to qualify for the tournament and divided its qualifiers into two regions (East and West). Each of the tournament champions from the four Division I conferences (CCHA, ECAC, Hockey East and WCHA) received automatic invitations into the tournament with At-large bids making up the remaining 4 teams, 1 from each conference.
East	East 	East 	East 	East 	East 	East 	West	West 	West 	West 	West 	West 	West
Seed	School 	Conference 	Record 	Berth type 	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School 	Conference	Record 	Berth type 	Appearance	Last bid
1 	Boston College	Hockey East	30–7–0 	Tournament champion	15th 	1986 	1 	North Dakota 	WCHA 	36–8–0 	Tournament champion	11th 	1984
2 	Harvard 	ECAC Hockey	26–4–0 	Tournament champion	12th 	1986 	2 	Michigan State	CCHA 	30–9–2 	Tournament champion	9th 	1986
3 	Maine 	Hockey East	24–14–2	At-large bid 	1st 	Never 	3 	Bowling Green 	CCHA 	33–8–2 	At-large bid 	6th 	1984
4 	St. Lawrence 	ECAC Hockey	24–9–0 	At-large bid 	9th 	1983 	4 	Minnesota 	WCHA 	32–12–1	At-large bid 	14th 	1986
==Format==
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the two even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking. In the Quarterfinals the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds played two-game aggregate series to determine which school advanced to the Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the Joe Louis Arena and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game with the losers playing in a Third Place game.
==Tournament Bracket==
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
===Quarterfinals===
====(E1) Boston College vs. (W4) Minnesota====
====(E2) Harvard vs. (W3) Bowling Green====
====(W1) North Dakota vs. (E4) St. Lawrence====
====(W2) Michigan State vs. (E3) Maine====
===Semifinal===
====(W1) North Dakota vs. (E2) Harvard====
====(W2) Michigan State vs. (W4) Minnesota====
===Third Place Game===
====(E2) Harvard vs. (W4) Minnesota====
===National Championship===
====(W1) North Dakota vs. (W2) Michigan State====
==All-Tournament Team==
*G: Ed Belfour (North Dakota)
*D: Ian Kidd (North Dakota)
*D: Chris Luongo (Michigan State)
*D: Don McSween (Michigan State)
*F: Tony Hrkac* (North Dakota)
*F: Bob Joyce (North Dakota)
*F: Corey Millen (Minnesota)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)
==See also==
*1987 Frozen Four
==References==
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