1989 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1989 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 42nd such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 17 and April 1, 1989, and concluded with Harvard defeating Minnesota 4-3 in overtime. All First Round and Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues with the 'Frozen Four' games being played at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
==Qualifying teams==
The NCAA permitted 12 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 8 teams. The NCAA permitted one Independent team to participate in the tournament and because the previous year the independent qualifier was placed in the West pool the two eastern conferences (ECAC and Hockey East) would split only three open spots as opposed to the West's four open spots. The top four remaining western teams and the top three remaining eastern teams received invitations and were seeded with the automatic qualifiers according to their ranking.
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 	Maine 	Hockey East	29–11–0	Tournament champion	3rd 	1988 	1 	Michigan State 	CCHA 	34–7–1 	Tournament champion	11th 	1988
2 	Harvard 	ECAC Hockey	27–3–0 	At-large bid 	14th 	1988 	2 	Minnesota 	WCHA 	31–10–3	At-large bid 	16th 	1988
3 	St. Lawrence 	ECAC Hockey	29–5–0 	Tournament champion	11th 	1988 	3 	Lake Superior State	CCHA 	27–9–6 	At-large bid 	3rd 	1988
4 	Boston College 	Hockey East	22–9–4 	At-large bid 	16th 	1987 	4 	Northern Michigan 	WCHA 	25–15–2	Tournament champion	3rd 	1981
5 	Providence 	Hockey East	19–15–2	At-large bid 	6th 	1985 	5 	Bowling Green 	CCHA 	26–16–3	At-large bid 	8th 	1988
6 	St. Cloud State	Independent	19–14–2	At-large bid 	1st 	Never 	6 	Wisconsin 	WCHA 	23–14–5	At-large bid 	10th 	1988
==Format==
The tournament featured four rounds of play. The three odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the three even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking with the top two teams in each bracket receiving byes into the quarterfinals. In the first round the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds played best-of-three series to determine which school advanced to the Quarterfinals with the winners of the 4 vs. 5 series playing the first seed and the winner of the 3 vs. 6 series playing the second seed. In the Quarterfinals the matches were best-of-three series once more with the victors advancing to the National Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the St. Paul Civic Center and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game.
==Tournament Bracket==
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
===First Round===
====(E3) St. Lawrence vs. (W6) Wisconsin====
====(E4) Boston College vs. (W5) Bowling Green====
====(W3) Lake Superior State vs. (E6) St. Cloud State====
====(W4) Northern Michigan vs. (E5) Providence====
===Quarterfinals===
====(E1) Maine vs. (E5) Providence====
====(E2) Harvard vs. (W3) Lake Superior State====
====(W1) Michigan State vs. (E4) Boston College====
====(W2) Minnesota vs. (W6) Wisconsin====
==Frozen Four==
===National Semifinal===
====(W1) Michigan State vs. (E2) Harvard====
====(E1) Maine vs. (W2) Minnesota====
===Consolation Game===
====(E1) Maine vs. (W1) Michigan State====
===National Championship===
====(W2) Minnesota vs. (E2) Harvard====
==All-Tournament Team==
*G: Allain Roy (Harvard)
*D: Todd Richards (Minnesota)
*D: Kevin Sneddon (Harvard)
*F: Jon Anderson (Minnesota)
*F: Ted Donato* (Harvard)
*F: Lane MacDonald (Harvard)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)
==See also==
*1989 Frozen Four
==References==
Category:1989 in hockey
Category:NCAA Division I Tournaments