1984 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1984 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 37th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 16 and 24, 1984, and concluded with Bowling Green defeating Minnesota-Duluth 5-4 in quadruple overtime. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the 1980 Olympic Arena in Lake Placid, New York.
As of 2018 the final game is the longest match to determine a champion in NCAA history.
==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 three Division I conferences (CCHA, ECAC and WCHA) received automatic invitations into the tournament with At-large bids making up the remaining 5 teams, an additional 2 western and 3 eastern schools.
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 	Rensselaer 	ECAC Hockey	30–6–0 	Tournament champion	5th 	1964 	1 	Michigan State 	CCHA 	32–10–0	Tournament champion	6th 	1983
2 	Boston University	ECAC Hockey	27–10–0	At-large bid 	14th 	1978 	2 	Minnesota–Duluth	WCHA 	27–10–2	Tournament champion	2nd 	1983
3 	Clarkson 	ECAC Hockey	20–10–2	At-large bid 	9th 	1982 	3 	Bowling Green 	CCHA 	31–7–2 	At-large bid 	5th 	1982
4 	Boston College 	ECAC Hockey	26–11–0	At-large bid 	12th 	1978 	4 	North Dakota 	WCHA 	28–11–2	At-large bid 	10th 	1982
==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 1980 Olympic 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) Rensselaer vs. (W4) North Dakota====
====(E2) Boston University vs. (W3) Bowling Green====
====(W1) Michigan State vs. (E4) Boston College====
====(W2) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (E3) Clarkson====
===Semifinal===
====(W2) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (W4) North Dakota====
====(W1) Michigan State vs. (W3) Bowling Green====
===Third Place Game===
====(W1) Michigan State vs. (W4) North Dakota====
===National Championship===
====(W2) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (W3) Bowling Green====
==All-Tournament Team==
*G: Rick Kosti (Minnesota-Duluth)
*G: Gary Kruzich* (Bowling Green)
*D: David Ellett (Bowling Green)
*D: Garry Galley (Bowling Green)
*F: Dean Barsness (North Dakota)
*F: Bob Lakso (Minnesota-Duluth)
*F: Lyle Phair (Michigan State)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)
==References==
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==External links==
*NCAA Hockey: 1984 National Championship - Bowling Green vs. Minnesota-Duluth - YouTube.com
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