1992 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 12 schools competing to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. Beginning with the 1992 tournament the format was changed to single-elimination play for all rounds of the tournament. First and quarterfinal rounds were played at two predetermined sites as the East and West Regionals. The tournament began on March 26, 1992, and ended with the championship game on April 4 in which Lake Superior State defeated the University of Wisconsin 5-3. A total of 11 games were played. Wisconsin's participation in the tournament was vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.
As of 2016, Alaska-Anchorage's 1992 participation is the last by an independent school.
==Qualifying teams==
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded. The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), Hockey East and Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) all had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, the ECAC had two berths, and there was one independent Division I bid.
East Regional – Providence	East Regional – Providence	East Regional – Providence	East Regional – Providence	East Regional – Providence	East Regional – Providence	East Regional – Providence	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 	31–3–2* 	Tournament champion 	6th 	1991 	1 	Michigan 	CCHA 	31–8–3 	At-large bid 	15th 	1991
2 	St. Lawrence 	ECAC 	22–9–2 	Tournament champion 	12th 	1989 	2 	Minnesota 	WCHA 	33–10–0 	At-large bid 	19th 	1991
3 	New Hampshire 	Hockey East 	22–12–2^ 	At-large bid 	5th 	1983 	3 	Lake Superior State 	CCHA 	26–9–4 	Tournament champion 	6th 	1991
4 	Boston University 	Hockey East 	22–8–4^ 	At-large bid 	18th 	1991 	4 	Northern Michigan 	WCHA 	24–13–3 	Tournament champion 	5th 	1991
5 	Michigan State 	CCHA 	23–10–8^ 	At-large bid 	13th 	1990 	5 	Clarkson 	ECAC 	22–9–1 	At-large bid 	12th 	1991
6 	Wisconsin (vacated) 	WCHA 	24–13–2 	At-large bid 	(13th, vacated) 	1991 	6 	Alaska-Anchorage 	Independent 	27–7–1 	At-large bid 	3rd 	1991
* Maine was required to forfeit 13 victories after the season concluded, their total here was their record at the time of the start of the tournament.
^ These teams records reflect the losses they had against Maine at the time that were later overturned.
==Game locations==
* East Regional – Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island
* West Regional – Joe Louis Arena, Detroit
* Frozen Four – Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York
==Tournament Bracket==
Wisconsin's participation in the 1992 tournament was later vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
==Regional Quarterfinals==
===East Regional===
====(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Wisconsin====
====(4) Boston University vs. (5) Michigan State====
===West Regional===
====(3) Lake Superior State vs. (6) Alaska-Anchorage====
====(4) Northern Michigan vs. (5) Clarkson====
==Regional Semifinals==
===East Regional===
====(1) Maine vs. (5) Michigan State====
====(2) St. Lawrence vs. (6) Wisconsin====
===West Regional===
====(1) Michigan vs. (4) Northern Michigan====
====(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Lake Superior State====
==Frozen Four==
===National Semifinal===
====(W3) Lake Superior State vs. (E5) Michigan State====
====(W1) Michiganvs. (E6) Wisconsin====
===National Championship===
====(W3) Lake Superior State vs. (E6) Wisconsin====
==All-Tournament Team==
*G: Darrin Madeley (Lake Superior State)
*D: Mark Astley (Lake Superior State)
*D: vacated†
*F: Paul Constantin* (Lake Superior State)
*F: Brian Rolston (Lake Superior State)
*F: vacated†
* Most Outstanding Player(s)
† Participation of D: Barry Richter and F: Jason Zent vacated when Wisconsin's participation in tournament later vacated
==Record by conference==
Conference 	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Regional Semifinals	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
CCHA 	3 	7-2 	.778 	3 	3 	1 	1
Hockey East	3 	0-3 	.000 	1 	- 	- 	-
WCHA 	3 	4-3 	.571 	3 	1(vacated) 	1(vacated) 	-
ECAC 	2 	0-2 	.000 	1 	- 	- 	-
Independent	1 	0-1 	.000 	- 	- 	- 	-
==See also==
*1992 Frozen Four
==References==
Category:1992 in hockey
Category:NCAA Division I Tournaments