1977 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1977 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1976–77 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 30th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 20 and 26, 1977, and concluded with Wisconsin defeating Michigan 6-5 in overtime. The first round game were held at the home team venue while all succeeding games were played at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit, Michigan.
For the first time the tournament was expanded beyond 4 teams. The NCAA selection committee granted themselves the ability to add an additional 4 teams to the tournament beyond the two tournament finalists from both the ECAC and WCHA.
==Qualifying teams==
The NCAA gave four teams automatic bids into the tournament. The two ECAC teams that reached the ECAC tournament final received bids as did the two WCHA teams that reached their tournament championship. The NCAA also had the ability to add up to 4 additional teams as it saw fit and chose to include the CCHA tournament champion as well.
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 University	ECAC Hockey	21–10–1	Tournament champion	12th 	1976 	1 	Wisconsin 	WCHA 	35–7–1 	Tournament champion	4th 	1973
2 	New Hampshire 	ECAC Hockey	27–10–0	Tournament finalist	1st 	Never 	2 	Michigan 	WCHA 	26–16–0 	Tournament finalist	13th 	1964
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	At-Large	At-Large 	At-Large 	At-Large	At-Large 	At-Large 	At-Large
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Seed 	School 	Conference	Record 	Berth type 	Appearance	Last bid
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	A 	Bowling Green	CCHA 	28–10–0 	Tournament champion	1st 	Never
==Format==
The four automatic qualifiers were seeded according to pre-tournament finish. The ECAC champion was seeded as the top eastern team while the WCHA champion was given the top western seed. The second eastern seed was slotted to play the top western seed and vice versa. Because an at-large bid was offered to a western school they were placed in a first round game with the second western seed to determine the final semifinalist. The first round game was played at the home venue of the second seed while all succeeding games were played at the Olympia in Detroit, Michigan. All matches were Single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game.
==Tournament Bracket==
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
===First Round===
====(W2) Michigan vs. (A) Bowling Green====
===Semifinal===
====(E1) Boston University vs. (W2) Michigan====
====(W1) Wisconsin vs. (E2) New Hampshire====
===Third Place Game===
====(E1) Boston University vs. (E2) New Hampshire====
===National Championship===
====(W1) Wisconsin vs. (W2) Michigan====
==All-Tournament Team==
*G: Julian Baretta* (Wisconsin)
*D: Craig Norwich (Wisconsin)
*D: John Taft (Wisconsin)
*F: Dave Debol (Michigan)
*F: Rick Meagher (Boston University)
*F: Dave Silk (Boston University)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)
==See also==
*1977 Frozen Four
==References==
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Category:1977 in hockey
Category:NCAA Tournaments
Category:NCAA Division I Tournaments