1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1989–90 season in men's ice hockey for teams in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Wisconsin Badgers defeated the Colgate Red Raiders in the championship game, held in Detroit, Michigan on April 1.
This was the first year in which the consolation game was not played since the tournaments premier in 1948.
Boston University's 30 goals scored during the tournament is the highest ever for a single team. The Terriers also played the most NCAA tournament games in one year (7).
==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 placed it in the East Regional with the intent to insert an additional independent in the West Regional the following season. As a result, the two western conferences (CCHA and WCHA) would split four open spots as opposed to the East's three.
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Seed	School 	Conference 	Record 	Berth type 	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School 	Conference	Record 	Berth type 	Appearance	Last bid
1 	Boston College 	Hockey East	26–11–1	Tournament champion	17th 	1989 	1 	Michigan State 	CCHA 	36–5–3 	Tournament champion	12th 	1989
2 	Colgate 	ECAC Hockey	28–5–1 	Tournament champion	2nd 	1981 	2 	Wisconsin 	WCHA 	32–9–1 	Tournament champion	11th 	1989
3 	Maine 	Hockey East	31–9–2 	At-large bid 	4th 	1989 	3 	Lake Superior State	CCHA 	31–8–3 	At-large bid 	4th 	1989
4 	Boston University	Hockey East	21–14–2	At-large bid 	16th 	1986 	4 	Minnesota 	WCHA 	25–14–2	At-large bid 	17th 	1989
5 	Clarkson 	ECAC Hockey	21–9–3 	At-large bid 	10th 	1984 	5 	North Dakota 	WCHA 	27–11–4	At-large bid 	12th 	1987
6 	Alaska-Anchorage 	Independent	21–9–2 	At-large bid 	1st 	Never 	6 	Bowling Green 	CCHA 	25–15–2	At-large bid 	9th 	1989
==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 Joe Louis Arena 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) Maine vs. (W6) Bowling Green====
====(E4) Boston University vs. (W5) North Dakota====
====(W3) Lake Superior State vs. (E6) Alaska-Anchorage====
====(W4) Minnesota vs. (E5) Clarkson====
===Quarterfinals===
====(E1) Boston College vs. (W4) Minnesota====
====(E2) Colgate vs. (W3) Lake Superior State====
====(W1) Michigan State vs. (E4) Boston University====
====(W2) Wisconsin vs. (E3) Maine====
==Frozen Four==
===National Semifinal===
====(E1) Boston College vs. (W2) Wisconsin====
====(E2) Colgate vs. (E4) Boston University====
===National Championship===
====(W2) Wisconsin vs. (E2) Colgate====
==All-Tournament Team==
*G: Duane Derksen (Wisconsin)
*D: Rob Andringa (Wisconsin)
*D: Mark Osiecki (Wisconsin)
*F: John Byce (Wisconsin)
*F: Joel Gardner (Colgate)
*F: Chris Tancill* (Wisconsin)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)
==See also==
*1990 Frozen Four
==References==
Category:1990 in hockey
Category:NCAA Division I Tournaments