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.
| Teams | 8 |
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| Finals site | |
| Champions | Bowling Green Falcons (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs (1st title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Jerry York (1st title) |
| MOP | Gary Kruzich, Bowling Green |
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 | West | ||||||||||||
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| 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
| Quarterfinals March 16–18 |
Semifinals March 22–23 |
National Championship March 24 | ||||||||||||||
| E1 | Rensselaer | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| W4 | North Dakota | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| W4 | North Dakota | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| W2 | Minnesota–Duluth | 2* | ||||||||||||||
| W2 | Minnesota–Duluth | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| E3 | Clarkson | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| W2 | Minnesota–Duluth | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| W3 | Bowling Green | 5**** | ||||||||||||||
| W1 | Michigan State | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| E4 | Boston College | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Michigan State | 1 | Third Place Game | |||||||||||||
| W3 | Bowling Green | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| E2 | Boston University | 6 | 1 | 7 | W1 | Michigan State | 5 | |||||||||
| W3 | Bowling Green | 3 | 5* | 8 | W4 | North Dakota | 6* | |||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
(E1) Rensselaer vs. (W4) North Dakota
| March 16 | Rensselaer | 4 – 5 | North Dakota | Houston Field House | ||||
| March 17 | Rensselaer | 2 – 4 | North Dakota | Houston Field House | ||||
| North Dakota won series 9–6 | |
(E2) Boston University vs. (W3) Bowling Green
| March 16 | Boston University | 6 – 3 | Bowling Green | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| March 17 | Boston University | 1 – 5 | OT | Bowling Green | Walter Brown Arena | |||
| Bowling Green won series 8–7 | |
(W1) Michigan State vs. (E4) Boston College
| March 17[3] | Michigan State | 6 – 2 | Boston College | Munn Ice Arena | ||||
| (Krentz, Simpson) Dan McFall – 16:09 | First period | 00:39 – Bob Sweeney (unassisted) 09:45 – Tim Mitchell (unassisted) | ||||||
| (Simpson, Anastos) Dale Krentz – 02:27 (Eisley, Simpson) Lyle Phair – GW – 13:57 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Flegel, Simpson) Jeff Eisley – 09:16 (Flegel, Smyl) Mike Donnelly – 11:01 (Krentz, Anastos) Craig Simpson – 16:30 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| March 18[3] | Michigan State | 7 – 6 | Boston College | Munn Ice Arena | ||||
| (McSween) Dale Krentz – 11:38 (Taylor) Mike Donnelly – 12:52 |
First period | 02:03 – Dominic Campedelli (Rauseo, Chisholm) | ||||||
| (Shibicky, Taylor) Newell Brown – 01:34 (Miller, McFall) Harvey Smyl – 06:37 (Phair, Brown) Bill Shibicky – 08:01 |
Second period | 06:25 – Bob Sweeney (Rauseo, Harlow) 13:17 – Scott Harlow (Sweeney, Rauseo) 18:37 – Jim Herlihy (Chisholm, McDonough) | ||||||
| (Taylor, Phair) Mitch Messier – 05:26 (Brown) Kelly Miller – GW – 08:00 |
Third period | 14:19 – Billy McDonough (Herlihy, Griffin) 18:37 – Jim Herlihy (Chisholm, McDonough) | ||||||
| Michigan State won series 13–8 | |
(W2) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (E3) Clarkson
| March 16 | Minnesota–Duluth | 6 – 2 | Clarkson | DECC Arena | ||||
| March 17 | Minnesota–Duluth | 3 – 6 | Clarkson | DECC Arena | ||||
| Minnesota–Duluth won series 9–8 | |
(W2) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (W4) North Dakota
| March 22 | Minnesota–Duluth | 2 – 1 | OT | North Dakota | 1980 Olympic Arena | |||
(W1) Michigan State vs. (W3) Bowling Green
| March 23[3] | Michigan State | 1 – 2 | Bowling Green | 1980 Olympic Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | 13:25 – Jamie Wansbrough (Kane, Cavallini) | ||||||
| (Phair) Bill Shibicky – 13:20 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 07:13 – GW – John Samanski (Randerson, Pikul) | ||||||
(W1) Michigan State vs. (W4) North Dakota
| March 24[3] | Michigan State | 5 – 6 | OT | North Dakota | 1980 Olympic Arena | |||
| (Phair, Shibicky) Newell Brown – 12:38 | First period | 06:53 – Dean Barsness (unassisted) 11:37 – Brian Williams (Zombo) | ||||||
| (Simpson, Flegel) Jeff Eisley – 08:25 | Second period | 04:36 – Chris Jensen (Whitsitt) 11:37 – Gord Sherven (Zombo, Jensen) | ||||||
| (Brown, Shibicky) Lyle Phair – 05:23 (Eisley, Simpson) Lyle Phair – 06:54 (Phair, Eisley) Mike Donnelly – 19:31 |
Third period | 16:02 – Dean Barsness (Williams, Palmiscno) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 05:57 – GW – Dean Barsness (Sandelin) | ||||||
(W2) Minnesota–Duluth vs. (W3) Bowling Green
| March 24 | Minnesota–Duluth | 4 – 5 | 4OT | Bowling Green | 1980 Olympic Arena | Recap |
| Scoring summary | |||||
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| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | BG | Garry Galley | Braun and O'Brien | 5:58 | 1–0 BG |
| UMD | Mark Baron | Lakso | 6:18 | 1–1 | |
| 2nd | UMD | Bill Watson – PP | Kurvers and Lakso | 33:35 | 2–1 UMD |
| 3rd | UMD | Bob Lakso | Christensen and Watson | 40:47 | 3–1 UMD |
| BG | Jamie Wansbrough – PP | Galley and Ellett | 44:41 | 3–2 UMD | |
| UMD | Tom Herzig | Baron and Johnson | 51:51 | 4–2 UMD | |
| BG | Peter Wilson | Pikul and Kane | 52:42 | 4–3 UMD | |
| BG | John Samanski | W. Wilson and Roll | 58:23 | 4–4 | |
| 4th Overtime | BG | Gino Cavallini – GW | Kane | 97:11 | 5–4 BG |
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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)
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