1986–87 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
The 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1986 and concluded with the 1987 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 28, 1987 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. This was the 40th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 92nd year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
1986–87 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season | |||||
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The Joe Louis Arena served as the host for the 1987 Frozen Four | |||||
Duration | October 1986– March 28, 1987 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 1987 | ||||
National championship | Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan | ||||
NCAA champion | North Dakota | ||||
Hobey Baker Award | Tony Hrkac (North Dakota) | ||||
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Notre Dame and Kent State formed the ACHA with two other schools, however, the two other universities didn't play at the Division I level and its standings are not official.
Regular season
Season tournaments
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | November 28–29 | 4 | Ferris State |
Jeep/Nissan Classic | December 20–21 | 4 | Minnesota |
Syracuse Invitational | December 26–27 | 4 | Bowling Green |
Great Lakes Invitational | December 27–28 | 4 | Western Michigan |
Schweppes Invitational | December 27–28 | 4 | Ohio State |
Auld Lang Syne Classic | December 30–31 | 4 | New Hampshire |
Phoenix Mutual Classic | January 2–3 | 4 | Cornell |
Beanpot | February 2, 9 | 4 | Boston University |
Standings
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Lake Forest † | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 49 | 44 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 123 | 86 | |
Kent State | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 14 | - | - | 32 | 19 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
Notre Dame | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 40 | 47 | 30 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 103 | 122 | |
Michigan–Dearborn * | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | - | - | 41 | 21 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
Championship: March 7, 1987 † indicates division regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Bowling Green† | 32 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 181 | 121 | 45 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 238 | 160 | |
Michigan State* | 32 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 163 | 117 | 45 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 231 | 156 | |
Lake Superior State | 32 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 40 | 143 | 130 | 40 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 181 | 168 | |
Illinois-Chicago | 32 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 37 | 148 | 118 | 39 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 176 | 154 | |
Western Michigan | 32 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 155 | 144 | 43 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 219 | 187 | |
Ohio State | 32 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 25 | 132 | 168 | 43 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 188 | 211 | |
Michigan | 32 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 23 | 153 | 174 | 40 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 188 | 220 | |
Ferris State | 32 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 114 | 152 | 43 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 157 | 197 | |
Miami | 32 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 127 | 192 | 39 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 151 | 232 | |
Championship: Michigan State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Harvard†* | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 106 | 43 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 160 | 77 | |
Colgate | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 111 | 85 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 170 | 116 | |
St. Lawrence | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 109 | 73 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 180 | 114 | |
Yale | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 77 | 71 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 101 | 113 | |
Clarkson | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 84 | 66 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 117 | 101 | |
Vermont | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 75 | 82 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 125 | 120 | |
Rensselaer | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 81 | 75 | 33 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 123 | 98 | |
Brown | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 83 | 102 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 103 | 128 | |
Cornell | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 84 | 94 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 106 | 114 | |
Princeton | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 67 | 87 | 26 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 81 | 107 | |
Army | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 64 | 109 | 29 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 89 | 130 | |
Dartmouth | 22 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 57 | 109 | 25 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 63 | 127 | |
Championship: Harvard † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Alaska–Anchorage† | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 75 | 66 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 152 | 114 | |
US International | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 15 | - | - | 35 | 17 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
Alaska–Fairbanks | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 14 | - | - | 27 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 172 | 173 | |
† indicates conference regular season champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Boston College†* | 32 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 203 | 121 | 39 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 233 | 145 | |
Lowell | 32 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 42 | 146 | 136 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 166 | 163 | |
Maine | 32 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 39 | 159 | 117 | 42 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 196 | 151 | |
Boston University | 32 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 33 | 134 | 132 | 37 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 158 | 146 | |
Northeastern | 32 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 25 | 110 | 139 | 37 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 126 | 167 | |
Providence | 32 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 104 | 156 | 33 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 106 | 161 | |
New Hampshire | 32 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 13 | 105 | 179 | 38 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 124 | 204 | |
Championship: Boston College † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Air Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 29 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 152 | 110 | |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
North Dakota†* | 35 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 58 | 200 | 94 | 48 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 264 | 129 | |
Minnesota | 35 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 51 | 176 | 123 | 49 | 34 | 14 | 1 | 248 | 165 | |
Denver | 35 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 35 | 150 | 149 | 40 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 182 | 172 | |
Wisconsin | 35 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 35 | 127 | 134 | 42 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 160 | 155 | |
Northern Michigan | 35 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 33 | 131 | 144 | 40 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 151 | 164 | |
Colorado College | 35 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 25 | 143 | 151 | 42 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 171 | 176 | |
Michigan Tech | 35 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 118 | 182 | 40 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 130 | 218 | |
Minnesota-Duluth | 35 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 114 | 163 | 39 | 11 | 27 | 1 | 121 | 184 | |
Championship: North Dakota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
1987 NCAA Tournament
Quarterfinals March 20–21 |
Semifinals March 26–27 |
National Championship March 28 | ||||||||||||||
E1 | Boston College | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Minnesota | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Minnesota | 3 | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Michigan State | 5 | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Michigan State | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Maine | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Michigan State | 3 | ||||||||||||||
W1 | North Dakota | 5 | ||||||||||||||
W1 | North Dakota | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||||
E4 | St. Lawrence | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
W1 | North Dakota | 5 | Third Place Game | |||||||||||||
E2 | Harvard | 2 | ||||||||||||||
E2 | Harvard | 7 | 3 | 10 | W4 | Minnesota | 6 | |||||||||
W3 | Bowling Green | 1 | 0 | 1 | E2 | Harvard | 3 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Player stats
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Tony Hrkac | Sophomore | North Dakota | 48 | 46 | 70 | 116 | 48 |
Mitch Messier | Senior | Michigan State | 45 | 44 | 48 | 92 | 89 |
Bob Joyce | Junior | North Dakota | 48 | 52 | 37 | 89 | 42 |
Wayne Gagné | Senior | Western Michigan | 43 | 13 | 76 | 89 | 38 |
Rick Brebant | Junior | Ohio State | 42 | 35 | 51 | 86 | 50 |
Paul Ysebaert | Junior | Bowling Green | 45 | 27 | 58 | 85 | 44 |
Craig Janney | Sophomore | Boston College | 37 | 28 | 55 | 83 | 6 |
Kevin Miller | Junior | Michigan State | 45 | 25 | 56 | 81 | 63 |
Bill Shibicky | Senior | Michigan State | 42 | 43 | 36 | 79 | 100 |
Rob Bryden | Senior | Western Michigan | 43 | 46 | 32 | 78 | 82 |
Brad Jones | Senior | Michigan | 40 | 32 | 46 | 78 | 64 |
Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | OT | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Richard McEvoy | Senior | Harvard | 24 | 1460 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 4 | .915 | 2.22 |
Ed Belfour | Freshman | North Dakota | 33 | 2049 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 81 | 3 | .915 | 2.43 |
Bob Essensa | Senior | Michigan State | 25 | 1381 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 64 | 0 | .884 | 2.78 |
Scott Yearwood | Junior | St. Lawrence | 28 | 1456 | - | - | - | 72 | 1 | .905 | 2.94 |
John Fletcher | Freshman | Clarkson | 23 | 1240 | 11 | 8 | - | 62 | 4 | .907 | 3.00 |
Scott Brower | Junior | North Dakota | 15 | 803 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 0 | .865 | 3.09 |
Scott King | Freshman | Maine | 21 | 1111 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 58 | 0 | .894 | 3.13 |
John Blue | Junior | Minnesota | 33 | 1889 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 99 | 3 | .889 | 3.14 |
Steve Duncan | Freshman | Rensselaer | 12 | 398 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 0 | .904 | 3.16 |
Brad Ryan | Junior | Illinois-Chicago | 16 | 925 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 0 | .889 | 3.18 |
Awards
NCAA
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CCHA
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Hockey East
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