1987–88 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
The 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1987 and concluded with the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on April 2, 1988 at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York. This was the 41st season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 93rd year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
1987–88 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season | |||||
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Duration | October 1987– April 2, 1988 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 1988 | ||||
National championship | Olympic Center Lake Placid, New York | ||||
NCAA champion | Lake Superior State | ||||
Hobey Baker Award | Robb Stauber (Minnesota) | ||||
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After the season U.S. International would drop its hockey program (the school itself would eventually go bankrupt) causing the demise of the Great West Hockey Conference, the only principally west-coast conference in the history of Division I hockey.
Regular season
Season tournaments
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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Cardinal Classic | November 6–7 | 4 | Army |
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | November 27–28 | 4 | Rensselaer |
Dexter Shoe Classic | December 27–28 | 4 | Bowling Green |
Long Island Classic | December 27–28 | 4 | Boston College |
Auld Lang Syne Classic | December 29–30 | 4 | Vermont |
Great Lakes Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | Wisconsin |
Syracuse Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | Clarkson |
Riverfront Invitational | January 2–3 | 4 | Western Michigan |
Yale Hockey Classic | January 2–3 | 4 | Cornell |
Beanpot | February 1, 8 | 4 | Northeastern |
Standings
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Michigan–Dearborn † | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 20 | - | - | 42 | 25 | 14 | 3 | - | - | |
Notre Dame * | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 60 | 44 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 222 | 114 | |
Lake Forest | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 48 | 58 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 130 | 99 | |
Kent State | 12 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 40 | 11 | 26 | 3 | - | - | |
Championship: March 5, 1988 † 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 | ||
Lake Superior State† | 32 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 163 | 97 | 46 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 233 | 139 | |
Bowling Green* | 32 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 40 | 190 | 144 | 45 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 258 | 188 | |
Michigan State | 32 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 39 | 151 | 123 | 46 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 222 | 173 | |
Western Michigan | 32 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 37 | 152 | 136 | 42 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 208 | 184 | |
Michigan | 32 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 34 | 140 | 131 | 41 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 176 | 171 | |
Illinois-Chicago | 32 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 29 | 137 | 138 | 39 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 170 | 169 | |
Ferris State | 32 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 26 | 118 | 165 | 40 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 155 | 198 | |
Ohio State | 32 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 18 | 116 | 178 | 40 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 138 | 209 | |
Miami | 32 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 15 | 113 | 168 | 38 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 145 | 187 | |
Championship: Bowling Green † 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 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 93 | 52 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 132 | 96 | |
St. Lawrence†* | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 124 | 70 | 38 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 200 | 112 | |
Cornell | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 98 | 68 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 121 | 81 | |
Vermont | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 81 | 67 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 127 | 101 | |
Colgate | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 105 | 63 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 156 | 104 | |
Clarkson | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 86 | 82 | 35 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 133 | 125 | |
Princeton | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 80 | 77 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 94 | 110 | |
Rensselaer | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 99 | 91 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 164 | 125 | |
Dartmouth | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 59 | 84 | 26 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 70 | 98 | |
Yale | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 60 | 97 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 76 | 128 | |
Army | 22 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 59 | 119 | 30 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 97 | 151 | |
Brown | 22 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 120 | 26 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 63 | 144 | |
Championship: St. Lawrence † 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–Fairbanks† | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | - | - | 31 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 172 | 115 | |
US International | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | - | - | 36 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 152 | 126 | |
Alaska–Anchorage | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 34 | 36 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 170 | 121 | |
† indicates conference regular season champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Maine† | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 159 | 90 | 44 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 259 | 144 | |
Northeastern* | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 115 | 107 | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 155 | 142 | |
Boston University | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 25 | 116 | 117 | 34 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 150 | 154 | |
Lowell | 26 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 111 | 119 | 39 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 165 | 166 | |
Boston College | 26 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 104 | 119 | 34 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 132 | 151 | |
Providence | 26 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 97 | 119 | 36 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 135 | 165 | |
New Hampshire | 26 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 86 | 128 | 30 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 101 | 146 | |
Championship: Northeastern † 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 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 133 | 118 | |
Alabama–Huntsville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 30 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 139 | 159 | |
St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 37 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 131 | 231 | |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Minnesota† | 35 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 56 | 167 | 107 | 44 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 209 | 125 | |
Wisconsin* | 35 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 45 | 163 | 125 | 45 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 205 | 161 | |
Denver | 35 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 40 | 169 | 152 | 39 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 184 | 170 | |
Michigan Tech | 35 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 39 | 165 | 158 | 41 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 189 | 188 | |
North Dakota | 35 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 33 | 147 | 140 | 42 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 174 | 160 | |
Minnesota-Duluth | 35 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 32 | 143 | 155 | 41 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 163 | 179 | |
Northern Michigan | 35 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 32 | 145 | 147 | 40 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 164 | 159 | |
Colorado College | 35 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 102 | 206 | 38 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 111 | 222 | |
Championship: Wisconsin † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
1988 NCAA Tournament
First Round March 18–20 |
Quarterfinals March 25–27 |
Frozen Four March 31-April 1 |
National Championship April 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
E1 | Maine | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
W4 | Bowling Green | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
W4 | Bowling Green | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
E5 | Vermont | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
E1 | Maine | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
W2 | Lake Superior State | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
W2 | Lake Superior State | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
W6 | Merrimack | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
E3 | Northeastern | 5 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
W6 | Merrimack | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
W2 | Lake Superior State | 4* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
E2 | St. Lawrence | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
W1 | Minnesota | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
W5 | Michigan State | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
E4 | Harvard | 5 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
W5 | Michigan State | 6 | 5 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
W1 | Minnesota | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
E2 | St. Lawrence | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
E2 | St. Lawrence | 7 | 3 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
W3 | Wisconsin | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
W3 | Wisconsin | 7 | 4 | 11 | Third Place Game | ||||||||||||||||||||||
E6 | Lowell | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
E1 | Maine | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
W1 | Minnesota | 2 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Player stats
Scoring leaders
[6] 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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Steve Johnson | Senior | North Dakota | 42 | 34 | 51 | 85 | 28 |
Dave Capuano | Sophomore | Maine | 42 | 34 | 51 | 85 | 51 |
Paul Polillo | Sophomore | Western Michigan | 42 | 25 | 60 | 85 | 34 |
Keith Street | Junior | Alaska–Fairbanks | 31 | 37 | 46 | 83 | 30 |
Nelson Emerson | Sophomore | Bowling Green | 45 | 34 | 49 | 83 | 54 |
Mark Vermette | Junior | Lake Superior State | 46 | 45 | 30 | 75 | 154 |
Mike Golden | Senior | Maine | 44 | 31 | 44 | 75 | 46 |
Greg Parks | Junior | Bowling Green | 45 | 30 | 44 | 74 | 86 |
Phil Berger | Junior | Northern Michigan | 38 | 40 | 32 | 72 | 22 |
Mike McNeill | Senior | Notre Dame | 32 | 28 | 44 | 72 | 12 |
Leading goaltenders
[6] 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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Bruce Hoffort | Freshman | Lake Superior State | 31 | 1787 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 79 | 2 | .909 | 2.65 |
Robb Stauber | Sophomore | Minnesota | 44 | 2621 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 119 | 5 | .913 | 2.72 |
Mike Millham | Freshman | Vermont | 18 | 1054 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 48 | - | .885 | 2.73 |
Corrie D'Alessio | Freshman | Cornell | 25 | 1457 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 67 | 0 | .910 | 2.76 |
Paul Cohen | Junior | St. Lawrence | 30 | 1707 | - | - | - | 80 | 2 | .903 | 2.78 |
Elias Delaney | Junior | Vermont | 10 | 507 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | - | .887 | 2.96 |
Wayne Cowley | Junior | Colgate | 20 | 1162 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 58 | 1 | - | 2.99 |
Scott King | Sophomore | Maine | 33 | 1762 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 91 | 0 | .896 | 3.10 |
Chad Meyhoff | Sophomore | Alaska-Anchorage | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | .885 | 3.16 |
John Fletcher | Sophomore | Clarkson | 33 | 1820 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 97 | 1 | .908 | 3.20 |
Awards
NCAA
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CCHA
ECAC
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Hockey East
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WCHA
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