1991–92 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
The 1991–92 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1991 and concluded with the 1992 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on April 4, 1992, at the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York. This was the 45th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 97th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
1991–92 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season | |||||
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The Knickerbocker Arena served as the host for the 1992 Frozen Four | |||||
Duration | October 1991 – April 4, 1992 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 1992 | ||||
National championship | Knickerbocker Arena Albany, New York | ||||
NCAA champion | Lake Superior State | ||||
Hobey Baker Award | Scott Pellerin (Maine) | ||||
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Massachusetts–Lowell was placed on probation for 2 years and was banned from the NCAA tournament for this year due to NCAA rules violations.[1]
Terry Slater, the head coach of Colgate, died on December 6th, four days after suffering a stroke.[2]
Regular season
Season tournaments
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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USAir Hockey Classic | November 1–2 | 4 | Massachusetts–Lowell |
Ottawa University Invitational | November 29–30 | 4 | |
Great Western Freeze–Out | December 19–20 | 4 | Maine |
Jeep/Nissan Classic | December 20–21 | 4 | Northern Michigan |
Mariucci Classic | December 21–22 | 4 | Minnesota |
Badger Showdown | December 27–28 | 4 | Wisconsin |
Great Lakes Invitational | December 27–28 | 4 | Michigan |
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 27–28 | 4 | St. Lawrence |
Syracuse Invitational | December 27–28 | 4 | Ohio State |
Auld Lang Syne Tournament | December 28–29 | 4 | Boston University |
Dexter Shoe Classic | January 3–4 | 4 | Maine |
Beanpot | February 3, 10 | 4 | Boston University |
Standings
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Michigan† | 32 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 47 | 150 | 104 | 44 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 215 | 144 | |
Lake Superior State* | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 44 | 141 | 78 | 43 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 203 | 100 | |
Michigan State | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 149 | 105 | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 199 | 143 | |
Western Michigan | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 34 | 119 | 114 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 140 | 130 | |
Miami | 32 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 30 | 124 | 145 | 40 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 165 | 183 | |
Ferris State | 32 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 28 | 102 | 127 | 38 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 119 | 148 | |
Illinois-Chicago | 32 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 22 | 101 | 132 | 36 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 123 | 152 | |
Ohio State | 32 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 134 | 182 | 38 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 162 | 211 | |
Bowling Green | 32 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 19 | 123 | 156 | 34 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 133 | 165 | |
Championship: Lake Superior 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 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 90 | 59 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 103 | 78 | |
St. Lawrence* | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 104 | 66 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 160 | 109 | |
Clarkson | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 101 | 63 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 165 | 100 | |
Yale | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 103 | 90 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 121 | 110 | |
Cornell | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 70 | 59 | 29 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 92 | 78 | |
Brown | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 93 | 86 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 118 | 135 | |
Vermont | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 78 | 74 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 116 | 95 | |
Colgate | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 105 | 108 | 31 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 152 | 151 | |
Princeton | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 84 | 91 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 108 | 116 | |
Rensselaer | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 70 | 89 | 33 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 124 | 128 | |
Dartmouth | 22 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 60 | 116 | 26 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 70 | 142 | |
Union | 22 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 61 | 118 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 82 | 138 | |
Championship: St. Lawrence † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
New Hampshire | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 94 | 75 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 168 | 127 | |
Boston University | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 92 | 88 | 35 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 159 | 124 | |
Maine†*^ | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 115 | 54 | 37 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 194 | 89 | |
Providence | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 99 | 79 | 36 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 175 | 134 | |
Boston College | 21 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 68 | 76 | 36 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 116 | 138 | |
Massachusetts–Lowell | 21 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 75 | 91 | 34 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 127 | 155 | |
Northeastern | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 70 | 103 | 35 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 142 | 167 | |
Merrimack | 21 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 60 | 102 | 34 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 128 | 149 | |
Championship: Maine † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ After the season Maine was required to retroactively forfeit 13 games for using a player deemed ineligible by the NCAA |
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 | - | - | - | 34 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 138 | 149 | |
Alabama–Huntsville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 27 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 161 | 148 | |
Alaska–Anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 36 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 193 | 124 | |
Alaska–Fairbanks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 35 | 7 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
Army | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 31 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 138 | 163 | |
Kent State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 31 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 143 | 137 | |
Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 31 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 107 | 142 | |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Minnesota† | 32 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 163 | 89 | 44 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 215 | 132 | |
Wisconsin | 32 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 40 | 129 | 106 | 43 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 175 | 142 | |
Northern Michigan* | 32 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 37 | 184 | 133 | 42 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 238 | 165 | |
Colorado College | 32 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 32 | 138 | 141 | 41 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 170 | 175 | |
Minnesota-Duluth | 32 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 30 | 124 | 137 | 37 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 144 | 162 | |
Michigan Tech | 32 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 29 | 114 | 137 | 39 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 141 | 177 | |
St. Cloud State | 32 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 25 | 120 | 138 | 37 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 150 | 159 | |
North Dakota | 32 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 25 | 137 | 172 | 39 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 170 | 199 | |
Denver | 32 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 18 | 110 | 166 | 36 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 124 | 187 | |
Championship: Northern Michigan † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
1992 NCAA Tournament
Regional Quarterfinals March 26–27 | Regional Semifinals March 28–29 | Frozen Four April 2 | National Championship April 4 | ||||||||||||||||
E1 | Maine | – | |||||||||||||||||
– | bye | – | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Maine | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
East Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
E5 | Michigan State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E4 | Boston University | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
E5 | Michigan State | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
E5 | Michigan State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Lake Superior State | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | Minnesota | – | |||||||||||||||||
– | bye | – | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | Minnesota | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
West Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
W3 | Lake Superior State | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Lake Superior State | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
W6 | Alaska-Anchorage | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Lake Superior State | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
E6 | Wisconsin | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Michigan | – | |||||||||||||||||
– | bye | – | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Michigan | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
West Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
W4 | Northern Michigan | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
W4 | Northern Michigan | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
W5 | Clarkson | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
E6 | Wisconsin | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Michigan | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | St. Lawrence | – | |||||||||||||||||
– | bye | – | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | St. Lawrence | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
East Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
E6 | Wisconsin | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | New Hampshire | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
E6 | Wisconsin | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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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Denny Felsner | Senior | Michigan | 44 | 42 | 52 | 94 | 46 |
Jim Hiller | Junior | Northern Michigan | 41 | 31 | 55 | 86 | 119 |
Dwayne Norris | Senior | Michigan State | 44 | 44 | 39 | 83 | 62 |
Dallas Drake | Senior | Northern Michigan | 40 | 39 | 44 | 83 | 58 |
Mark Beaufait | Senior | Northern Michigan | 41 | 31 | 50 | 81 | 47 |
Larry Olimb | Senior | Minnesota | 44 | 24 | 56 | 80 | 32 |
Peter White | Senior | Michigan State | 44 | 26 | 51 | 77 | 32 |
Scott Beattie | Junior | Northern Michigan | 40 | 28 | 46 | 74 | 80 |
Greg Johnson | Junior | North Dakota | 39 | 20 | 54 | 74 | 8 |
Mike Boback | Senior | Providence | 36 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 34 |
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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Darrin Madeley | Junior | Lake Superior State | 38 | 2144 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 64 | 2 | .917 | 2.07 |
Thomas Newman | Junior | Minnesota | 12 | 418 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | .891 | 2.44 |
Garth Snow | Junior | Maine | 31 | 1792 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 73 | 2 | .883 | 2.44 |
Parris Duffus | Freshman | Cornell | 28 | 1677 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 74 | 1 | .913 | 2.65 |
Christian Soucy | Freshman | Vermont | 30 | 1783 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 81 | 0 | .910 | 2.73 |
Steve Shields | Sophomore | Michigan | 37 | 2091 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 99 | 0 | .885 | 2.81 |
Jason Currie | Sophomore | Clarkson | 18 | 965 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 42 | 2 | .912 | 2.88 |
Jeff Stolp | Senior | Minnesota | 36 | 2017 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 98 | 2 | .882 | 2.91 |
Chris Rogles | Junior | Clarkson | 18 | 974 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 0 | .904 | 3.07 |
Mike Gilmour | Senior | Michigan State | 33 | 1831 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 95 | 0 | .877 | 3.07 |
Awards
NCAA
CCHA
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ECAC
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Hockey East
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WCHA
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