1982 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The 1982 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the culmination of the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 35th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 19 and 27, 1982, and concluded with North Dakota defeating Wisconsin 5-2. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues while all succeeding games were played at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

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. Two additional automatic bids were received by the two ECAC division champions that did not contain the ECAC champion. At-large bids made up the remaining 3 teams, an additional 1 eastern and 2 western schools.

East West SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid1 Northeastern ECAC Hockey 23–8–1 Tournament champion 1st Never1 Wisconsin WCHA 32–10–1 Tournament champion 7th 19812 New Hampshire ECAC Hockey 20–12–0 At-large bid 3rd 19792 North Dakota WCHA 31–12–0 At-large bid 9th 19803 Clarkson ECAC Hockey 26–6–1 Division champion 8th 19813 Michigan State CCHA 26–12–2 Tournament champion 4th 19674 Harvard ECAC Hockey 13–13–2 Division champion 8th 19754 Bowling Green CCHA 27–12–1 At-large bid 4th 1979

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 Providence Civic Center 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

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(E1) Northeastern vs. (W4) Bowling Green

(E2) New Hampshire vs. (W3) Michigan State

(W1) Wisconsin vs. (E4) Harvard

(W2) North Dakota vs. (E3) Clarkson

Semifinal

(E1) Northeastern vs. (W2) North Dakota

(W1) Wisconsin vs. (E2) New Hampshire

Third-place game

(E1) Northeastern vs. (E2) New Hampshire

National Championship

(W1) Wisconsin vs. (W2) North Dakota

Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st UNDGlen WhiteSykes and Fester 1:26 1–0 UND WISRon VincentThomas 3:56 1–1 2nd UNDPhil SykesSherven 21:09 2–1 UND WISJohn NewberryPearson and Flatley 25:30 2–2 3rd UNDPhil Sykes – GWLudwig and White 46:27 3–2 UND UNDCary EadesMurray and Dachyshyn 50:07 4–2 UND UNDPhil SykesWhite and Zombo 55:08 5–2 UND Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st WISRon VincentHigh-sticking 4:27 2:00 UNDJim ArchibaldRoughing 7:58 2:00 UNDTroy MurrayHigh-sticking 9:02 2:00 2nd WISChris CheliosHigh-sticking 26:04 2:00 UNDJames PatrickTripping 28:33 2:00 WISPat EthierSlashing 36:36 2:00 WISTerry KleisingerSlashing (served by John Johannson) 37:05 2:00 UNDPhil SykesSlashing 37:05 2:00 3rd WISMark BaronHooking 43:30 2:00

Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T North Dakota 12 10 16 38 Wisconsin 11 5 9 25

Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice UND Darren Jensen 23 2 60:00 WIS Terry Kleisinger 33 5 60:00

All-Tournament team G: Darren Jensen (North Dakota) D: Bruce Driver (Wisconsin) D: James Patrick (North Dakota) F: Cary Eades (North Dakota) F: John Newberry (Wisconsin) F: Phil Sykes* (North Dakota) * Most Outstanding Player(s)

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