The 1994 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament involved 12 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 25, 1994, and ended with the championship game on April 2. A total of 11 games were played.
Lake Superior State's 9-1 win in the title game was the largest margin of victory since 1961.
Qualifying teams The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded. The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and Hockey East each had four teams receive a berth in the tournament while the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and the ECAC had two berths.
East Regional – Albany West Regional – East LansingSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid1 Boston University Hockey East 32–6–0 Tournament champion 20th 19931 Michigan CCHA 33–6–1 Tournament champion 17th 19932 Harvard ECAC 23–4–4 Tournament champion 16th 19932 Minnesota WCHA 23–11–4 Tournament champion 21st 19933 New Hampshire Hockey East 24–11–3 At-large bid 6th 19923 Massachusetts-Lowell Hockey East 24–9–5 At-large bid 2nd 19884 Wisconsin WCHA 25–14–1 At-large bid 15th 19934 Lake Superior State CCHA 27–10–4 At-large bid 8th 19935 Western Michigan CCHA 24–12–3 At-large bid 2nd 19865 Northeastern Hockey East 19–12–7 At-large bid 3rd 19886 Rensselaer ECAC 21–10–4 At-large bid 7th 19856 Michigan State CCHA 23–12–5 At-large bid 14th 1992
Game locations East Regional – Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York West Regional – Munn Ice Arena, East Lansing, Michigan Frozen Four – Saint Paul Civic Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Bracket
Results East Regional – Albany, New York First Round
Quarterfinals
West Regional – East Lansing, Michigan First Round
Quarterfinals
Frozen Four – St. Paul, Minnesota
National Semifinals
National Championship
Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st LSSURob ValicevicMiller and G. Tallaire 13:40 1–0 LSSU 2nd LSSUMatt Alvey – GWStrachan and Barnes 23:14 2–0 LSSU LSSUKurtis MillerValicevic and G. Tallaire 25:07 3–0 LSSU BURich Brennan – PPO'Sullivan and Pomichter 29:40 3–1 LSSU LSSUJay Ness – PPValicevic and G. Tallaire 34:13 4–1 LSSU LSSUSteve Barnes – PPS. Tallaire and Strachan 37:26 5–1 LSSU LSSUSean Tallaire – PPStrachan and Morin 39:17 6–1 LSSU 3rd LSSUMike MatteucciBeddoes 44:40 7–1 LSSU LSSUSean TallaireBarnes 52:51 8–1 LSSU LSSURob ValicevicBilben and G. Tallaire 58:32 9–1 LSSU Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st LSSUGerald TallaireTripping 1:19 2:00 BUSteve ThorntonInterference 9:53 2:00 BUJacques JoubertTripping 14:34 2:00 LSSUMike MorinRoughing 17:14 2:00 BUDoug WoodRoughing 17:14 2:00 2nd LSSUWayne StrachanRoughing 25:49 2:00 BUDoug FriedmanCharging 25:49 2:00 LSSUKeith AldridgeHolding 27:45 2:00 LSSUKurt MillerHooking 30:13 2:00 BUJon PrattHolding 33:50 2:00 LSSUMike MorinRoughing 34:59 2:00 BUDan DonatoRoughing 34:59 2:00 BURich BrennanCross-checking 37:21 2:00 BURich BrennanRoughing 38:21 2:00 LSSURob ValicevicHooking 39:45 2:00 3rd LSSUKurt MillerHigh-sticking 45:44 2:00 BUMike GrierChecking from behind 50:49 2:00
Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Lake Superior State 12 15 13 40 Boston University 2 11 12 25
Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice LSSU Blaine Lacher 24 1 BU Derek Herlofsky 19 4 34:13 BU J. P. McKersie 12 5 25:47
All-Tournament team G: Blaine Lacher (Lake Superior State) D: Keith Aldridge (Lake Superior State) D: Steve Barnes (Lake Superior State) F: Clayton Beddoes (Lake Superior State) F: Mike Pomichter (Boston University) F: Sean Tallaire* (Lake Superior State) * Most Outstanding Player(s)
Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Regional semifinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions CCHA 4 4-3 .571 2 1 1 1 Hockey East 4 4-4 .500 3 1 1 - WCHA 2 2-2 .500 2 1 – - ECAC 2 1-2 .333 1 1 – -
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