The 1996 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament involved 12 schools playing in single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 22, 1996, and ended with the championship game on March 30. A total of 11 games were played. The top two seeds in each region received a bye into the tournament quarterfinals.
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In the regional semifinals, Michigan's Mike Legg scored a high wraparound goal that, in the U.S., is now known as a Michigan goal.[1]
The University of Michigan, coached by Red Berenson, won the national championship with a 3–2 victory over Colorado College in overtime in front of 12,957 fans.[2]
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) had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, the ECAC and Hockey East each had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, while the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had two berths.
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| Regional Quarterfinals
March 22–23
| | | Regional semifinals
March 23–24
| | | Frozen Four
March 28
| | | National championship
March 30
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| | | | E1
| Boston University
| 3
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| | | E5
| Clarkson
| 2
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| E4
| Western Michigan
| 1
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| E5
| Clarkson
| 6
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| | E1
| Boston University
| 0
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| | | W2
| Michigan
| 4
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| | W2
| Michigan
| 4
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| | | W3
| Minnesota
| 3
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| W3
| Minnesota
| 5
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| W6
| Providence
| 1
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| | W2
| Michigan
| 3*
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| | | W1
| Colorado College
| 2
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| | E2
| Vermont
| 2
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| | | E3
| Lake Superior State
| 1
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| E3
| Lake Superior State
| 5
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| E6
| Cornell
| 4
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| | E2
| Vermont
| 3
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| | | W1
| Colorado College
| 4**
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| | W1
| Colorado College
| 5
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| | | W4
| Massachusetts-Lowell
| 3
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| W4
| Massachusetts-Lowell
| 6
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| W5
| Michigan State
| 2
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Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
East Regional
(3) Lake Superior State vs. (6) Cornell
(4) Western Michigan vs. (5) Clarkson
West Regional
(3) Minnesota vs. (6) Providence
(4) Massachusetts-Lowell vs. (5) Michigan State
| March 23[4] |
Massachusetts-Lowell |
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6 – 2 |
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Michigan State |
Munn Ice Arena |
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(Donovan, Sbrocca) Jeff Daw – 07:12
(Concannon, Donovan) David Barrozino – 16:57 |
First period |
No scoring |
(Dartsch) Marc Salsman – GW – 06:52
(Sbrocca) Brendan Concannon – 11:30 |
Second period |
18:52 – Sean Berens (York, Watt) |
(Concannon) David Barrozino – 00:34
(Mahoney, Sandholm) David Barrozino – 17:42 |
Third period |
06:42 – Mark Loeding (Adams, Ford) |
East Regional
(1) Boston University vs. (5) Clarkson
(2) Vermont vs. (3) Lake Superior State
West Regional
(1) Colorado College vs. (4) Massachusetts-Lowell
(2) Michigan vs. (3) Minnesota
National semifinal
(E1) Boston University vs. (W2) Michigan
(E2) Vermont vs. (W1) Colorado College
National Championship
(W2) Michigan vs. (W1) Colorado College
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| Shots by period |
| Team |
1 |
2 |
3 |
OT |
T |
| Michigan | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| Colorado College | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 23 |
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| Conference |
# of Bids |
Record |
Win % |
Regional semifinals |
Frozen Four |
Championship Game |
Champions |
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| CCHA |
4 | 4-3 | .571 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ECAC |
3 | 2-3 | .400 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Hockey East |
3 | 2-3 | .400 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| WCHA |
2 | 3-2 | .600 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
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