1997–98 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
1997–98 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season | |||||
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The Fleet Center served as the host for the 1998 Frozen Four
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Duration | October 1997– April 4, 1998 |
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NCAA tournament | 1998 | ||||
National championship | FleetCenter Boston, Massachusetts |
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NCAA champion | Michigan | ||||
Hobey Baker Award | Chris Drury (Boston University) |
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The 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1997 and concluded with the 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on April 4, 1998 at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts. This was the 51st season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 103rd year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
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Pre-season polls
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Regular season
Standings[1][2][3][4]
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Michigan State†* | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 110 | 54 | 44 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 156 | 76 | |
Michigan | 30 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 109 | 69 | 45 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 163 | 108 | |
Ohio State | 30 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 39 | 106 | 76 | 42 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 161 | 110 | |
Northern Michigan | 30 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 33 | 96 | 90 | 38 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 130 | 117 | |
Miami | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 32 | 100 | 87 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 134 | 114 | |
Lake Superior State | 30 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 28 | 82 | 100 | 37 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 104 | 121 | |
Notre Dame | 30 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 28 | 91 | 89 | 41 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 127 | 115 | |
Ferris State | 30 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 27 | 88 | 106 | 39 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 119 | 138 | |
Western Michigan | 30 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 20 | 80 | 91 | 38 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 94 | 125 | |
Alaska-Fairbanks | 30 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 87 | 138 | 35 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 110 | 154 | |
Bowling Green | 30 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 15 | 77 | 106 | 38 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 100 | 157 | |
Championship: Michigan State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll |
1997–98 ECAC Hockey standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Yale† | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 82 | 44 | 35 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 121 | 80 | |
Clarkson | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 86 | 48 | 35 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 128 | 87 | |
Rensselaer | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 87 | 75 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 126 | 110 | |
Brown | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 73 | 64 | 31 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 100 | 104 | |
Harvard | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 72 | 78 | 33 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 112 | 124 | |
Colgate | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 69 | 75 | 35 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 116 | 126 | |
Princeton* | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 71 | 75 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 125 | 112 | |
Cornell | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 55 | 68 | 33 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 84 | 101 | |
Vermont | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 62 | 77 | 34 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 89 | 119 | |
St. Lawrence | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 56 | 69 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 90 | 123 | |
Dartmouth | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 72 | 77 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 96 | 88 | |
Union | 22 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 76 | 32 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 74 | 117 | |
Championship: Princeton † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll |
1997–98 Hockey East standings
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Boston University† | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 95 | 52 | 38 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 155 | 86 | |
Boston College* | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 107 | 78 | 42 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 191 | 123 | |
New Hampshire | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 104 | 62 | 38 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 163 | 102 | |
Northeastern | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 77 | 78 | 39 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 125 | 133 | |
Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 88 | 89 | 35 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 126 | 124 | |
Maine | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 98 | 89 | 36 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 145 | 121 | |
Providence | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 65 | 82 | 36 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 110 | 125 | |
Merrimack | 24 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 78 | 128 | 38 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 141 | 185 | |
Massachusetts | 24 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 62 | 116 | 33 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 78 | 141 | |
Championship: Boston College † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll |
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 | 15 | 19 | 0 | |||
Army | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 34 | 18 | 15 | 1 | |||
Mankato State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 38 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 139 | 138 | |
Nebraska–Omaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 33 | 12 | 18 | 3 | |||
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
North Dakota† | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 127 | 80 | 39 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 188 | 115 | |
Wisconsin* | 28 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 102 | 88 | 41 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 151 | 121 | |
Colorado College | 28 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 34 | 111 | 93 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 174 | 132 | |
St. Cloud State | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 33 | 101 | 90 | 40 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 141 | 121 | |
Minnesota-Duluth | 28 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 94 | 90 | 40 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 140 | 130 | |
Minnesota | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 101 | 94 | 39 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 140 | 133 | |
Michigan Tech | 28 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 79 | 116 | 40 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 132 | 155 | |
Denver | 28 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 91 | 119 | 38 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 127 | 167 | |
Alaska-Anchorage | 28 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 45 | 81 | 36 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 59 | 116 | |
Championship: Wisconsin † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll |
1998 NCAA Tournament[5]
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First Round March 27-28 |
Quarterfinals March 28-29 |
Frozen Four April 2 |
National Championship April 4 |
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E1 | Boston University | – | |||||||||||||||||
– | bye | – | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Boston University | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
East Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
E5 | New Hampshire | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
E4 | Wisconsin | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
E5 | New Hampshire | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
E5 | New Hampshire | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Michigan | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | North Dakota | – | |||||||||||||||||
– | bye | – | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | North Dakota | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
West Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
W3 | Michigan | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Michigan | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
W6 | Princeton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Michigan | 3* | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | Boston College | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Michigan State | – | |||||||||||||||||
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W1 | Michigan State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
West Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
W4 | Ohio State | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W4 | Ohio State | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W5 | Yale | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
W4 | Ohio State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | Boston College | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | Boston College | – | |||||||||||||||||
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E2 | Boston College | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
East Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
E6 | Colorado College | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | Clarkson | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
E6 | Colorado College | 3 |
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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Marty Reasoner | Junior | Boston College | 42 | 33 | 40 | 73 | 56 |
Bill Muckalt | Senior | Michigan | 46 | 32 | 35 | 67 | 94 |
Jason Krog | Junior | New Hampshire | 38 | 33 | 33 | 66 | 44 |
Brian Gionta | Freshman | Boston College | 40 | 30 | 32 | 62 | 44 |
Mike York | Senior | Michigan State | 40 | 27 | 34 | 61 | 38 |
Derek Bekar | Junior | New Hampshire | 35 | 32 | 28 | 60 | 46 |
Tom Nolan | Senior | New Hampshire | 37 | 18 | 41 | 59 | 73 |
Hugo Boisvert | Sophomore | Ohio State | 42 | 23 | 35 | 58 | 70 |
Chris Drury | Senior | Boston University | 38 | 28 | 29 | 57 | 88 |
Rejean Stringer | Junior | Merrimack | 38 | 11 | 46 | 57 | 44 |
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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Chad Alban | Senior | Michigan State | 40 | 2438 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 64 | 0 | .926 | 1.57 |
Tom Noble | Senior | Boston University | 16 | 930 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 3 | .907 | 2.13 |
Marty Turco | Senior | Michigan | 45 | 2640 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 95 | 0 | .907 | 2.16 |
Michel Larocque | Junior | Boston University | 24 | 1370 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 1 | .912 | 2.19 |
Karl Goehring | Freshman | North Dakota | 27 | 1504 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 57 | 1 | .913 | 2.27 |
Dan Murphy | Senior | Clarkson | 23 | 1266 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 48 | 2 | .907 | 2.27 |
Alex Westlund | Junior | Yale | 32 | 1918 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 74 | 3 | .919 | 2.32 |
Jeff Maund | Freshman | Ohio State | 32 | 1858 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 73 | 0 | .922 | 2.36 |
Chris Bernard | Senior | Clarkson | 16 | 864 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | .899 | 2.43 |
Sean Matile | Junior | New Hampshire | 38 | 2282 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 96 | 4 | .908 | 2.52 |
Awards
NCAA
CCHA
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ECAC
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Hockey East
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WCHA
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