2006 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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2006 NCAA Division I Men's
Ice Hockey Tournament
2006 Frozen Four logo
2006 Frozen Four logo
Season 2005–06
Teams 16
Finals Site Bradley Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Champions Wisconsin (6th title, 8th title game,
10th Frozen Four)
Runner-Up Boston College (7th title game,
19th Frozen Four)
Semifinalists North Dakota (16th Frozen Four)
Maine (10th Frozen Four)
Winning Coach Mike Eaves (1st title)
MOP Robbie Earl (Wisconsin)
Attendance 117,613
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 24, 2006, and ended with the championship game on April 8. A total of 15 games were played.

The University of Wisconsin–Madison, coached by Mike Eaves, won their sixth national title with a 2-1 victory in the final game over Boston College, coached by Jerry York. The Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team won the 2006 NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament marking the first time the same school won both the Division I men's and women's championship in the same year.

Robbie Earl, forward for Wisconsin, was named the Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player.

Qualifying teams[1]

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament was announced on March 19, 2006.[2] The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), Hockey East and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) each had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, the ECACHL had two teams receive a berth in the tournament, while Atlantic Hockey and College Hockey America (CHA) both received a single bid for their tournament champions.

Midwest Regional – Green Bay West Regional – Grand Forks
Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
1 Wisconsin (1) WCHA 26–10–3 At-large bid 22nd 2005 1 Minnesota (2) WCHA 27–8–5 At-large bid 30th 2005
2 Cornell ECACHL 21–8–4 At-large bid 16th 2005 2 North Dakota WCHA 27–15–1 Tournament champion 21st 2005
3 Colorado College WCHA 24–15–2 At-large bid 18th 2005 3 Michigan CCHA 21–14–5 At-large bid 29th 2005
4 Bemidji State CHA 20–13–3 Tournament champion 2nd 2005 4 Holy Cross Atlantic Hockey 26–9–2 Tournament champion 2nd 2004
Northeast Regional – Worcester East Regional – Albany
Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
1 Boston University (3) Hockey East 25–9–4 Tournament champion 29th 2005 1 Michigan State (4) CCHA 24–11–8 Tournament champion 24th 2005
2 Miami CCHA 26–8–4 At-large bid 4th 2004 2 Harvard ECACHL 21–11–2 Tournament champion 21st 2005
3 Boston College Hockey East 23–12–3 At-large bid 26th 2005 3 Maine Hockey East 26–11–2 At-large bid 16th 2005
4 Nebraska-Omaha CCHA 20–14–6 At-large bid 1st Never 4 New Hampshire Hockey East 20–12–7 At-large bid 16th 2005

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Game locations

Regional Sites

Frozen Four

Brackets

Frozen Four

National Semifinals
April 6		 National Championship
April 8
           
E3 Maine 2
MW1 Wisconsin 5
MW1 Wisconsin 2
NE3 Boston College 1
W2 North Dakota 5
NE3 Boston College 6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

East Regional[3]

Regional Semifinals

(1) Michigan State vs. (4) New Hampshire


(2) Harvard vs. (3) Maine


Regional Finals

(1) Michigan State vs. (3) Maine


Midwest Regional

Regional Semifinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Bemidji State


(2) Cornell vs. (3) Colorado College


Regional Finals

(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Cornell


Northeast Regional

Regional Semifinals

(1) Boston University vs. (4) Nebraska-Omaha


(2) Miami vs. (3) Boston College


Regional Finals

(1) Boston University vs. (3) Boston College


West Regional

Regional Semifinals

(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Holy Cross


(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Michigan


Regional Finals

(2) North Dakota vs. (4) Holy Cross


Frozen Four[16]

National Semifinal

(MW1) Wisconsin vs. (E3) Maine


(W2) North Dakota vs. (NE3) Boston College


National Championship

(MW1) Wisconsin vs. (NE3) Boston College


All-Tournament Team[20]

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[21]

Record by conference

Conference # of Bids Record Win % Regional Finals Frozen Four Championship Game Champions
WCHA 4 6-3 .667 2 2 1 1
Hockey East 4 6-4 .600 3 2 1 -
CCHA 4 1-4 .200 1 - - -
ECACHL 2 1-2 .333 1 - - -
Atlantic Hockey 1 1-1 .500 1 - - -
CHA 1 0-1 .000 - - - -

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