1992 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

{{Infobox NCAA Ice Hockey Tournament |

| Year=1992

| Gender = men's

| Division=Division I

| Image=

| ImageSize=

| Caption=

| Teams=12

| FrozenFourArena=Knickerbocker Arena

| FrozenFourCity=Albany, New York

| Champions=Lake Superior State Lakers

| TitleCount=2nd

| ChampGameCount=2nd

| ChampFFCount=2nd

| RunnerUp=none
(Wisconsin Badgers vacated){{cite web |url=https://www.ncaa.com/history/icehockey-men/d1 |title=Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship History |publisher=NCAA |access-date=2015-03-28}}

| GameCount=-

| RunnerFFCount=-

| Semifinal1=Michigan State Spartans

| FrozenFourCount=8th

| Semifinal2=Michigan Wolverines

| FrozenFourCount2=14th

| Coach=Jeff Jackson

| CoachCount=1st

| MOP=Paul Constantin

| MOPTeam=Lake Superior State

| Attendance=67,363

}}

The 1992 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament involved 12 schools competing to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. Beginning with the 1992 tournament the format was changed to single-elimination play for all rounds of the tournament. First and quarterfinal rounds were played at two predetermined sites as the East and West Regionals.{{cite web|title=Tournament History |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4trnhist.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817163148/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4trnhist.pdf |archive-date=2012-08-17 |url-status=live |access-date=2013-07-03 }} The tournament began on March 26, 1992, and ended with the championship game on April 4 in which Lake Superior State defeated the University of Wisconsin 5-3. A total of 11 games were played. Wisconsin's participation in the tournament was later vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

Alaska-Anchorage's 1992 participation was the last time an independent team was selected to the tournament, until Arizona State in 2019.

The 1992 championship game is most remembered for the controversial penalty calls that gave Lake Superior State 11 power plays in the game. Wisconsin staff and players were so incensed at the calls that referee Tim McConaghy was accosted after the match which led to two Wisconsin players being suspended for the Badgers' next NCAA Tournament game while assistant coach Bill Zito was barred from any affiliation with Wisconsin for the program's next two NCAA appearances.{{cite news|title=HOCKEY; Amid Fury, Lake Superior St. Prevails |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/06/sports/hockey-amid-fury-lake-superior-st-prevails.html |work=The New York Times |date=April 6, 1992 |access-date=November 14, 2019}}{{cite news|title=NCAA PENALTIES HIT WISCONSIN |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-04-23-9202060252-story.html |work=The Chicago Tribune |date=April 23, 1992 |access-date=November 14, 2019}}

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), Hockey East and Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) all had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, the ECAC had two berths, and there was one independent Division I bid.

class="wikitable" ! colspan="7" style="background:#ffdead;" \| East Regional – Providence ! colspan="7" style="background:#ffdead;" \| West Regional – Detroit
Seed !School !Conference !Record !Berth type !Appearance !Last bid !Seed !School !Conference !Record !Berth type !Appearance !Last bid
align=center\|1 \| Maine \| Hockey East \| 31–3–2* \| Tournament champion \| 6th \| 1991 \|align=center\|1 \| Michigan \| CCHA \| 31–8–3 \| At-large bid \| 15th \| 1991
align=center\|2 \| St. Lawrence \| ECAC \| 22–9–2 \| Tournament champion \| 12th \| 1989 \|align=center\|2 \| Minnesota \| WCHA \| 33–10–0 \| At-large bid \| 19th \| 1991
align=center\|3 \| New Hampshire \| Hockey East \| 22–12–2^ \| At-large bid \| 5th \| 1983 \|align=center\|3 \| Lake Superior State \| CCHA \| 26–9–4 \| Tournament champion \| 6th \| 1991
align=center\|4 \| Boston University \| Hockey East \| 22–8–4^ \| At-large bid \| 18th \| 1991 \|align=center\|4 \| Northern Michigan \| WCHA \| 24–13–3 \| Tournament champion \| 5th \| 1991
align=center\|5 \| Michigan State \| CCHA \| 23–10–8^ \| At-large bid \| 13th \| 1990 \|align=center\|5 \| Clarkson \| ECAC \| 22–9–1 \| At-large bid \| 12th \| 1991
align=center\|6 \| Wisconsin (vacated) \| WCHA \| 24–13–2 \| At-large bid \| (vacated) \| 1991 \|align=center\|6 \| Alaska-Anchorage \| Independent \| 27–7–1 \| At-large bid \| 3rd \| 1991

class="wikitable"

! colspan="7" style="background:#ffdead;" | East Regional – Providence

! colspan="7" style="background:#ffdead;" | West Regional – Detroit

Seed

!School

!Conference

!Record

!Berth type

!Appearance

!Last bid

!Seed

!School

!Conference

!Record

!Berth type

!Appearance

!Last bid

align=center|1

| Maine

| Hockey East

| 31–3–2*

| Tournament champion

| 6th

| 1991

|align=center|1

| Michigan

| CCHA

| 31–8–3

| At-large bid

| 15th

| 1991

align=center|2

| St. Lawrence

| ECAC

| 22–9–2

| Tournament champion

| 12th

| 1989

|align=center|2

| Minnesota

| WCHA

| 33–10–0

| At-large bid

| 19th

| 1991

align=center|3

| New Hampshire

| Hockey East

| 22–12–2^

| At-large bid

| 5th

| 1983

|align=center|3

| Lake Superior State

| CCHA

| 26–9–4

| Tournament champion

| 6th

| 1991

align=center|4

| Boston University

| Hockey East

| 22–8–4^

| At-large bid

| 18th

| 1991

|align=center|4

| Northern Michigan

| WCHA

| 24–13–3

| Tournament champion

| 5th

| 1991

align=center|5

| Michigan State

| CCHA

| 23–10–8^

| At-large bid

| 13th

| 1990

|align=center|5

| Clarkson

| ECAC

| 22–9–1

| At-large bid

| 12th

| 1991

align=center|6

| Wisconsin (vacated)

| WCHA

| 24–13–2

| At-large bid

| (vacated)

| 1991

|align=center|6

| Alaska-Anchorage

| Independent

| 27–7–1

| At-large bid

| 3rd

| 1991

* Maine was required to forfeit 13 victories after the season concluded, their total here was their record at the time of the start of the tournament.

^ These teams records reflect the losses they had against Maine at the time that were later overturned.

{{cite news|title=NCAA Division 1 Tournament |url=http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html |publisher=College Hockey Historical Archives |access-date=2013-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202145059/http://augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html |archive-date=2014-02-02 |url-status=live }}

Game locations

East Regional – Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island
West Regional – Joe Louis Arena, Detroit
Frozen Four – Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York

Tournament bracket

Wisconsin's participation in the 1992 tournament was later vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

{{4RoundBracket-Byes

| RD1=Regional Quarterfinals
March 26–27

| RD2=Regional semifinals
March 28–29

| RD3=Frozen Four
April 2

| RD4=National championship
April 4

| RD1-seed03=E4

| RD1-team03=Boston University

| RD1-score03=2

| RD1-seed04=E5

| RD1-team04=Michigan State

| RD1-score04=4

| RD1-seed07=W3

| RD1-team07=Lake Superior State

| RD1-score07=7

| RD1-seed08=W6

| RD1-team08=Alaska Anchorage

| RD1-score08=3

| RD1-seed11=E3

| RD1-team11=New Hampshire

| RD1-score11=2

| RD1-seed12=E6

| RD1-team12=Wisconsin

| RD1-score12=4

| RD1-seed15=W4

| RD1-team15=Northern Michigan

| RD1-score15=8

| RD1-seed16=W5

| RD1-team16=Clarkson

| RD1-score16=4

| RD2-seed01=E1

| RD2-team01=Maine

| RD2-score01=2

| RD2-seed02=E5

| RD2-team02=Michigan State

| RD2-score02=3

| RD2-seed03=W2

| RD2-team03=Minnesota

| RD2-score03=3

| RD2-seed04=W3

| RD2-team04=Lake Superior State

| RD2-score04=8

| RD2-seed05=E2

| RD2-team05=St. Lawrence

| RD2-score05=2

| RD2-seed06=E6

| RD2-team06=Wisconsin

| RD2-score06=5

| RD2-seed07=W1

| RD2-team07=Michigan

| RD2-score07=7

| RD2-seed08=W4

| RD2-team08=Northern Michigan

| RD2-score08=6

| RD3-seed01=E5

| RD3-team01=Michigan State

| RD3-score01=2

| RD3-seed02=W3

| RD3-team02=Lake Superior State

| RD3-score02=4

| RD3-seed03=E6

| RD3-team03=Wisconsin

| RD3-score03=4

| RD3-seed04=W1

| RD3-team04=Michigan

| RD3-score04=2

| RD4-seed01=W3

| RD4-team01=Lake Superior State

| RD4-score01=5

| RD4-seed02=E6

| RD4-team02=Wisconsin (vacated)

| RD4-score02=3

}}

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals

=East Regional=

==(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Wisconsin==

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|team2 = Wisconsin

|stadium1 = Providence Civic Center

|date1 = March 26

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==(4) Boston University vs. (5) Michigan State==

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|team1 = Boston University

|team2 = Michigan State

|stadium1 = Providence Civic Center

|date1 = March 26{{cite news|title=Michigan State 2013-14 Hockey History|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-hockey/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/section-6-mg.pdf|publisher=Michigan State Spartans|access-date=2017-02-11|archive-date=2016-03-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322232331/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-hockey/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/section-6-mg.pdf|url-status=dead}}

|score1 = 2 – 4

|recap1 =

|won1 = 2

|1-1-1 = No scoring

|1-1-2 = No scoring

|1-2-1 = (Ma. Bavis, Sacco) Mike Prendergast – 05:50
(Mi. Bavis) David Sacco – 19:04

|1-2-2 = 05:18 – Rem Murray (Smolinski, Thompson)

|1-3-1 = No scoring

|1-3-2 = 01:39 – Bart Turner (Woodward, Worden)
07:25 – GW – Dwayne Norris (unassisted)
12:55 – Bryan Smolinski (Murray, Messier)

|goalie1-1 =

|goalie1-2 = }}

=West Regional=

==(3) Lake Superior State vs. (6) Alaska-Anchorage==

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|team1 = Lake Superior State

|team2 = Alaska-Anchorage

|stadium1 = Joe Louis Arena

|date1 = March 27

|score1 = 7 – 3

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==(4) Northern Michigan vs. (5) Clarkson==

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|team1 = Northern Michigan

|team2 = Clarkson

|stadium1 = Joe Louis Arena

|date1 = March 27

|score1 = 8 – 4

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Regional semifinals

=East Regional=

==(1) Maine vs. (5) Michigan State==

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = Maine

|team2 = Michigan State

|stadium1 = Providence Civic Center

|date1 = March 28

|score1 = 2 – 3

|recap1 =

|won1 = 2

|1-1-1 = (Tardiff) Jim Montgomery – 05:39

|1-1-2 = 09:53 – Dwayne Norris (White)

|1-2-1 = (Tardiff, Montgomery) Chris Imes – 17:12

|1-2-2 = 01:54 – Dwayne Norris (White, Suk)
11:22 – GW – Bryan Smolinski (Norris, Suk)

|1-3-1 = No scoring

|1-3-2 = No scoring

|goalie1-1 =

|goalie1-2 = }}

==(2) St. Lawrence vs. (6) Wisconsin==

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = St. Lawrence

|team2 = Wisconsin

|stadium1 = Providence Civic Center

|date1 = March 28

|score1 = 2 – 5

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=West Regional=

==(1) Michigan vs. (4) Northern Michigan==

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|team1 = Michigan

|team2 = Northern Michigan

|stadium1 = Joe Louis Arena

|date1 = March 29

|score1 = 7 – 6

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==(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Lake Superior State==

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|team1 = Minnesota

|team2 = Lake Superior State

|stadium1 = Joe Louis Arena

|date1 = March 29

|score1 = 3 – 8

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Frozen Four

=National semifinal=

==(W3) Lake Superior State vs. (E5) Michigan State==

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = Lake Superior State

|team2 = Michigan State

|stadium1 = Knickerbocker Arena

|date1 = April 2

|score1 = 4 – 2

|recap1 =

|won1 = 1

|1-1-1 = (Smith, Hanley) Paul Constantin – 01:27

|1-1-2 = 05:28 – Nicholas Perreault (Harper, Garbarz)

|1-2-1 = (Hanley, Hendry) Paul Constantin – 06:32

|1-2-2 = 17:22 – Dwayne Norris (Smolinski, Murray)

|1-3-1 = (Hendry, Hulett) Mark Astley – GW – 10:58
(Strachan, Faucher) Sandy Moger – 12:22

|1-3-2 = No scoring

|goalie1-1 =

|goalie1-2 = }}

==(W1) Michiganvs. (E6) Wisconsin==

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|team1 = Michigan

|team2 = Wisconsin

|stadium1 = Knickerbocker Arena

|date1 = April 2

|score1 = 2 – 4

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=National Championship=

==(W3) Lake Superior State vs. (E6) Wisconsin==

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|team1 = Lake Superior State

|team2 = Wisconsin

|stadium1 = Knickerbocker Arena

|date1 = April 4

|score1 = 5 – 3

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style="width:100%;" class="wikitable"
colspan=6 \| Scoring summary
style="width:12%;"\| Period ! style="width:7%;"\| Team ! style="width:28%;"\| Goal ! style="width:35%;"\| Assist(s) ! style="width:7%;"\| Time ! style="width:11%;"\| Score
style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"\| 1st \|align=center style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Wisconsin Badgers\|color=#FFFFFF}};" \| WIS \|Jason Zent \| \|align=center \| \|align=center \| 1–0 WIS
align=center style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Wisconsin Badgers\|color=#FFFFFF}};" \| WIS \|Jason Zent – PP \| \|align=center \| \|align=center \| 2–0 WIS
style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"\| 2nd \|align=center style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Lake Superior State Lakers\|color=#FFFFFF}};" \| LSSU \|Paul Constantin – PP \| \|align=center \| \|align=center \| 2–1 WIS
align=center style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Lake Superior State Lakers\|color=#FFFFFF}};" \| LSSU \|Tim Hanley \| \|align=center \| 39:54 \|align=center \| 2–2
style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"\| 3rd \|align=center style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Lake Superior State Lakers\|color=#FFFFFF}};" \| LSSU \|Michael Smith \| \|align=center \| 44:16 \|align=center \| 3–2 LSSU
align=center style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Wisconsin Badgers\|color=#FFFFFF}};" \| WIS \|Jason Zent – PP \| \|align=center \| \|align=center \| 3–3
align=center style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Lake Superior State Lakers\|color=#FFFFFF}};" \| LSSU \|Brian Rolston – GW \| \|align=center \| 55:08 \|align=center \| 4–3 LSSU
align=center style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Lake Superior State Lakers\|color=#FFFFFF}};" \| LSSU \|Jay Ness – PP EN \| \|align=center \| 59:58 \|align=center \| 5–3 LSSU

style="width:100%;" class="wikitable"

colspan=6 | Scoring summary

style="width:12%;"| Period

! style="width:7%;"| Team

! style="width:28%;"| Goal

! style="width:35%;"| Assist(s)

! style="width:7%;"| Time

! style="width:11%;"| Score

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| 1st

|align=center style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|color=#FFFFFF}};" | WIS

|Jason Zent

|align=center |

|align=center | 1–0 WIS

align=center style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|color=#FFFFFF}};" | WIS

|Jason Zent – PP

|align=center |

|align=center | 2–0 WIS

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| 2nd

|align=center style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Lake Superior State Lakers|color=#FFFFFF}};" | LSSU

|Paul Constantin – PP

|align=center |

|align=center | 2–1 WIS

align=center style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Lake Superior State Lakers|color=#FFFFFF}};" | LSSU

|Tim Hanley

|align=center | 39:54

|align=center | 2–2

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| 3rd

|align=center style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Lake Superior State Lakers|color=#FFFFFF}};" | LSSU

|Michael Smith

|align=center | 44:16

|align=center | 3–2 LSSU

align=center style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wisconsin Badgers|color=#FFFFFF}};" | WIS

|Jason Zent – PP

|align=center |

|align=center | 3–3

align=center style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Lake Superior State Lakers|color=#FFFFFF}};" | LSSU

|Brian Rolston – GW

|align=center | 55:08

|align=center | 4–3 LSSU

align=center style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Lake Superior State Lakers|color=#FFFFFF}};" | LSSU

|Jay Ness – PP EN

|align=center | 59:58

|align=center | 5–3 LSSU

colspan=5 \| Goaltenders
class="wikitable" style="width:40em; text-align:right;"
style="width:4em; \| Team ! style="width:10em;" \| Name ! style="width:8em;" \| Saves ! style="width:8em;" \| Goals against ! style="width:8em;" \| Time on ice
align=center style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Wisconsin Badgers\|color=#FFFFFF}};" \| WIS	style="text-align:left;"\| Duane Derksen	align=center \|	align=center \| 4	align=center \|
align=center style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Lake Superior State Lakers\|color=#FFFFFF}};" \| LSSU	style="text-align:left;"\| Darrin Madeley	align=center \| 24	align=center \| 3

[[List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey All-Tournament Teams|All-Tournament team]]

G: Darrin Madeley (Lake Superior State)
D: Mark Astley (Lake Superior State)
D: vacated†
F: Paul Constantin* (Lake Superior State)
F: Brian Rolston (Lake Superior State)
F: vacated†

* Most Outstanding Player(s){{cite news|title=NCAA Division I Awards |url=http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_awd.html|publisher=College Hockey Historical Archives|access-date=2013-07-17}}

† Participation of D: Barry Richter and F: Jason Zent vacated when Wisconsin's participation in the tournament was later vacated

{{cite news|title=NCAA Frozen Four Records |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf |publisher=NCAA.org |access-date=2013-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817163005/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf |archive-date=2012-08-17 |url-status=live }}

Record by conference

class="wikitable sortable" !Conference !# of Bids !Record !Win % !Regional semifinals !Frozen Four !Championship Game !Champions
align="center" \|align="left"\| CCHA \| 3	7-2	.778	3	3	1	1
align="center" \|align="left"\| Hockey East \| 3	0-3	.000	1	-	-	-
align="center" \|align="left"\| WCHA \| 3	4-3	.571	3	1 (vacated)	1 (vacated)	-
align="center" \|align="left"\| ECAC \| 2	0-2	.000	1	-	-	-
align="center" \|align="left"\| Independent \| 1	0-1	.000	-	-	-	-

References

Tournament

Category:NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

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Category:Ice hockey competitions in Providence, Rhode Island

Category:Ice hockey competitions in Detroit

Category:College ice hockey tournaments in New York (state)