1977 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

The 1977 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the culmination of the 1976–77 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 30th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 20 and 26, 1977, and concluded with Wisconsin defeating Michigan 6–5 in overtime. The first-round game were held at the home team venue while all succeeding games were played at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit, Michigan.

1977 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament

Teams	5
Finals site	Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan
Champions	Wisconsin Badgers (2nd title)
Runner-up	Michigan Wolverines (9th title game)
Semifinalists	Boston University Terriers (12th Frozen Four) New Hampshire Wildcats (1st Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Bob Johnson (2nd title)
MOP	Julian Baretta (Wisconsin)
Attendance	25,694
← 1976  NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournaments 1978 →

For the first time the tournament was expanded beyond 4 teams. The NCAA selection committee granted themselves the ability to add an additional 4 teams to the tournament beyond the two tournament finalists from both the ECAC and WCHA.^[1]

Qualifying teams

The NCAA gave four teams automatic bids into the tournament. The two ECAC teams that reached the ECAC tournament final received bids as did the two WCHA teams that reached their tournament championship. The NCAA also had the ability to add up to 4 additional teams as it saw fit and chose to include the CCHA tournament champion as well.

East							West
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Boston University	ECAC Hockey	21–10–1	Tournament champion	12th	1976	1	Wisconsin	WCHA	35–7–1	Tournament champion	4th	1973
2	New Hampshire	ECAC Hockey	27–10–0	Tournament finalist	1st	Never	2	Michigan	WCHA	26–16–0	Tournament finalist	13th	1964
							At-Large
							Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
							A	Bowling Green	CCHA	28–10–0	Tournament champion	1st	Never

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Format

The four automatic qualifiers were seeded according to pre-tournament finish. The ECAC champion was seeded as the top eastern team while the WCHA champion was given the top western seed. The second eastern seed was slotted to play the top western seed and vice versa. Because an at-large bid was offered to a western school they were placed in a first-round game with the second western seed to determine the final semifinalist. The first-round game was played at the home venue of the second seed while all succeeding games were played at the Olympia in Detroit, Michigan. All matches were Single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game.

Tournament bracket

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First round March 20

Semifinals March 24–25

National championship March 26

E1

Boston University

4

W2

Michigan

6

W2

Michigan

7

A

Bowling Green

5

W2

Michigan

5

W1

Wisconsin

6*

W1

Wisconsin

4*

Third-place game

E2

New Hampshire

3

E1

Boston University

6

E2

New Hampshire

5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(W2) Michigan vs. (A) Bowling Green

March 20

Michigan

7 – 5

Bowling Green

Yost Ice Arena

Semifinal

(E1) Boston University vs. (W2) Michigan

March 24	Boston University		4 – 6		Michigan	Olympia Stadium	Recap
(Silk, Marden) Rick Meagher - 04:04		First period			05:31 - Dave Debol (R. Palmer, Manery) 14:26 - John Waymann (Mauer, Manery)
(R. Meagher, Marden) Dave Silk - 07:10		Second period			09:30 - Doug Todd (Miller) 09:52 - Zbigniew Kawa (Hoene, Lerg)
(Eruzione, Lamby) Dave Silk - 13:44 (R. Meagher, Marden) Dave Silk - 17:49		Third period			06:46 - GW - William Thayer (Debol, Mauer) 19:22 - EN - Dan Lerg (unassisted)
Jim Craig (25 shots / 20 saves)		Goalie stats			Rick Palmer (29 shots / 25 saves)

(W1) Wisconsin vs. (E2) New Hampshire

March 25

Wisconsin

4 – 3

OT

New Hampshire

Olympia Stadium

Third-place game

(E1) Boston University vs. (E2) New Hampshire

March 26

Boston University

6 – 5

New Hampshire

Olympia Stadium

National Championship

(W1) Wisconsin vs. (W2) Michigan

March 26[4]

Wisconsin

6 – 5

OT

Michigan

Olympia Stadium

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	WIS	Steve Alley – PP	Norwich and Eaves	2:29	1–0 WIS
	WIS	Dave Herbst	Norwich and Lundeen	9:27	2–0 WIS
	WIS	Mark Johnson – PP	Eaves and Alley	15:12	3–0 WIS
	UM	Kip Maurer – PP	Manery and Palmer	16:13	3–1 WIS
2nd	UM	Dave Debol – PP	Maurer and Palmer	21:33	3–2 WIS
	WIS	Mike Meeker	Johnson and Suter	22:54	4–2 WIS
3rd	WIS	Mark Johnson	Grauer and Meeker	41:10	5–2 WIS
	UM	Mark Miller	Debol and Todd	41:36	5–3 WIS
	UM	Dave Debol	Thayer	42:14	5–4 WIS
	UM	John Wayman	Maurer	54:22	5–5
1st Overtime	WIS	Steve Alley – GW	Eaves and Ulseth	60:23	6–5 WIS
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	UM	Kris Manery	Hooking	1:12	2:00
	WIS	Dave Herbst	Hooking	5:48	2:00
	UM	Dane Hoene	Tripping	15:01	2:00
	WIS	Murray Johnson	Elbowing	15:21	2:00
	WIS	Craig Norwich	High–Sticking	19:20	2:00
	UM	John Wayman	High–Sticking	19:20	2:00
2nd	WIS	Steve Alley	Hooking	20:30	2:00
	WIS	Dave Herbst	Tripping	22:54	2:00
	UM	Dean Turner	Interference	28:44	2:00
	WIS	Bob Suter	Roughing	34:44	2:00
	WIS	Craig Norwich	Roughing	37:13	2:00
3rd	WIS	Craig Norwich	High–Sticking	41:55	2:00
	UM	Dane Hoene	High–Sticking	41:55	2:00
	UM	John McCahill	Hooking	45:03	2:00
	WIS	John Taft	Tripping	48:41	2:00

Shots by period Team 1 2 3 OT T Michigan 11 13 15 0 39 Wisconsin 11 10 8 1 30

Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice UM Rick Palmer 24 6 WIS Julian Baretta 34 5

All-Tournament team

• G: Julian Baretta* (Wisconsin)
• D: Craig Norwich (Wisconsin)
• D: John Taft (Wisconsin)
• F: Dave Debol (Michigan)
• F: Rick Meagher (Boston University)
• F: Dave Silk (Boston University)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[5]

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