2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2004 NCAA Division I Men's
Ice Hockey Tournament

2004 Frozen Four logo
Teams 16
Finals Site FleetCenter
Boston, Massachusetts
Champions Denver (6th title, 8th title game,
12th Frozen Four)
Runner-Up Maine (5th title game,
12th Frozen Four)
Semifinalists Boston College (18th Frozen Four)
Minnesota-Duluth (3rd Frozen Four)
Winning Coach George Gwozdecky (1st title)
MOP Adam Berkhoel (Denver)
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 2004 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 26, 2004, and ended with the championship game on April 10. A total of 15 games were played.

The University of Denver, coached by George Gwozdecky, won its sixth national title with a 1-0 victory in the final game over the University of Maine, coached by Tim Whitehead before a record crowd of over 18,000 people at Boston's FleetCenter (now known as the TD Garden). While Denver's Gabe Gauthier scored the game's only goal, the game is best remembered for Denver surviving Maine's six skaters to three skaters advantage in the final 90 seconds of the contest.

Denver goaltender Adam Berkhoel was named the Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player.

Contents

Game locations

First round and regional finals

Frozen Four

Teams

East Regional

Seed Team Conference Coach
1 Maine Hockey East    Tim Whitehead   
2 Ohio State      CCHA John Markell
3 Wisconsin WCHA Mike Eaves
4 Harvard ECAC Mark Mazzoleni

Midwest Regional

Seed Team Conference Coach
1 Minnesota WCHA Don Lucia
2 Minnesota–Duluth WCHA Scott Sandelin
3 Michigan State CCHA Rick Comley
4 Notre Dame CCHA Dave Poulin
 

Northeast Regional

Seed Team Conference Coach
1 Boston College Hockey East Jerry York
2 Michigan CCHA Red Berenson
3 New Hampshire Hockey East Dick Umile
4 Niagara CHA Dave Burkholder

West Regional

Seed Team Conference Coach
1 North Dakota WCHA Dean Blais
2 Denver WCHA George Gwozdecky
3 Miami (OH) CCHA Enrico Blasi
4 Holy Cross Atlantic Hockey Paul Pearl

Brackets

East Regional

  First round
March 26		 Regional Finals
March 27
                 
1  Maine 5  
4  Harvard 4  
    1  Maine 2*
  3  Wisconsin 1
2  Ohio State 0
3  Wisconsin 1*  

Northeast Regional

  First round
March 27		 Regional Finals
March 28
                 
1  Boston College 5  
4  Niagara 2  
    1  Boston College 3*
  2  Michigan 2
2  Michigan 4
3  New Hampshire 1  

Midwest Regional

  First round
March 27		 Regional Finals
March 28
                 
1  Minnesota 5  
4  Notre Dame 2  
    1  Minnesota 1
  2  Minnesota–Duluth 3
2  Minnesota–Duluth 5
3  Michigan State 0  

West Regional

  First round
March 26		 Regional Finals
March 27
                 
1  North Dakota 3  
4  Holy Cross 0  
    1  North Dakota 0
  2  Denver 1
2  Denver 3
3  Miami (OH) 2  

Frozen Four

  Semifinals
April 8		 National Championship
April 10
                 
E1  Maine 2  
NE1  Boston College 1  
    E1  Maine 0
  W2  Denver 1
MW2  Minnesota–Duluth 3
W2  Denver 5  

* Overtime

Record by conference

Conference # of Bids Record Win % Regional Finals Frozen Four Championship Game Champions
WCHA 5 9-4 .692 5 2 1 1
CCHA 5 1-5 .125 1 - - -
Hockey East 3 5-3 .625 2 2 1 -
ECAC Hockey 1 0-1 .000 - - - -
Atlantic Hockey 1 0-1 .000 - - - -
CHA 1 0-1 .000 - - - -

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