The 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 36th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 18 and 26, 1983, and concluded with Wisconsin defeating Harvard 6-2. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues while all succeeding games were played at the Winter Sports Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
The Badgers' goal differential (+16) is a record for an NCAA tournament, equaling the record set by Colorado College in 1950 and matched by Michigan in 1953.
Qualifying teams The NCAA permitted 8 teams to qualify for the tournament and divided its qualifiers into two regions (East and West). Each of the tournament champions from the three Division I conferences (CCHA, ECAC and WCHA) received automatic invitations into the tournament with At-large bids making up the remaining 5 teams, an additional 2 western and 3 eastern schools.
East West SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid1 Harvard ECAC Hockey 21–8–1 Tournament champion 9th 19821 Wisconsin WCHA 29–10–4 Tournament champion 8th 19822 Providence ECAC Hockey 30–9–0 At-large bid 4th 19812 Minnesota WCHA 31–10–1 At-large bid 11th 19813 New Hampshire ECAC Hockey 22–9–2 At-large bid 4th 19823 Minnesota–Duluth WCHA 28–14–1 At-large bid 1st Never4 St. Lawrence ECAC Hockey 23–10–1 At-large bid 8th 19624 Michigan State CCHA 30–10–0 Tournament champion 5th 1982
Format The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the two even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking. In the Quarterfinals the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds played two-game aggregate series to determine which school advanced to the Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the Winter Sports Center and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game with the losers playing in a Third Place game.
Tournament bracket
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
(E1) Harvard vs. (W4) Michigan State
(E2) Providence vs. (W3) Minnesota–Duluth
(W1) Wisconsin vs. (E4) St. Lawrence
(W2) Minnesota vs. (E3) New Hampshire
Semifinal
(W1) Wisconsin vs. (E2) Providence
(E1) Harvard vs. (W2) Minnesota
Third-place game
(E2) Providence vs. (W2) Minnesota
National Championship
(E1) Harvard vs. (W1) Wisconsin
Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st WISPatrick Flatley – PPHouck and Driver 7:03 1–0 WIS 2nd WISPatrick FlatleyHouston and Maley 36:09 2–0 WIS 3rd WISPaul Houston – GWMaley and Flatley 43:00 3–0 WISScott FuscoSheehy and Kukulowicz 48:54 3–1 WIS WISBruce DriverSabo and Wiitala 51:35 4–1 WISShayne KukulowiczSheehy 52:22 4–2 WIS WISPaul Houston – PPDriver and Maley 58:39 5–2 WIS WISJohn Johannson – SH ENBehrend 59:21 6–2 WIS Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1stDave ConnorsTripping 6:29 2:00 WISPaul HouckTripping 11:01 2:00 WISMarty WiitalaHolding 17:38 2:00Shayne KukulowiczHigh Sticking 18:19 2:00 2ndMark FuscoRoughing 30:12 2:00 WISJim JohannsonRoughing 30:12 2:00Scott FuscoHooking 30:53 2:00 WISJan–Ake DanielsonHigh Sticking 36:50 2:00Phil FalconeHooking 40:00 2:00 3rdGrant BlairSlashing 43:42 2:00Shayne KukulowiczSlashing 58:12 2:00 WISTim SagerHooking 59:01 2:00
Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Wisconsin 14 10 13 37 9 10 7 26
Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice WIS Marc Behrend 24 2 Grant Blair 31 5
All-Tournament team G: Marc Behrend* (Wisconsin) D: Chris Chelios (Wisconsin) D: Mark Fusco (Harvard) F: Patrick Flatley (Wisconsin) F: Scott Fusco (Harvard) F: Paul Houck (Wisconsin) * Most Outstanding Player(s)
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