College and Professional Hockey: The 1998-99 Season: The Frozen Four

Updated September 14, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Regional Seeds

Frozen Four teams in bold.

  West   East
1 North Dakota (32-5-2) 1 New Hampshire (29-6-3)
2 Michigan St. (28-5-7) 2 Clarkson (25-10-1)
3 Colorado Coll. (28-11-1) 3 Maine (27-6-4)
4 Boston College (25-11-4) 4 Denver (26-12-2)
5 N. Michigan (22-14-5) 5 Michigan (24-10-6)
6 St. Lawrence (23-12-3) 6 Ohio St. (21-15-4)

Held at the Dane County Coliseum in Madison, Wisc., March 27-28. Single elimination, two second round winners advance to Frozen Four.

First Round

Colorado College 5 St. Lawrence 2
Boston College 2 Northern Michigan 1
(Byes: Michigan St. and North Dakota)

Second Round

Boston College 3 North Dakota 1
Michigan St. 4 Colorado College 3

East Regional

Held at the Worcester (Mass.) Centrum, March 26-27. Single elimination, two second round winners advance to Final Four.

First Round

Maine 4 Ohio St. 2
Michigan 5 Denver 3
(Byes: New Hampshire and Clarkson)

Second Round

New Hampshire 2 OT Michigan 1
Maine 7 Clarkson 2

The Frozen Four

Held at Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, Calif., April 1 and April 3. Single elimination; no consolation game.

Semifinals

New Hampshire 5 Michigan St. 3  
Maine 2 OT Boston College 1

Championship Game

Maine, 3-2 (OT)

Maine (HE) 1 1 0 1 3
New Hampshire (HE) 0 1 1 0 2
1st Period: UM— Ben Guite (Jason Vitorino, Dan Kerluke), 15:47 (pp).
2nd Period: UM— Niko Dimitrakos (David Cullen, Peter Metcalf), 4:10; NH— Darren Haydar (Mike Souza, Ty Conklin), 15:58 (sh).
3rd Period: NH— Souza (Jason Krog, Haydar), 3:33.
Overtime: UM— Marcus Gustafsson (Cory Larose), 10:50.
Goalies: UM— Alfie Michaud (48 shots, 46 saves); NH— Ty Conklin (39 shots, 36 saves). Attendance: 14,447.
Final records: Maine (31-6-4); New Hampshire (31-7-3); Michigan St. (29-6-7); Boston College (27-12-4).
Outstanding Player: Alfie Michaud, Maine junior goalie; SEMIFINAL— 36 shots, 35 saves; FINAL— 48 shots, 46 saves.
All-Tournament Team: Michaud, forward Niko Dimitrakos and defenseman David Cullen of Maine; forwards Jason Krog and Mike Souza and defenseman Jayme Filipowicz of New Hampshire.

 

U.S. Division I College Hockey 1998-99 Season Hobey Baker Award

 

 
 
College and Professional Hockey: The 1998-99 Season
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