FRONT ROW: Aaron Vickar, Mark Pivetz, Dane Litke, Assistant Coach Mark
Osiecki, Head Coach Dean Blais, Assistant Coach Scott Sandelin, Kevin
Hoogsteen, Ian Kallay, Mitch Vig, Toby Kvalevog; MIDDLE ROW: Aaron
Schweitzer, Matt Henderson, Jay Panzer, Jesse Bull, Jeff Ulmer, Tyler
Rice, Adam Calder, Jason Blake, Jason Ulmer, Curtis Murphy, Tom Philion;
BACK ROW: Athletic Trainer Mark Poolman, Brad Williamson, Lee Goren,
Brad DeFauw, Tim O'Connell, Joe Blake, Peter Armbrust, David Hoogsteen,
Equipment Manager Mike Schepp
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Boston University vs. North Dakota
March 29, 1997
NCAA Championship
Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI (17,537)
1st Period
BU-1: Peter Donatelli (Tom Poti) 8:44
BU-2: Chris Drury (Tom Poti, Albla O'Connell) 15:08 ppg
2nd Period
UND-1: Curtis Murphy (Ja Panzer, Matt Henersen) 7:06
UND-2: David Hoogsteen (unassisted) 8:38
UND-3: Matt Hendersen (unassisted) 12:35 sh
BU-3: Chris Kelleher (unassisted) 13:56 ppg
UND-4: Matt Hendersen (Adam Calder, Dane Litke) 15:49 ppg
UND-5: David Hoogsteen (Curtis Murphy) 19:54
3rd Period
BU-4: Jon Coleman (Chris Kelleher, Miky Sylvia) 19:24
UND-6: Adam Calder (unassisted) 19:47 sh
Penalties: UND 6-12; BU 5-10
Shots: UND 10-16-4--30; BU 11-10-8--29
Saves: UND Schweitzer 9-9-7--25/60:00; BU Larocque 10-11-3--24/58:28
1996-97 Season Notes
- In his seocnd season as head coach, Dean Blais took the Sioux to their
sixth NCAA title.
- The Milwaukee site was the closest to Grand Forks that the Sioux had
ever won a national championship
- UND's recovery from an 0-2 deficit was its second ever come-from-behind
championship, and the largest. In UND's first championship in 1959,
Michigan State opened with a 1-0 lead before UND caught up in the 2nd.
- UND's two short-handed goals were UND's first ever in an NCAA
Championship game
- UND's 5 goals in the second period tied the school's record
of 5 goals in the first period of the 1963 championship
- Matt Hendersen, White Bear Like, Minn, was named the NCAA Most
Outstanding Player of the Tournament
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1996-97: The road to victory
| North Dakota |
6 |
North Dakota |
6 |
North Dakota
NCAA Champion |
| Colorado College |
2 |
| Boston University |
3 |
Michigan |
2 |
| Boston University |
4 |
| Oct. 18/Oct. 19 |
Denver
|
W 3-2 (ot)/W 6-2 |
| Oct. 25/Oct. 26 |
at Michigan Tech
|
W 7-3/W 4-3 |
| Nov. 01/Nov. 02 |
Northern Michigan
|
W 3-2/W 5-0 |
| Nov. 08/Nov. 09 |
at Minnesota
|
L 2-3/L 6-10 |
| Nov. 15/Nov. 16 |
St Cloud St
|
L 2-5/W 5-3 |
| Nov. 22/Nov. 23 |
at Alaska Anchorage
|
L 2-3/W 5-3 |
| Nov. 29/Nov. 30 |
at Minnesota-Duluth
|
W 8-4/W 4-3 |
| Dec. 06/Dec. 07 |
Colorado College
|
T 5-5 (ot)/W 7-3 |
| Dec. 27/Dec. 28 |
Boston University
|
W 6-4/T 2-2 (ot) |
| Jan. 03/Jan. 04 |
at Western Michigan
|
W 6-3/W 5-3 |
| Jan. 10/Jan. 11 |
at St Cloud St
|
L 3-5/W 6-1 |
| Jan. 17/Jan. 18 |
Wisconsin
|
L 2-5/W 8-6 |
| Jan. 25/Jan. 26 |
at Colorado College
|
W 3-0/L 3-8 |
| Jan. 31/Feb. 01 |
Minnesota
|
W 6-4/W 6-2 |
| Feb. 07/Feb. 08 |
Michigan Tech
|
W 4-2/W 7-2 |
| Feb. 14/Feb. 15 |
at Northern Michigan
|
L 1-2/W 5-3 |
| Feb. 21/Feb. 22 |
Alaska Anchorage
|
W 2-0/W 4-0 |
| Feb. 28/Mar. 01 |
at Denver
|
L 3-6/L 0-5 |
| Mar. 07/Mar. 08 |
Michigan Tech
WCHA First Round Playoffs |
W 4-1/W 3-0 |
| Mar. 14 |
at Colorado College
WCHA Final Five |
W 5-1 |
| Mar. 15 |
at Minnesota
WCHA Final Five |
W 4-3 (ot) |
| Mar. 23 |
at Cornell
NCAA West Regional |
W 6-2 |
| Mar. 27 |
at Colorado College
NCAA Semifinal |
W 6-2 |
| Mar. 29 |
at Boston University
NCAA Championship |
W 6-4 |
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