1977 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:	1977
Gender:	men's
Division:	Division I
Teams:	5
Frozenfourarena:	Olympia Stadium
Frozenfourcity:	Detroit, Michigan
Champions:	Wisconsin Badgers
Titlecount:	2nd
Champgamecount:	2nd
Champffcount:	4th
Runnerup:	Michigan Wolverines
Gamecount:	9th
Runnerffcount:	13th
Semifinal1:	Boston University Terriers
Frozenfourcount:	12th
Semifinal2:	New Hampshire Wildcats
Frozenfourcount2:	1st
Coach:	Bob Johnson
Coachcount:	2nd
Mop:	Julian Baretta
Mopteam:	Wisconsin
Attendance:	25,694

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.

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

^[2]

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

^[3] Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(W2) Michigan vs. (A) Bowling Green

Semifinal

(W1) Wisconsin vs. (E2) New Hampshire

Third-place game

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

National Championship

(W1) Wisconsin vs. (W2) Michigan

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

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T
align=center style=";"	Michigan	align=center	11	align=center	13	align=center	15	align=center	0	align=center	39
align=center style=";"	Wisconsin	align=center	11	align=center	10	align=center	8	align=center	1	align=center	30

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
align=center style=";"	UM		align=center	24	align=center	6	align=center
align=center style=";"	WIS		align=center	34	align=center	5	align=center

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)^[4]

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References

Web site: NCAA Division 1 Tournament . College Hockey historical Archive . 2013-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202145059/http://augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html . 2014-02-02 . live .
Web site: NCAA Division 1 Awards. College Hockey historical Archive. 2013-07-03.
Web site: Bob Johnson Year-by-Year Coaching Record . USCHO.com . 2013-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130525230624/http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,304/bob-johnson/ . 2013-05-25 . live .
Web site: Attendance Records and Sites . NCAA.org . 2013-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120817162202/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2003/attendanceRecords.pdf . 2012-08-17 . live .

Notes and References

Web site: Title Unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20120817163148/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4trnhist.pdf . 2012-08-17 . live . 2013-06-29 .
News: NCAA Division 1 Tournament . College Hockey Historical Archives . 2013-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202145059/http://augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html . 2014-02-02 . live .
News: NCAA Tournament. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.
News: NCAA Division I Awards . College Hockey Historical Archives. 2013-07-17.
News: NCAA Frozen Four Records . NCAA.org . 2013-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120817163005/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf . 2012-08-17 . live .