1989–90 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

1989–90 NCAA Division I
men's ice hockey season
1989–90 NCAA Division I ; men's ice hockey season
	The Joe Louis Arena served as the host for the 1990 Frozen Four
Duration	October 1989–; April 1, 1990
NCAA tournament	1990
National championship	Joe Louis Arena; Detroit, Michigan
NCAA champion	Wisconsin
Hobey Baker Award	Kip Miller; (Michigan State)
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
← 1988–89	1990–91 →

The 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1989 and concluded with the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on April 1, 1990, at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. This was the 43rd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 96th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

Regular season[]

Season tournaments[]

Tournament	Dates	Teams	Champion
	November 24–25	4	Colgate
	December 18–20	4	Michigan State
Badger Showdown	December 28–29	4	Wisconsin
	December 28–29	4	Western Ontario
	December 29–30	4	Maine
Great Lakes Invitational	December 29–30	4	Michigan
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament	December 29–30	4	Rensselaer
	December 29–30	4	Bowling Green
	December 29–30	4	Providence
Beanpot	February 5, 12	4	Boston University

Standings[]

1989–90 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Michigan State†*	32	26	3	3	55	190	93	45	35	7	3	251	138
Lake Superior State	32	24	6	2	50	169	91	46	33	10	3	246	138
Bowling Green	32	20	10	2	42	153	142	44	25	17	2	211	195
Michigan	32	16	11	5	37	148	125	42	24	12	6	199	151
Western Michigan	32	12	18	2	26	145	162	40	14	24	2	184	207
Ohio State	32	11	17	4	26	138	164	40	11	24	5	160	204
Miami	32	8	21	3	19	138	175	40	12	24	4	173	209
Ferris State	32	6	20	6	18	106	162	40	11	23	6	145	197
Illinois-Chicago	32	7	24	1	15	104	177	38	10	27	1	131	205
Championship: Michigan State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

1989–90 ECAC Hockey standings v t
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Colgate†*	22	18	3	1	37	101	62	38	31	6	1	179	119
Rensselaer	22	14	8	0	28	131	107	34	20	14	0	176	151
Cornell	22	12	7	3	27	86	69	29	16	10	3	109	92
Clarkson	22	12	7	3	27	91	77	35	21	11	3	156	116
St. Lawrence	22	12	8	2	26	87	74	32	13	15	4	113	123
Harvard	22	12	9	1	25	110	77	28	13	14	1	125	108
Princeton	22	11	10	1	23	95	91	27	12	14	1	111	116
Brown	22	8	11	3	19	78	94	29	10	16	3	105	127
Vermont	22	7	13	2	16	71	96	31	9	20	2	98	134
Yale	22	6	15	1	13	75	105	29	8	20	1	102	146
Dartmouth	22	4	14	4	12	58	98	26	4	18	4	69	124
Army	22	4	15	3	11	59	92	30	10	16	4	93	113
Championship: Colgate † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)

1989–90 Hockey East standings v t
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Boston College†*	21	15	6	0	30	101	69	42	28	13	1	197	135
Maine	21	14	6	1	29	88	57	46	33	11	2	238	137
Boston University	21	12	7	2	26	88	63	44	25	17	2	180	144
Providence	21	11	7	3	25	90	69	35	22	10	3	154	106
New Hampshire	21	8	9	4	20	86	86	39	17	17	5	166	156
Northeastern	21	9	10	2	20	96	100	37	16	19	2	167	181
Lowell	21	5	14	2	12	65	106	35	13	20	2	129	193
Merrimack	21	3	18	0	6	64	128	36	10	25	1	123	186
Championship: Boston College † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

1989–90 NCAA Division I Independent ice hockey standings v t
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Air Force	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	30	16	13	1	126	122
Alabama–Huntsville	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	35	10	22	3	167	207
Alaska–Anchorage	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	34	21	11	2	158	113
Alaska–Fairbanks	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	30	10	20	0	-	-
Kent State	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	33	14	16	3	120	131
Notre Dame	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	33	18	15	0	151	155
St. Cloud State	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	38	17	19	2	165	154

1989–90 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Wisconsin†*	28	19	8	1	39	147	111	46	36	9	1	254	166
Minnesota	28	17	9	2	36	147	124	46	28	16	2	227	189
North Dakota	28	15	10	3	33	149	114	45	28	13	4	252	175
Northern Michigan	28	15	12	1	31	130	129	42	22	19	1	191	191
Denver	28	13	15	0	26	130	139	42	18	24	0	183	201
Minnesota-Duluth	28	13	15	0	26	114	112	40	20	19	1	170	152
Colorado College	28	10	17	1	21	97	129	40	18	20	2	152	174
Michigan Tech	28	6	22	0	12	112	168	40	10	30	0	150	218
Championship: Wisconsin † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

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1990 NCAA Tournament[]

First Round March 16–18					Quarterfinals March 23–25					Frozen Four March 30			National Championship April 1

					E1	Boston College	4	1	6

					W4	Minnesota	2	2	1
W4	Minnesota	6	5	–

E5	Clarkson	1	1	–
										E1	Boston College	1

										W2	Wisconsin	2

					W2	Wisconsin	7	4*	–

					E3	Maine	3	3	–
E3	Maine	8	5	–

W6	Bowling Green	4	2	–
													W2	Wisconsin	7

													E2	Colgate	3
					W1	Michigan State	6	3	3

					E4	Boston University	3	5	5
E4	Boston University	5	5	5

W5	North Dakota	8	3	0
										E4	Boston University	2

										E2	Colgate	3

					E2	Colgate	3	2	–

					W3	Lake Superior State	2	1	–
W3	Lake Superior State	6	10	–

E6	Alaska-Anchorage	2	3	–

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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Player stats[]

Scoring leaders[]

The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Kip Miller	Senior	Michigan State	45	48	53	101	60
Jim Dowd	Junior	Lake Superior State	46	25	67	92	30
Pat Murray	Junior	Michigan State	45	24	60	84	36
Nelson Emerson	Senior	Bowling Green	44	30	52	82	42
Gary Shuchuk	Senior	Wisconsin	45	41	39	80	70
Lee Davidson	Senior	North Dakota	45	26	49	75	66
Dave Shields	Senior	Denver	42	31	43	74	24
David Emma	Junior	Boston College	42	38	34	72	46
Chris Tancill	Senior	Wisconsin	45	39	32	71	44
	Senior	Lake Superior State	46	38	33	71	82
John Byce	Senior	Wisconsin	46	27	44	71	20

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Leading goaltenders[]

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Class	Team	GP	Min	W	L	OT	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
	Senior	Providence	16	908	8	4	2	38	0		2.51
Darrin Madeley	Freshman	Lake Superior State	30	2137	29	3	3	93	1	.915	2.61
Scott King	Senior	Maine	29	1526	17	7	2	67	0	.900	2.63
	Junior	Cornell	16	866	10	3	1	38	0	.899	2.63
Scott LaGrand	Freshman	Boston College	24	1268	17	4	0	57	0		2.70
Dave Gagnon	Junior	Colgate	33	1986	28	4	1	93	0		2.81
	Junior	St. Lawrence	14	732	6	4	3	34	0	.917	2.89
Jason Muzzatti	Junior	Michigan State	33	1976	24	6	3	99	0	.889	3.01
	Junior	Providence	19	1023	12	5	1	52	0		3.05
John Fletcher	Senior	Clarkson	34	1900	20	11	3	99	0	.907	3.13

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Awards[]

NCAA[]

Award^[7]		Recipient
Hobey Baker Memorial Award		Kip Miller, Michigan State
Spencer Penrose Award		Terry Slater, Colgate
Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament		Chris Tancill, Wisconsin
AHCA All-American Teams^[8]
East First Team	Position	West First Team
Dave Gagnon, Colgate	G	Chad Erickson, Minnesota-Duluth
Greg Brown, Boston College	D	Rob Blake, Bowling Green
Rob Cowie, Northeastern	D	Russ Parent, North Dakota
David Emma, Boston College	F	Nelson Emerson, Bowling Green
Steve Heinze, Boston College	F	Kip Miller, Michigan State
Joé Juneau, Rensselaer	F	Gary Shuchuk, Wisconsin
East Second Team	Position	West Second Team
Chris Harvey, Brown	G	Jason Muzzatti, Michigan State
Keith Carney, Maine	D	Kord Cernich, Lake Superior State
Dan Ratushny, Cornell	D	Kip Noble, Michigan Tech
Joel Gardner, Colgate	F	Lee Davidson, North Dakota
Jean-Yves Roy, Maine	F	Jim Dowd, Lake Superior State
C. J. Young, Harvard	F	Dave Shields, Denver

CCHA[]

Awards^[9]		Recipient
Player of the Year		Kip Miller, Michigan State
Best Defensive Forward		Pete Stauber, Lake Superior State
Best Defensive Defenseman		Dan Keczmer, Lake Superior State
Best Offensive Defenseman		Rob Blake, Bowling Green
Rookie of the Year		David Roberts, Michigan
Coach of the Year		Ron Mason, Michigan State
Most Valuable Player in Tournament		Peter White, Michigan State
All-CCHA Teams^[10]^[11]
First Team	Position	Second Team
Jason Muzzatti, Michigan State	G	Darrin Madeley, Lake Superior State
Rob Blake, Bowling Green	D	Don Gibson, Michigan State
Kord Cernich, Lake Superior State	D	Dan Keczmer, Lake Superior State
Kip Miller, Michigan State	F	Jim Dowd, Lake Superior State
Nelson Emerson, Bowling Green	F	, Illinois-Chicago
Craig Fisher, Miami	F	Pat Murray, Michigan State
Rookie Team	Position
Darrin Madeley, Lake Superior State	G
Patrick Neaton, Michigan	D
, Ohio State	D
Brett Harkins, Bowling Green	F
David Roberts, Michigan	F
Doug Weight, Lake Superior State	F

ECAC[]

Award^[12]		Recipient
Player of the Year		Dave Gagnon, Colgate
Rookie of the Year		Kent Manderville, Cornell
Coach of the Year		Terry Slater, Colgate
Most Outstanding Player in Tournament		Craig Woodcroft, Colgate
All-ECAC Hockey Teams^[13]^[14]
First Team	Position	Second Team
Dave Gagnon, Colgate	G	Chris Harvey, Brown
Dan Ratushny, Cornell	D	Dave Tretowicz, Clarkson
Mike Brewer, Brown	D	Mike McKee, Princeton
Joé Juneau, Rensselaer	F	Joe Day, St. Lawrence
C. J. Young, Harvard	F	Andre Faust, Princeton
, Harvard	F	, Princeton
Joel Gardner, Colgate	F
Rookie Team	Position
	G
, Colgate	D
, Rensselaer	D
Aaron Miller, Vermont	D
, Brown	F
Hugo Belanger, Clarkson	F
Scott Thomas, Clarkson	F
Ryan Hughes, Cornell	F
Kent Manderville, Cornell	F
Ted Drury, Harvard	F
, Rensselaer	F
Greg Carvel, St. Lawrence	F
Mark Kaufmann, Yale	F

Hockey East[]

Award^[15]		Recipient
Player of the Year		Greg Brown, Boston College
Rookie of the Year		, Boston University
Coach of the Year Award		Shawn Walsh, Maine
William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player		Scott LaGrand, Boston College
All-Hockey East Teams^[16]^[17]
First Team	Position	Second Team
Scott King, Maine	G	, Boston University
Greg Brown, Boston College	D	Jeff Serowik, Providence
Rob Cowie, Northeastern	D	Keith Carney, Maine
Steve Heinze, Boston College	F	Rick Bennett, Providence
David Emma, Boston College	F	Shawn McEachern, Boston University
, Providence	F	, Northeastern
Rookie Team	Position
, Boston University	G
Peter Ahola, Boston University	D
Ted Crowley, Boston College	D
Tony Amonte, Boston University	F
Jim Montgomery, Maine	F
Jean-Yves Roy, Maine	F

WCHA[]

Award^[18]		Recipient
Most Valuable Player		Gary Shuchuk, Wisconsin
Freshman of the Year		Scott Beattie, Northern Michigan
Student-Athlete of the Year		Dave Shields, Denver
Coach of the Year		Doug Woog, Minnesota
Most Valuable Player in Tournament		Steve Rohlik, Wisconsin
All-WCHA Teams^[19]
First Team	Position	Second Team
Chad Erickson, Minnesota-Duluth	G	Duane Derksen, Wisconsin
Kip Noble, Michigan Tech	D	Sean Hill, Wisconsin
Russ Parent, North Dakota	D	Jason Herter, North Dakota
, Minnesota	F	John Byce, Wisconsin
Gary Shuchuk, Wisconsin	F	Lee Davidson, North Dakota
Dave Shields, Denver	F	, Denver

References[]

^ "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". CCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
^ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guide". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
^ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
^ "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "1989-90 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
^ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
^ "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
^ "CCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
^ "CCHA All-Rookie Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
^ "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
^ "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
^ "ECAC All-Rookie Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
^ "Hockey East Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
^ "Hockey East All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
^ "Hockey East All-Rookie Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
^ "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
^ "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

External links[]

[1] "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". CCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-29.

[2] "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guide". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-06-29.

[3] "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-06-29.

[4] "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-29.

[5] "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

[stats-6] "1989-90 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2015-05-30.

[7] "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.

[8] "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.

[9] "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

[10] "CCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

[11] "CCHA All-Rookie Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

[12] "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

[13] "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

[14] "ECAC All-Rookie Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

[15] "Hockey East Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

[16] "Hockey East All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

[17] "Hockey East All-Rookie Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

[18] "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

[19] "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

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