1987–88 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
The 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1987 and concluded with the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on April 2, 1988 at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York. This was the 41st season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 94th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
1987–88 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season | |||||
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Duration | October 1987– April 2, 1988 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 1988 | ||||
National championship | Olympic Center Lake Placid, New York | ||||
NCAA champion | Lake Superior State | ||||
Hobey Baker Award | Robb Stauber (Minnesota) | ||||
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After the season U.S. International would drop its hockey program (the school itself would eventually go bankrupt) causing the demise of the Great West Hockey Conference, the only principally west-coast conference in the history of Division I hockey.
Season Outlook
Pre-season polls
The top 10 teams as ranked by coaches and the media before the start of the season.
The coaches' poll was compiled by radio station WMPL. The media's poll was compiled by the College Hockey Statistics Bureau (CHSB) and released by radio station WMEB.
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Regular season
Season tournaments
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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Cardinal Classic | November 6–7 | 4 | Army |
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | November 27–28 | 4 | Rensselaer |
Dexter Shoe Classic | December 27–28 | 4 | Bowling Green |
Long Island Classic | December 27–28 | 4 | Boston College |
Auld Lang Syne Classic | December 29–30 | 4 | Vermont |
Great Lakes Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | Wisconsin |
Syracuse Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | Clarkson |
Riverfront Invitational | January 2–3 | 4 | Western Michigan |
Yale Hockey Classic | January 2–3 | 4 | Cornell |
Beanpot | February 1, 8 | 4 | Northeastern |
Standings
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Michigan–Dearborn † | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 20 | - | - | 42 | 25 | 14 | 3 | - | - | |
Notre Dame * | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 60 | 44 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 222 | 114 | |
Lake Forest | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 48 | 58 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 130 | 99 | |
Kent State | 12 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 40 | 11 | 26 | 3 | - | - | |
Championship: March 5, 1988 † indicates division regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Lake Superior State† | 32 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 163 | 97 | 46 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 233 | 139 | |
Bowling Green* | 32 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 40 | 190 | 144 | 45 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 258 | 188 | |
Michigan State | 32 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 39 | 151 | 123 | 46 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 222 | 173 | |
Western Michigan | 32 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 37 | 152 | 136 | 42 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 208 | 184 | |
Michigan | 32 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 34 | 140 | 131 | 41 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 176 | 171 | |
Illinois-Chicago | 32 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 29 | 137 | 138 | 39 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 170 | 169 | |
Ferris State | 32 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 26 | 118 | 165 | 40 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 155 | 198 | |
Ohio State | 32 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 18 | 116 | 178 | 40 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 138 | 209 | |
Miami | 32 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 15 | 113 | 168 | 38 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 145 | 187 | |
Championship: Bowling Green † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Harvard† | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 93 | 52 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 132 | 96 | |
St. Lawrence†* | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 124 | 70 | 38 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 200 | 112 | |
Cornell | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 98 | 68 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 121 | 81 | |
Vermont | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 81 | 67 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 127 | 101 | |
Colgate | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 105 | 63 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 156 | 104 | |
Clarkson | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 86 | 82 | 35 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 133 | 125 | |
Princeton | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 80 | 77 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 94 | 110 | |
Rensselaer | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 99 | 91 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 164 | 125 | |
Dartmouth | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 59 | 84 | 26 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 70 | 98 | |
Yale | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 60 | 97 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 76 | 128 | |
Army | 22 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 59 | 119 | 30 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 97 | 151 | |
Brown | 22 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 120 | 26 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 63 | 144 | |
Championship: St. Lawrence † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Alaska–Fairbanks† | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | - | - | 31 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 172 | 115 | |
US International | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | - | - | 36 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 152 | 126 | |
Alaska–Anchorage | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 34 | 36 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 170 | 121 | |
† indicates conference regular season champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Maine† | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 159 | 90 | 44 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 259 | 144 | |
Northeastern* | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 115 | 107 | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 155 | 142 | |
Boston University | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 25 | 116 | 117 | 34 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 150 | 154 | |
Lowell | 26 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 111 | 119 | 39 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 165 | 166 | |
Boston College | 26 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 104 | 119 | 34 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 132 | 151 | |
Providence | 26 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 97 | 119 | 36 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 135 | 165 | |
New Hampshire | 26 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 86 | 128 | 30 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 101 | 146 | |
Championship: Northeastern † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Air Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 29 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 133 | 118 | |
Alabama–Huntsville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 30 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 139 | 159 | |
St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 37 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 131 | 231 | |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Minnesota† | 35 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 56 | 167 | 107 | 44 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 209 | 125 | |
Wisconsin* | 35 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 45 | 163 | 125 | 45 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 205 | 161 | |
Denver | 35 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 40 | 169 | 152 | 39 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 184 | 170 | |
Michigan Tech | 35 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 39 | 165 | 158 | 41 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 189 | 188 | |
North Dakota | 35 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 33 | 147 | 140 | 42 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 174 | 160 | |
Minnesota-Duluth | 35 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 32 | 143 | 155 | 41 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 163 | 179 | |
Northern Michigan | 35 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 32 | 145 | 147 | 40 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 164 | 159 | |
Colorado College | 35 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 102 | 206 | 38 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 111 | 222 | |
Championship: Wisconsin † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Final regular season polls
The final top 10 teams as ranked by coaches (WMPL) before the conference tournament finals.
The final media poll (CHSB/WDOM) was released after the conference tournament finals.
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1988 NCAA Tournament
First round March 18–20 | Quarterfinals March 25–27 | Frozen Four March 31-April 1 | National Championship April 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
E1 | Maine | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
W4 | Bowling Green | 5 | 5 | 10 | W4 | Bowling Green | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
E5 | Vermont | 1 | 1 | 2 | E1 | Maine | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
W2 | Lake Superior State | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
W2 | Lake Superior State | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
E3 | Northeastern | 5 | 3 | 8 | W6 | Merrimack | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
W6 | Merrimack | 3 | 7 | 10 | W2 | Lake Superior State | 4* | ||||||||||||||||
E2 | St. Lawrence | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
W1 | Minnesota | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
E4 | Harvard | 5 | 3 | 8 | W5 | Michigan State | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
W5 | Michigan State | 6 | 5 | 11 | W1 | Minnesota | 2 | Third-place game | |||||||||||||||
E2 | St. Lawrence | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
E2 | St. Lawrence | 7 | 3 | 10 | E1 | Maine | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
W3 | Wisconsin | 7 | 4 | 11 | W3 | Wisconsin | 0 | 4 | 4 | W1 | Minnesota | 2 | |||||||||||
E6 | Lowell | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Player stats
Scoring leaders
[5] 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 |
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Steve Johnson | Senior | North Dakota | 42 | 34 | 51 | 85 | 28 |
Dave Capuano | Sophomore | Maine | 42 | 34 | 51 | 85 | 51 |
Paul Polillo | Sophomore | Western Michigan | 42 | 25 | 60 | 85 | 34 |
Keith Street | Junior | Alaska–Fairbanks | 31 | 37 | 46 | 83 | 30 |
Nelson Emerson | Sophomore | Bowling Green | 45 | 34 | 49 | 83 | 54 |
Mark Vermette | Junior | Lake Superior State | 46 | 45 | 30 | 75 | 154 |
Mike Golden | Senior | Maine | 44 | 31 | 44 | 75 | 46 |
Greg Parks | Junior | Bowling Green | 45 | 30 | 44 | 74 | 86 |
Phil Berger | Junior | Northern Michigan | 38 | 40 | 32 | 72 | 22 |
Mike McNeill | Senior | Notre Dame | 32 | 28 | 44 | 72 | 12 |
Leading goaltenders
[5] 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 |
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Bruce Hoffort | Freshman | Lake Superior State | 31 | 1787 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 79 | 2 | .909 | 2.65 |
Robb Stauber | Sophomore | Minnesota | 44 | 2621 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 119 | 5 | .913 | 2.72 |
Mike Millham | Freshman | Vermont | 18 | 1054 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 48 | - | .885 | 2.73 |
Corrie D'Alessio | Freshman | Cornell | 25 | 1457 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 67 | 0 | .910 | 2.76 |
Paul Cohen | Junior | St. Lawrence | 30 | 1707 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 80 | 2 | .903 | 2.78 |
Wayne Cowley | Junior | Colgate | 20 | 1162 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 58 | 1 | - | 2.99 |
Scott King | Sophomore | Maine | 33 | 1762 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 91 | 0 | .896 | 3.10 |
Chad Meyhoff | Sophomore | Alaska-Anchorage | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | .885 | 3.16 |
John Fletcher | Sophomore | Clarkson | 33 | 1820 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 97 | 1 | .908 | 3.20 |
Dean Anderson | Senior | Wisconsin | 45 | 2718 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 148 | 2 | .898 | 3.27 |
Awards
ECAC
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Hockey East
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WCHA
Award[16] | Recipient | |
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Most Valuable Player | Robb Stauber, Minnesota | |
Freshman of the Year | Rick Berens, Denver | |
Goaltender of the Year | Robb Stauber, Minnesota | |
Student-Athlete of the Year | Steve Johnson, North Dakota | |
Coach of the Year | Herb Boxer, Michigan Tech | |
Most Valuable Player in Tournament | Dean Anderson, Wisconsin | |
All-WCHA Teams[17] | ||
First Team | Position | Second Team |
Robb Stauber, Minnesota | G | Dean Anderson, Wisconsin |
Mike DeAngelis, Minnesota-Duluth | D | Todd Richards, Minnesota |
Randy Skarda, Minnesota | D | Paul Stanton, Wisconsin |
Phil Berger, Northern Michigan | F | Steve Tuttle, Wisconsin |
Paul Ranheim, Wisconsin | F | John Archibald, Michigan Tech |
Steve Johnson, North Dakota | F | Daryn McBride, Denver |
1988 NHL Entry Draft
Round | Pick | Player | College | Conference | NHL team |
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3 | 60 | Steve Heinze † | Boston College | Hockey East | Boston Bruins |
4 | 68 | Tony Amonte † | Boston University | Hockey East | New York Rangers |
4 | 69 | Ted Crowley † | Boston College | Hockey East | Toronto Maple Leafs |
4 | 77 | Scott LaGrand † | Boston College | Hockey East | Philadelphia Flyers |
5 | 92 | Joe Cleary † | Boston College | Hockey East | Chicago Blackhawks |
6 | 121 | Jason Rathbone † | Boston College | Hockey East | New York Islanders |
6 | 122 | Phil von Stefenelli | Boston University | Hockey East | Vancouver Canucks |
8 | 159 | Bryan LaFort † | Boston University | Hockey East | New Jersey Devils |
8 | 165 | Mark Krys † | Boston University | Hockey East | Boston Bruins |
8 | 163 | Marty McInnis † | Boston College | Hockey East | New York Islanders |
9 | 174 | Mike Delay † | Boston College | Hockey East | Toronto Maple Leafs |
10 | 195 | David Sacco † | Boston University | Hockey East | Toronto Maple Leafs |
11 | 229 | Darin MacDonald † | Boston University | Hockey East | Edmonton Oilers |
12 | 246 | Ron Pascucci † | Boston College | Hockey East | Washington Capitals |
† incoming freshman
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