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 93rd year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

1987–88 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
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)
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons ← 1986–87 1988–89 →

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.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament	Dates	Teams	Champion
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

1987–88 American Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	Conference								Overall
	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

1987–88 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	Conference								Overall
	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

1987–88 ECAC Hockey standings
	Conference								Overall
	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

1987–88 Great West Hockey Conference standings
	Conference								Overall
	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

1987–88 Hockey East standings
	Conference								Overall
	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

1987–88 NCAA Division I Independent ice hockey standings
	Conference								Overall
	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

1987–88 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	Conference								Overall
	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

[1][2][3][4]

1988 NCAA Tournament

[5]

Main article: 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey 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	1	3	4
	W4	Bowling Green	5	5	10
	E5	Vermont	1	1	2
															E1	Maine	3
															W2	Lake Superior State	6
								W2	Lake Superior State	3	5	8
								W6	Merrimack	4	1	5
	E3	Northeastern	5	3	8
	W6	Merrimack	3	7	10
																				W2	Lake Superior State	4*
																				E2	St. Lawrence	3
								W1	Minnesota	4	4	8
								W5	Michigan State	2	3	5
	E4	Harvard	5	3	8
	W5	Michigan State	6	5	11
															W1	Minnesota	2
															E2	St. Lawrence	3
								E2	St. Lawrence	7	3	10
								W3	Wisconsin	0	4	4
	W3	Wisconsin	7	4	11															Third Place Game
	E6	Lowell	3	2	5
																				E1	Maine	5
																				W1	Minnesota	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Player stats

Scoring leaders

[6] 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
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

[6] 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
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	-	-	-	80	2	.903	2.78
Elias Delaney	Junior	Vermont	10	507	6	2	2	25	-	.887	2.96
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

Awards

NCAA

Award[7] Recipient Hobey Baker Memorial Award Robb Stauber, Minnesota Spencer Penrose Award (Coach of the Year) Frank Anzalone, Lake Superior State Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament Bruce Hoffort, Lake Superior State

AHCA All-American Teams[8] East First Team   Position   West First Team Bruce Racine, Northeastern G Robb Stauber, Minnesota Jack Capuano, Maine D Scott Paluch, Bowling Green Brian McColgan, St. Lawrence D Paul Stanton, Wisconsin Rejean Boivin, Colgate F Steve Johnson, North Dakota Dave Capuano, Maine F Paul Ranheim, Wisconsin Pete Lappin, St. Lawrence F Mark Vermette, Lake Superior State East Second Team   Position   West Second Team John Fletcher, Clarkson G Dean Anderson, Wisconsin Brian Dowd, Northeastern D Mike DeAngelis, Minnesota-Duluth Don Sweeney, Harvard D Randy Skarda, Minnesota Luciano Borsato, Clarkson F Phil Berger, Northern Michigan Gord Cruickshank, Providence F Nelson Emerson, Bowling Green Mike Golden, Maine F Steve Tuttle, Wisconsin Mike McHugh, Maine F

CCHA

Awards[9] Recipient Player of the Year Mark Vermette, Lake Superior State Rookie of the Year John DePourcq, Ferris State Coach of the Year Frank Anzalone, Lake Superior State Most Valuable Player in Tournament Paul Connell, Bowling Green

All-CCHA Teams[10] First Team   Position   Second Team Bruce Hoffort, Lake Superior State G Jason Muzzatti, Michigan State Tim Tilley, Michigan State D Kord Cernich, Lake Superior State Scott Paluch, Bowling Green D Mike Posma, Western Michigan D Barry McKinlay, Illinois-Chicago Mark Vermette, Lake Superior State F Mike de Carle, Lake Superior State Nelson Emerson, Bowling Green F Bobby Reynolds, Michigan State Paul Polillo, Western Michigan F Ron Hoover, Western Michigan

ECAC

Award[11] Recipient Player of the Year Pete Lappin, St. Lawrence Rookie of the Year Trent Andison, Cornell Coach of the Year Bill Cleary, Harvard Mike Gilligan, Vermont Most Outstanding Player in Tournament Pete Lappin, St. Lawrence

All-ECAC Hockey Teams[12][13] First Team   Position   Second Team John Fletcher, Clarkson G Steve Laurin, Dartmouth Brian McColgan, St. Lawrence D Chris Norton, Cornell Don Sweeney, Harvard D Hank Lammens, St. Lawrence Pete Lappin, St. Lawrence F Luciano Borsato, Clarkson Rejean Boivin, Colgate F Ian Boyce, Vermont John Messuri, Princeton F Kyle McDonough, Vermont Rookie Team   Position   Corrie D'Alessio, Cornell G Mark Salsbury, Princeton G Andy Cesarski, Princeton D Steve Poapst, Colgate D Dave Tretowicz, Clarkson D Stephane Venne, Vermont D Trent Andison, Cornell F Peter Ciavaglia, Harvard F Bruce Coles, Rensselaer F Joé Juneau, Rensselaer F John LeClair, Vermont F Rob Tobin, Army F

Hockey East

Award[14] Recipient Player of the Year Mike McHugh, Maine Rookie of the Year Mario Thyer, Maine Coach of the Year Award Shawn Walsh, Maine William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player Bruce Racine, Northeastern

All-Hockey East Teams[15][16] First Team   Position   Second Team Scott King, Maine G David Littman, Boston College Jack Capuano, Maine D Carl Valimont, Lowell Brian Dowd, Northeastern D Claude Lodin, Northeastern Mike McHugh, Maine F Mike Golden, Maine Dave Capuano, Maine F Mike Kelfer, Boston University David O'Brien, Northeastern F Dan Shea, Boston College Rookie Team   Position   Pat Morrison, New Hampshire G Will Averill, Northeastern D Tom Dion, Boston University D David Emma, Boston College F Mario Thyer, Maine F Chris Winnes, New Hampshire F

WCHA

Award[17] Recipient 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[18] 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

See Also

• 1987–88 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season

References

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External links

• College Hockey Historical Archives
• 1987–88 NCAA Standings