1998 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Encyclopedia
The 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 12 schools playing in single-elimination
play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA
Division I college ice hockey
. It began on March 27, 1998, and ended with the championship game on April 4. A total of 11 games were played.
Single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match or bracket is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event...
play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
Division I college ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
. It began on March 27, 1998, and ended with the championship game on April 4. A total of 11 games were played.
Game locations
- East Regional - Pepsi Arena, Albany, New YorkAlbany, New YorkAlbany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
- West Regional - Yost Arena, Ann Arbor, MichiganAnn Arbor, MichiganAnn Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2010 census places the population at 113,934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. The Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 344,791 as of 2010...
- Frozen Four - Fleet CenterFleet CenterFleet Center is the former name of two buildings in New England cities which may mean:*TD Garden, a sports arena in Boston*50 Kennedy Plaza, an International-style skyscraper in Providence, RI...
, Boston, Massachusetts