8 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Regular Season Champions
9 6 - 9 7 SNA P SHOT
BOSTON UNIVERSITY NEW HAMPSHIRE
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1996-97 Tournament Season snapshot Champion BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Player of the Year
CHRIS DRURY Jr. F, Boston University
Coach of the Year: Richard Umile, New Hampshire Rookie of the Year: Greg Koehler, UMass Lowell Best Defensive Forward: Travis Dillabough, Providence Sportsmanship Award: Steve Kariya, Maine Team Sportsmanship Award: Maine
Hockey East All-Stars (*All-Americans)
Martin Legault (MC) Jon Coleman (BU) * Jason Mansoff (ME) Eric Boguniecki (UNH) Neil Donovan (UML) Chris Drury (BU) *
Position G Tom Noble (BU) D * Tim Murray (UNH) D Mike Nicholishen (UML) F * Jason Krog (UNH) F Mark Mowers (UNH) F Marty Reasoner (BC)
* Other All-American: Chris Kelleher, Defense (BU)
Standings 1. Boston University New Hampshire 3. Maine 4. Providence 5. Merrimack 6. Boston College 7. UMass Lowell 8. Massachusetts 9. Northeastern
GP 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24
Leaders (league games) Points 1. Chris Drury (BU) 2. Jason Krog (UNH) 3. Steve Kariya (ME) Mark Mowers (UNH) 5. Eric Nickulas (UNH)
41 40 36 36 36
Goals 1. Chris Drury (BU) 2. Eric Nickulas (UNH) 3. Tom Nolan (UNH) 4. Marty Reasoner (BC) 5. Mark Mowers (UNH) Mike Sylvia (BU)
27 22 17 16 15 15
Goals Against Average 1. Michel Larocque (BU) 2. Alfie Michaud (ME) 3. Tom Noble (BU) 4. Sean Matile (UNH) 5. Brian Larochelle (UNH)
2.57 2.86 3.19 3.20 3.37
Save Percentage 1. Sean Matile (UNH) 2. Michel Larocque (BU) 3. Eric Thibeault (MC) 4. Dan Dennis (PC) 5. Brian Larochelle (UNH)
.913 .903 .895 .890 .883
W 16 18 16 12 11 9 9 7 3
L 4 6 7 11 11 12 14 17 19
T Pts 4 36 0 36 1 33 1 25 2 24 3 21 1 19 0 14 2 8
GF 116 130 120 101 88 96 83 69 66
GPG 4.83 (3) 5.42 (1) 5.00 (2) 4.21 (4) 3.67 (6) 4.00 (5) 3.46 (7) 2.88 (8) 2.75 (9)
NCAA Tournament First Round Colorado College 3, UNH 2 Quarterfinals Boston U. 4, Denver 3 (OT) Semifinals Boston U. 3, Michigan 2 CHAMPIONSHIP North Dakota 6, Boston U. 4
All-Rookie Team Sean Matile (UNH) Mike Mottau (BC) Tom Poti (BU) Greg Koehler (UML) Cory Larose (ME) Mike Souza (UNH) GA 71 76 76 88 98 112 113 117 118
GAPG 2.96 (1) 3.17 (t2) 3.17 (t2) 3.67 (4) 4.08 (5) 4.67 (6) 4.71 (7) 4.88 (8) 4.92 (9)
G D D F F F
PP Pct. 26.0 (4) 27.1 (2) 32.1 (1) 17.9 (7) 16.7 (8) 26.7 (3) 21.2 (5) 13.5 (9) 19.5 (6)
Maine was not eligible to compete in the 1997 Hockey East tournament.
PK Pct. 83.6 (1) 78.9 (4) 82.9 (2) 80.3 (3) 75.2 (7) 71.2 (8) 77.9 (5) 65.5 (9) 75.6 (6)
Overall 26-9-6 28-11-0 24-10-1 15-20-1 15-19-2 15-19-4 15-21-2 12-23-0 8-25-3
1997 HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS (best-of-three series) #1 Boston University def. #8 Northeastern, 6-2, 7-1 #2 New Hampshire def. #7 Massachusetts, 5-1, 8-2 #6 UMass Lowell def. #3 Providence 6-2, 6-5 #5 Boston College def. #4 Merrimack, 7-6, 5-3 SEMIFINALS – FleetCenter Boston University 3, UMass Lowell 2 New Hampshire 4, Boston College 0 CONSOLATION – FleetCenter Boston College 2, UMass Lowell 2 (OT) CHAMPIONSHIP – FleetCenter Boston University 4, New Hampshire 2 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM G: Michel Larocque (BU) D: Shane Johnson (BU) D: Chris Kelleher (BU) F: Shawn Bates (BU) F: Chris Bell (UML) F: Mark Mowers (UNH)
MVP: Michel Larocque
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