1998–99 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

The 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October 3, 1998, and concluded with the 1999 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on April 3, 1999, at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim in Anaheim, California. This was the 52nd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 104th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

1998–99 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
The Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim in Anaheim, California, hosted the 1999 Frozen Four
Duration	October 3, 1998– April 3, 1999
NCAA tournament	1999
National championship	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Anaheim, California
NCAA champion	Maine
Hobey Baker Award	Jason Krog (New Hampshire)
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons ← 1997–98 1999–00 →

The 1998-99 season was the inaugural year for Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference's hockey division. Because only Canisius, Fairfield, and Iona were full members of the MAAC, five additional associate members were included to make the conference viable. All five teams had been part of ECAC lower classifications in the past (as had Canisius, Fairfield and Iona) and were promoted to Division I for the 1998-99 season.[1]

Pre-season polls

The top 10 from USCHO.com/CBS College Sports[2]

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Ranking Team 1 Boston College (6) 2 Michigan (11) 3 North Dakota (10) 4 Ohio State (2) 5 Michigan State 6 Colorado College (1) 7 Clarkson 8 Maine 9 Boston University 10 Wisconsin

Regular season

Season tournaments

Tournament	Dates	Teams	Champion
Ice Breaker Tournament	October 9–10	4	Boston College
J. C. Penny Classic	October 24–25	4	Maine
Governor's Cup	November 27–28	4	Maine
College Hockey Showcase	November 27–29	4
Great Lakes Invitational	December 26–27	4	Michigan State
Auld Lang Syne Classic	December 27–28	4	Vermont
Badger Showdown	December 27–28	4	Bowling Green
Denver Cup	December 27–28	4	Denver
Mariucci Classic	December 27–28	4	Princeton
Syracuse Invitational	December 27–28	4	Niagara
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament	December 28–29	4	Rensselaer
Silverado Shootout	January 2–3	4	Massachusetts–Lowell
Beanpot	February 1, 8	4	Boston University

Standings

1998–99 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#3 Michigan State†	30	20	3	7	47	91	40		42	29	6	7	121	56
#7 Michigan*	30	17	8	5	39	98	72		42	25	11	6	134	94
Ohio State	30	17	10	3	37	87	66		41	21	16	4	119	98
Notre Dame	30	15	11	4	34	92	68		38	19	14	5	114	100
Northern Michigan	30	14	11	5	33	94	83		42	22	15	5	143	112
Ferris State	30	13	12	5	31	76	69		36	14	16	6	89	87
Bowling Green	30	13	14	3	29	102	105		38	17	18	3	126	135
Lake Superior State	30	10	17	3	23	79	93		38	11	23	4	93	130
Miami	30	9	17	4	22	78	104		36	11	20	5	98	130
Western Michigan	30	5	17	8	18	69	119		34	6	20	8	75	130
Alaska-Fairbanks	30	8	21	1	17	77	124		34	11	22	1	94	131
Championship: Michigan † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll

1998–99 ECAC Hockey standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#9 Clarkson†*	22	18	4	0	36	91	48		37	25	11	1	133	102
#10 St. Lawrence	22	15	4	3	33	80	47		39	23	13	3	136	110
Rensselaer	22	13	7	2	28	89	62		37	23	12	2	147	110
Princeton	22	13	8	1	27	69	62		34	20	12	2	116	106
Yale	22	11	7	4	26	65	56		31	13	14	4	86	94
Colgate	22	12	8	2	26	66	56		35	19	12	4	109	87
Cornell	22	9	10	3	21	67	63		31	12	15	4	96	97
Harvard	22	8	12	2	18	64	87		32	14	16	2	94	115
Vermont	22	7	13	2	16	53	67		33	13	18	2	86	104
Brown	22	5	12	5	15	56	72		31	9	16	6	87	97
Dartmouth	22	6	14	5	14	60	79		29	10	17	2	90	109
Union	22	1	19	2	4	32	93		32	3	26	3	52	132
Championship: Clarkson † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll

1998–99 Hockey East standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#2 New Hampshire†	24	18	3	3	39	100	49		41	31	7	3	171	91
#1 Maine	24	17	5	2	36	96	64		41	31	6	4	167	94
#4 Boston College*	24	15	7	2	32	99	73		43	27	12	4	170	125
Providence	24	12	11	1	25	90	81		38	20	17	1	159	134
Boston University	24	8	13	3	19	72	86		37	14	20	3	117	132
Massachusetts–Lowell	24	9	15	0	18	65	85		36	17	19	0	112	117
Massachusetts	24	8	14	2	18	56	86		35	12	21	2	80	114
Merrimack	24	7	16	1	15	67	94		36	11	24	1	107	136
Northeastern	24	6	16	2	14	74	101		34	11	20	3	108	132
Championship: Boston College † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll

1998–99 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	-	-	-		36	15	19	2	113	128
Alabama–Huntsville	0	0	0	0	-	-	-		27	21	5	1	159	76
Army	0	0	0	0	-	-	-		34	15	16	3	130	103
Mankato State	0	0	0	0	-	-	-		39	18	16	5	149	129
Nebraska–Omaha	0	0	0	0	-	-	-		35	11	24	0	95	141
Niagara	0	0	0	0	-	-	-		32	17	12	3	103	85
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll

1998–99 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Quinnipiac†	28	22	4	2	46	131	63		34	26	6	2	161	81
Holy Cross*	28	19	6	3	41	107	63		35	22	9	4	126	89
Connecticut	28	18	6	4	40	106	70		34	20	10	4	122	95
Canisius	28	12	11	5	29	112	82		36	16	15	5	143	119
American International	28	11	13	4	26	92	93		32	12	16	4	101	113
Iona	28	12	15	1	25	116	115		33	13	18	2	145	143
Sacred Heart	28	7	20	1	15	81	128		31	7	23	1	86	139
Fairfield	28	1	27	0	2	55	186		32	1	31	0	64	227
Championship: Holy Cross † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll

1998–99 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#5 North Dakota†	28	24	2	2	50	142	76		40	32	6	2	199	104
#6 Colorado College	28	20	8	0	40	103	68		42	29	12	1	169	111
#8 Denver*	28	15	11	2	32	101	95		41	26	13	2	154	126
Wisconsin	28	13	12	3	29	76	81		38	15	19	4	98	110
Minnesota	28	10	12	6	26	90	99		43	15	19	9	139	157
Alaska-Anchorage	28	10	13	5	25	57	71		36	13	18	5	74	92
St. Cloud State	28	8	16	4	20	79	95		39	16	18	5	122	122
Michigan Tech	28	9	19	0	18	67	99		38	9	28	1	86	145
Minnesota-Duluth	28	4	20	4	12	71	102		38	7	27	4	100	139
Championship: Denver † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll

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1999 NCAA Tournament

First Round

Quarterfinals

Frozen Four

National Championship

1

New Hampshire

–

–

bye

–

1

New Hampshire

2*

East Regional

5

Michigan

1

4

Denver

3

5

Michigan

5

E1

New Hampshire

5

W2

Michigan State

3

2

Michigan State

–

–

bye

–

2

Michigan State

5

West Regional

3

Colorado College

2

3

Colorado College

5

6

St. Lawrence

2

E1

New Hampshire

2

E3

Maine

3*

1

North Dakota

–

–

bye

–

1

North Dakota

1

West Regional

4

Boston College

2

4

Boston College

2

5

Northern Michigan

1

W4

Boston College

1

E3

Maine

2*

2

Clarkson

–

–

bye

–

2

Clarkson

2

East Regional

3

Maine

7

3

Maine

4

6

Ohio State

2

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
Jason Krog	Senior	New Hampshire	41	34	51	85	38
Jason Blake	Senior	North Dakota	38	28	41	69	49
Brian Swanson	Senior	Colorado College	42	25	41	66	28
Steve Kariya	Senior	Maine	41	23	42	65	24
Michael Souza	Junior	New Hampshire	41	23	42	65	38
Ryan Carter	Freshman	Iona	33	33	30	63	38
Darren Haydar	Freshman	New Hampshire	41	31	30	61	34
Brian Gionta	Sophomore	Boston College	39	27	33	60	46
Jeff Farkas	Junior	Boston College	43	32	25	57	56
Danny Riva	Senior	Rensselaer	36	22	34	56	35
Rejean Stringer	Senior	Merrimack	36	17	39	56	44

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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
Joe Blackburn	Sophomore	Michigan State	33	2012	21	5	7	52	3	.928	1.55
Ty Conklin	Sophomore	New Hampshire	22	1338	18	3	1	41	0	.923	1.84
Scott Simpson	Freshman	Holy Cross	22	1329	15	5	2	49	2	.918	2.21
Josh Blackburn	Freshman	Michigan	41	2408	25	10	6	91	3	.905	2.27
Shep Harder	Junior	Colgate	24	1395	15	7	1	53	1	.923	2.28
Gregg Naumenko	Freshman	Alaska-Anchorage	29	1692	11	13	5	65	1	.919	2.30
Jeff Maund	Sophomore	Ohio State	38	2283	20	14	4	88	3	.923	2.31
Alfie Michaud	Junior	Maine	37	2147	28	6	3	83	3	.910	2.32
Karl Goehring	Sophomore	North Dakota	31	1774	22	5	2	70	3	.915	2.37
Eric Heffler	Senior	St. Lawrence	37	2206	22	12	3	88	3	.930	2.39

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Awards

NCAA

Award[6] Recipient Hobey Baker Memorial Award Jason Krog, New Hampshire Spencer T. Penrose Award (Coach of the Year) Dick Umile, New Hampshire Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament Alfie Michaud, Maine

AHCA All-American Teams[7] East First Team   Position   West First Team Eric Heffler, St. Lawrence G Joe Blackburn, Michigan State David Cullen, Maine D Scott Swanson, Colorado College Mike Mottau, Boston College D Brad Williamson, North Dakota Brian Gionta, Boston College F Jason Blake, North Dakota Steve Kariya, Maine F Brian Swanson, Colorado College Jason Krog, New Hampshire F Mike York, Michigan State East Second Team   Position   West Second Team Michel Larocque, Boston University G Jeff Maund, Ohio State Jayme Filipowicz, New Hampshire D Benoit Cotnoir, Notre Dame Willie Mitchell, Clarkson D Mike Weaver, Michigan State Erik Cole, Clarkson F Hugo Boisvert, Ohio State Jeff Hamilton, Yale F Paul Comrie, Denver Rejean Stringer, Merrimack F Jay Panzer, North Dakota

CCHA

Awards[8] Recipient Player of the Year Mike York, Michigan State Best Defensive Forward Mike York, Michigan State Best Defensive Defenseman Mike Weaver, Michigan State Best Offensive Defenseman Mike Jones, Bowling Green Rookie of the Year Mike Comrie, Michigan Coach of the Year Ron Mason, Michigan State Terry Flanagan Memorial Award Ernie Hartlieb, Miami Most Valuable Player in Tournament Mark Kosick, Michigan

All-CCHA Teams[9][10] First Team   Position   Second Team Jeff Maund, Ohio State G Joe Blackburn, Michigan State Mike Weaver, Michigan State D Mike Jones, Bowling Green Benoit Cotnoir, Notre Dame D Andre Signoretti, Ohio State Hugo Boisvert, Ohio State F Dan Price, Bowling Green Mike York, Michigan State F Ben Simon, Notre Dame Adam Edinger, Bowling Green F J.P. Vigier, Northern Michigan Rookie Team   Position   Josh Blackburn, Michigan G Jason Crain, Ohio State D Jeff Jillson, Michigan D Mike Comrie, Michigan F David Inman, Notre Dame F Adam Hall, Michigan State F Chad Thuer, Northern Michigan F

ECAC

Award[11] Recipient Player of the Year Eric Heffler, St. Lawrence Rookie of the Year Brandon Dietrich, St. Lawrence Coach of the Year Joe Marsh, St. Lawrence Best Defensive Defenseman Jeff Burgoyne, Cornell Best Defensive Forward Syl Apps III, Princeton Ken Dryden Award Eric Heffler, St. Lawrence Most Outstanding Player in Tournament Willie Mitchell, Clarkson

All-ECAC Hockey Teams[12][13] First Team   Position   Second Team Eric Heffler, St. Lawrence G Alex Westlund, Yale Jeff Burgoyne, Cornell D Steve Shirreffs, Princeton Willie Mitchell, Clarkson D Jason Reid, Vermont Dan Riva, Rensselaer F Andy McDonald, Colgate Erik Cole, Clarkson F Jeff Halpern, Princeton Jeff Hamilton, Yale F Bob Prier, St. Lawrence Rookie Team   Position   Shawn Grant, Clarkson G Kerry Ellis-Toddington, Clarkson D Ray DiLaurio, St. Lawrence D Denis Ladouceur, Cornell F Jamie Herrington, Dartmouth F Matt Murley, Rensselaer F Brandon Deitrich, St. Lawrence F

Hockey East

Award[14] Recipient Player of the Year Jason Krog, New Hampshire Rookie of the Year Darren Haydar, New Hampshire Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award Dick Umile, New Hampshire Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award Steve Kariya, Maine Best Defensive Forward Doug Nolan, Massachusetts-Lowell Best Defensive Defenseman Steve O'Brien, New Hampshire William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player Blake Bellefeuille, Boston College

All-Hockey East Teams[15][16] First Team   Position   Second Team Michel Larocque, Boston University G Ty Conklin, New Hampshire Jayme Filipowicz, New Hampshire D Mike Mottau, Boston College David Cullen, Maine D Anthony Cappelletti, Massachusetts-Lowell Brian Gionta, Boston College F Mike Omicioli, Providence Jason Krog, New Hampshire F Rejean Stringer, Merrimack Steve Kariya, Maine F Darren Haydar, New Hampshire Rookie Team   Position   Ty Conklin, New Hampshire G Peter Metcalf, Maine D Jim Fahey, Northeastern D Darren Haydar, New Hampshire F Barrett Heisten, Maine F Willie Levesque, Northeastern F Greg Classen, Merrimack F

MAAC

Award[17] Recipient Offensive Player of the Year Ryan Carter, Iona Defensive Player of the Year Dan Ennis, Quinnipiac Goaltender of the Year Scott Simpson, Holy Cross Offensive Rookie of the Year Ryan Carter, Iona Defensive Rookie of the Year Dan Ennis, Quinnipiac Coach of the Year Gary Wright, American International Tournament Most Valuable Player Mike Maguire, Holy Cross

All-MAAC Teams[18][19] First Team   Position   Second Team Scott Simpson, Holy Cross G Chance Thede, American International J.C. Wells, Quinnipiac G Dan Ennis, Quinnipiac D Rob Martin, Connecticut Derek Gilham, Canisius D Mike Maguire, Holy Cross Kris Cumming, Quinnipiac D Ryan Carter, Iona F Mike Sowa, American International Geoff Angell, Connecticut F Neil Breen, Quinnipiac Chris Fattey, Holy Cross F David Deeves, Canisius Chad Poliquin, Quinnipiac F Rookie Team   Position   Jon Chain, Connecticut G Dan Ennis, Quinnipiac D Mike Boylan, Connecticut D Joel Tarvudd, Canisius D Ryan Carter, Iona F Neil Breen, Quinnipiac F Patrick Rissmiller, Holy Cross F David Deeves, Canisius F

WCHA

Award[20] Recipient Player of the Year Jason Blake, North Dakota Defensive Player of the Year Brad Williamson, North Dakota Rookie of the Year Gregg Naumenko, Alaska-Anchorage Student-Athlete of the Year Kyle McLaughlin, St. Cloud State Scott Swanson, Colorado College Coach of the Year Dean Blais, North Dakota Most Valuable Player in Tournament Stephen Wagner, Denver

All-WCHA Teams[21][22] First Team   Position   Second Team Gregg Naumenko, Alaska-Anchorage G Karl Goehring, North Dakota Brad Williamson, North Dakota D Dan Peters, Colorado College Scott Swanson, Colorado College D Trevor Hammer, North Dakota Brian Swanson, Colorado College F Jay Panzer, North Dakota Jason Blake, North Dakota F Darren Clark, Colorado College Paul Comrie, Denver F Jeff Panzer, North Dakota Third Team   Position   Rookie Team Graham Melanson, Wisconsin G Gregg Naumenko, Alaska-Anchorage Jordan Leopold, Minnesota D Jordan Leopold, Minnesota Jeff Dessner, Wisconsin D David Tanabe, Wisconsin Wyatt Smith, Minnesota F Steve Cygan, Alaska-Anchorage James Patterson, Denver F Jesse Heerema, Colorado College Lee Goren, North Dakota F Tyler Arnason, St. Cloud State

See also

• 1998–99 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season
• 1998–99 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season

References

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External links

• USCHO.com
• College Hockey Historical Archives