NCAA Division I Hockey Championship Tournament - 1983

The 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 36th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 18 and 26, 1983, and concluded with Wisconsin defeating Harvard 6 to 2. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues, and played as a two game total score elimination, while all succeeding games were played at the Winter Sports Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota as single game knockouts.

1983 - Frozen Four Held at Winter Sports Center, Grand Forks, North Dakota.

	Semifinals					National Championship Game
	1	Harvard	5
	2	Minnesota	3
						1	Harvard	2
						1	Wisconsin	6
	1	Wisconsin	2
	2	Providence	0

Winning Program: Wisconsin
Winning Coach: Jeff Sauer
Losing Program: Harvard
Losing Coach: Bill Cleary
Venue: Ralph Engelstad Arena
Most Valuable Player Frozen Four: Marc Behrend, G, Wisconsin

1983 - East Regional Seeding

Seed	Team	Season W-L	Conference	Invitation
1	Harvard	21-8	ECAC Hockey	Tournament Champion
2	Providence	30-9	ECAC Hockey	At Large
3	New Hampshire	22-9	ECAC Hockey	At Large
4	St. Lawrence	23-10	ECAC Hockey	At Large

1983 - West Regional Seeding

Seed	Team	Season W-L	Conference	Invitation
1	Wisconsin	29-10	WCHA	Tournament Champion
2	Minnesota	31-10	WCHA	At Large
3	Minnesota Duluth	28-14	WCHA	At Large
4	Michigan State	30-10	CCHA	Tournament Champion

Quarter Finals Elimination Round

The two odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the two even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking. In the Quarterfinals the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds played two-game aggregate series to determine which school advanced to the Semifinals. Aggregate final scores are bolded.

	Quarterfinals
	3	New Hampshire	6	2	8
	2	Minnesota	9	7	16
	4	St. Lawrence	2	1	3
	1	Wisconsin	6	7	13

	3	Minnesota Duluth	3	1	5
	2	Providence	7	7	10
	4	Michigan State	5	3	8
	1	Harvard	6	3	9