2000 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

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2000 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament
NCAA 2000 Men's Frozen Four logo.jpg
2000 Frozen Four logo
Teams12
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Champions North Dakota Fighting Sioux  (7th title)
Runner-up Boston College Eagles  (5th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Dean Blais  (2nd title)
MOP Lee Goren (North Dakota)
Attendance69,421

The 2000 NCAA Division I men's 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.

Contents

The final event was played at Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island. North Dakota, coached by Dean Blais, defeated Boston College, coached by Jerry York, by a 4-2 score on April 8. BC, seeking its first NCAA title since 1949, had a 2-1 lead entering the final period of play, but the Fighting Sioux responded with three goals in the final 20 minutes of play, with two of those goals scored by Lee Goren. Goren tied the game, assisted on Jason Ulmer's game-winning goal, and then scored into an empty Eagles net in the last minute of play to ice the victory. It marked North Dakota's seventh national title overall and second since 1997, and was also the third time in three years that BC came up short in the Frozen Four.

North Dakota had advanced to the title game by blanking Maine, 2-0, in the early semifinal on April 6, while BC came from behind to top St. Lawrence, 4-2, in the late semifinal that evening.

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded on March 18, 2000. Hockey East had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and the ECAC each had two berths, while College Hockey America (CHA) received its first entry into the tournament.

West Regional – Minneapolis East Regional – Albany
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1 Wisconsin (1)WCHA31–8–1At-large bid18th19981 Maine (2)Hockey East26–7–5 Tournament champion 10th1999
2 North Dakota WCHA28–8–5 Tournament champion 16th19992 St. Lawrence ECAC26–7–2 Tournament champion 14th1999
3 New Hampshire Hockey East23–8–6At-large bid11th19993 Boston University Hockey East24–9–7At-large bid25th1998
4 Boston College Hockey East26–11–1At-large bid21st19994 Colgate ECAC24–8–2At-large bid3rd1990
5 Michigan State CCHA27–10–4 Tournament champion 20th19995 Michigan CCHA26–9–4At-large bid23rd1999
6 Niagara CHA29–7–3At-large bid1stNever6 St. Cloud State WCHA23–13–3At-large bid2nd1989

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

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Game locations

Bracket

Regionals

Frozen Four

National semifinals
April 6 		National championship
April 8
      
W4 Boston College4
E2 St. Lawrence 2
W4 Boston College 2
W2 North Dakota4
E1 Maine 0
W2 North Dakota2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals

West Regional

(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Niagara

March 24 [2] New Hampshire1 – 4Niagara Mariucci Arena  
No ScoringFirst period07:23 – Randy Harris (Sebastian)
09:06 – GW – Kyle Martin (DeSantis, Kasperek)
No scoringSecond period11:19 – Mikko Sivonen (Isherwood)
(Gare, Truelson) Darren Haydar – 01:29Third period18:40 – EN – Mikko Sivonen (Makela)
Ty Conklin ( 15 saves / 18 shots )Goalie stats Greg Gardner ( 34 saves / 35 shots )

(4) Boston College vs. (5) Michigan State

March 24 [3] Boston College6 – 5OTMichigan State Mariucci Arena  
No ScoringFirst period04:19 – Adam Hall (Horcoff, Maloney)
08:33 – John Nail (Patchell)
(Mottau, Allen) Jeff Farkas – PP – 00:34
(Allen, Lephart) Brian Gionta – PP – 01:39
Blake Bellefeuille – SH – 14:02		Second period09:53 – Andrew Hutchinson
(Hughes, Kolanos) Kevin Caulfield – PP – 10:35
(Mottau, Bellefeuille) Mike Lephart – EA PP – 19:10		Third period01:11 – PP – John-Michael Liles (Horcoff, Hutchinson)13:05 – PP – Rustyn Dolyny (Horcoff, Liles)
(Gionta, Mottau) Jeff Farkas – GW PP – 11:53First overtime periodNo scoring
Scott Clemmensen ( 17 saves / 22 shots )Goalie stats Ryan Miller ( 36 saves / 42 shots )

East Regional

(3) Boston University vs. (6) St. Cloud State

March 25 [4] Boston University5 – 3St. Cloud State Pepsi Arena  
Carl Corazzini – 02:35
(Sabo, Corazzini) Jack Baker – 09:19
(Collins, Gillis) Mike Pandolfo – PP – 15:39		First periodNo scoring
(Corazzini) Jack Baker – GW – 13:39Second period12:22 – Mike Pudlick (Walsh)
18:26 – PP – Ryan Malone (Motzko, Anderson)
(Gillis, Degerman) Chris Heron – 14:10Third period18:34 – Lee Brooks (Westcott)
Rick DiPietro ( 23 saves / 26 shots )Goalie stats Scott Meyer ( 19 saves / 24 shots )

(4) Colgate vs. (5) Michigan

March 25 [5] Colgate3 – 4OTMichigan Pepsi Arena  
No ScoringFirst period06:41 – Mike Roemensky (Langfeld, Koch)
16:55 – PP – Mike Comrie (Cammalleri)
(Marostega) Andy McDonald – PP – 12:43
(Murphy, McDonald) Darryl Campbell – PP – 17:13		Second period06:39 – PP – Mark Mink (Cammalleri, Shouneyia)
(McDonald, Nolan) Darryl Campbell – 19:12Third periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period12:44 – GW – Geoff Koch (Comrie)
Shep Harder ( 31 saves / 35 shots )Goalie stats Josh Blackburn ( 28 saves / 31 shots )

Regional semifinals

West Regional

(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Boston College

March 25 [6] Wisconsin1 – 4Boston College Mariucci Arena  
(Doman, Hussey) Jeff Dessner – PP – 04:37First period02:40 – PP – Blake Bellefeuille
19:37 – GW – Brian Gionta (Scuderi)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period00:16 – Jeff Giuliano (Lephart)
19:56 – EN – Brian Gionta (Dolinar)
Graham Melanson ( 24 saves / 27 shots )Goalie stats Scott Clemmensen ( 28 saves / 29 shots )

(2) North Dakota vs. (6) Niagara

March 25 [7] North Dakota4 – 1Niagara Mariucci Arena  
(Ulmer) Ryan Bayda – 03:11
(Panzer, Lundbohm) Mike Commodore – GW PP – 19:06		First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period12:13 – PP – John Heffernan (Sivonen, MacKenzie)
(Panzer) Lee Goren – 01:05
(Panzer, Lundbohm) Kevin Spiewak – 13:31		Third periodNo scoring
Andy Kollar ( 26 saves / 27 shots )Goalie stats Greg Gardner ( 39 saves / 43 shots )

East Regional

(1) Maine vs. (5) Michigan

March 26 [8] Maine5 – 2Michigan Pepsi Arena  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period12:22 – SH – Mike Comrie (Ortmeyer, Peach)
(Dimitrakos, Reimann) Ben Guite – PP – 05:14
(Larose, Loya) Ben Guite – 08:01
(Heisten) Chris Heisten – GW – 14:29
(Reimann) Matthias Trattnig – 15:31
Brendan Walsh – EN SH – 19:09		Third period06:52 – PP – Mike Comrie (Cammalleri, Ortmeyer)
Matt Yeats ( 26 saves / 28 shots )Goalie stats Josh Blackburn ( 40 saves / 44 shots )

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (3) Boston University

March 26 [9] St. Lawrence3 – 24OTBoston University Pepsi Arena  
(Gellard) Brandon Dietrich – 17:14First periodNo scoring
(Muir) Jack O'Brien – 02:01Second period12:48 – PP – Mike Pandolfo
No scoringThird period11:50 – PP – Brian Collins (Dyment, Gillis)
(Lorentz) Robin Carruthers – GW – 03:53Fourth overtime periodNo scoring
Derek Gustafson ( 72 saves / 74 shots )Goalie stats Rick DiPietro ( 77 saves / 80 shots )

Frozen Four

National semifinal

(E2) St. Lawrence vs. (W4) Boston College

April 6 [10] St. Lawrence2 – 4Boston College Providence Civic Center  
(Anderson) Jason Windle – 16:15First periodNo scoring
Charlie Daniels – PP – 10:38Second period10:38 – SH – Blake Bellefeuille
No scoringThird period03:04 – Mike Mottau (Cass, Farkas)
18:03 – GW – Jeff Farkas
19:59 – EN – Brian Gionta
Derek Gustafson ( 28 saves / 31 shots )Goalie stats Scott Clemmensen ( 26 saves / 28 shots )

(E1) Maine vs. (W2) North Dakota

April 6 [11] Maine0 – 2North Dakota Providence Civic Center  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period07:35 – GW PP – Bryan Lundbohm (Schneekloth)
13:35 – SH – Kevin Spiewak (Notermann)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Matt Yeats ( 30 saves / 30 shots )Goalie stats Karl Goehring ( 32 saves / 34 shots )

National Championship

(W2) North Dakota vs. (W4) Boston College

April 8 [12] North Dakota4 – 2Boston College Providence Civic Center Recap
Scoring summary
PeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
1stUND Mike Commodore (5) Lundbohm and Skarperud3:481–0 UND
BC Jeff Farkas (32) – PP Bellefeuille and Gionta 16:471–1
2ndBC Marty Hughes (5) Gionta 26:592–1 BC
3rdUND Lee Goren (33) Bayda 42:432–2
UND Jason Ulmer (18) – GW Goren 54:223–2 UND
UND Lee Goren (34) – ENunassisted59:144–2 UND
Penalty summary
PeriodTeamPlayer Penalty TimePIM
1stUNDAaron SchneeklothCross-Checking6:322:00
BCJeff GiulianoHooking10:022:00
UNDRyan BaydaSlashing11:352:00
UNDChad MazurakHigh-Sticking16:282:00
BCJeff GiulianoHooking17:132:00
2ndUNDChad MazurakHolding20:252:00
UNDTim O'ConnellSlashing23:042:00
BCBENCHToo Many Men24:212:00
UNDMike CommodoreHolding30:452:00
BCAles DolinarSlashing30:452:00
UNDMike CommodoreTripping34:262:00

All-Tournament team

* Most Outstanding Player(s) [13]

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Record by conference

Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Regional semifinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions
Hockey East 45-4.556321-
WCHA 33-2.6002111
CCHA 21-2.3331---
ECAC 21-2.33311--
CHA 11-1.5001---

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Niagara 4, New Hampshire 1". USCHO.com. March 24, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Boston College 6, Michigan State 5". USCHO.com. March 24, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Boston University 5, St. Cloud State 3". USCHO.com. March 25, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Michigan 4, Colgate 3". USCHO.com. March 25, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Boston College 4, Wisconsin 1". USCHO.com. March 25, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  7. ↑ "North Dakota 4, Niagara 1". USCHO.com. March 25, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Maine 5, Michigan 2". USCHO.com. March 26, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  9. ↑ "St. Lawrence 3, Boston University 2". USCHO.com. March 26, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Boston College 4, St. Lawrence 2". USCHO.com. April 6, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  11. ↑ "North Dakota 2, Maine 0". USCHO.com. April 6, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  12. ↑ "North Dakota 4, Boston College 2". USCHO.com. April 8, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  13. ↑ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  14. ↑ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
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