2001 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

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2001 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament
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2001 Frozen Four logo
Teams12
Finals site
Champions Boston College Eagles  (2nd title)
Runner-up North Dakota Fighting Sioux  (11th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Jerry York  (2nd title)
MOP Chuck Kobasew (Boston College)
Attendance77,122

The 2001 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.

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The final event was played at Pepsi Arena, Albany, New York. Boston College, coached by Jerry York, won its first national title since 1949 by defeating North Dakota, 3-2, in overtime on April 7 on a goal scored by sophomore forward Krys Kolanos just 4:43 into the extra session. The Eagles had advanced to the title game after a 4-2 victory over Michigan in one semifinal on April 5, while the national runners-up Fighting Sioux, coached by Dean Blais, shut out Michigan State, 2-0, in the other semifinal earlier that day.

BC, which finished the season with a record of 33-8-2, earned its first NCAA hockey crown in 52 years by besting the three schools that had eliminated it in the three previous Frozen Fours: Maine (1999); Michigan (1998) and; North Dakota (2000).

2001 was the first year in which the MAAC received an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament, [1] with their representative being the Mercyhurst Lakers. Also, 2001 was the first year Frozen Four patches would debut and be worn by the final four teams.

Game locations

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Worcester
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Grand Rapids
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Albany
2001 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red)

The NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship is a single-elimination tournament featuring 12 teams representing five Division I conferences in the nation. The Championship Committee seeds the entire field from 1 to 12 within two regionals of 6 teams. The winners of five Division I conference championships receive automatic bids to participate in the NCAA Championship. The top regional placements are given to the best teams from each of the two regions (East and West) while the remaining 10 teams are seeded based upon their rankings regardless of region.

Regional Sites

Championship Site

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded on March 17, 2001. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, Hockey East had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) had two berths, while the ECAC and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) each received one entry into the tournament, with the latter making its first appearance in the NCAA championship.

West Regional – Grand Rapids East Regional – Worcester
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1 Michigan State (1)CCHA32–4–4 Tournament champion 21st20001 Boston College (2)Hockey East30–8–2 Tournament champion 22nd2000
2 St. Cloud State WCHA31–8–1 Tournament champion 3rd20002 North Dakota WCHA27–7–9At-large bid17th2000
3 Michigan CCHA25–12–5At-large bid24th20003 Colorado College WCHA26–12–1At-large bid14th1999
4 Wisconsin WCHA21–14–4At-large bid19th20004 Minnesota WCHA27–12–2At-large bid25th1997
5 Providence Hockey East22–12–5At-large bid9th19965 Maine Hockey East19–11–7At-large bid11th2000
6 Mercyhurst MAAC22–11–2 Tournament champion 1stNever6 St. Lawrence ECAC20–12–4 Tournament champion 15th2000

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

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Bracket

Regionals

Frozen Four

National semifinals
April 5
National championship
April 7
      
W1 Michigan State 0
E2 North Dakota2
E2 North Dakota 2
E1 Boston College3*
E1 Boston College4
W3 Michigan 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals

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West Regional

(3) Michigan vs. (6) Mercyhurst

March 24 [4] Michigan4 – 3Mercyhurst Van Andel Arena Recap  
(Huntzicker) Scott Matzka – 07:11
Mike Cammalleri – 07:17
First period03:31 – PPMike Muldoon (Goulet)
18:31 – Brad Olsen
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Shouneyia, Komisarek) Mark Kosick – PP – 09:22
(Vancik, Cammalleri) Andy HilbertGW – 16:27
Third period06:15 – PPAdam Tackaberry (Robinson, Gould)
Josh Blackburn ( 21 saves / 24 shots )Goalie stats Peter Aubry ( 47 saves / 51 shots )

(4) Wisconsin vs. (5) Providence

March 24 [5] Wisconsin4 – 1Providence Van Andel Arena Recap  
(Heatley, Boeser) Matt Hussey – 01:42First periodNo scoring
(Davyduke, Boeser) Dany HeatleyGW PP – 04:07
(Hussey, Doman) Matt Murray – 11:17
Second period18:41 – Adam Lee (Suderman, Picinic)
(Davyduke) Andy Wheeler – 13:52Third periodNo scoring
Graham Melanson ( 32 saves / 33 shots )Goalie stats Nolan Schaefer ( 25 saves / 29 shots )

East Regional

(3) Colorado College vs. (6) St. Lawrence

March 23 [6] Colorado College3 – 22OTSt. Lawrence Centrum Centre Recap  
(Cullen) Peter Sejna – 10:22First periodNo scoring
(Sejna) Noah ClarkePP – 10:51Second period07:36 – PPErik Anderson (Gellard, Bartlett)
No scoringThird period07:26 – Russ Bartlett (Veneruzzo, Clarance)
(Morrison, Sejna) Paul ManningGW – 03:30Second overtime periodNo scoring
Jeff Sanger ( 30 saves / 32 shots )Goalie stats Jeremy Symington ( 46 saves / 49 shots )

(4) Minnesota vs. (5) Maine

March 23 [7] Minnesota4 – 5OTMaine Centrum Centre Recap  
(Westrum, Leopold) John PohlPP – 07:50First period19:54 – PPTodd Jackson (Liscak, Janik)
(Pohl, Westrum) Grant Potulny – 08:44Second period10:40 – Lucas Lawson (Kerluke, Kariya)
(Mills, Leopold) Grant PotulnyPP – 07:02
(Martin, Pohl) Erik Westrum – 09:26
Third period02:58 – PPDoug Janik (Dimitrakos, Reimann)
19:57 – EA PPMichael Schutte (Dimitrakos, Kariya)
No scoringFirst overtime period13:04 – GWRobert Liscak
Adam Hauser ( 34 saves / 39 shots )Goalie stats Matt Yeats ( 40 saves / 44 shots )

Regional semifinals

West Regional

(1) Michigan State vs. (4) Wisconsin

March 25 [8] Michigan State5 – 1Wisconsin Van Andel Arena Recap  
Jon Insana – 07:45
(Fast, Ferguson) Sean PatchellGW PP – 19:02
First periodNo scoring
(Patchell) John Nail – 09:04
(Maloney, Dolyny) Jon GoodenowPP – 11:50
Second period08:52 – PPMatt Hussey (Wheeler, Bourque)
(Goodenow, Maloney) Rustyn DolynyPP – 05:42Third periodNo scoring
Ryan Miller ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) / Joe Blackburn ( 2 saves / 2 shots )Goalie stats Graham Melanson ( 25 saves / 30 shots ) / Scott Kabotoff ( 3 saves / 3 shots )

(2) St. Cloud State vs. (3) Michigan

March 25 [9] St. Cloud State3 – 4Michigan Van Andel Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period13:30 – PP – Mark Kosick (Komisarek, Roemensky)
17:59 – Josh Langfeld (Kosick, Huntzicker)
(DiCasmirro) Brandon Sampair – 06:38Second period17:19 – Mike Cammalleri (Koch, Hibert)
(Arnason) Mark HartiganPP – 01:24
(Motzko, Cullen) Keith AndersonPP – 14:52
Third period03:20 – GWGeoff Koch (Hibert)
Scott Meyer ( 29 saves / 33 shots )Goalie stats Josh Blackburn ( 18 saves / 21 shots )

East Regional

(1) Boston College vs. (5) Maine

March 24 [10] Boston College3 – 1Maine Centrum Centre Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Hughes, Allen) Jeff GiulianoPP – 00:35
(Kolanos, Voce) Chuck KobasewGW – 06:15
(Orpik, Kolanos) Rob ScuderiPP – 17:31
Third period01:41 – Michael Schutte (Trattnig, Kariya)
Scott Clemmensen ( 29 saves / 30 shots )Goalie stats Matt Yeats ( 23 saves / 26 shots )

(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Colorado College

March 24 [11] North Dakota4 – 1Colorado College Centrum Centre Recap  
(Panzer, Bayda) Bryan Lundbohm – 06:24First periodNo scoring
(Bayda, Panzer) Bryan LundbohmGW – 16:09Second period10:59 – Alex Kim (Clarke)
(Panzer, B. Lundbohm) Ryan Bayda – 10:33
(Panzer, B. Lundbohm) Ryan Bayda – 13:20
Third periodNo scoring
Karl Goehring ( 28 saves / 29 shots )Goalie stats Jeff Sanger ( 35 saves / 39 shots )

Frozen Four

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National semifinal

(W1) Michigan State vs. (E2) North Dakota

April 5 [13] Michigan State0 – 2North Dakota Pepsi Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period01:15 – GWKevin Spiewak (Notermann, D. Lundbohm)
15:32 – PPRyan Bayda (B. Lundbohm, Roche)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Ryan Miller ( 34 saves / 36 shots )Goalie stats Karl Goehring ( 30 saves / 30 shots )

(E1) Boston College vs. (W3) Michigan

April 5 [14] Boston College4 – 2Michigan Pepsi Arena Recap  
(Voce, Scuderi) Chuck Kobasew – 10:06
(Allen, Gionta) Ben EavesPP – 14:29
First periodNo scoring
(Scuderi, Orpik) Chuck KobasewGW PP – 11:38Second period12:24 – John Shouneyia (Jillson, Langfeld)
Ben EavesEN – 19:39Third period05:12 – Mike Cammalleri (Huntzicker)
Scott Clemmensen ( 31 saves / 33 shots )Goalie stats Josh Blackburn ( 32 saves / 35 shots )

National Championship

(E1) Boston College vs. (W2) North Dakota

April 7 [15] Boston College3 – 2OTNorth Dakota Pepsi Arena Recap
Scoring summary
PeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
1stNone
2ndBC Chuck Kobasew (27) – PP Giuliano 25:261–0 BC
BC Mike Lephart (15) Forrest and Allen 28:502–0 BC
3rdUND Tim Skarperud (10) – PP EA Roche and B. Lundbohm 56:182–1 BC
UND Wes Dorey (17) – EA Schneekloth and B. Lundbohm 59:232–2
1st OvertimeBC Krys Kolanos (25) – GW Kobasew and Voce 64:433–2 BC
Penalty summary
PeriodTeamPlayer Penalty TimePIM
1stUNDDavid HaleCross-Checking2:492:00
BCBrett PetersonInterference8:322:00
BCKrys KolanosGoaltender Interference12:202:00
UNDJason NotermannHooking14:022:00
2ndUNDAaron SchneeklothHooking24:272:00
BCMike LephartHolding32:452:00
BCTony VoceSlashing34:492:00
UNDAaron SchneeklothTripping36:102:00
3rdBCJ. D. ForrestTripping40:492:00
UNDKevin SpiewakSlashing41:342:00
UNDDavid LundbohmHooking42:512:00
BCBrooks OrpikInterference51:062:00
UNDTim SkarperudSlashing53:312:00
BCBENCHToo Many Men55:072:00

All-Tournament team

* Most Outstanding Player(s) [16]

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Record by conference

Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Regional semifinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions
WCHA 54-4.500411-
Hockey East 34-2.6662111
CCHA 23-2.60022--
ECAC 10-1.000----
MAAC 10-1.000----

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