2002 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2002 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 18th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 7 and March 16, 2002. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament New Hampshire received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The team that finishes ninth in the conference is not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-elimination game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2001–02 Hockey East standings
ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#3 New Hampshire†*2417433710349403073184102
#6 Boston University 2415633380653825103141110
#2 Maine 2414553399624426117186116
#14 Massachusetts–Lowell 241293277067382213312191
Northeastern 24111122469743919173123116
Boston College 24101312173813818182119116
Providence 2481331968823813205115129
Merrimack 2461621454873611232101133
Massachusetts 2431928459434824270125
Championship: New Hampshire
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Quarterfinals [2]
March 7–9 		Semifinals [3]
March 15 		Championship
March 16
           
1 New Hampshire65* —
8 Merrimack 2 4 —
1 New Hampshire4
4 Massachusetts-Lowell 3
2 Boston University34—
7 Providence 2 2 —
1 New Hampshire3
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 Maine 1
3 Maine74–
6 Boston College 3 2 –
2 Boston University 3
3 Maine4
4 Massachusetts-Lowell52 3
5 Northeastern 2 41

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) New Hampshire vs. (8) Merrimack

March 8 [4] New Hampshire6 – 2Merrimack Whittemore Center Recap  
(Gare, Hemingway) Joshua Prudden - 08:50First periodNo scoring
(Busch, Truelson) Tyson Teplitsky - 01:45
(Gare, Prudden) Colin Hemingway - GW - 19:35		Second period09:18 - Alex Sikatchev (Aquino)
(Horst, Martz) Justin Aikins - 05:41
(Teplitsky, Hemingway) Lanny Gare - 09:20
(Hemingway, Stafford) Darren Haydar - PP - 18:42		Third period09:18 - Alex Sikatchev (Aquino)
Matt Carney ( 23 saves / 25 shots )Goalie stats Joe Exter ( 42 saves / 48 shots )
March 9 [5] New Hampshire5 – 4OTMerrimack Whittemore Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period04:37 - Ryan Kiley (Rose, Torretti)
13:42 - Ryan Cordeiro (Crusco)
(Hemingway, Stafford) Darren Haydar - PP - 08:47
(Busch, Gare) Tim Horst - 10:06
(Hemingway, Stafford) Darren Haydar - PP - 10:36		Second period00:33 - PP - Alex Sikatchev (Lauze, Aquino)
18:41 - Alex Sikatchev (Aquino, Parillo)
(Horst, Foley) Ed Caron - 05:59Third periodNo scoring
(Stafford, Haydar) Steve Saviano - GW - 05:59First overtime periodNo scoring
Mike Ayers ( 33 saves / 37 shots )Goalie stats Joe Exter ( 62 saves / 67 shots )
New Hampshire won series 2–0

(2) Boston University vs. (7) Providence

March 8 [6] Boston University3 – 2Providence Walter Brown Arena Recap  
(Klema, Dyment) Justin Maiser - PP - 15:41First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period08:43 - Devin Rask (DiSalvatore)
17:11 - Stephen Wood (Rask, DiSalvatore)
(Whitney, Dyment) David Klema - PP - 10:38
(Pandolfo, Collins) Mark Mullen - GW - 14:32		Third periodNo scoring
Sean Fields ( 25 saves / 27 shots )Goalie stats Nolan Schaefer ( 37 saves / 40 shots )
March 9 [7] Boston University4 – 2Providence Walter Brown Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period12:33 - David Carpentier (Suderman, Wood)
(Pandolfo, Mullen) Brian Collins - 02:38
(Sabo, McConnell) Jack Baker - 19:20		Second period04:55 - PP - Jon DiSalvatore (Fregoe, Rask)
(Johnson, Meyer) Ken Magowan - GW - 01:28
(Skladany, Johnson) Ken Magowan - 06:53		Third periodNo scoring
Sean Fields ( 25 saves / 27 shots )Goalie stats Nolan Schaefer ( 44 saves / 48 shots )
Boston University won series 2–0

(3) Maine vs. (6) Boston College

March 7 [8] Maine7 – 3Boston College Alfond Arena Recap  
(Ronan) Ben Murphy - 08:55
(Reimann, Heisten) Colin Shields - 11:13
(Schutte, Metcalf) Martin Kariya - PP - 16:02		First period05:57 - Ryan Murphy (Dolinar, Havern)
(Metcalf, Schutte) Martin Kariya - GW PP - 01:55
(Jackson, Liscak) Gray Shaneberger - 15:55		Second periodNo scoring
(Ronan) Chris Heisten - 05:09
(Dimitrakos, Schutte) Lucas Lawson - 10:17		Third period00:20 - Ben Eaves (Voce, Shannon)
04:30 - PP - Ned Havern (Walker, Kelleher)
Mike Morrison ( 17 saves / 20 shots )Goalie stats Tim Kelleher ( 38 saves / 45 shots )
March 8 [9] Maine4 – 2Boston College Alfond Arena Recap  
(Dimitrakos) Prestin Ryan - 05:59First period02:23 - Tony Voce (Eaves)
(Shields, Murphy) Michael Schutte - 06:12
(Shields) Chris Heisten - GW - 10:50		Second periodNo scoring
Lucas Lawson - EN PP - 19:18Third period18:32 - SH - Tony Voce (Eaves)
Matt Yeats ( 26 saves / 28 shots )Goalie stats Matti Kaltiainen ( 19 saves / 22 shots )
Maine won series 2–0

(4) Massachusetts-Lowell vs. (5) Northeastern

March 7 [10] Massachusetts-Lowell5 – 2Northeastern Tsongas Arena Recap  
(Concannon, Allison) Anders Strome - 17:44First periodNo scoring
(Meunier, Domish) Yorick Treille - 18:18Second period12:15 - Tim Judy (Ryan, Guerriero)
(Storm, Concannon) Anders Strome - GW - 10:54
(Schomogyi, Storm) Darryl Green - 11:28
(Allison) Ed McGrane - EN - 19:45		Third period12:15 - Mike Ryan (Levesque, Fahey)
Jimi St. John ( 22 saves / 24 shots )Goalie stats Keni Gibson ( 18 saves / 22 shots )
March 8 [11] Massachusetts-Lowell2 – 4Northeastern Tsongas Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period12:54 - Mike Ryan (Levesque, Guerriero)
19:24 - PP - Chris Lynch (Fahey, Ryan)
(Hay, Treille) Ed McGrane - PP - 05:44
(Gustafson, Green) Mark Concannon - PP - 15:37		Second period11:19 - GW - Eric Ortlip (Herriman, Lynch)
No scoringThird period19:48 - EN - Leon Hayward (Fahey)
Jimi St. John ( 10 saves / 13 shots ) / Cam McCormick ( 13 saves / 13 shots )Goalie stats Jason Braun ( 31 saves / 33 shots )
March 9 [12] Massachusetts-Lowell3 – 1Northeastern Tsongas Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period08:07 - Willie Levesque (Guerriero, Ryan)
(Meunier, Hay) Yorick Treille - 00:19Second periodNo scoring
(McGrane) Baptiste Amar - GW - 05:55
(Concannon, Allison) Stephen Slonina - EN - 19:48		Third periodNo scoring
Cam McCormick ( 22 saves / 23 shots )Goalie stats Jason Braun ( 32 saves / 34 shots )
Massachusetts-Lowell won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) New Hampshire vs. (4) Massachusetts-Lowell

March 15 [13] New Hampshire4 – 3Massachusetts-Lowell Fleet Center Recap  
(Collins, Horst) Darren Haydar - 04:52First period13:18 - Josh Reed (Concannon, Strome)
16:37 - Mark Concannon
(Martz, Scott) Kevin Truelson - 11:53
(Haydar) Steve Saviano - 14:03		Second periodNo scoring
(Gare, Hemingway) Mick Mounsey - GW - 00:37Third period09:46 - Ed McGrane (Green, Fontas)
Cam McCormick ( 12 saves / 15 shots ) / Jimi St. John ( 12 saves / 13 shots )Goalie stats Matt Carney ( 26 saves / 29 shots )

(2) Boston University vs. (3) Maine

March 15 [14] Boston University3 – 4Maine Fleet Center Recap  
(Pandolfo, Mullen) Brian Collins - 07:30
(Whitney, Dyment) Brian Collins - 09:11		First period13:04 - Colin Shields (Reimann)
(Johnson) Chris Dyment - PP - 17:37Second period01:08 - Gray Shaneberger (Nault, Liscak)
02:24 - Tom Reimann (Ryan, Heisten)
No scoringThird period06:59 - GW PP - Niko Dimitrakos (Schutte, Metcalf)
Sean Fields ( 25 saves / 29 shots )Goalie stats Matt Yeats ( 27 saves / 30 shots )

Championship

(1) New Hampshire vs. (3) Maine

March 16 [15] New Hampshire3 – 1Maine Fleet Center Recap  
(Truelson, Gare) Jim Abbott - PP - 08:16First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period06:51 - PP - Colin Shields (Metcalf, Shields)
(Haydar, Hemingway) Sean Collins - GW PP - 01:16
(Haydar) Steve Saviano - 16:12		Third periodNo scoring
Mike Ayers ( 31 saves / 32 shots )Goalie stats Matt Yeats ( 25 saves / 28 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP(s)

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