2002 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

2002 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 7–16, 2002
Teams	8
Finals site	Fleet Center Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	New Hampshire (1st title)
Winning coach	Dick Umile [1] (1st title)
MVP	Darren Haydar (New Hampshire)
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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.

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 v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#3 New Hampshire†*	24	17	4	3	37	103	49		40	30	7	3	184	102
#6 Boston University	24	15	6	3	33	80	65		38	25	10	3	141	110
#2 Maine	24	14	5	5	33	99	62		44	26	11	7	186	116
#14 Massachusetts–Lowell	24	12	9	3	27	70	67		38	22	13	3	121	91
Northeastern	24	11	11	2	24	69	74		39	19	17	3	123	116
Boston College	24	10	13	1	21	73	81		38	18	18	2	119	116
Providence	24	8	13	3	19	68	82		38	13	20	5	115	129
Merrimack	24	6	16	2	14	54	87		36	11	23	2	101	133
Massachusetts	24	3	19	2	8	45	94		34	8	24	2	70	125
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 Hampshire	6	5*	—
	8	Merrimack	2	4	—
								1	New Hampshire	4
								4	Massachusetts-Lowell	3
	2	Boston University	3	4	—
	7	Providence	2	2	—
													1	New Hampshire	3
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
													3	Maine	1
	3	Maine	7	4	–
	6	Boston College	3	2	–
								2	Boston University	3
								3	Maine	4
	4	Massachusetts-Lowell	5	2	3
	5	Northeastern	2	4	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) New Hampshire vs. (8) Merrimack

March 8 [4]	New Hampshire		6 – 2		Merrimack	Whittemore Center	Recap
(Gare, Hemingway) Joshua Prudden - 08:50		First period			No scoring
(Busch, Truelson) Tyson Teplitsky - 01:45 (Gare, Prudden) Colin Hemingway - GW - 19:35		Second period			09:18 - Alex Sikatchev (Aquino)
(Horst, Martz) Justin Aikins - 05:41 (Teplitsky, Hemingway) Lanny Gare - 09:20 (Hemingway, Stafford) Darren Haydar - PP - 18:42		Third period			09:18 - Alex Sikatchev (Aquino)
Matt Carney ( 23 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats			Joe Exter ( 42 saves / 48 shots )

March 9 [5]	New Hampshire		5 – 4	OT	Merrimack	Whittemore Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			04:37 - 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 period			00:33 - PP - Alex Sikatchev (Lauze, Aquino) 18:41 - Alex Sikatchev (Aquino, Parillo)
(Horst, Foley) Ed Caron - 05:59		Third period			No scoring
(Stafford, Haydar) Steve Saviano - GW - 05:59		First overtime period			No 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 University		3 – 2		Providence	Walter Brown Arena	Recap
(Klema, Dyment) Justin Maiser - PP - 15:41		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			08:43 - Devin Rask (DiSalvatore) 17:11 - Stephen Wood (Rask, DiSalvatore)
(Whitney, Dyment) David Klema - PP - 10:38 (Pandolfo, Collins) Mark Mullen - GW - 14:32		Third period			No scoring
Sean Fields ( 25 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			Nolan Schaefer ( 37 saves / 40 shots )

March 9 [7]	Boston University		4 – 2		Providence	Walter Brown Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			12:33 - David Carpentier (Suderman, Wood)
(Pandolfo, Mullen) Brian Collins - 02:38 (Sabo, McConnell) Jack Baker - 19:20		Second period			04:55 - PP - Jon DiSalvatore (Fregoe, Rask)
(Johnson, Meyer) Ken Magowan - GW - 01:28 (Skladany, Johnson) Ken Magowan - 06:53		Third period			No 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]	Maine		7 – 3		Boston College	Alfond Arena	Recap
(Ronan) Ben Murphy - 08:55 (Reimann, Heisten) Colin Shields - 11:13 (Schutte, Metcalf) Martin Kariya - PP - 16:02		First period			05:57 - Ryan Murphy (Dolinar, Havern)
(Metcalf, Schutte) Martin Kariya - GW PP - 01:55 (Jackson, Liscak) Gray Shaneberger - 15:55		Second period			No scoring
(Ronan) Chris Heisten - 05:09 (Dimitrakos, Schutte) Lucas Lawson - 10:17		Third period			00:20 - 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]	Maine		4 – 2		Boston College	Alfond Arena	Recap
(Dimitrakos) Prestin Ryan - 05:59		First period			02:23 - Tony Voce (Eaves)
(Shields, Murphy) Michael Schutte - 06:12 (Shields) Chris Heisten - GW - 10:50		Second period			No scoring
Lucas Lawson - EN PP - 19:18		Third period			18:32 - 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-Lowell		5 – 2		Northeastern	Tsongas Arena	Recap
(Concannon, Allison) Anders Strome - 17:44		First period			No scoring
(Meunier, Domish) Yorick Treille - 18:18		Second period			12:15 - Tim Judy (Ryan, Guerriero)
(Storm, Concannon) Anders Strome - GW - 10:54 (Schomogyi, Storm) Darryl Green - 11:28 (Allison) Ed McGrane - EN - 19:45		Third period			12:15 - Mike Ryan (Levesque, Fahey)
Jimi St. John ( 22 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats			Keni Gibson ( 18 saves / 22 shots )

March 8 [11]	Massachusetts-Lowell		2 – 4		Northeastern	Tsongas Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			12:54 - 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 period			11:19 - GW - Eric Ortlip (Herriman, Lynch)
No scoring		Third period			19:48 - 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-Lowell		3 – 1		Northeastern	Tsongas Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			08:07 - Willie Levesque (Guerriero, Ryan)
(Meunier, Hay) Yorick Treille - 00:19		Second period			No scoring
(McGrane) Baptiste Amar - GW - 05:55 (Concannon, Allison) Stephen Slonina - EN - 19:48		Third period			No 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 Hampshire		4 – 3		Massachusetts-Lowell	Fleet Center	Recap
(Collins, Horst) Darren Haydar - 04:52		First period			13:18 - Josh Reed (Concannon, Strome) 16:37 - Mark Concannon
(Martz, Scott) Kevin Truelson - 11:53 (Haydar) Steve Saviano - 14:03		Second period			No scoring
(Gare, Hemingway) Mick Mounsey - GW - 00:37		Third period			09:46 - 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 University		3 – 4		Maine	Fleet Center	Recap
(Pandolfo, Mullen) Brian Collins - 07:30 (Whitney, Dyment) Brian Collins - 09:11		First period			13:04 - Colin Shields (Reimann)
(Johnson) Chris Dyment - PP - 17:37		Second period			01:08 - Gray Shaneberger (Nault, Liscak) 02:24 - Tom Reimann (Ryan, Heisten)
No scoring		Third period			06:59 - 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 Hampshire		3 – 1		Maine	Fleet Center	Recap
(Truelson, Gare) Jim Abbott - PP - 08:16		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			06:51 - PP - Colin Shields (Metcalf, Shields)
(Haydar, Hemingway) Sean Collins - GW PP - 01:16 (Haydar) Steve Saviano - 16:12		Third period			No scoring
Mike Ayers ( 31 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats			Matt Yeats ( 25 saves / 28 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• F Mark Concannon (Massachusetts-Lowell)
• F Darren Haydar* (New Hampshire)
• F Colin Hemingway (New Hampshire)
• D Peter Metcalf (Maine)
• D Garrett Stafford (New Hampshire)
• G Matt Yeats (Maine)

* Tournament MVP(s)

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References

1. "New Hampshire Men's Team History" . Retrieved June 12, 2013.
2. "Hockey East men's Hockey 2001-02 Week 24". USCHO.com. March 9, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
3. "Hockey East men's Hockey 2001-02 Week 25". USCHO.com. March 16, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
4. "New Hampshire 6, Merrimack 2". USCHO.com. March 8, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
5. "New Hampshire 5, Merrimack 4". USCHO.com. March 9, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
6. "Boston University 3, Providence 2". USCHO.com. March 8, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
7. "Boston University 4, Providence 2". USCHO.com. March 9, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
8. "Maine 7, Boston College 3". USCHO.com. March 7, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
9. "Maine 4, Boston College 2". USCHO.com. March 8, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
10. "Massachusetts-Lowell 5, Northeastern 2". USCHO.com. March 7, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
11. "Northeastern 4, Massachusetts-Lowell 2". USCHO.com. March 8, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
12. "Massachusetts-Lowell 3, Northeastern 1". USCHO.com. March 9, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
13. "New Hampshire 4, Massachusetts-Lowell 3". USCHO.com. March 15, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
14. "Maine 4, Boston University 3". USCHO.com. March 15, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
15. "New Hampshire 3, Maine 1". USCHO.com. March 16, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
16. "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

External links

• Hockey East Online