2002 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

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2002 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament
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2002 Frozen Four logo
Teams12
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Champions Minnesota Golden Gophers  (4th title)
Runner-up Maine Black Bears  (4th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Don Lucia  (1st title)
MOP Grant Potulny (Minnesota)
Attendance91,931

The 2002 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 Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota. The University of Minnesota, coached by Don Lucia, won its first NCAA title since 1979 by defeating the University of Maine, coached by Tim Whitehead, 4-3, in overtime on April 6. Matt Koalska tied the game with 53 seconds remaining in regulation with Minnesota goaltender Adam Hauser pulled for an extra attacker. Grant Potulny then won it on his power-play goal at 16:58 of the extra session, giving the Golden Gophers their fourth NCAA championship (6th overall). Minnesota senior forward John Pohl assisted on both the tying and winning goals in his final game in a Gophers uniform.

Minnesota advanced to the finals with a 3-2 semifinal win over Michigan on April 4, after Maine had bested Hockey East rival New Hampshire by a 7-2 score in the other semifinal.

Game locations

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Worcester
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Ann Arbor
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Saint Paul
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2002 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, 2002. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, Hockey East had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), and the ECAC each had two berths, while the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) received a single bid for its tournament champion.

East Regional – Worcester West Regional – Ann Arbor
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1 New Hampshire (1)Hockey East29–6–3 Tournament champion 12th20001 Denver (2)WCHA32–7–1 Tournament champion 16th1999
2 Boston University Hockey East25–9–3At-large bid26th20002 Minnesota WCHA29–8–4At-large bid26th2001
3 Maine Hockey East23–10–7At-large bid12th20013 Michigan State CCHA27–8–5At-large bid22nd2001
4 Cornell ECAC24–7–2At-large bid13th19974 Michigan CCHA26–10–5 Tournament champion 25th2001
5 Quinnipiac MAAC20–12–5 Tournament champion 1stNever5 St. Cloud State WCHA29–10–2At-large bid4th2001
6 Harvard ECAC15–14–4 Tournament champion 17th19946 Colorado College WCHA26–12–3At-large bid15th2001

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

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Bracket

Frozen Four

National semifinals
April 4 		National championship
April 6
      
E1 New Hampshire 2
E3 Maine7
E3 Maine 3
W2 Minnesota4*
W4 Michigan 2
W2 Minnesota3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals

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East Regional

(3) Maine vs. (6) Harvard

March 23 [3] Maine4 – 3OTHarvard Centrum Centre Recap  
(Kariya, Reimann) Niko Dimitrakos – PP – 10:27First period07:55 – Tim Pettit (Cavanaugh)
(Reimann) Chris Heisten – 12:08
(Liscak, Jackson) Michael Schutte – 14:22		Second period03:43 – Dave McCulloch (Nowak, Kolarik)
No scoringThird period06:15 – PP – Tom Cavanagh (Pettit, Welch)
(Falco) John Ronan – GW – 02:02First overtime periodNo scoring
Mike Morrison ( 19 saves / 22 shots )Goalie stats Dov Grumet-Morris ( 33 saves / 37 shots )

(4) Cornell vs. (5) Quinnipiac

March 23 [4] Cornell6 – 1Quinnipiac Centrum Centre Recap  
(Knoepfli) Krzysztof Wieckowski – 01:29
Sam Paolini – GW – 03:30
(McRae, Vesce) Douglas Murray – PP – 08:57
(McRae) Kelly Hughes – 14:24		First periodNo scoring
(Bâby, McRae) Ryan Vesce – PP – 07:56Second periodNo scoring
(Knoepfli) Stephen Bâby – SH – 03:28Third period15:23 – Ryan Morton
Matt Underhill ( 13 saves / 14 shots )Goalie stats Jamie Holden ( 1 saves / 3 shots ) / Justin Eddy ( 28 saves / 32 shots )

West Regional

(3) Michigan State vs. (6) Colorado College

March 22 [5] Michigan State0 – 2Colorado College Yost Ice Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period10:05 – GW – Trent Clark (Petiot)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period05:43 – Alex Kim (Clarke, Polaski)
Ryan Miller ( 27 saves / 29 shots )Goalie stats Jeff Sanger ( 25 saves / 25 shots )

(4) Michigan vs. (5) St. Cloud State

March 22 [6] Michigan4 – 2St. Cloud State Yost Ice Arena Recap  
(Shouneyia, Mink) Jason Ryznar – 04:09
(Werner) Craig Murray – PP – 13:20
(Helminen, Roemensky) Milan Gajic – GW – 04:09		First period05:19 – PP – Jeff Finger (Cullen, Motzko)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
14:40 – Dwight Helminen (Gajic)Third period(Motzko, Malone) Jon Cullen – PP – 04:19
Josh Blackburn ( 22 saves / 24 shots )Goalie stats Dean Weasler ( 8 saves / 11 shots ) / Jake Moreland ( 12 saves / 13 shots )

Regional semifinals

East Regional

(1) New Hampshire vs. (4) Cornell

March 24 [7] New Hampshire4 – 3Cornell Centrum Centre Recap  
(Callander, Barker) Jim Abbott – 01:55
(Haydar, Collins) Colin Hemingway – PP – 06:39
(Collins, Haydar) Colin Hemingway – PP – 11:22		First period04:32 – Stephen Bâby (Palahicky, McRae)
05:37 – PP – Sam Paolini (Vesce, Bâby)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Stafford) Jim Abbott – GW – 17:21Third period13:17 – Shane Palahicky (Bell)
Matt Carney ( 15 saves / 18 shots )Goalie stats Matt Underhill ( 20 saves / 24 shots )

(2) Boston University vs. (3) Maine

March 24 [8] Boston University3 – 4Maine Centrum Centre Recap  
(Collins) Mike Pandolfo – PP – 07:14First period03:47 – Róbert Liščák (Metcalf, Lawson)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Magowan, Bussoli) David Klema – 10:14
(Mullen, Cronin) David Klema – 16:58		Third period03:48 – Lucas Lawson (Liscak, Nault)
10:54 – Lucas Lawson
15:37 – GW – Colin Shields
Sean Fields ( 30 saves / 34 shots )Goalie stats Matt Yeats ( 31 saves / 34 shots )

West Regional

(1) Denver vs. (4) Michigan

March 23 [9] Denver3 – 5Michigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(James, Caldwell) Chris Paradise – PP – 03:05
(Ulanski, Cook) Kevin Doell – PP – 09:16
(Bull, MacKenzie) Luke Fulghum – 12:25		Second period00:56 – Eric Nystrom (Shouneyia, Ortmeyer)
05:43 – Mike Komisarek (Shouneyia, Ortmeyer)
No scoringThird period04:47 – Eric Werner (Cammalleri)
18:39 – GW – Jed Ortmeyer (Nystrom, Cammalleri)
19:33 – EN – Eric Nystrom (Cammalleri)
Wade Dubielewicz ( 33 saves / 37 shots )Goalie stats Josh Blackburn ( 18 saves / 21 shots )

(2) Minnesota vs. (6) Colorado College

March 23 [10] Minnesota4 – 2Colorado College Yost Ice Arena Recap  
(Pohl, Riddle) Grant Potulny – 10:30First period07:52 – Alex Kim
(Ballard, Riddle) Nick Angell – PP – 08:26
(Welch) Jeff Taffe – GW – 9:24		Second period13:26 – Peter Sejna (Heerema)
John Pohl – SH – 05:56Third periodNo scoring
Adam Hauser ( 33 saves / 35 shots )Goalie stats Jeff Sanger ( 37 saves / 41 shots )

Frozen Four

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National semifinal

(E1) New Hampshire vs. (E3) Maine

April 4 [12] New Hampshire2 – 7Maine Xcel Energy Center Recap  
Sean Collins – 00:21
(Busch) Steve Saviano – SH – 17:55		First period03:34 – Róbert Liščák (Jackson, Shaneberger)
No scoringSecond period03:37 – Peter Metcalf (Heisten)
05:57 – GW – Peter Metcalf (Falco)
No scoringThird period08:16 – Róbert Liščák (Jackson)
12:20 – Lucas Lawson (Dimitrakos, Metcalf)
13:30 – Paul Falco (Liscak)
16:21 – PP – Paul Falco (Murphy, Ronan)
Mike Ayers ( 33 saves / 40 shots )Goalie stats Mike Morrison ( 23 saves / 25 shots )

(W2) Minnesota vs. (W4) Michigan

April 4 [13] Minnesota3 – 2Michigan Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(Taffe) Grant Potulny – 04:20First periodNo scoring
(Leopold, Pohl) Grant Potulny – PP – 04:33Second periodNo scoring
(Welch) Jeff Taffe – GW – 01:40Third period13:55 – SH – J.J. Swistak (Roemensky)
18:26 – EA – Jed Ortmeyer (Nystrom, Cammalleri)
Adam Hauser ( 27 saves / 29 shots )Goalie stats Josh Blackburn ( 23 saves / 26 shots )

National Championship

(W2) Minnesota vs. (E3) Maine

April 6 [14] Minnesota4 – 3OTMaine Xcel Energy Center Recap
Scoring summary
PeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
1stMIN Keith Ballard (10) – PP Riddle and Angell 7:181–0 MIN
2ndMaine Michael Schutte (12) – PP Metcalf and Dimitrakos 24:471–1
MIN John Pohl (27)Anthony and Angell 25:382–1 MIN
3rdMaine Michael Schutte (13) Ryan and Jackson 46:182–2
Maine Róbert Liščák (17) Dimitrakos 55:273–2 Maine
MIN Matt Koalska (10) – EA Riddle and Pohl 59:073–3
1st OvertimeMIN Grant Potulny (15) – GW PP Pohl and Leopold 76:584–3 MIN
Penalty summary
PeriodTeamPlayer Penalty TimePIM
1stMaineCliff LoyaHolding5:402:00
MaineBen MurphyGoaltender Interference9:202:00
MaineCliff LoyaCross-Checking10:082:00
MINGrant PotulnyHolding the Stick13:182:00
MaineBen MurphyHigh-Sticking16:342:00
2ndMINGrant PotulnyInterference23:472:00
MINKeith BallardObstruction Holding29:372:00
MaineGray ShanebergerTripping33:022:00
3rdMINJeff TaffeBoarding49:152:00
MaineLucas LawsonHitting after the Whistle59:192:00
MINMatt DeMarchiHitting after the Whistle59:192:00
1st OvertimeMaineMichael SchutteTripping75:582:00

All-Tournament team

* Most Outstanding Player(s) [15]

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Record by conference

Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Regional semifinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions
WCHA 44-3.5713111
Hockey East 34-3.571321-
CCHA 22-2.50011--
ECAC 21-2.3331---
MAAC 10-1.000----

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Men's Division I Hockey 2001-2002 Schedule and Results — Week 26". USCHO.com. March 24, 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Maine 4, Harvard 3". USCHO.com. March 23, 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Cornell 6, Quinnipiac 1". USCHO.com. March 23, 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Colorado College 2, Michigan State 0". USCHO.com. March 22, 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Michigan 4, St. Cloud State 2". USCHO.com. March 22, 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  7. ↑ "New Hampshire 4, Cornell 3". USCHO.com. March 24, 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Maine 4, Boston University 3". USCHO.com. March 24, 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Michigan 5, Denver 3". USCHO.com. March 23, 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Minnesota 4, Colorado College 2". USCHO.com. March 23, 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Men's Division I Hockey 2001-2002 Schedule and Results — Week 28". USCHO.com. April 6, 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Maine 7, New Hampshire 2". USCHO.com. April 4, 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Minnesota 3, Michigan 2". USCHO.com. April 4, 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Minnesota 4, Maine 3". USCHO.com. April 6, 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  15. ↑ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  16. ↑ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
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