2001 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2001 NCAA Men's Division I 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.

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, 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.

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.

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Game locations

 * East Regional – Centrum Centre, Worcester, Massachusetts
 * West Regional – Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan
 * Frozen Four – Pepsi Arena, Albany, New York

Frozen Four
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

==Regional Quarterfinals ==

(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Colorado College
==Frozen Four ==

(E1) Boston College vs. (W2) North Dakota
==All-Tournament Team == * Most Outstanding Player(s)
 * G: Scott Clemmensen (Boston College)
 * D: Travis Roche (North Dakota)
 * D: Rob Scuderi (Boston College)
 * F: Chuck Kobasew* (Boston College)
 * F: Krys Kolanos (Boston College)
 * F: Bryan Lundbohm (North Dakota)