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2000 NCAA Division I Men's
Ice Hockey Tournament
2000 Frozen Four logo
2000 Frozen Four logo
Season 1999–00
Teams 12
Finals Site Providence Civic Center
Providence, Rhode Island
Champions North Dakota (7th title)
Runner-Up Boston College (5th title game)
Semifinalists Maine (8th Frozen Four)
St. Lawrence (9th Frozen Four)
Winning Coach Dean Blais (2nd title)
MOP Lee Goren North Dakota
Attendance 69,421
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
← 1999  2001 →

The 2000 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 Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island. North Dakota, coached by Dean Blais, defeated Boston College, coached by Jerry York, by a 4-2 score on April 8. BC, seeking its first NCAA title since 1949, had a 2-1 lead entering the final period of play, but the Fighting Sioux responded with three goals in the final 20 minutes of play, with two of those goals scored by Lee Goren. Goren tied the game, assisted on Jason Ulmer's game-winning goal, and then scored into an empty Eagles net in the last minute of play to ice the victory. It marked North Dakota's seventh national title overall and second since 1997, and was also the third time in three years that BC came up short in the Frozen Four.

North Dakota had advanced to the title game by blanking Maine, 2-0, in the early semifinal on April 6, while BC came from behind to top St. Lawrence, 4-2, in the late semifinal that evening.

Qualifying teams[1][]

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded on March 18, 2000. Hockey East had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and the ECAC each had two berths, while College Hockey America (CHA) received its first entry into the tournament.

West Regional – Minneapolis East Regional – Albany
Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
1 Wisconsin (1) WCHA 31–8–1 At-large bid 18th 1998 1 Maine (2) Hockey East 26–7–5 Tournament champion 10th 1999
2 North Dakota WCHA 28–8–5 Tournament champion 16th 1999 2 St. Lawrence ECAC 26–7–2 Tournament champion 14th 1999
3 New Hampshire Hockey East 23–8–6 At-large bid 11th 1999 3 Boston University Hockey East 24–9–7 At-large bid 25th 1998
4 Boston College Hockey East 26–11–1 At-large bid 21st 1999 4 Colgate ECAC 24–8–2 At-large bid 3rd 1990
5 Michigan State CCHA 27–10–4 Tournament champion 20th 1999 5 Michigan CCHA 26–9–4 At-large bid 23rd 1999
6 Niagara CHA 29–7–4 At-large bid 1st Never 6 St. Cloud State WCHA 23–13–3 At-large bid 2nd 1989

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Game locations[]

Bracket[]

Regionals[]

  Regional Quarterfinals
March 24–25
    Regional Semifinals
March 25–26
    Frozen Four
                           
  West Regional     W1 Wisconsin 1  
  W4 Boston College 6*     W4 Boston College 4    
  W5 Michigan State 5              
           
  East Regional     E2 St. Lawrence 3****    
  E3 Boston University 5     E3 Boston University 2  
  E6 St. Cloud State 3  

  Regional Quarterfinals
March 24–25
    Regional Semifinals
March 25–26
    Frozen Four
                           
  East Regional     E1 Maine 5  
  E4 Colgate 3     E5 Michigan 2    
  E5 Michigan 4*              
           
  West Regional     W2 North Dakota 4    
  W3 New Hampshire 1     W6 Niagara 1  
  W6 Niagara 4  

Frozen Four[]

National Semifinals
April 6
National Championship
April 8
      
W4 Boston College 4
E2 St. Lawrence 2
W4 Boston College 2
W2 North Dakota 4
E1 Maine 0
W2 North Dakota 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals[]

West Regional[]

(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Niagara[]

March 24[2] New Hampshire 1 – 4 Niagara Mariucci Arena  
No Scoring First period 07:23 – Randy Harris (Sebastian)
09:06 – GWKyle Martin (DeSantis, Kasperek)
No scoring Second period 11:19 – Mikko Sivonen (Isherwood)
(Gare, Truelson) Darren Haydar – 01:29 Third period 18:40 – ENMikko Sivonen (Makela)
Ty Conklin ( 15 saves / 18 shots ) Goalie stats Greg Gardner ( 34 saves / 35 shots )


(4) Boston College vs. (5) Michigan State[]

March 24[3] Boston College 6 – 5 OT Michigan State Mariucci Arena  
No Scoring First period 04:19 – Adam Hall (Horcoff, Maloney)
08:33 – John Nail (Patchell)
(Mottau, Allen) Jeff FarkasPP – 00:34
(Allen, Lephart) Brian GiontaPP – 01:39
Blake BellefeuilleSH – 14:02
Second period 09:53 – Andrew Hutchinson
(Hughes, Kolanos) Kevin CaulfieldPP – 10:35
(Mottau, Bellefeuille) Mike LephartEA PP – 19:10
Third period 01:11 – PPJohn-Michael Liles (Horcoff, Hutchinson)13:05 – PPRustyn Dolyny (Horcoff, Liles)
(Gionta, Mottau) Jeff FarkasGW PP – 11:53 First overtime period No scoring
Scott Clemmensen ( 17 saves / 22 shots ) Goalie stats Ryan Miller ( 36 saves / 42 shots )


East Regional[]

(3) Boston University vs. (6) St. Cloud State[]

March 25[4] Boston University 5 – 3 St. Cloud State Pepsi Arena  
Carl Corazzini – 02:35
(Sabo, Corazzini) Jack Baker – 09:19
(Collins, Gillis) Mike PandolfoPP – 15:39
First period No scoring
(Corazzini) Jack BakerGW – 13:39 Second period 12:22 – Mike Pudlick (Walsh)
18:26 – PPRyan Malone (Motzko, Anderson)
(Gillis, Degerman) Chris Heron – 14:10 Third period 18:34 – Lee Brooks (Westcott)
Rick DiPietro ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) Goalie stats Scott Meyer ( 19 saves / 24 shots )


(4) Colgate vs. (5) Michigan[]

March 25[5] Colgate 3 – 4 OT Michigan Pepsi Arena  
No Scoring First period 06:41 – Mike Roemensky (Langfeld, Koch)
16:55 – PPMike Comrie (Cammalleri)
(Marostega) Andy McDonaldPP – 12:43
(Murphy, McDonald) Darryl CampbellPP – 17:13
Second period 06:39 – PPMark Mink (Cammalleri, Shouneyia)
(McDonald, Nolan) Darryl Campbell – 19:12 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 12:44 – GWGeoff Koch (Comrie)
Shep Harder ( 31 saves / 35 shots ) Goalie stats Josh Blackburn ( 28 saves / 31 shots )


Regional Semifinals[]

West Regional[]

(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Boston College[]

March 25[6] Wisconsin 1 – 4 Boston College Mariucci Arena  
(Doman, Hussey) Jeff DessnerPP – 04:37 First period 02:40 – PPBlake Bellefeuille
19:37 – GWBrian Gionta (Scuderi)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 00:16 – Jeff Giuliano (Lephart)
19:56 – ENBrian Gionta (Dolinar)
Graham Melanson ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Scott Clemmensen ( 28 saves / 29 shots )


(2) North Dakota vs. (6) Niagara[]

March 25[7] North Dakota 4 – 1 Niagara Mariucci Arena  
(Ulmer) Ryan Bayda – 03:11
(Panzer, Lundbohm) Mike CommodoreGW PP – 19:06
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 12:13 – PPJohn Heffernan (Sivonen, MacKenzie)
(Panzer) Lee Goren – 01:05
(Panzer, Lundbohm) Kevin Spiewak – 13:31
Third period No scoring
Andy Kollar ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Greg Gardner ( 39 saves / 43 shots )


East Regional[]

(1) Maine vs. (5) Michigan[]

March 26[8] Maine 5 – 2 Michigan Pepsi Arena  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 12:22 – SHMike Comrie (Ortmeyer, Peach)
(Dimitrakos, Reimann) Ben GuitePP – 05:14
(Larose, Loya) Ben Guite – 08:01
(Heisten) Chris HeistenGW – 14:29
(Reimann) Matthias Trattnig – 15:31
Brendan WalshEN SH – 19:09
Third period 06:52 – PPMike Comrie (Cammalleri, Ortmeyer)
Matt Yeats ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats Josh Blackburn ( 40 saves / 44 shots )


(2) St. Lawrence vs. (3) Boston University[]

March 26[9] St. Lawrence 3 – 2 4OT Boston University Pepsi Arena  
(Gellard) Brandon Dietrich – 17:14 First period No scoring
(Muir) Jack O'Brien – 02:01 Second period 12:48 – PPMike Pandolfo
No scoring Third period 11:50 – PPBrian Collins (Dyment, Gillis)
(Lorentz) Robin CarruthersGW – 03:53 Fourth overtime period No scoring
Derek Gustafson ( 72 saves / 74 shots ) Goalie stats Rick DiPietro ( 77 saves / 80 shots )


Frozen Four[]

National Semifinal[]

(E2) St. Lawrence vs. (W4) Boston College[]

April 6[10] St. Lawrence 2 – 4 Boston College Providence Civic Center  
(Anderson) Jason Windle – 16:15 First period No scoring
Charlie DanielsPP – 10:38 Second period 10:38 – SHBlake Bellefeuille
No scoring Third period 03:04 – Mike Mottau (Cass, Farkas)18:03 – GWJeff Farkas
19:59 – ENBrian Gionta
Derek Gustafson ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) Goalie stats Scott Clemmensen ( 26 saves / 28 shots )


(E1) Maine vs. (W2) North Dakota[]

April 6[11] Maine 0 – 2 North Dakota Providence Civic Center  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 07:35 – GW PPBryan Lundbohm (Schneekloth)
13:35 – SHKevin Spiewak (Notermann)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Matt Yeats ( 30 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Karl Goehring ( 32 saves / 34 shots )


National Championship[]

(W2) North Dakota vs. (W4) Boston College[]

April 8[12] North Dakota 4 – 2 Boston College Providence Civic Center


All-Tournament Team[13][]

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[14]

Record by conference[]

Conference # of Bids Record Win % Regional Semifinals Frozen Four Championship Game Champions
Hockey East 4 5-4 .556 3 2 1 -
WCHA 3 3-2 .600 2 1 1 1
CCHA 2 1-2 .333 1 - - -
ECAC 2 1-2 .333 1 1 - -
CHA 1 1-1 .500 1 - - -


See Also[]

2000 Frozen Four

References[]

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