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2002 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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2002 NCAA Division I Men's
Ice Hockey Tournament
2002 Frozen Four logo
2002 Frozen Four logo
Season 2001–02
Teams 12
Finals Site Xcel Energy Center
St. Paul, Minnesota
Champions Minnesota (4th title, 10th title game,
17th Frozen Four)
Runner-Up Maine (4th title game,
11th Frozen Four)
Semifinalists Michigan (21st Frozen Four)
New Hampshire (7th Frozen Four)
Winning Coach Don Lucia (1st title)
MOP Grant Potulny Minnesota
Attendance 94,135
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
← 2001  2003 →

The 2002 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 Xcel Energy Center, St. 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.

Qualifying teams[1][]

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
Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
1 New Hampshire (1) Hockey East 29–6–3 Tournament champion 12th 2000 1 Denver (2) WCHA 32–7–1 Tournament champion 16th 1999
2 Boston University Hockey East 25–9–3 At-large bid 26th 2000 2 Minnesota WCHA 29–8–4 At-large bid 26th 2001
3 Maine Hockey East 23–10–7 At-large bid 12th 2001 3 Michigan State CCHA 27–8–5 At-large bid 22nd 2001
4 Cornell ECAC 24–7–2 At-large bid 13th 1997 4 Michigan CCHA 26–10–5 Tournament champion 25th 2001
5 Quinnipiac MAAC 20–12–5 Tournament champion 1st Never 5 St. Cloud State WCHA 29–10–2 At-large bid 4th 2001
6 Harvard ECAC 15–14–4 Tournament champion 17th 1994 6 Colorado College WCHA 26–12–3 At-large bid 15th 2001

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Game locations[]

Bracket[]

East Regional[]

  Regional Quarterfinals
March 23 		    Regional Semifinals
March 24 		    Frozen Four
                           
        E1 New Hampshire 4  
  E4 Cornell 6     E4 Cornell 3    
  E5 Quinnipiac 1              
           
        E2 Boston University 3    
  E3 Maine 4*     E3 Maine 4  
  E6 Harvard 3  

West Regional[]

  Regional Quarterfinals
March 22 		    Regional Semifinals
March 23 		    Frozen Four
                           
        W1 Denver 3  
  W4 Michigan 4     W4 Michigan 5    
  W5 St. Cloud State 2              
           
        W2 Minnesota 4    
  W3 Michigan State 0     W6 Colorado College 2  
  W6 Colorado College 2  

Frozen Four[]

National Semifinals
April 4 		National Championship
April 6
      
E1 New Hampshire 2
E3 Maine 7
E3 Maine 3
W2 Minnesota 4*
W4 Michigan 2
W2 Minnesota 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals[2][]

East Regional[]

(3) Maine vs. (6) Harvard[]

March 23[3] Maine 4 – 3 OT Harvard Centrum Centre Recap  
(Kariya, Reimann) Niko Dimitrakos – PP – 10:27 First period 07:55 – Tim Pettit (Cavanaugh)
(Reimann) Chris Heisten – 12:08
(Liscak, Jackson) Michael Schutte – 14:22 		Second period 03:43 – Dave McCulloch (Nowak, Kolarik)
No scoring Third period 06:15 – PP – Tom Cavanagh (Pettit, Welch)
(Falco) John Ronan – GW – 02:02 First overtime period No scoring
Mike Morrison ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) Goalie stats Dov Grumet-Morris ( 33 saves / 37 shots )


(4) Cornell vs. (5) Quinnipiac[]

March 23[4] Cornell 6 – 1 Quinnipiac 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 period No scoring
(Bâby, McRae) Ryan Vesce – PP – 07:56 Second period No scoring
(Knoepfli) Stephen Bâby – SH – 03:28 Third period 15:23 – 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 State 0 – 2 Colorado College Yost Ice Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 10:05 – GW – Trent Clark (Petiot)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 05:43 – 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] Michigan 4 – 2 St. 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 period 05:19 – PP – Jeff Finger (Cullen, Motzko)
No scoring Second period No 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 Hampshire 4 – 3 Cornell Centrum Centre Recap  
(Callander, Barker) Jim Abbott – 01:55
(Haydar, Collins) Colin Hemingway – PP – 06:39
(Collins, Haydar) Colin Hemingway – PP – 11:22 		First period 04:32 – Stephen Bâby (Palahicky, McRae)
05:37 – PP – Sam Paolini (Vesce, Bâby)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Stafford) Jim Abbott – GW – 17:21 Third period 13:17 – 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 University 3 – 4 Maine Centrum Centre Recap  
(Collins) Mike Pandolfo – PP – 07:14 First period 03:47 – Róbert Liščák (Metcalf, Lawson)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Magowan, Bussoli) David Klema – 10:14
(Mullen, Cronin) David Klema – 16:58 		Third period 03:48 – 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] Denver 3 – 5 Michigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(James, Caldwell) Chris Paradise – PP – 03:05
(Ulanski, Cook) Kevin Doell – PP – 09:16
(Bull, MacKenzie) Luke Fulghum – 12:25 		Second period 00:56 – Eric Nystrom (Shouneyia, Ortmeyer)
05:43 – Mike Komisarek (Shouneyia, Ortmeyer)
No scoring Third period 04:47 – 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] Minnesota 4 – 2 Colorado College Yost Ice Arena Recap  
(Pohl, Riddle) Grant Potulny – 10:30 First period 07:52 – Alex Kim
(Ballard, Riddle) Nick Angell – PP – 08:26
(Welch) Jeff Taffe – GW – 9:24 		Second period 13:26 – Peter Sejna (Heerema)
John Pohl – SH – 05:56 Third period No scoring
Adam Hauser ( 33 saves / 35 shots ) Goalie stats Jeff Sanger ( 37 saves / 41 shots )


Frozen Four[11][]

National Semifinal[]

(E1) New Hampshire vs. (E3) Maine[]

April 4[12] New Hampshire 2 – 7 Maine Xcel Energy Center Recap  
Sean Collins – 00:21
(Busch) Steve Saviano – SH – 17:55 		First period 03:34 – Róbert Liščák (Jackson, Shaneberger)
No scoring Second period 03:37 – Peter Metcalf (Heisten)
05:57 – GW – Peter Metcalf (Falco)
No scoring Third period 08:16 – Róbert Liščák (Jackson)
12:20 – Lucas Lawson (Dimitrakos, Metcalf)
13:30 – Paul Falco (Liscak)
16:21 – PP – Paul Falco (Murphy, Ronan)
Michael Ayers ( 33 saves / 40 shots ) Goalie stats Mike Morrison ( 23 saves / 25 shots )


(W2) Minnesota vs. (W4) Michigan[]

April 4[13] Minnesota 3 – 2 Michigan Xcel Energy Center Recap  
(Taffe) Grant Potulny – 04:20 First period No scoring
(Leopold, Pohl) Grant Potulny – PP – 04:33 Second period No scoring
(Welch) Jeff Taffe – GW – 01:40 Third period 13:55 – 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] Minnesota 4 – 3 OT Maine Xcel Energy Center Recap


All-Tournament Team[15][]

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[16]

Record by conference[]

Conference # of Bids Record Win % Regional Semifinals Frozen Four Championship Game Champions
WCHA 4 4-3 .571 3 1 1 1
Hockey East 3 4-3 .571 3 2 1 -
CCHA 2 2-2 .500 1 1 - -
ECAC 2 1-2 .333 1 - - -
MAAC 1 0-1 .000 - - - -

See also[]

References[]

  1. ↑ "NCAA Division 1 Tournament", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on 2013-06-08. 
  2. ↑ "Men's Division I Hockey 2001-2002 Schedule and Results — Week 26", USCHO.com, 2002-03-24. Retrieved on 2013-06-08. 
  3. ↑ "Maine 4, Harvard 3", USCHO.com, 2002-03-23. Retrieved on 2013-06-08. 
  4. ↑ "Cornell 6, Quinnipiac 1", USCHO.com, 2002-03-23. Retrieved on 2013-06-08. 
  5. ↑ "Colorado College 2, Michigan State 0", USCHO.com, 2002-03-22. Retrieved on 2013-06-08. 
  6. ↑ "Michigan 4, St. Cloud State 2", USCHO.com, 2002-03-22. Retrieved on 2013-06-08. 
  7. ↑ "New Hampshire 4, Cornell 3", USCHO.com, 2002-03-24. Retrieved on 2013-06-08. 
  8. ↑ "Maine 4, Boston University 3", USCHO.com, 2002-03-24. Retrieved on 2013-06-08. 
  9. ↑ "Michigan 5, Denver 3", USCHO.com, 2002-03-23. Retrieved on 2013-06-08. 
  10. ↑ "Minnesota 4, Colorado College 2", USCHO.com, 2002-03-23. Retrieved on 2013-06-08. 
  11. ↑ "Men's Division I Hockey 2001-2002 Schedule and Results — Week 28", USCHO.com, 2002-04-06. Retrieved on 2013-06-08. 
  12. ↑ "Maine 7, New Hampshire 2", USCHO.com, 2002-04-04. Retrieved on 2013-06-08. 
  13. ↑ "Minnesota 3, Michigan 2", USCHO.com, 2002-04-04. Retrieved on 2013-06-08. 
  14. ↑ "Minnesota 4, Maine 3", USCHO.com, 2002-04-06. Retrieved on 2013-06-08. 
  15. ↑ "NCAA Frozen Four Records", NCAA.org. Retrieved on 2013-06-19. Archived from the original on 2013-06-22. 
  16. ↑ "NCAA Division I Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on 2013-07-17. 
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