| 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |||
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 2007 Frozen Four logo | |||
| Season | 2006–07 | ||
| Teams | 16 | ||
| Finals Site | Scottrade Center St. Louis, Missouri | ||
| Champions | Michigan State (3rd title, 5th title game, 10th Frozen Four) | ||
| Runner-Up | Boston College (8th title game, 20th Frozen Four) | ||
| Semifinalists | North Dakota (17th Frozen Four) Maine (12th Frozen Four) | ||
| Winning Coach | Rick Comley (2nd title) | ||
| MOP | Justin Abdelkader Michigan State | ||
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The tournament began on March 23, 2007, and ended with the championship game on April 7.
Michigan State University, coached by Rick Comley, won its third national title with a 3–1 victory in the championship game over Boston College, coached by Jerry York.
Justin Abdelkader, sophomore forward for Michigan State, was named the Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player with the tournament winning goal and two assists.
Tournament procedure[]
The NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship is a single-elimination tournament featuring 16 teams representing all six Division I conferences in the nation. The Championship Committee seeds the entire field from 1 to 16 within four regionals of 4 teams. The winners of the six Division I conference championships receive automatic bids to participate in the NCAA Championship.
The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following were the sites for the 2007 regionals:
- March 23 and 24
- East Regional, Blue Cross Arena - Rochester, New York (Host: ECAC Hockey)
- Midwest Regional, Van Andel Arena - Grand Rapids, Michigan (Host: Western Michigan University)
- March 24 and 25
- West Regional, Pepsi Center - Denver, Colorado (Host: University of Denver)
- Northeast Regional, Verizon Wireless Arena - Manchester, New Hampshire (Host: University of New Hampshire)
Each regional winner advanced to the Frozen Four:
- April 5 and 7
- Scottrade Center - St. Louis, Missouri (Hosts: College Hockey America and the St. Louis Sports Commission)
Qualifying teams[]
Hockey East had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) had four teams receive a berth, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had three teams receive a berth, the ECACHL had two teams receive a berth, and Atlantic Hockey and College Hockey America (CHA) each had one team receive a berth.
| East Regional – Rochester | Northeast Regional – Manchester | ||||||||||||
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| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Clarkson | ECACHL | 25–8–5 | Tournament champion | 19th | 1999 | 1 | New Hampshire | Hockey East | 26–10–2 | At-large bid | 17th | 2006 |
| 2 | St. Cloud State | WCHA | 22–10–7 | At-large bid | 6th | 2003 | 2 | Boston College | Hockey East | 26–11–1 | Tournament champion | 27th | 2006 |
| 3 | Maine | Hockey East | 21–14–2 | At-large bid | 17th | 2006 | 3 | St. Lawrence | ECACHL | 23–13–2 | At-large bid | 16th | 2001 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | Hockey East | 20–12–5 | At-large bid | 1st | Never | 4 | Miami (OH) | CCHA | 23–13–4 | At-large bid | 5th | 2006 |
| West Regional – Denver | Midwest Regional – Grand Rapids | ||||||||||||
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Minnesota | WCHA | 30–9–3 | Tournament champion | 31st | 2006 | 1 | Notre Dame | CCHA | 31–6–3 | Tournament champion | 2nd | 2004 |
| 2 | Michigan | CCHA | 26–13–1 | At-large bid | 30th | 2006 | 2 | Boston University | Hockey East | 20–9–9 | At-large bid | 30th | 2006 |
| 3 | North Dakota | WCHA | 22–13–5 | At-large bid | 22nd | 2006 | 3 | Michigan State | CCHA | 22–13–3 | At-large bid | 25th | 2006 |
| 4 | Air Force | Atlantic Hockey | 19–15–5 | Tournament champion | 1st | Never | 4 | Alabama–Huntsville | CHA | 13–19–3 | Tournament champion | 1st | Never |
Brackets[]
The Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado hosted the West Regional, including this game between Minnesota and Air Force.
The number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
West Regional – Denver, Colorado[]
Midwest Regional – Grand Rapids, Michigan[]
Note: * denotes overtime period(s) |
East Regional – Rochester, New York[]
Northeast Regional – Manchester, New Hampshire[]
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Frozen Four – St. Louis, Missouri[]
| National semifinals April 5 | National championship April 7 | ||||||||
| W3 | North Dakota | 4 | |||||||
| NE2 | Boston College | 6 | |||||||
| NE2 | Boston College | 1 | |||||||
| MW3 | Michigan State | 3 | |||||||
| E3 | Maine | 2 | |||||||
| MW3 | Michigan State | 4 | |||||||
Regional Semifinals[]
West Regional[]
| March 24, 2007 | Minnesota | 4–3 (0–1, 1–1, 3–1) |
Air Force | Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado Attendance: 11,161 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kellen Briggs | Goalies | Andrew Volkening | Referees: Scott Hansen Andy O'Brien, Dave Kronenberg | |
Jay Barriball (Vannelli) – 29:00 Ryan Stoa (Okposo, Kaufmann) – PP – 51:50 Jim O'Brien (Johnson, Peltier) – 53:00 Mike Carman (Goligoski, Vannelli) – GW – 55:26 |
0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 3 4 – 3 |
09:55 – Jeff Hajner (Fairchild) 39:23 – PP – Andrew Ramsey (Phillipich, Mayra) 45:22 – Brett Nylander (Fairchild, Schiavone) | ||
| 8 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 37 | Shots | 31 | ||
| March 25, 2007 | Michigan | 5–8 (3–4, 2–3, 0–1) |
North Dakota | Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado Attendance: 11,171 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Sauer | Goalies | Jean-Philippe Lamoureux | Referees: Dave Hansen Bob Bernard, Tim Low | |
| Kevin Porter (Hensick, Johnson) – 00:26 Chris Summers (Cogliano) – 00:58 T. J. Hensick (Rohlfs, Johnson) – 04:58 T. J. Hensick (Porter, Hunwick) – PP – 20:14 Andrew Cogliano (unassisted) – 20:58 |
1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 3 3 – 4 4 – 4 5 – 4 5 – 5 5 – 6 5 – 7 5 – 8 |
03:05 – PP – Chris Porter (VandeVelde, Genoway) 14:36 – PP – Chris Porter (Miller, Genoway) 16:28 – T. J. Oshie (Duncan, Lee) 18:47 – PP – Jonathan Toews (Bina, Duncan) 23:16 – PP – Robbie Bina (Oshie) 24:53 – GW – Rylan Kaip (Watkins, Porter) 28:03 – PP – T. J. Oshie (Bina, Duncan) 57:49 – SH EN – T. J. Oshie (unassisted) | ||
| 28 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 34 | Shots | 27 | ||
Midwest Regional[]
| March 24, 2007 | Notre Dame | 1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1) |
Michigan State | Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan Attendance: 4,839 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Brown | Goalies | Jeff Lerg | Referees: Peter Feola Robert St. Lawrence, Marty Demers | |
Evan Rankin (Blatchford, Paige) – 54:52 |
0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 |
26:04 – PP – Chris Mueller (Snavely, Graham) 45:59 – GW PP – Tim Kennedy (Crowder, Abdelkader) | ||
| 16 min | Penalties | 20 min | ||
| 20 | Shots | 25 | ||
East Regional[]
| March 24, 2007 | Maine | 3–1 (0–0, 2–1, 1–0) |
Massachusetts | Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, New York Attendance: 3,522 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Bishop | Goalies | Jonathan Quick | Referees: Matt Shegos John Philo, Bruce Vida | |
| Bret Tyler (Soares, Léveillé) – 25:23 Mike Hamilton (Soares, Ryan) – GW PP – 29:45 Matt Duffy (Tyler, Ryan) – PP – 46:28 |
1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 3 – 1 |
38:14 – PP – Matt Anderson (Jarman, Fenton) | ||
| 16 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||
| 29 | Shots | 36 | ||
Northeast Regional[]
| March 25, 2007 | Boston College | 4–0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0) |
Miami | Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, New Hampshire Attendance: 7,077 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cory Schneider | Goalies | Jeff Zatkoff | Referees: Derek Shepard Butch Mousseaux, Bob Keltie | |
| Joe Rooney (Ferriero, Brennan) – GW – 23:00 Joe Rooney (Bertram, Smith) – PP – 25:44 Kyle Kucharski (Lombardi) – 47:27 Benn Ferriero (Bertram, Motherwell) – 51:21 |
1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 |
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| 20 min | Penalties | 29 min | ||
| 33 | Shots | 37 | ||
Regional Finals[]
West Regional[]
| March 25, 2007 | Minnesota | 2–3 (1–1, 0–0, 1–1, 0–1) |
North Dakota | Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado Attendance: 11,217 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Frazee | Goalies | Jean-Philippe Lamoureux | Referees: Tim Benedetto Bob Bernard, Tim Low | |
| Mike Carman (Vannelli, Lucia) – 02:22 Jay Barriball (Vannelli, Goligoski) – PP – 53:11 |
1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2 2 – 3 |
06:49 – Ryan Duncan (Lee) 42:08 – PP – Robbie Bina (Toews, Oshie) 69:43 – Chris Porter (Watkins, Jones) | ||
| 10 min | Penalties | 25 min | ||
| 29 | Shots | 36 | ||
Midwest Regional[]
| March 24, 2007 | Notre Dame | 1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1) |
Michigan State | Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan Attendance: 4,839 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Brown | Goalies | Jeff Lerg | Referees: Peter Feola Robert St. Lawrence, Marty Demers | |
Evan Rankin (Blatchford, Paige) – 54:52 |
0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 |
26:04 – PP – Chris Mueller (Snavely, Graham) 45:59 – GW PP – Tim Kennedy (Crowder, Abdelkader) | ||
| 16 min | Penalties | 20 min | ||
| 20 | Shots | 25 | ||
East Regional[]
| March 24, 2007 | Maine | 3–1 (0–0, 2–1, 1–0) |
Massachusetts | Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, New York Attendance: 3,522 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Bishop | Goalies | Jonathan Quick | Referees: Matt Shegos John Philo, Bruce Vida | |
| Bret Tyler (Soares, Léveillé) – 25:23 Mike Hamilton (Soares, Ryan) – GW PP – 29:45 Matt Duffy (Tyler, Ryan) – PP – 46:28 |
1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 3 – 1 |
38:14 – PP – Matt Anderson (Jarman, Fenton) | ||
| 16 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||
| 29 | Shots | 36 | ||
Northeast Regional[]
| March 25, 2007 | Boston College | 4–0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0) |
Miami | Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, New Hampshire Attendance: 7,077 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cory Schneider | Goalies | Jeff Zatkoff | Referees: Derek Shepard Butch Mousseaux, Bob Keltie | |
| Joe Rooney (Ferriero, Brennan) – GW – 23:00 Joe Rooney (Bertram, Smith) – PP – 25:44 Kyle Kucharski (Lombardi) – 47:27 Benn Ferriero (Bertram, Motherwell) – 51:21 |
1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 |
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| 20 min | Penalties | 29 min | ||
| 33 | Shots | 37 | ||
Frozen Four[]
National semifinals[]
| April 5, 2007 | Boston College | 6–4 (1–1, 1–1, 4–2) |
North Dakota | Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri Attendance: 18,857 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cory Schneider | Goalies | Philippe Lamoureux | Referees: Matt Shegos Kevin Langseth, John Philo | |
Dan Bertram (Smith, O'Hanley) – pp – 15:41 Dan Bertram (Sneep, Gerbe) – pp – 35:21 Ben Smith (Gerbe, Motherwell) – 53:00 Nathan Gerbe (Bradford, Motherwell) – pp – 55:54 Joe Rooney (Boyle, Schneider) – en – 59:10 Nathan Gerbe – en – 59:54 |
0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2 3 – 2 3 – 3 4 – 3 5 – 3 5 – 4 6 – 4 |
10:28 – Chris Porter (Lee, VandeVelde) 23:51 – pp – Jonathan Toews (Oshie, Chorney) 55:22 – sh – T. J. Oshie 59:43 – pp – Chris Porter (Oshie, Chorney) | ||
| 14 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||
| 45 | Shots | 29 | ||
| April 5, 2007 | Michigan State | 4–2 (1–2, 1–0, 2–0) |
Maine | Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri Attendance: 18,857 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Lerg | Goalies | Ben Bishop | Referees: Derek Shepherd Butch Mousseaux, Bob Keltie | |
Mueller – 7:25 Chris Snavely (Abdelkader, Kennedy) – 36:32 Nick Sucharski (Schepke, Sprague) – 45:11 Jim McKenzie (Mueller) – 49:46 |
0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 2 – 2 3 – 2 4 – 2 |
0:23 – Keith Johnson (Soares, Léveillé) 3:24 – Josh Soares (Ramsey, Johnson) | ||
| 6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 33 | Shots | 31 | ||
National championship[]
| April 7, 2007 | Boston College | 1–3 (0–0, 1–0, 0–3) |
Michigan State | Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri Attendance: 19,432 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cory Schneider | Goalies | Jeff Lerg | Referees: Derek Shepherd Bob Keltie, Butch Mousseaux | |
| Brian Boyle (Bradford) – pp – 26:50 | 1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 |
49:53 – pp – Tim Kennedy (Abdelkader) 59:41 – Justin Abdelkader (Kennedy, Howells) 59:58 – en – Chris Mueller (McKenzie, Vukovic) | ||
| 16 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||
| 30 | Shots | 29 | ||
Record by conference[]
| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | Regional Finals | Frozen Four | Championship Game | Champions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hockey East | 5 | 6–5 | .545 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – |
| CCHA | 4 | 6–3 | .666 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| WCHA | 3 | 3–3 | .500 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| ECACHL | 2 | 0–2 | .000 | – | – | – | – |
| Atlantic Hockey | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | – | – | – | – |
| CHA | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | – | – | – | – |
All-Tournament Team[1][]
Justin Abdelkader, pictured here with the Detroit Red Wings, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Frozen Four[]
- G: Jeff Lerg (Michigan State)
- D: Tyler Howells (Michigan State)
- D: Brian Boyle (Boston College)
- F: Justin Abdelkader* (Michigan State)
- F: Nathan Gerbe (Boston College)
- F: Tim Kennedy (Michigan State)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ "NCAA Frozen Four Records", NCAA.org. Retrieved on 2013-06-19. Archived from the original on 2013-06-22.
- ↑ "NCAA Division I Awards", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
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