2002 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

Collegiate ice hockey tournament

2002 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament
2002 Frozen Four logo
Teams	12
Finals site	Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, Minnesota
Champions	Minnesota Golden Gophers (4th title)
Runner-up	Maine Black Bears (4th title game)
Semifinalists	Michigan Wolverines (21st Frozen Four) New Hampshire Wildcats (7th Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Don Lucia (1st title)
MOP	Grant Potulny (Minnesota)
Attendance	91,931
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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.

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

Worcester

Ann Arbor

Saint Paulclass=notpageimage| 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

East Regional – Centrum Centre, Worcester, Massachusetts
West Regional – Yost Ice Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Championship Site

Frozen Four – Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota

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
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.

Bracket

East Regional

Regional Quarterfinals
March 23

Regional semifinals
March 24

Frozen Four

New Hampshire

Cornell

Cornell

Quinnipiac

Boston University

Maine

Harvard

West Regional

Regional Quarterfinals
March 22

Regional semifinals
March 23

Frozen Four

Denver

Michigan

St. Cloud State

Minnesota

Michigan State

Colorado College

Colorado College

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

East Regional

(3) Maine vs. (6) Harvard

March 23	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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

National semifinal

(E1) New Hampshire vs. (E3) Maine

April 4	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)
Mike Ayers ( 33 saves / 40 shots )		Goalie stats		Mike Morrison ( 23 saves / 25 shots )

(W2) Minnesota vs. (W4) Michigan

April 4	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

Minnesota

4 – 3

Maine

Xcel Energy Center

Recap

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	MIN	Keith Ballard (10) – PP	Riddle and Angell	7:18	1–0 MIN
2nd	Maine	Michael Schutte (12) – PP	Metcalf and Dimitrakos	24:47	1–1
2nd	MIN	John Pohl (27)	Anthony and Angell	25:38	2–1 MIN
3rd	Maine	Michael Schutte (13)	Ryan and Jackson	46:18	2–2
	Maine	Róbert Liščák (17)	Dimitrakos	55:27	3–2 Maine
	MIN	Matt Koalska (10) – EA	Riddle and Pohl	59:07	3–3
1st Overtime	MIN	Grant Potulny (15) – GW PP	Pohl and Leopold	76:58	4–3 MIN
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	Maine	Cliff Loya	Holding	5:40	2:00
	Maine	Ben Murphy	Goaltender Interference	9:20	2:00
	Maine	Cliff Loya	Cross-Checking	10:08	2:00
	MIN	Grant Potulny	Holding the Stick	13:18	2:00
	Maine	Ben Murphy	High-Sticking	16:34	2:00
2nd	MIN	Grant Potulny	Interference	23:47	2:00
	MIN	Keith Ballard	Obstruction Holding	29:37	2:00
	Maine	Gray Shaneberger	Tripping	33:02	2:00
3rd	MIN	Jeff Taffe	Boarding	49:15	2:00
	Maine	Lucas Lawson	Hitting after the Whistle	59:19	2:00
	MIN	Matt DeMarchi	Hitting after the Whistle	59:19	2:00
1st Overtime	Maine	Michael Schutte	Tripping	75:58	2:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T
Maine	11	13	16	5	45
Minnesota	11	8	9	7	35

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
Maine	Matthew Yeats	31	4	76:58
MIN	Adam Hauser	42	3	76:52

All-Tournament team

G: Adam Hauser (Minnesota)
D: Peter Metcalf (Maine)
D: Michael Schutte (Maine)
F: Róbert Liščák (Maine)
F: John Pohl (Minnesota)
F: Grant Potulny* (Minnesota)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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	-	-	-	-

References

"NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
"Men's Division I Hockey 2001-2002 Schedule and Results — Week 26". USCHO.com. March 24, 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
"Maine 4, Harvard 3". USCHO.com. March 23, 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
"Cornell 6, Quinnipiac 1". USCHO.com. March 23, 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
"Colorado College 2, Michigan State 0". USCHO.com. March 22, 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
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"Maine 4, Boston University 3". USCHO.com. March 24, 2002. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
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1948: Michigan
1949: Boston College
1950: Colorado College
1951: Michigan
1952: Michigan
1953: Michigan
1954: RPI
1955: Michigan
1956: Michigan
1957: Colorado College
1958: Denver
1959: North Dakota
1960: Denver
1961: Denver
1962: Michigan Tech
1963: North Dakota
1964: Michigan
1965: Michigan Tech
1966: Michigan State
1967: Cornell
1968: Denver
1969: Denver
1970: Cornell
1971: Boston University
1972: Boston University
1973: Wisconsin
1974: Minnesota
1975: Michigan Tech
1976: Minnesota
1977: Wisconsin
1978: Boston University
1979: Minnesota
1980: North Dakota
1981: Wisconsin
1982: North Dakota
1983: Wisconsin
1984: Bowling Green
1985: RPI
1986: Michigan State
1987: North Dakota
1988: Lake Superior State
1989: Harvard
1990: Wisconsin
1991: Northern Michigan
1992: Lake Superior State
1993: Maine
1994: Lake Superior State
1995: Boston University
1996: Michigan
1997: North Dakota
1998: Michigan
1999: Maine
2000: North Dakota
2001: Boston College
2002: Minnesota
2003: Minnesota
2004: Denver
2005: Denver
2006: Wisconsin
2007: Michigan State
2008: Boston College
2009: Boston University
2010: Boston College
2011: Minnesota–Duluth
2012: Boston College
2013: Yale
2014: Union
2015: Providence
2016: North Dakota
2017: Denver
2018: Minnesota–Duluth
2019: Minnesota Duluth
2020: No tournament
2021: UMass
2022: Denver
2023: Quinnipiac
2024: Denver

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