2002 NCAA Division I men's 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
	← 2001 ; NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournaments; 2003 →;

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

2002 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament is located in the United States

Worcester

Ann Arbor

Saint Paul

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 (4)	Hockey East	25–9–3	At-large bid	26th	2000	2	Minnesota (3)	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.

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Bracket

First Round
March 22–23

Quarterfinals
March 23–24

National Semifinals
April 4

National Championship
April 6

E1

New Hampshire (1)

4

E4

Cornell

6

E4

Cornell

3

E5

Quinnipiac

1

East Regional

E1

New Hampshire (1)

2

E3

Maine

7

E2

Boston University (4)

3

E3

Maine

4*

E3

Maine

4

E6

Harvard

3

E3

Maine

3

W2

Minnesota (3)

4*

W1

Denver (2)

3

W4

Michigan

4

W4

Michigan

5

W5

St. Cloud State

2

West Regional

W4

Michigan

2

W2

Minnesota (3)

3

W2

Minnesota (3)

4

W3

Michigan State

0

W6

Colorado College

2

W6

Colorado College

2

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament
(*) denotes overtime period(s)

Results

East Regional – Worcester, Massachusetts

First Round

March 23, 2002
12:00 pm

(3) Maine

4–3 (OT)
(1–1, 2–1, 0–1, 1–0)

(6) Harvard

Centrum Centre
Attendance: 8,889

Game reference

Mike Morrison

Goalies

Dov Grumet-Morris

Referee:
Mark Wilkins
Linesmen:
Marco Hunt
Greg Wohlers

	0 – 1	07:55 – Tim Pettit (Cavanaugh)
(Kariya, Reimann) Niko Dimitrakos – PP – 10:27	1 – 1
	1 – 2	23:43 – Dave McCulloch (Nowak, Kolarik)
(Reimann) Chris Heisten – 32:08	2 – 2
(Liscak, Jackson) Michael Schutte – 34:22	3 – 2
	3 – 3	36:15 – PP – Tom Cavanagh (Pettit, Welch)
(Falco) John Ronan – GW – 62:02	4 – 3

6 min

Penalties

10 min

37

Shots

22

March 23, 2002
3:40 pm

(4) Cornell

6–1
(4–0, 1–0, 1–1)

(5) Quinnipiac

Centrum Centre
Attendance: 10,545

Game reference

Matt Underhill

Goalies

Jamie Holden (out 03:30)
Justin Eddy (in 03:30)

Referee:
Mike Schmitt
Linesmen:
Joe Ross
John Jones

(Knoepfli) Krzysztof Wieckowski – 01:29	1 – 0
(unassisted) Sam Paolini – GW – 03:30	2 – 0
(McRae, Vesce) Douglas Murray – PP – 08:57	3 – 0
(McRae) Kelly Hughes – 14:24	4 – 0
(Bâby, McRae) Ryan Vesce – PP – 27:56	5 – 0
(Knoepfli) Stephen Bâby – SH – 43:28	6 – 0
	6 – 1	55:23 – Ryan Morton (unassisted)

14 min

Penalties

25 min

35

Shots

14

Quarterfinals

March 24, 2002
3:30 pm

(1) New Hampshire

4–3
(3–2, 0–0, 1–1)

(4) Cornell

Centrum Centre
Attendance: 11,888

Game reference

Matt Carney

Goalies

Matt Underhill

Referee:
Steve Piotrowski
Linesmen:
Marco Hunt
Greg Wohlers

(Callander, Barker) Jim Abbott – 01:55	1 – 0
	1 – 1	04:32 – Stephen Bâby (Palahicky, McRae)
	1 – 2	05:37 – PP – Sam Paolini (Vesce, Bâby)
(Haydar, Collins) Colin Hemingway – PP – 06:39	2 – 2
(Collins, Haydar) Colin Hemingway – PP – 11:22	3 – 2
	3 – 3	53:17 – Shane Palahicky (Bell)
(Stafford) Jim Abbott – GW – 57:21	4 – 3

10 min

Penalties

14 min

24

Shots

18

March 24, 2002
12:00 pm

(2) Boston University

3–4
(1–1, 0–0, 2–3)

(3) Maine

Centrum Centre
Attendance: 11,888

Game reference

Sean Fields

Goalies

Matt Yeats

	0 – 1	03:47 – Róbert Liščák (Metcalf, Lawson)
(Collins) Mike Pandolfo – PP – 07:14	1 – 1
	1 – 2	43:48 – PP – Lucas Lawson (Liscak, Nault)
(Magowan, Bussoli) David Klema – 50:14	2 – 2
	2 – 3	50:54 – Lucas Lawson (unassisted)
	2 – 4	55:37 – GW – Colin Shields (unassisted)
(Mullen, Cronin) David Klema – 56:58	3 – 4

25 min

Penalties

12 min

34

Shots

34

West Regional – Ann Arbor, Michigan

First Round

March 22, 2002
4:30 pm

(3) Michigan State

0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

(6) Colorado College

Goalies

Referee:
John Gravallese
Linesmen:
Bill Jones
Matt Smith

	0 – 1	10:05 – GW – Trent Clark (Petiot)
	0 – 2	45:43 – Alex Kim (Clarke, Polaski)

6 min

Penalties

8 min

25

Shots

29

March 22, 2002
8:00 pm

(4) Michigan

4–2
(3–1, 0–0, 1–1)

(5) St. Cloud State

Yost Ice Arena
Attendance: 6,948

Game reference

Josh Blackburn

Goalies

Dean Weasler (out 20:00)
Jake Moreland (in 20:00)

Referee:
Scott Hanson
Linesmen:
Bob Bernard
Joe Andrews

(Shouneyia, Mink) Jason Ryznar – 04:09	1 – 0
	1 – 1	05:19 – PP – Jeff Finger (Cullen, Motzko)
(Werner) Craig Murray – PP – 13:20	2 – 1
(Helminen, Roemensky) Milan Gajic – GW – 14:21	3 – 1
	3 – 2	24:19 – PP – Jon Cullen (Motzko, Malone)
(Gajic) Dwight Helminen – 54:40	4 – 2

16 min

Penalties

16 min

24

Shots

24

Quarterfinals

March 23, 2002
7:30 pm

(1) Denver

3–5
(0–0, 3–2, 0–3)

(4) Michigan

Yost Ice Arena
Attendance: 6,933

Game reference

Wade Dubielewicz

Goalies

Josh Blackburn

Referee:
John Gravallese
Linesmen:
Joe Andrews
Bob Bernard

	0 – 1	20:56 – Eric Nystrom (Shouneyia, Ortmeyer)
(James, Caldwell) Chris Paradise – PP – 23:05	1 – 1
	1 – 2	25:43 – PP – Mike Komisarek (Shouneyia, Ortmeyer)
(Ulanski, Cook) Kevin Doell – PP – 29:16	2 – 2
(Bull, MacKenzie) Luke Fulghum – 32:25	3 – 2
	3 – 3	44:47 – Eric Werner (Cammalleri)
	3 – 4	58:39 – GW – Jed Ortmeyer (Nystrom, Cammalleri)
	3 – 5	59:33 – EN – Eric Nystrom (Cammalleri)

10 min

Penalties

12 min

21

Shots

38

March 23, 2002
4:00 pm

(2) Minnesota

4–2
(1–1, 2–1, 1–0)

(6) Colorado College

Goalies

Referee:
Tom Goddard
Linesmen:
John LaDuke
Paul Tunison

	0 – 1	07:52 – Alex Kim (unassisted)
(Pohl, Riddle) Grant Potulny – 10:30	1 – 1
(Ballard, Riddle) Nick Angell – PP – 28:26	2 – 1
(Welch) Jeff Taffe – GW – 29:24	3 – 1
	3 – 2	33:26 – Peter Sejna (Heerema)
(unassisted) John Pohl – SH – 45:56	4 – 2

24 min

Penalties

20 min

41

Shots

35

Frozen Four – St. Paul, Minnesota

National Semifinals

April 4, 2002
12:30 pm

(E1) New Hampshire

2–7
(2–1, 0–2, 0–4)

(E3) Maine

Goalies

Referee:
Mike Schmitt
Linesmen:
Gregg Wohlers
Marco Hunt

(unassisted) Sean Collins – 00:21	1 – 0
	1 – 1	03:34 – Róbert Liščák (Jackson, Shaneberger)
(Busch) Steve Saviano – SH – 17:55	2 – 1
	2 – 2	23:37 – Peter Metcalf (Heisten)
	2 – 3	25:57 – GW – Peter Metcalf (Falco)
	2 – 4	48:16 – Róbert Liščák (Jackson)
	2 – 5	52:20 – Lucas Lawson (Dimitrakos, Metcalf)
	2 – 6	53:30 – Paul Falco (Liscak)
	2 – 7	56:21 – PP – Paul Falco (Murphy, Ronan)

16 min

Penalties

14 min

25

Shots

40

April 4, 2002
6:30 pm

(W2) Minnesota

3–2
(1–0, 1–0, 1–2)

(E4) Michigan

Xcel Energy Center
Attendance: 19,234

Game reference

Adam Hauser

Goalies

Josh Blackburn

(Taffe) Grant Potulny – 04:20	1 – 0
(Leopold, Pohl) Grant Potulny – PP – 24:33	2 – 0
(Welch) Jeff Taffe – GW – 41:40	3 – 0
	3 – 1	53:55 – SH – J.J. Swistak (Roemensky)
	3 – 2	58:26 – EA – Jed Ortmeyer (Nystrom, Cammalleri)

18 min

Penalties

22 min

26

Shots

29

National Championship

April 6, 2002
6:00 pm

(W2) Minnesota

4–3 (OT)
(1–0, 1–1, 1–2, 1–0)

(E3) Maine

Xcel Energy Center
Attendance: 19,324

Game reference
				Referee: Steve Piotrowski Linesmen: John LaDuke Kevin Langseth

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)^[2]

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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.
^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
^ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2013.

[1] "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 8, 2013.

[2] "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved July 17, 2013.

[3] "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2013.

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