2000 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2000
Gender:men's
Division:Division I
Teams:12
Frozenfourarena:Providence Civic Center
Frozenfourcity:Providence, Rhode Island
Champions:North Dakota Fighting Sioux
Titlecount:7th
Champgamecount:10th
Champffcount:13th
Runnerup:Boston College Eagles
Gamecount:5th
Runnerffcount:16th
Semifinal1:Maine Black Bears
Frozenfourcount:7th
Semifinal2:St. Lawrence Saints
Frozenfourcount2:9th
Coach:Dean Blais
Coachcount:2nd
Mop:Lee Goren
Mopteam:North Dakota
Attendance:69,421

The 2000 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 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

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 – MinneapolisEast Regional – Albany
SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid
1Wisconsin (1)WCHA31–8–1At-large bid18th19981Maine (2)Hockey East26–7–5Tournament champion10th1999
2North DakotaWCHA28–8–5Tournament champion16th19992St. LawrenceECAC26–7–2Tournament champion14th1999
3New HampshireHockey East23–8–6At-large bid11th19993Boston UniversityHockey East24–9–7At-large bid25th1998
4Boston CollegeHockey East26–11–1At-large bid21st19994ColgateECAC24–8–2At-large bid3rd1990
5Michigan StateCCHA27–10–4Tournament champion20th19995MichiganCCHA26–9–4At-large bid23rd1999
6NiagaraCHA29–7–3At-large bid1stNever6St. Cloud StateWCHA23–13–3At-large bid2nd1989

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

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Game locations

Bracket

Frozen Four

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals

West Regional

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

East Regional

(4) Colgate vs. (5) Michigan

Regional semifinals

West Regional

(2) North Dakota vs. (6) Niagara

East Regional

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

Frozen Four

National semifinal

(E1) Maine vs. (W2) North Dakota

National Championship

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

Scoring summary
PeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
1stalign=center style=";" UNDMike Commodore (5)Lundbohm and Skarperudalign=center 3:48align=center 1–0 UND
align=center style=";" BCJeff Farkas (32) – PPBellefeuille and Giontaalign=center 16:47align=center 1–1
align=center 2ndalign=center style=";" BCMarty Hughes (5)Giontaalign=center 26:59align=center 2–1 BC
3rdalign=center style=";" UNDLee Goren (33)Baydaalign=center 42:43align=center 2–2
align=center style=";" UNDJason Ulmer (18) – GWGorenalign=center 54:22align=center 3–2 UND
align=center style=";" UNDLee Goren (34) – ENunassistedalign=center 59:14align=center 4–2 UND
Penalty summary
PeriodTeamPlayerPenaltyTimePIM
1stalign=center style=";" UNDAaron SchneeklothCross-Checkingalign=center 6:32align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCJeff GiulianoHookingalign=center 10:02align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" UNDRyan BaydaSlashingalign=center 11:35align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" UNDChad MazurakHigh-Stickingalign=center 16:28align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCJeff GiulianoHookingalign=center 17:13align=center 2:00
2ndalign=center style=";" UNDChad MazurakHoldingalign=center 20:25align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" UNDTim O'ConnellSlashingalign=center 23:04align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCBENCHToo Many Menalign=center 24:21align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" UNDMike CommodoreHoldingalign=center 30:45align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCAles DolinarSlashingalign=center 30:45align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" UNDMike CommodoreTrippingalign=center 34:26align=center 2:00
Shots by period
Team123T
align=center style=";" Boston College align=center 13 align=center 6 align=center 4 align=center 23
align=center style=";" North Dakota align=center 13 align=center 12 align=center 11 align=center 36
Goaltenders
TeamNameSavesGoals againstTime on ice
align=center style=";" BC align=center 32 align=center 3 align=center 58:47
align=center style=";" UND align=center 21 align=center 2 align=center 60:00

All-Tournament team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[2]

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Record by conference

Conference
  1. of Bids
RecordWin %Regional semifinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions
Hockey East45-4.556321-
WCHA33-2.6002111
21-2.3331---
ECAC21-2.33311--
CHA11-1.5001---

Notes and References

  1. News: NCAA Division 1 Tournament. College Hockey Historical Archives. 2013-06-03.
  2. News: NCAA Division I Awards . College Hockey Historical Archives. 2013-07-17.
  3. News: NCAA Frozen Four Records . NCAA.org . 2013-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120817163005/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf . 2012-08-17 . live.

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