2001 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2001
Gender:men's
Division:Division I
Teams:12
Frozenfourarena:Pepsi Arena
Frozenfourcity:Albany, New York
Champions:Boston College Eagles
Titlecount:2nd
Champgamecount:6th
Champffcount:17th
Runnerup:North Dakota Fighting Sioux
Gamecount:11th
Runnerffcount:14th
Semifinal1:Michigan Wolverines
Frozenfourcount:20th
Semifinal2:Michigan State Spartans
Frozenfourcount2:10th
Coach:Jerry York
Coachcount:2nd
Mop:Chuck Kobasew
Mopteam:Boston College
Attendance:77,122

The 2001 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 Pepsi Arena, Albany, New York. Boston College, coached by Jerry York, won its first national title since 1949 by defeating North Dakota, 3-2, in overtime on April 7 on a goal scored by sophomore forward Krys Kolanos just 4:43 into the extra session. The Eagles had advanced to the title game after a 4-2 victory over Michigan in one semifinal on April 5, while the national runners-up Fighting Sioux, coached by Dean Blais, shut out Michigan State, 2-0, in the other semifinal earlier that day.

BC, which finished the season with a record of 33-8-2, earned its first NCAA hockey crown in 52 years by besting the three schools that had eliminated it in the three previous Frozen Fours: Maine (1999); Michigan (1998) and; North Dakota (2000).

2001 was the first year in which the MAAC received an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament,[1] with their representative being the Mercyhurst Lakers. Also, 2001 was the first year Frozen Four patches would debut and be worn by the final four teams.

Game locations

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

Championship Site

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded on March 17, 2001. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, Hockey East had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) had two berths, while the ECAC and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) each received one entry into the tournament, with the latter making its first appearance in the NCAA championship.

West Regional – Grand RapidsEast Regional – Worcester
SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid
1Michigan State (1)CCHA32–4–4Tournament champion21st20001Boston College (2)Hockey East30–8–2Tournament champion22nd2000
2St. Cloud StateWCHA31–8–1Tournament champion3rd20002North DakotaWCHA27–7–9At-large bid17th2000
3MichiganCCHA25–12–5At-large bid24th20003Colorado CollegeWCHA26–12–1At-large bid14th1999
4WisconsinWCHA21–14–4At-large bid19th20004MinnesotaWCHA27–12–2At-large bid25th1997
5ProvidenceHockey East22–12–5At-large bid9th19965MaineHockey East19–11–7At-large bid11th2000
6MercyhurstMAAC22–11–2Tournament champion1stNever6St. LawrenceECAC20–12–4Tournament champion15th2000

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

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Bracket

Frozen Four

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals

[3]

West Regional

(4) Wisconsin vs. (5) Providence

East Regional

(4) Minnesota vs. (5) Maine

Regional semifinals

West Regional

(2) St. Cloud State vs. (3) Michigan

East Regional

(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Colorado College

Frozen Four

[4]

National semifinal

(E1) Boston College vs. (W3) Michigan

National Championship

(E1) Boston College vs. (W2) North Dakota

Scoring summary
PeriodTeamGoalAssist(s)TimeScore
align=center 1stNone
2ndalign=center style=";" BCChuck Kobasew (27) – PPGiulianoalign=center 25:26align=center 1–0 BC
align=center style=";" BCMike Lephart (15) Forrest and Allenalign=center 28:50align=center 2–0 BC
3rdalign=center style=";" UNDTim Skarperud (10) – PP EARoche and B. Lundbohmalign=center 56:18align=center 2–1 BC
align=center style=";" UNDWes Dorey (17) – EASchneekloth and B. Lundbohmalign=center 59:23align=center 2–2
align=center 1st Overtimealign=center style=";" BCKrys Kolanos (25) – GWKobasew and Vocealign=center 64:43align=center 3–2 BC
Penalty summary
PeriodTeamPlayerPenaltyTimePIM
1stalign=center style=";" UNDDavid HaleCross-Checkingalign=center 2:49align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCBrett PetersonInterferencealign=center 8:32align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCKrys KolanosGoaltender Interferencealign=center 12:20align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" UNDJason NotermannHookingalign=center 14:02align=center 2:00
2ndalign=center style=";" UNDAaron SchneeklothHookingalign=center 24:27align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCMike LephartHoldingalign=center 32:45align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCTony VoceSlashingalign=center 34:49align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" UNDAaron SchneeklothTrippingalign=center 36:10align=center 2:00
3rdalign=center style=";" BCJ. D. ForrestTrippingalign=center 40:49align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" UNDKevin SpiewakSlashingalign=center 41:34align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" UNDDavid LundbohmHookingalign=center 42:51align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCBrooks OrpikInterferencealign=center 51:06align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" UNDTim SkarperudSlashingalign=center 53:31align=center 2:00
align=center style=";" BCBENCHToo Many Menalign=center 55:07align=center 2:00
Shots by period
Team123OTT
align=center style=";" North Dakota align=center 9 align=center 9 align=center 16 align=center 2 align=center 36
align=center style=";" Boston College align=center 9 align=center 12 align=center 7 align=center 4 align=center 32
Goaltenders
TeamNameSavesGoals againstTime on ice
align=center style=";" UND align=center 29 align=center 3 align=center 63:26
align=center style=";" BC align=center 34 align=center 2 align=center 64:43

All-Tournament team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[5]

[6]

Record by conference

Conference
  1. of Bids
RecordWin %Regional semifinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions
WCHA54-4.500411-
Hockey East34-2.6662111
23-2.60022--
ECAC10-1.000----
MAAC10-1.000----

Notes and References

  1. News: MAAC Chronology. MAAC Sports.com. 2013-06-03.
  2. News: NCAA Division 1 Tournament. College Hockey Historical Archives. 2013-06-03.
  3. News: Men's Division I Hockey 2000-2001 Schedule and Results — Week 26. USCHO.com. 2001-03-25. 2013-06-03.
  4. News: Men's Division I Hockey 2000-2001 Schedule and Results — Week 28. USCHO.com. 2001-04-07. 2013-06-03.
  5. News: NCAA Division I Awards . College Hockey Historical Archives. 2013-07-17.
  6. 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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