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 St. Paul, Minnesota
Champions	Minnesota (4th title, 10th title game, 17th Frozen Four)
Runner-Up	Maine (4th title game, 11th Frozen Four)
Semifinalists	Michigan (21st Frozen Four) New Hampshire (7th Frozen Four)
Winning Coach	Don Lucia (1st title)
MOP	Grant Potulny (Minnesota)
Attendance	94,135
NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2001  2003 →

The 2002 NCAA Men's Division I 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, St. 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.

Teams

• Minnesota
• Maine
• Cornell
• Quinnipiac
• New Hampshire
• Harvard
• Boston University
• Michigan State
• Colorado College
• Michigan
• St.Cloud State
• Denver

Bracket

East Regional – Worcester, Massachusetts (Worcester Centrum)

	First Round					National Quarterfinals
						E4	Cornell	3
	E4	Cornell	6			E1	New Hampshire	4
	E5	Quinnipiac	1

	First Round					National Quarterfinals
						E3	Maine	4
	E3	Maine	4*			E2	Boston University	3
	E6	Harvard	3

West Regional – Ann Arbor, Michigan (Yost Ice Arena)

	First Round					National Quarterfinals
						W6	Colorado College	2
	W3	Michigan State	0			W2	Minnesota	4
	W6	Colorado College	2

	First Round					National Quarterfinals
						W4	Michigan	5
	W4	Michigan	4			W1	Denver	3
	W5	St.Cloud State	2

Frozen Four – St. Paul, Minnesota (Xcel Energy Center)

	National Semifinals April 4					National Championship April 6
	E1	New Hampshire	2
	E3	Maine	7
						E3	Maine	3
						W2	Minnesota	4*
	W2	Minnesota	3
	W4	Michigan	2

* Overtime

All-Tournament Team

• G: Adam Hauser, Minnesota
• D: Peter Metcalf, Maine
• D: Michael Schutte, Maine
• F: Robert Liscak, Maine
• F: John Pohl, Minnesota
• F: Grant Potulny, Minnesota*

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

References

• "2002 NCAA Tournament". Inside College Hockey. Archived from the original on 2 April 2008. http://insidecollegehockey.com/6History/ncaa_02.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-30. 
• Hamilton, J.D.; Bonnie Senappe, Jeff Williams (2007). Official 2008 Men's and Women's Ice Hockey Records Book. NCAA. http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/ice_hockey/m_w_ice_hockey_records_book/2008/2008_m_w_ice_hockey_records.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-30. 

External links

• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA.com