2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
2007 Frozen Four logo
Season	2006–07
Teams	16
Finals Site	Scottrade Center St. Louis, Missouri
Champions	Michigan State (3rd title, 5th title game, 10th Frozen Four)
Runner-Up	Boston College (8th title game, 20th Frozen Four)
Semifinalists	North Dakota (17th Frozen Four) Maine (12th Frozen Four)
Winning Coach	Rick Comley (2nd title)
MOP	Justin Abdelkader (Michigan State)
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The 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey as the culmination of the 2006–07 season. The tournament began on March 23, 2007, and ended with the championship game on April 7.

Michigan State University, coached by Rick Comley, won its third national title with a 3–1 victory in the championship game over Boston College, coached by Jerry York.

Justin Abdelkader, sophomore forward for Michigan State, was named the Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player with the tournament-winning goal and two assists.

Tournament procedure

Rochester

Grand Rapids

Denver

Manchester

St. Louis

2007 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red)

The NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship is a single-elimination tournament featuring 16 teams representing all six Division I conferences in the nation. The Championship Committee seeds the entire field from 1 to 16 within four regionals of 4 teams. The winners of the six Division I conference championships receive automatic bids to participate in the NCAA Championship.

The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following were the sites for the 2007 regionals:

March 23 and 24

East Regional, Blue Cross Arena - Rochester, New York (Host: ECAC Hockey)

Midwest Regional, Van Andel Arena - Grand Rapids, Michigan (Host: Western Michigan University)

March 24 and 25

West Regional, Pepsi Center - Denver, Colorado (Host: University of Denver)

Northeast Regional, Verizon Wireless Arena - Manchester, New Hampshire (Host: University of New Hampshire)

Each regional winner advanced to the Frozen Four:

April 5 and 7

Scottrade Center - St. Louis, Missouri (Hosts: College Hockey America and the St. Louis Sports Commission)

Qualifying teams

Hockey East had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) had four teams receive a berth, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had three teams receive a berth, ECAC Hockey had two teams receive a berth, and Atlantic Hockey and College Hockey America (CHA) each had one team receive a berth.

East Regional – Rochester					Northeast Regional – Manchester
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Clarkson	ECAC Hockey	25–8–5	Tournament champion	1	New Hampshire	Hockey East	26–10–2	At-large bid
2	St. Cloud State	WCHA	22–10–7	At-large bid	2	Boston College	Hockey East	26–11–1	Tournament champion
3	Maine	Hockey East	21–14–2	At-large bid	3	St. Lawrence	ECAC Hockey	23–13–2	At-large bid
4	Massachusetts	Hockey East	20–12–5	At-large bid	4	Miami (OH)	CCHA	23–13–4	At-large bid
West Regional – Denver					Midwest Regional – Grand Rapids
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Minnesota	WCHA	30–9–3	Tournament champion	1	Notre Dame	CCHA	31–6–3	Tournament champion
2	Michigan	CCHA	26–13–1	At-large bid	2	Boston University	Hockey East	20–9–9	At-large bid
3	North Dakota	WCHA	22–13–5	At-large bid	3	Michigan State	CCHA	22–13–3	At-large bid
4	Air Force	Atlantic Hockey	19–15–5	Tournament champion	4	Alabama–Huntsville	CHA	13–19–3	Tournament champion

Preliminary rounds

The Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado hosted the West Regional, including this game between Minnesota and Air Force.

The number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
(*) denotes overtime period(s).

East Regional – Rochester, New York

	Regional semifinals March 23					Regional final March 24
	1	Clarkson (3)	0
	4	Massachusetts	1*
						4	Massachusetts	1
						3	Maine	3
	2	St. Cloud State	1
	3	Maine	4

Northeast Regional – Manchester, New Hampshire

	Regional semifinals March 24					Regional final March 25
	1	New Hampshire (4)	1
	4	Miami (OH)	2
						4	Miami (OH)	0
						2	Boston College	4
	2	Boston College	4
	3	St. Lawrence	1

West Regional – Denver, Colorado

	Regional semifinals March 24					Regional final March 25
	1	Minnesota (1)	4
	4	Air Force	3
						1	Minnesota (1)	2
						3	North Dakota	3*
	2	Michigan	5
	3	North Dakota	8

Midwest Regional – Grand Rapids, Michigan

	Regional semifinals March 23					Regional final March 24
	1	Notre Dame (2)	3**
	4	Alabama-Huntsville	2
						1	Notre Dame (2)	1
						3	Michigan State	2
	2	Boston University	1
	3	Michigan State	5

Frozen Four – St. Louis, Missouri

	National semifinals April 5					National championship April 7
	W3	North Dakota	4
	NE2	Boston College	6
						NE2	Boston College	1
						MW3	Michigan State	3
	E3	Maine	2
	MW3	Michigan State	4

National semifinals

April 5, 2007

Boston College

6 – 4 (1–1, 1–1, 4–2)

North Dakota

Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri Attendance: 18,857

Game reference
	Cory Schneider	Goalies	Philippe Lamoureux	Referees: Matt Shegos Kevin Langseth, John Philo
	Dan Bertram (Smith, O'Hanley) - pp - 15:41 Dan Bertram (Sneep, Gerbe) - pp - 35:21 Ben Smith (Gerbe, Motherwell) - 53:00 Nathan Gerbe (Bradford, Motherwell) - pp - 55:54 Joe Rooney (Boyle, Schneider) - en - 59:10 Nathan Gerbe - en - 59:54	0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2 3 – 2 3 – 3 4 – 3 5 – 3 5 – 4 6 – 4	10:28 - Chris Porter (Lee, VandeVelde) 23:51 - pp - Jonathan Toews (Oshie, Chorney) 55:22 - sh - T. J. Oshie 59:43 - pp - Chris Porter (Oshie, Chorney)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	45	Shots	29

April 5, 2007

Michigan State

4 – 2 (1–2, 1–0, 2–0)

Maine

Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri Attendance: 18,857

Game reference
	Jeff Lerg	Goalies	Ben Bishop	Referees: Derek Shepherd Butch Mousseaux, Bob Keltie
	Mueller - 7:25 Chris Snavely (Abdelkader, Kennedy) - 36:32 Nick Sucharski (Schepke, Sprague) - 45:11 Jim McKenzie (Mueller) - 49:46	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 2 – 2 3 – 2 4 – 2	0:23 - Keith Johnson (Soares, Léveillé) 3:24 - Josh Soares (Ramsey, Johnson)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	31

National championship

April 7, 2007

Boston College

1 – 3 (0–0, 1–0, 0–3)

Michigan State

Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri Attendance: 19,432

Game reference
	Cory Schneider	Goalies	Jeff Lerg	Referees: Derek Shepherd Bob Keltie, Butch Mousseaux
	Brian Boyle (Bradford) - pp - 26:50	1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3	49:53 - pp - Tim Kennedy (Abdelkader) 59:41 - Justin Abdelkader (Kennedy, Howells) 59:58 - en - Chris Mueller (McKenzie, Vukovic)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	29

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Regional Finals	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
Hockey East	5	6–5	.545	3	2	1	–
CCHA	4	6–3	.666	3	1	1	1
WCHA	3	3–3	.500	2	1	–	–
ECAC Hockey	2	0–2	.000	–	–	–	–
Atlantic Hockey	1	0–1	.000	–	–	–	–
CHA	1	0–1	.000	–	–	–	–

Tournament awards

Justin Abdelkader, pictured here with the Detroit Red Wings, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Frozen Four

All-Tournament Team

• Goaltender: Jeff Lerg (Michigan State)
• Defensemen: Tyler Howells (Michigan State)
• Forwards: Justin Abdelkader (Michigan State), Brian Boyle (Boston College), Nathan Gerbe (Boston College), Tim Kennedy (Michigan State)

MOP

• Justin Abdelkader (Michigan State)

References

• "2007 NCAA Tournament". Inside College Hockey. http://insidecollegehockey.com/6History/ncaa_07.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-29. 
• "Official 2008 Men's and Women's Ice Hockey Records Book". NCAA. 2007. http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/ice_hockey/m_w_ice_hockey_records_book/2008/2008_m_w_ice_hockey_records.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-29. 

External links

• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey - NCAA.com