 2000 Frozen Four logo | |
| Teams | 12 |
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| Finals site | |
| Champions | North Dakota Fighting Sioux (7th title) |
| Runner-up | Boston College Eagles (5th title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Dean Blais (2nd title) |
| MOP | Lee Goren (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 – Minneapolis | East Regional – Albany | ||||||||||||
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| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Wisconsin (1) | WCHA | 31–8–1 | At-large bid | 18th | 1998 | 1 | Maine (2) | Hockey East | 26–7–5 | Tournament champion | 10th | 1999 |
| 2 | North Dakota | WCHA | 28–8–5 | Tournament champion | 16th | 1999 | 2 | St. Lawrence | ECAC | 26–7–2 | Tournament champion | 14th | 1999 |
| 3 | New Hampshire | Hockey East | 23–8–6 | At-large bid | 11th | 1999 | 3 | Boston University | Hockey East | 24–9–7 | At-large bid | 25th | 1998 |
| 4 | Boston College | Hockey East | 26–11–1 | At-large bid | 21st | 1999 | 4 | Colgate | ECAC | 24–8–2 | At-large bid | 3rd | 1990 |
| 5 | Michigan State | CCHA | 27–10–4 | Tournament champion | 20th | 1999 | 5 | Michigan | CCHA | 26–9–4 | At-large bid | 23rd | 1999 |
| 6 | Niagara | CHA | 29–7–3 | At-large bid | 1st | Never | 6 | St. Cloud State | WCHA | 23–13–3 | At-large bid | 2nd | 1989 |
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
Game locations
- East Regional – Pepsi Arena, Albany, New York
- West Regional – Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Frozen Four – Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island
Bracket
Regionals
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Frozen Four
| National semifinals April 6 | National championship April 8 | ||||||||
| W4 | Boston College | 4 | |||||||
| E2 | St. Lawrence | 2 | |||||||
| W4 | Boston College | 2 | |||||||
| W2 | North Dakota | 4 | |||||||
| E1 | Maine | 0 | |||||||
| W2 | North Dakota | 2 | |||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Regional Quarterfinals
West Regional
(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Niagara
| March 24[2] | New Hampshire | 1 – 4 | Niagara | Mariucci Arena | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | 07:23 – Randy Harris (Sebastian) 09:06 – GW – Kyle Martin (DeSantis, Kasperek) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:19 – Mikko Sivonen (Isherwood) | ||||||
| (Gare, Truelson) Darren Haydar – 01:29 | Third period | 18:40 – EN – Mikko Sivonen (Makela) | ||||||
| Ty Conklin ( 15 saves / 18 shots ) | Goalie stats | Greg Gardner ( 34 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
(4) Boston College vs. (5) Michigan State
| March 24[3] | Boston College | 6 – 5 | OT | Michigan State | Mariucci Arena | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 04:19 – Adam Hall (Horcoff, Maloney) 08:33 – John Nail (Patchell) | ||||||
| (Mottau, Allen) Jeff Farkas – PP – 00:34 (Allen, Lephart) Brian Gionta – PP – 01:39 Blake Bellefeuille – SH – 14:02 |
Second period | 09:53 – Andrew Hutchinson | ||||||
| (Hughes, Kolanos) Kevin Caulfield – PP – 10:35 (Mottau, Bellefeuille) Mike Lephart – EA PP – 19:10 |
Third period | 01:11 – PP – John-Michael Liles (Horcoff, Hutchinson)13:05 – PP – Rustyn Dolyny (Horcoff, Liles) | ||||||
| (Gionta, Mottau) Jeff Farkas – GW PP – 11:53 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Clemmensen ( 17 saves / 22 shots ) | Goalie stats | Ryan Miller ( 36 saves / 42 shots ) | ||||||
East Regional
(3) Boston University vs. (6) St. Cloud State
| March 25[4] | Boston University | 5 – 3 | St. Cloud State | Pepsi Arena | ||||
| Carl Corazzini – 02:35 (Sabo, Corazzini) Jack Baker – 09:19 (Collins, Gillis) Mike Pandolfo – PP – 15:39 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Corazzini) Jack Baker – GW – 13:39 | Second period | 12:22 – Mike Pudlick (Walsh) 18:26 – PP – Ryan Malone (Motzko, Anderson) | ||||||
| (Gillis, Degerman) Chris Heron – 14:10 | Third period | 18:34 – Lee Brooks (Westcott) | ||||||
| Rick DiPietro ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | Scott Meyer ( 19 saves / 24 shots ) | ||||||
(4) Colgate vs. (5) Michigan
| March 25[5] | Colgate | 3 – 4 | OT | Michigan | Pepsi Arena | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 06:41 – Mike Roemensky (Langfeld, Koch) 16:55 – PP – Mike Comrie (Cammalleri) | ||||||
| (Marostega) Andy McDonald – PP – 12:43 (Murphy, McDonald) Darryl Campbell – PP – 17:13 |
Second period | 06:39 – PP – Mark Mink (Cammalleri, Shouneyia) | ||||||
| (McDonald, Nolan) Darryl Campbell – 19:12 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 12:44 – GW – Geoff Koch (Comrie) | ||||||
| Shep Harder ( 31 saves / 35 shots ) | Goalie stats | Josh Blackburn ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
Regional semifinals
West Regional
(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Boston College
| March 25[6] | Wisconsin | 1 – 4 | Boston College | Mariucci Arena | ||||
| (Doman, Hussey) Jeff Dessner – PP – 04:37 | First period | 02:40 – PP – Blake Bellefeuille 19:37 – GW – Brian Gionta (Scuderi) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:16 – Jeff Giuliano (Lephart) 19:56 – EN – Brian Gionta (Dolinar) | ||||||
| Graham Melanson ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Scott Clemmensen ( 28 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
(2) North Dakota vs. (6) Niagara
| March 25[7] | North Dakota | 4 – 1 | Niagara | Mariucci Arena | ||||
| (Ulmer) Ryan Bayda – 03:11 (Panzer, Lundbohm) Mike Commodore – GW PP – 19:06 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:13 – PP – John Heffernan (Sivonen, MacKenzie) | ||||||
| (Panzer) Lee Goren – 01:05 (Panzer, Lundbohm) Kevin Spiewak – 13:31 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andy Kollar ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Greg Gardner ( 39 saves / 43 shots ) | ||||||
East Regional
(1) Maine vs. (5) Michigan
| March 26[8] | Maine | 5 – 2 | Michigan | Pepsi Arena | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:22 – SH – Mike Comrie (Ortmeyer, Peach) | ||||||
| (Dimitrakos, Reimann) Ben Guite – PP – 05:14 (Larose, Loya) Ben Guite – 08:01 (Heisten) Chris Heisten – GW – 14:29 (Reimann) Matthias Trattnig – 15:31 Brendan Walsh – EN SH – 19:09 |
Third period | 06:52 – PP – Mike Comrie (Cammalleri, Ortmeyer) | ||||||
| Matt Yeats ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) | Goalie stats | Josh Blackburn ( 40 saves / 44 shots ) | ||||||
(2) St. Lawrence vs. (3) Boston University
| March 26[9] | St. Lawrence | 3 – 2 | 4OT | Boston University | Pepsi Arena | |||
| (Gellard) Brandon Dietrich – 17:14 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Muir) Jack O'Brien – 02:01 | Second period | 12:48 – PP – Mike Pandolfo | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:50 – PP – Brian Collins (Dyment, Gillis) | ||||||
| (Lorentz) Robin Carruthers – GW – 03:53 | Fourth overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Derek Gustafson ( 72 saves / 74 shots ) | Goalie stats | Rick DiPietro ( 77 saves / 80 shots ) | ||||||
Frozen Four
National semifinal
(E2) St. Lawrence vs. (W4) Boston College
| April 6[10] | St. Lawrence | 2 – 4 | Boston College | Providence Civic Center | ||||
| (Anderson) Jason Windle – 16:15 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Charlie Daniels – PP – 10:38 | Second period | 10:38 – SH – Blake Bellefeuille | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 03:04 – Mike Mottau (Cass, Farkas) 18:03 – GW – Jeff Farkas 19:59 – EN – Brian Gionta | ||||||
| Derek Gustafson ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Scott Clemmensen ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
(E1) Maine vs. (W2) North Dakota
| April 6[11] | Maine | 0 – 2 | North Dakota | Providence Civic Center | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:35 – GW PP – Bryan Lundbohm (Schneekloth) 13:35 – SH – Kevin Spiewak (Notermann) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Yeats ( 30 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | Karl Goehring ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
National Championship
(W2) North Dakota vs. (W4) Boston College
| April 8[12] | North Dakota | 4 – 2 | Boston College | Providence Civic Center | Recap |
| Scoring summary | |||||
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| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | UND | Mike Commodore (5) | Lundbohm and Skarperud | 3:48 | 1–0 UND |
| BC | Jeff Farkas (32) – PP | Bellefeuille and Gionta | 16:47 | 1–1 | |
| 2nd | BC | Marty Hughes (5) | Gionta | 26:59 | 2–1 BC |
| 3rd | UND | Lee Goren (33) | Bayda | 42:43 | 2–2 |
| UND | Jason Ulmer (18) – GW | Goren | 54:22 | 3–2 UND | |
| UND | Lee Goren (34) – EN | unassisted | 59:14 | 4–2 UND | |
| Penalty summary | |||||
| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
| 1st | UND | Aaron Schneekloth | Cross-Checking | 6:32 | 2:00 |
| BC | Jeff Giuliano | Hooking | 10:02 | 2:00 | |
| UND | Ryan Bayda | Slashing | 11:35 | 2:00 | |
| UND | Chad Mazurak | High-Sticking | 16:28 | 2:00 | |
| BC | Jeff Giuliano | Hooking | 17:13 | 2:00 | |
| 2nd | UND | Chad Mazurak | Holding | 20:25 | 2:00 |
| UND | Tim O'Connell | Slashing | 23:04 | 2:00 | |
| BC | BENCH | Too Many Men | 24:21 | 2:00 | |
| UND | Mike Commodore | Holding | 30:45 | 2:00 | |
| BC | Ales Dolinar | Slashing | 30:45 | 2:00 | |
| UND | Mike Commodore | Tripping | 34:26 | 2:00 | |
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All-Tournament team
- G: Karl Goehring (North Dakota)
- D: Mike Commodore (North Dakota)
- D: Mike Mottau (Boston College)
- F: Jeff Farkas (Boston College)
- F: Lee Goren* (North Dakota)
- F: Bryan Lundbohm (North Dakota)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)[13]
Record by conference
| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | Regional semifinals | Frozen Four | Championship Game | Champions |
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| Hockey East | 4 | 5-4 | .556 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| WCHA | 3 | 3-2 | .600 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| CCHA | 2 | 1-2 | .333 | 1 | - | - | - |
| ECAC | 2 | 1-2 | .333 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| CHA | 1 | 1-1 | .500 | 1 | - | - | - |
References
- ^ "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ^ "Niagara 4, New Hampshire 1". USCHO.com. March 24, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ^ "Boston College 6, Michigan State 5". USCHO.com. March 24, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ^ "Boston University 5, St. Cloud State 3". USCHO.com. March 25, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ^ "Michigan 4, Colgate 3". USCHO.com. March 25, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ^ "Boston College 4, Wisconsin 1". USCHO.com. March 25, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ^ "North Dakota 4, Niagara 1". USCHO.com. March 25, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ^ "Maine 5, Michigan 2". USCHO.com. March 26, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ^ "St. Lawrence 3, Boston University 2". USCHO.com. March 26, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ^ "Boston College 4, St. Lawrence 2". USCHO.com. April 6, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
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- ^ "North Dakota 4, Boston College 2". USCHO.com. April 8, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 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.
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