| 2002 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 7–16, 2002 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Fleet Center Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | New Hampshire (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Dick Umile[1] (1st title) |
| MVP | Darren Haydar (New Hampshire) |
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2002 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 18th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 7 and March 16, 2002. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament New Hampshire received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The team that finishes ninth in the conference is not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-elimination game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Conference standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #3 New Hampshire†* | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 103 | 49 | 40 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 184 | 102 | |
| #6 Boston University | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 80 | 65 | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 141 | 110 | |
| #2 Maine | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 99 | 62 | 44 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 186 | 116 | |
| #14 Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 70 | 67 | 38 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 121 | 91 | |
| Northeastern | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 69 | 74 | 39 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 123 | 116 | |
| Boston College | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 73 | 81 | 38 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 119 | 116 | |
| Providence | 24 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 68 | 82 | 38 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 115 | 129 | |
| Merrimack | 24 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 54 | 87 | 36 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 101 | 133 | |
| Massachusetts | 24 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 45 | 94 | 34 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 70 | 125 | |
| Championship: New Hampshire † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
| Quarterfinals[2] March 7–9 | Semifinals[3] March 15 | Championship March 16 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | New Hampshire | 6 | 5* | — | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Merrimack | 2 | 4 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New Hampshire | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston University | 3 | 4 | — | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Providence | 2 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New Hampshire | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Maine | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Maine | 7 | 4 | – | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Boston College | 3 | 2 | – | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston University | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Maine | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Northeastern | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
(1) New Hampshire vs. (8) Merrimack
| March 8[4] | New Hampshire | 6 – 2 | Merrimack | Whittemore Center | Recap | |||
| (Gare, Hemingway) Joshua Prudden - 08:50 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Busch, Truelson) Tyson Teplitsky - 01:45 (Gare, Prudden) Colin Hemingway - GW - 19:35 |
Second period | 09:18 - Alex Sikatchev (Aquino) | ||||||
| (Horst, Martz) Justin Aikins - 05:41 (Teplitsky, Hemingway) Lanny Gare - 09:20 (Hemingway, Stafford) Darren Haydar - PP - 18:42 |
Third period | 09:18 - Alex Sikatchev (Aquino) | ||||||
| Matt Carney ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | Joe Exter ( 42 saves / 48 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9[5] | New Hampshire | 5 – 4 | OT | Merrimack | Whittemore Center | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | 04:37 - Ryan Kiley (Rose, Torretti) 13:42 - Ryan Cordeiro (Crusco) | ||||||
| (Hemingway, Stafford) Darren Haydar - PP - 08:47 (Busch, Gare) Tim Horst - 10:06 (Hemingway, Stafford) Darren Haydar - PP - 10:36 |
Second period | 00:33 - PP - Alex Sikatchev (Lauze, Aquino) 18:41 - Alex Sikatchev (Aquino, Parillo) | ||||||
| (Horst, Foley) Ed Caron - 05:59 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Stafford, Haydar) Steve Saviano - GW - 05:59 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Ayers ( 33 saves / 37 shots ) | Goalie stats | Joe Exter ( 62 saves / 67 shots ) | ||||||
| New Hampshire won series 2–0 | |
(2) Boston University vs. (7) Providence
| March 8[6] | Boston University | 3 – 2 | Providence | Walter Brown Arena | Recap | |||
| (Klema, Dyment) Justin Maiser - PP - 15:41 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:43 - Devin Rask (DiSalvatore) 17:11 - Stephen Wood (Rask, DiSalvatore) | ||||||
| (Whitney, Dyment) David Klema - PP - 10:38 (Pandolfo, Collins) Mark Mullen - GW - 14:32 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sean Fields ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Nolan Schaefer ( 37 saves / 40 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9[7] | Boston University | 4 – 2 | Providence | Walter Brown Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 12:33 - David Carpentier (Suderman, Wood) | ||||||
| (Pandolfo, Mullen) Brian Collins - 02:38 (Sabo, McConnell) Jack Baker - 19:20 |
Second period | 04:55 - PP - Jon DiSalvatore (Fregoe, Rask) | ||||||
| (Johnson, Meyer) Ken Magowan - GW - 01:28 (Skladany, Johnson) Ken Magowan - 06:53 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sean Fields ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Nolan Schaefer ( 44 saves / 48 shots ) | ||||||
| Boston University won series 2–0 | |
(3) Maine vs. (6) Boston College
| March 7[8] | Maine | 7 – 3 | Boston College | Alfond Arena | Recap | |||
| (Ronan) Ben Murphy - 08:55 (Reimann, Heisten) Colin Shields - 11:13 (Schutte, Metcalf) Martin Kariya - PP - 16:02 |
First period | 05:57 - Ryan Murphy (Dolinar, Havern) | ||||||
| (Metcalf, Schutte) Martin Kariya - GW PP - 01:55 (Jackson, Liscak) Gray Shaneberger - 15:55 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Ronan) Chris Heisten - 05:09 (Dimitrakos, Schutte) Lucas Lawson - 10:17 |
Third period | 00:20 - Ben Eaves (Voce, Shannon) 04:30 - PP - Ned Havern (Walker, Kelleher) | ||||||
| Mike Morrison ( 17 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | Tim Kelleher ( 38 saves / 45 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8[9] | Maine | 4 – 2 | Boston College | Alfond Arena | Recap | |||
| (Dimitrakos) Prestin Ryan - 05:59 | First period | 02:23 - Tony Voce (Eaves) | ||||||
| (Shields, Murphy) Michael Schutte - 06:12 (Shields) Chris Heisten - GW - 10:50 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lucas Lawson - EN PP - 19:18 | Third period | 18:32 - SH - Tony Voce (Eaves) | ||||||
| Matt Yeats ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) | Goalie stats | Matti Kaltiainen ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) | ||||||
| Maine won series 2–0 | |
(4) Massachusetts-Lowell vs. (5) Northeastern
| March 7[10] | Massachusetts-Lowell | 5 – 2 | Northeastern | Tsongas Arena | Recap | |||
| (Concannon, Allison) Anders Strome - 17:44 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Meunier, Domish) Yorick Treille - 18:18 | Second period | 12:15 - Tim Judy (Ryan, Guerriero) | ||||||
| (Storm, Concannon) Anders Strome - GW - 10:54 (Schomogyi, Storm) Darryl Green - 11:28 (Allison) Ed McGrane - EN - 19:45 |
Third period | 12:15 - Mike Ryan (Levesque, Fahey) | ||||||
| Jimi St. John ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) | Goalie stats | Keni Gibson ( 18 saves / 22 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8[11] | Massachusetts-Lowell | 2 – 4 | Northeastern | Tsongas Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 12:54 - Mike Ryan (Levesque, Guerriero) 19:24 - PP - Chris Lynch (Fahey, Ryan) | ||||||
| (Hay, Treille) Ed McGrane - PP - 05:44 (Gustafson, Green) Mark Concannon - PP - 15:37 |
Second period | 11:19 - GW - Eric Ortlip (Herriman, Lynch) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:48 - EN - Leon Hayward (Fahey) | ||||||
| Jimi St. John ( 10 saves / 13 shots ) / Cam McCormick ( 13 saves / 13 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jason Braun ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9[12] | Massachusetts-Lowell | 3 – 1 | Northeastern | Tsongas Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 08:07 - Willie Levesque (Guerriero, Ryan) | ||||||
| (Meunier, Hay) Yorick Treille - 00:19 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (McGrane) Baptiste Amar - GW - 05:55 (Concannon, Allison) Stephen Slonina - EN - 19:48 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cam McCormick ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jason Braun ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| Massachusetts-Lowell won series 2–1 | |
Semifinals
(1) New Hampshire vs. (4) Massachusetts-Lowell
| March 15[13] | New Hampshire | 4 – 3 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Fleet Center | Recap | |||
| (Collins, Horst) Darren Haydar - 04:52 | First period | 13:18 - Josh Reed (Concannon, Strome) 16:37 - Mark Concannon | ||||||
| (Martz, Scott) Kevin Truelson - 11:53 (Haydar) Steve Saviano - 14:03 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Gare, Hemingway) Mick Mounsey - GW - 00:37 | Third period | 09:46 - Ed McGrane (Green, Fontas) | ||||||
| Cam McCormick ( 12 saves / 15 shots ) / Jimi St. John ( 12 saves / 13 shots ) | Goalie stats | Matt Carney ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Boston University vs. (3) Maine
| March 15[14] | Boston University | 3 – 4 | Maine | Fleet Center | Recap | |||
| (Pandolfo, Mullen) Brian Collins - 07:30 (Whitney, Dyment) Brian Collins - 09:11 |
First period | 13:04 - Colin Shields (Reimann) | ||||||
| (Johnson) Chris Dyment - PP - 17:37 | Second period | 01:08 - Gray Shaneberger (Nault, Liscak) 02:24 - Tom Reimann (Ryan, Heisten) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:59 - GW PP - Niko Dimitrakos (Schutte, Metcalf) | ||||||
| Sean Fields ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | Matt Yeats ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
Championship
(1) New Hampshire vs. (3) Maine
| March 16[15] | New Hampshire | 3 – 1 | Maine | Fleet Center | Recap | |||
| (Truelson, Gare) Jim Abbott - PP - 08:16 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:51 - PP - Colin Shields (Metcalf, Shields) | ||||||
| (Haydar, Hemingway) Sean Collins - GW PP - 01:16 (Haydar) Steve Saviano - 16:12 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Ayers ( 31 saves / 32 shots ) | Goalie stats | Matt Yeats ( 25 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- F Mark Concannon (Massachusetts-Lowell)
- F Darren Haydar* (New Hampshire)
- F Colin Hemingway (New Hampshire)
- D Peter Metcalf (Maine)
- D Garrett Stafford (New Hampshire)
- G Matt Yeats (Maine)
References
- ^ "New Hampshire Men's Team History". Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ "Hockey East men's Hockey 2001-02 Week 24". USCHO.com. March 9, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ "Hockey East men's Hockey 2001-02 Week 25". USCHO.com. March 16, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ "New Hampshire 6, Merrimack 2". USCHO.com. March 8, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ "New Hampshire 5, Merrimack 4". USCHO.com. March 9, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ "Boston University 3, Providence 2". USCHO.com. March 8, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ "Boston University 4, Providence 2". USCHO.com. March 9, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ "Maine 7, Boston College 3". USCHO.com. March 7, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ "Maine 4, Boston College 2". USCHO.com. March 8, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ "Massachusetts-Lowell 5, Northeastern 2". USCHO.com. March 7, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ "Northeastern 4, Massachusetts-Lowell 2". USCHO.com. March 8, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ "Massachusetts-Lowell 3, Northeastern 1". USCHO.com. March 9, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ "New Hampshire 4, Massachusetts-Lowell 3". USCHO.com. March 15, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ "Maine 4, Boston University 3". USCHO.com. March 15, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ "New Hampshire 3, Maine 1". USCHO.com. March 16, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
External links
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