# 2001 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

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, 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

* East Regional – Centrum Centre, Worcester, Massachusetts
* West Regional – Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

### Championship Site

* Frozen Four – Pepsi Arena, Albany, New York

## 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 Rapids | West Regional – Grand Rapids | West Regional – Grand Rapids | West Regional – Grand Rapids | West Regional – Grand Rapids | West Regional – Grand Rapids | West Regional – Grand Rapids | East Regional – Worcester | East Regional – Worcester | East Regional – Worcester | East Regional – Worcester | East Regional – Worcester | East Regional – Worcester | East Regional – Worcester |
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Michigan State (1) | CCHA | 32–4–4 | Tournament champion | 21st | 2000 | 1 | Boston College (2) | Hockey East | 30–8–2 | Tournament champion | 22nd | 2000 |
| 2 | St. Cloud State | WCHA | 31–8–1 | Tournament champion | 3rd | 2000 | 2 | North Dakota | WCHA | 27–7–9 | At-large bid | 17th | 2000 |
| 3 | Michigan | CCHA | 25–12–5 | At-large bid | 24th | 2000 | 3 | Colorado College | WCHA | 26–12–1 | At-large bid | 14th | 1999 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | WCHA | 21–14–4 | At-large bid | 19th | 2000 | 4 | Minnesota | WCHA | 27–12–2 | At-large bid | 25th | 1997 |
| 5 | Providence | Hockey East | 22–12–5 | At-large bid | 9th | 1996 | 5 | Maine | Hockey East | 19–11–7 | At-large bid | 11th | 2000 |
| 6 | Mercyhurst | MAAC | 22–11–2 | Tournament champion | 1st | Never | 6 | St. Lawrence | ECAC | 20–12–4 | Tournament champion | 15th | 2000 |
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

## Bracket
### Regionals

| Regional Quarterfinals March 23–24 | Regional Quarterfinals March 23–24 | Regional Quarterfinals March 23–24 | Regional semifinals March 24–25 | Regional semifinals March 24–25 | Regional semifinals March 24–25 |
| | | | W1 | Michigan State | 5 |
| West Regional | West Regional | West Regional | W1 | Michigan State | 5 |
| West Regional | West Regional | West Regional | W4 | Wisconsin | 1 |
| W4 | Wisconsin | 4 | W4 | Wisconsin | 1 |
| W5 | Providence | 1 | | | |
| | | | E2 | North Dakota | 4 |
| East Regional | East Regional | East Regional | E2 | North Dakota | 4 |
| East Regional | East Regional | East Regional | E3 | Colorado College | 1 |
| E3 | Colorado College | 3** | E3 | Colorado College | 1 |
| E6 | St. Lawrence | 2 | | | |
| Regional Quarterfinals March 23–24 | Regional Quarterfinals March 23–24 | Regional Quarterfinals March 23–24 | Regional semifinals March 24–25 | Regional semifinals March 24–25 | Regional semifinals March 24–25 |
| | | | E1 | Boston College | 3 |
| E4 | Minnesota | 4 | E5 | Maine | 1 |
| E5 | Maine | 5* | | | |
| | | | W2 | St. Cloud State | 3 |
| W3 | Michigan | 4 | W3 | Michigan | 4 |
| W6 | Mercyhurst | 3 | | | |

### Frozen Four

| National semifinals April 5 | National semifinals April 5 | National semifinals April 5 | National championship April 7 | National championship April 7 | National championship April 7 |
| W1 | Michigan State | 0 | | | |
| E2 | North Dakota | 2 | | | |
| E2 | North Dakota | 2 | E2 | North Dakota | 2 |
| | | | E1 | Boston College | 3* |
| E1 | Boston College | 4 | E1 | Boston College | 3* |
| W3 | Michigan | 2 | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Frozen Four
### National semifinal
#### (E1) Boston College vs. (W3) Michigan
### National Championship
#### (E1) Boston College vs. (W2) North Dakota

Scoring summary :
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | None | None | None | None | None |
| 2nd | BC | Chuck Kobasew (27) – PP | Giuliano | 25:26 | 1–0 BC |
| 2nd | BC | Mike Lephart (15) | Forrest and Allen | 28:50 | 2–0 BC |
| 3rd | UND | Tim Skarperud (10) – PP EA | Roche and B. Lundbohm | 56:18 | 2–1 BC |
| 3rd | UND | Wes Dorey (17) – EA | Schneekloth and B. Lundbohm | 59:23 | 2–2 |
| 1st Overtime | BC | Krys Kolanos (25) – GW | Kobasew and Voce | 64:43 | 3–2 BC |
| Penalty summary ||||||
| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
| 1st | UND | David Hale | Cross-Checking | 2:49 | 2:00 |
| 1st | BC | Brett Peterson | Interference | 8:32 | 2:00 |
| 1st | BC | Krys Kolanos | Goaltender Interference | 12:20 | 2:00 |
| 1st | UND | Jason Notermann | Hooking | 14:02 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | UND | Aaron Schneekloth | Hooking | 24:27 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | BC | Mike Lephart | Holding | 32:45 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | BC | Tony Voce | Slashing | 34:49 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | UND | Aaron Schneekloth | Tripping | 36:10 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | BC | J. D. Forrest | Tripping | 40:49 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | UND | Kevin Spiewak | Slashing | 41:34 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | UND | David Lundbohm | Hooking | 42:51 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | BC | Brooks Orpik | Interference | 51:06 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | UND | Tim Skarperud | Slashing | 53:31 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | BC | BENCH | Too Many Men | 55:07 | 2:00 |
Shots by period :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
| North Dakota | 9 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 36 |
| Boston College | 9 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 32 |
Goaltenders :
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice |
| UND | Karl Goehring | 29 | 3 | 63:26 |
| BC | Scott Clemmensen | 34 | 2 | 64:43 |

## All-Tournament team

* G: Scott Clemmensen (Boston College)
* D: Travis Roche (North Dakota)
* D: Rob Scuderi (Boston College)
* F: Chuck Kobasew* (Boston College)
* F: Krys Kolanos (Boston College)
* F: Bryan Lundbohm (North Dakota)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)

## Record by conference

| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | Regional semifinals | Frozen Four | Championship Game | Champions |
| WCHA | 5 | 4-4 | .500 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Hockey East | 3 | 4-2 | .666 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| CCHA | 2 | 3-2 | .600 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| ECAC | 1 | 0-1 | .000 | - | - | - | - |
| MAAC | 1 | 0-1 | .000 | - | - | - | - |