# 2000 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

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 | West Regional – Minneapolis | West Regional – Minneapolis | West Regional – Minneapolis | West Regional – Minneapolis | West Regional – Minneapolis | West Regional – Minneapolis | East Regional – Albany | East Regional – Albany | East Regional – Albany | East Regional – Albany | East Regional – Albany | East Regional – Albany | East Regional – Albany |
| 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

| Regional Quarterfinals March 24–25 | Regional Quarterfinals March 24–25 | Regional Quarterfinals March 24–25 | Regional semifinals March 25–26 | Regional semifinals March 25–26 | Regional semifinals March 25–26 |
| | | | W1 | Wisconsin | 1 |
| West Regional | West Regional | West Regional | W1 | Wisconsin | 1 |
| West Regional | West Regional | West Regional | W4 | Boston College | 4 |
| W4 | Boston College | 6* | W4 | Boston College | 4 |
| W5 | Michigan State | 5 | | | |
| | | | E2 | St. Lawrence | 3**** |
| East Regional | East Regional | East Regional | E2 | St. Lawrence | 3**** |
| East Regional | East Regional | East Regional | E3 | Boston University | 2 |
| E3 | Boston University | 5 | E3 | Boston University | 2 |
| E6 | St. Cloud State | 3 | | | |
| Regional Quarterfinals March 24–25 | Regional Quarterfinals March 24–25 | Regional Quarterfinals March 24–25 | Regional semifinals March 25–26 | Regional semifinals March 25–26 | Regional semifinals March 25–26 |
| | | | E1 | Maine | 5 |
| East Regional | East Regional | East Regional | E1 | Maine | 5 |
| East Regional | East Regional | East Regional | E5 | Michigan | 2 |
| E4 | Colgate | 3 | E5 | Michigan | 2 |
| E5 | Michigan | 4* | | | |
| | | | W2 | North Dakota | 4 |
| West Regional | West Regional | West Regional | W2 | North Dakota | 4 |
| West Regional | West Regional | West Regional | W6 | Niagara | 1 |
| W3 | New Hampshire | 1 | W6 | Niagara | 1 |
| W6 | Niagara | 4 | | | |

### Frozen Four

| National semifinals April 6 | National semifinals April 6 | National semifinals April 6 | National championship April 8 | National championship April 8 | National championship April 8 |
| W4 | Boston College | 4 | | | |
| E2 | St. Lawrence | 2 | | | |
| E2 | St. Lawrence | 2 | W4 | Boston College | 2 |
| | | | W2 | North Dakota | 4 |
| E1 | Maine | 0 | W2 | North Dakota | 4 |
| W2 | North Dakota | 2 | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Frozen Four
### National semifinal
#### (E1) Maine vs. (W2) North Dakota
### National Championship
#### (W2) North Dakota vs. (W4) Boston College

Scoring summary :
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | UND | Mike Commodore (5) | Lundbohm and Skarperud | 3:48 | 1–0 UND |
| 1st | 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 |
| 3rd | UND | Jason Ulmer (18) – GW | Goren | 54:22 | 3–2 UND |
| 3rd | 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 |
| 1st | BC | Jeff Giuliano | Hooking | 10:02 | 2:00 |
| 1st | UND | Ryan Bayda | Slashing | 11:35 | 2:00 |
| 1st | UND | Chad Mazurak | High-Sticking | 16:28 | 2:00 |
| 1st | BC | Jeff Giuliano | Hooking | 17:13 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | UND | Chad Mazurak | Holding | 20:25 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | UND | Tim O'Connell | Slashing | 23:04 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | BC | BENCH | Too Many Men | 24:21 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | UND | Mike Commodore | Holding | 30:45 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | BC | Ales Dolinar | Slashing | 30:45 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | UND | Mike Commodore | Tripping | 34:26 | 2:00 |
Shots by period :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| Boston College | 13 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| North Dakota | 13 | 12 | 11 | 36 |
Goaltenders :
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice |
| BC | Scott Clemmensen | 32 | 3 | 58:47 |
| UND | Karl Goehring | 21 | 2 | 60:00 |

## 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)

## Record by conference

| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | Regional semifinals | Frozen Four | Championship Game | Champions |
| 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 | - | - | - |