# 2002 MAAC men's ice hockey tournament

The 2002 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 4th championship in the history of the conference. It was played between March 9 and March 16, 2002. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, the home venue of the Holy Cross Crusaders. By winning the tournament Quinnipiac received MAAC's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament, their first appearance in the tournament.

## Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play with each round being single-elimination. The teams that finish below eighth in the standings are ineligible 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 with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
2001–02 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Mercyhurst† | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 103 | 48 | 37 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 130 | 89 |
| Quinnipiac* | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 89 | 57 | 38 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 129 | 110 |
| Holy Cross | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 95 | 69 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 120 | 109 |
| Sacred Heart | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 92 | 72 | 34 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 111 | 107 |
| Canisius | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 94 | 71 | 35 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 122 | 114 |
| Connecticut | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 86 | 89 | 36 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 104 | 129 |
| Iona | 26 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 26 | 92 | 91 | 33 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 111 | 124 |
| Army | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 87 | 86 | 35 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 109 | 114 |
| American International | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 59 | 112 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 63 | 119 |
| Fairfield | 26 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 53 | 91 | 32 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 72 | 121 |
| Bentley | 26 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 57 | 121 | 32 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 69 | 150 |
| Championship: Quinnipiac † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals
| Quarterfinals March 9 | Quarterfinals March 9 | Quarterfinals March 9 | Semifinals March 14 | Semifinals March 14 | Semifinals March 14 | Championship March 16 | Championship March 16 | Championship March 16 |
| 1 | Mercyhurst | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Army | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Army | 1 | 1 | Mercyhurst | 5 | | | |
| | | | 6 | Connecticut | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Holy Cross | 5 | 6 | Connecticut | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Connecticut | 6 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Connecticut | 6 | | | | 1 | Mercyhurst | 4 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Quinnipiac | 6 |
| 2 | Quinnipiac | 6** | | | | | | | 2 | Quinnipiac | 6 |
| 7 | Iona | 5 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Iona | 5 | 2 | Quinnipiac | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Sacred Heart | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Sacred Heart | 3* | 4 | Sacred Heart | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Canisius | 2 | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Championship
#### (1) Mercyhurst vs. (2) Quinnipiac
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Matt Craig* (Quinnipiac)
* F Chris White (Quinnipiac)
* F Louis Goulet (Mercyhurst)
* D Matt Erhart (Quinnipiac)
* D Mike Muldoon (Mercyhurst)
* G Jamie Holden (Quinnipiac)
* Most Valuable Player(s)