2002 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2002 NCAA Men's Division I 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 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, Minnesota. The University of Minnesota, coached by Don Lucia, won its first NCAA title since 1979 by defeating the University of Maine, coached by Tim Whitehead, 4-3, in overtime on April 6. Matt Koalska tied the game with 53 seconds remaining in regulation with Minnesota goaltender Adam Hauser pulled for an extra attacker. Grant Potulny then won it on his power-play goal at 16:58 of the extra session, giving the Golden Gophers their fourth NCAA championship (6th overall). Minnesota senior forward John Pohl assisted on both the tying and winning goals in his final game in a Gophers uniform.
Minnesota advanced to the finals with a 3-2 semifinal win over Michigan on April 4, after Maine had bested Hockey East rival New Hampshire by a 7-2 score in the other semifinal.
==Qualifying teams==
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded on March 17, 2002. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, Hockey East had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), and the ECAC each had two berths, while the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) received a single bid for its tournament champion.
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Seed 	School 	Conference 	Record 	Berth type 	Appearance 	Last bid 	Seed 	School 	Conference 	Record 	Berth type 	Appearance 	Last bid
1 	New Hampshire (1) 	Hockey East 	29–6–3 	Tournament champion 	12th 	2000 	1 	Denver (2) 	WCHA 	32–7–1 	Tournament champion 	16th 	1999
2 	Boston University 	Hockey East 	25–9–3 	At-large bid 	26th 	2000 	2 	Minnesota 	WCHA 	29–8–4 	At-large bid 	26th 	2001
3 	Maine 	Hockey East 	23–10–7 	At-large bid 	12th 	2001 	3 	Michigan State 	CCHA 	27–8–5 	At-large bid 	22nd 	2001
4 	Cornell 	ECAC 	24–7–2 	At-large bid 	13th 	1997 	4 	Michigan 	CCHA 	26–10–5 	Tournament champion 	25th 	2001
5 	Quinnipiac 	MAAC 	20–12–5 	Tournament champion 	1st 	Never 	5 	St. Cloud State 	WCHA 	29–10–2 	At-large bid 	4th 	2001
6 	Harvard 	ECAC 	15–14–4 	Tournament champion 	17th 	1994 	6 	Colorado College 	WCHA 	26–12–3 	At-large bid 	15th 	2001
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
==Game locations==
* East Regional – Centrum Centre, Worcester, Massachusetts
* West Regional – Yost Ice Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan
* Frozen Four – Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
==Bracket==
===East Regional===
===West Regional===
===Frozen Four===
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
==Regional Quarterfinals==
===East Regional===
====(3) Maine vs. (6) Harvard====
====(4) Cornell vs. (5) Quinnipiac====
===West Regional===
====(3) Michigan State vs. (6) Colorado College====
====(4) Michigan vs. (5) St. Cloud State====
==Regional Semifinals==
===East Regional===
====(1) New Hampshire vs. (4) Cornell====
====(2) Boston University vs. (3) Maine====
===West Regional===
====(1) Denver vs. (4) Michigan====
====(2) Minnesota vs. (6) Colorado College====
==Frozen Four==
===National Semifinal===
====(E1) New Hampshire vs. (E3) Maine====
====(W2) Minnesota vs. (W4) Michigan====
===National Championship===
====(W2) Minnesota vs. (E3) Maine====
==All-Tournament Team==
*G: Adam Hauser (Minnesota)
*D: Peter Metcalf (Maine)
*D: Michael Schutte (Maine)
*F: Robert Liscak (Maine)
*F: John Pohl (Minnesota)
*F: Grant Potulny* (Minnesota)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)
==Record by conference==
Conference 	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Regional Semifinals	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
WCHA 	4 	4-3 	.571 	3 	1 	1 	1
Hockey East	3 	4-3 	.571 	3 	2 	1 	-
CCHA 	2 	2-2 	.500 	1 	1 	- 	-
ECAC 	2 	1-2 	.333 	1 	- 	- 	-
MAAC 	1 	0-1 	.000 	- 	- 	- 	-
==See also==
*2002 Frozen Four
==References==
Category:2002 in hockey
Category:NCAA Division I Tournaments