2000 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2000 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 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.
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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 	29–7–4 	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===
===Frozen Four===
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
==Regional Quarterfinals==
===West Regional===
====(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Niagara====
====(4) Boston College vs. (5) Michigan State====
===East Regional===
====(3) Boston University vs. (6) St. Cloud State====
====(4) Colgate vs. (5) Michigan====
==Regional Semifinals==
===West Regional===
====(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Boston College====
====(2) North Dakota vs. (6) Niagara====
===East Regional===
====(1) Maine vs. (5) Michigan====
====(2) St. Lawrence vs. (3) Boston University====
==Frozen Four==
===National Semifinal===
====(E2) St. Lawrence vs. (W4) Boston College====
====(E1) Maine vs. (W2) North Dakota====
===National Championship===
====(W2) North Dakota vs. (W4) Boston College====
==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 	- 	- 	-
==See Also==
2000 Frozen Four
==References==
Category:2000 in hockey
Category:NCAA Division I Tournaments