2001 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2001 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 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.
==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.
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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.
==Game locations==
* East Regional – Centrum Centre, Worcester, Massachusetts
* West Regional – Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan
* Frozen Four – Pepsi Arena, Albany, New York
==Bracket==
===Regionals===
===Frozen Four===
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
==Regional Quarterfinals==
===West Regional===
====(3) Michigan vs. (6) Mercyhurst====
====(4) Wisconsin vs. (5) Providence====
===East Regional===
====(3) Colorado College vs. (6) St. Lawrence====
====(4) Minnesota vs. (5) Maine====
==Regional Semifinals==
===West Regional===
====(1) Michigan State vs. (4) Wisconsin====
====(2) St. Cloud State vs. (3) Michigan====
===East Regional===
====(1) Boston College vs. (5) Maine====
====(2) North Dakota vs. (3) Colorado College====
==Frozen Four==
===National Semifinal===
====(W1) Michigan State vs. (E2) North Dakota====
====(E1) Boston College vs. (W3) Michigan====
===National Championship===
====(E1) Boston College vs. (W2) North Dakota====
==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 	- 	- 	- 	-
==See also==
*2001 Frozen Four
==References==
Category:2001 in hockey
Category:NCAA Division I Tournaments