2002 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

The 2002 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 18th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 7 and March 16, 2002. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament New Hampshire received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

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The tournament featured three rounds of play. The team that finishes ninth in the conference is not eligible 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 a best-of-three with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-elimination game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

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Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#3 New Hampshire†* 24 17 4 3 37 103 49 40 30 7 3 184 102
#6 Boston University 24 15 6 3 33 80 65 38 25 10 3 141 110
#2 Maine 24 14 5 5 33 99 62 44 26 11 7 186 116
#14 Massachusetts–Lowell 24 12 9 3 27 70 67 38 22 13 3 121 91
Northeastern 24 11 11 2 24 69 74 39 19 17 3 123 116
Boston College 24 10 13 1 21 73 81 38 18 18 2 119 116
Providence 24 8 13 3 19 68 82 38 13 20 5 115 129
Merrimack 24 6 16 2 14 54 87 36 11 23 2 101 133
Massachusetts 24 3 19 2 8 45 94 34 8 24 2 70 125
Championship: New Hampshire
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

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Quarterfinals[2]
March 7–9
Semifinals[3]
March 15
Championship
March 16
           
1 New Hampshire 6 5*
8 Merrimack 2 4
1 New Hampshire 4
4 Massachusetts-Lowell 3
2 Boston University 3 4
7 Providence 2 2
1 New Hampshire 3
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 Maine 1
3 Maine 7 4
6 Boston College 3 2
2 Boston University 3
3 Maine 4
4 Massachusetts-Lowell 5 2 3
5 Northeastern 2 4 1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

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(1) New Hampshire vs. (8) Merrimack

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March 8[4] New Hampshire 6 – 2 Merrimack Whittemore Center Recap  
(Gare, Hemingway) Joshua Prudden - 08:50 First period No scoring
(Busch, Truelson) Tyson Teplitsky - 01:45
(Gare, Prudden) Colin Hemingway - GW - 19:35
Second period 09:18 - Alex Sikatchev (Aquino)
(Horst, Martz) Justin Aikins - 05:41
(Teplitsky, Hemingway) Lanny Gare - 09:20
(Hemingway, Stafford) Darren Haydar - PP - 18:42
Third period 09:18 - Alex Sikatchev (Aquino)
Matt Carney ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Goalie stats Joe Exter ( 42 saves / 48 shots )
March 9[5] New Hampshire 5 – 4 OT Merrimack Whittemore Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 04:37 - Ryan Kiley (Rose, Torretti)
13:42 - Ryan Cordeiro (Crusco)
(Hemingway, Stafford) Darren Haydar - PP - 08:47
(Busch, Gare) Tim Horst - 10:06
(Hemingway, Stafford) Darren Haydar - PP - 10:36
Second period 00:33 - PP - Alex Sikatchev (Lauze, Aquino)
18:41 - Alex Sikatchev (Aquino, Parillo)
(Horst, Foley) Ed Caron - 05:59 Third period No scoring
(Stafford, Haydar) Steve Saviano - GW - 05:59 First overtime period No scoring
Mike Ayers ( 33 saves / 37 shots ) Goalie stats Joe Exter ( 62 saves / 67 shots )
New Hampshire won series 2–0


(2) Boston University vs. (7) Providence

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March 8[6] Boston University 3 – 2 Providence Walter Brown Arena Recap  
(Klema, Dyment) Justin Maiser - PP - 15:41 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 08:43 - Devin Rask (DiSalvatore)
17:11 - Stephen Wood (Rask, DiSalvatore)
(Whitney, Dyment) David Klema - PP - 10:38
(Pandolfo, Collins) Mark Mullen - GW - 14:32
Third period No scoring
Sean Fields ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Nolan Schaefer ( 37 saves / 40 shots )
March 9[7] Boston University 4 – 2 Providence Walter Brown Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 12:33 - David Carpentier (Suderman, Wood)
(Pandolfo, Mullen) Brian Collins - 02:38
(Sabo, McConnell) Jack Baker - 19:20
Second period 04:55 - PP - Jon DiSalvatore (Fregoe, Rask)
(Johnson, Meyer) Ken Magowan - GW - 01:28
(Skladany, Johnson) Ken Magowan - 06:53
Third period No scoring
Sean Fields ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Nolan Schaefer ( 44 saves / 48 shots )
Boston University won series 2–0


(3) Maine vs. (6) Boston College

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March 7[8] Maine 7 – 3 Boston College Alfond Arena Recap  
(Ronan) Ben Murphy - 08:55
(Reimann, Heisten) Colin Shields - 11:13
(Schutte, Metcalf) Martin Kariya - PP - 16:02
First period 05:57 - Ryan Murphy (Dolinar, Havern)
(Metcalf, Schutte) Martin Kariya - GW PP - 01:55
(Jackson, Liscak) Gray Shaneberger - 15:55
Second period No scoring
(Ronan) Chris Heisten - 05:09
(Dimitrakos, Schutte) Lucas Lawson - 10:17
Third period 00:20 - Ben Eaves (Voce, Shannon)
04:30 - PP - Ned Havern (Walker, Kelleher)
Mike Morrison ( 17 saves / 20 shots ) Goalie stats Tim Kelleher ( 38 saves / 45 shots )
March 8[9] Maine 4 – 2 Boston College Alfond Arena Recap  
(Dimitrakos) Prestin Ryan - 05:59 First period 02:23 - Tony Voce (Eaves)
(Shields, Murphy) Michael Schutte - 06:12
(Shields) Chris Heisten - GW - 10:50
Second period No scoring
Lucas Lawson - EN PP - 19:18 Third period 18:32 - SH - Tony Voce (Eaves)
Matt Yeats ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats Matti Kaltiainen ( 19 saves / 22 shots )
Maine won series 2–0


(4) Massachusetts-Lowell vs. (5) Northeastern

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March 7[10] Massachusetts-Lowell 5 – 2 Northeastern Tsongas Arena Recap  
(Concannon, Allison) Anders Strome - 17:44 First period No scoring
(Meunier, Domish) Yorick Treille - 18:18 Second period 12:15 - Tim Judy (Ryan, Guerriero)
(Storm, Concannon) Anders Strome - GW - 10:54
(Schomogyi, Storm) Darryl Green - 11:28
(Allison) Ed McGrane - EN - 19:45
Third period 12:15 - Mike Ryan (Levesque, Fahey)
Jimi St. John ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) Goalie stats Keni Gibson ( 18 saves / 22 shots )
March 8[11] Massachusetts-Lowell 2 – 4 Northeastern Tsongas Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 12:54 - Mike Ryan (Levesque, Guerriero)
19:24 - PP - Chris Lynch (Fahey, Ryan)
(Hay, Treille) Ed McGrane - PP - 05:44
(Gustafson, Green) Mark Concannon - PP - 15:37
Second period 11:19 - GW - Eric Ortlip (Herriman, Lynch)
No scoring Third period 19:48 - EN - Leon Hayward (Fahey)
Jimi St. John ( 10 saves / 13 shots ) / Cam McCormick ( 13 saves / 13 shots ) Goalie stats Jason Braun ( 31 saves / 33 shots )
March 9[12] Massachusetts-Lowell 3 – 1 Northeastern Tsongas Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 08:07 - Willie Levesque (Guerriero, Ryan)
(Meunier, Hay) Yorick Treille - 00:19 Second period No scoring
(McGrane) Baptiste Amar - GW - 05:55
(Concannon, Allison) Stephen Slonina - EN - 19:48
Third period No scoring
Cam McCormick ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Goalie stats Jason Braun ( 32 saves / 34 shots )
Massachusetts-Lowell won series 2–1


Semifinals

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(1) New Hampshire vs. (4) Massachusetts-Lowell

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March 15[13] New Hampshire 4 – 3 Massachusetts-Lowell Fleet Center Recap  
(Collins, Horst) Darren Haydar - 04:52 First period 13:18 - Josh Reed (Concannon, Strome)
16:37 - Mark Concannon
(Martz, Scott) Kevin Truelson - 11:53
(Haydar) Steve Saviano - 14:03
Second period No scoring
(Gare, Hemingway) Mick Mounsey - GW - 00:37 Third period 09:46 - Ed McGrane (Green, Fontas)
Cam McCormick ( 12 saves / 15 shots ) / Jimi St. John ( 12 saves / 13 shots ) Goalie stats Matt Carney ( 26 saves / 29 shots )


(2) Boston University vs. (3) Maine

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March 15[14] Boston University 3 – 4 Maine Fleet Center Recap  
(Pandolfo, Mullen) Brian Collins - 07:30
(Whitney, Dyment) Brian Collins - 09:11
First period 13:04 - Colin Shields (Reimann)
(Johnson) Chris Dyment - PP - 17:37 Second period 01:08 - Gray Shaneberger (Nault, Liscak)
02:24 - Tom Reimann (Ryan, Heisten)
No scoring Third period 06:59 - GW PP - Niko Dimitrakos (Schutte, Metcalf)
Sean Fields ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) Goalie stats Matt Yeats ( 27 saves / 30 shots )


Championship

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(1) New Hampshire vs. (3) Maine

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March 16[15] New Hampshire 3 – 1 Maine Fleet Center Recap  
(Truelson, Gare) Jim Abbott - PP - 08:16 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 06:51 - PP - Colin Shields (Metcalf, Shields)
(Haydar, Hemingway) Sean Collins - GW PP - 01:16
(Haydar) Steve Saviano - 16:12
Third period No scoring
Mike Ayers ( 31 saves / 32 shots ) Goalie stats Matt Yeats ( 25 saves / 28 shots )


Tournament awards

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* Tournament MVP(s)

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References

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  1. ^ "New Hampshire Men's Team History". Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  2. ^ "Hockey East men's Hockey 2001-02 Week 24". USCHO.com. March 9, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  3. ^ "Hockey East men's Hockey 2001-02 Week 25". USCHO.com. March 16, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  4. ^ "New Hampshire 6, Merrimack 2". USCHO.com. March 8, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  5. ^ "New Hampshire 5, Merrimack 4". USCHO.com. March 9, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  6. ^ "Boston University 3, Providence 2". USCHO.com. March 8, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  7. ^ "Boston University 4, Providence 2". USCHO.com. March 9, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  8. ^ "Maine 7, Boston College 3". USCHO.com. March 7, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  9. ^ "Maine 4, Boston College 2". USCHO.com. March 8, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  10. ^ "Massachusetts-Lowell 5, Northeastern 2". USCHO.com. March 7, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  11. ^ "Northeastern 4, Massachusetts-Lowell 2". USCHO.com. March 8, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  12. ^ "Massachusetts-Lowell 3, Northeastern 1". USCHO.com. March 9, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  13. ^ "New Hampshire 4, Massachusetts-Lowell 3". USCHO.com. March 15, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  14. ^ "Maine 4, Boston University 3". USCHO.com. March 15, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  15. ^ "New Hampshire 3, Maine 1". USCHO.com. March 16, 2002. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  16. ^ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
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