2001-2002 Season for Professional and College Hockey: The Frozen Four
Updated September 14, 2021 |
Infoplease Staff
Regional Seeds
Frozen Four teams in bold.
| West | East | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver (32-7-1) | 1 | New Hampshire (29-6-3) |
| 2 | Minnesota (29-8-4) | 2 | Boston University (25-9-3) |
| 3 | Michigan St. (27-8-5) | 3 | Maine (23-10-7) |
| 4 | Michigan (26-10-5) | 4 | Cornell (24-7-2) |
| 5 | St. Cloud St. (29-10-2) | 5 | Quinnipiac (20-12-5) |
| 6 | Colorado College (26-12-3) | 6 | Harvard (15-14-4) |
Held at Yost Arena in Ann Arbor, Mich., March 22-23. Single elimination, two second round winners advance to Frozen Four.
First Round
| Colorado College 2 | Michigan St. 0 |
| Michigan 4 | St. Cloud St. 2 |
(Byes: Minnesota and Denver)
Second Round
| Minnesota 4 | Colorado College 2 |
| Michigan 5 | Denver 3 |
East Regional
Held at the Worcester (Mass.) Centrum, March 23-24. Single elimination, two second round winners advance to Frozen Four.
First Round
| Maine 4 | OT | Harvard 3 |
| Cornell 6 | Quinnipiac 1 | |
(Byes: New Hampshire and Boston University)
Second Round
| Maine 4 | Boston University 3 |
| New Hampshire 4 | Cornell 3 |
The Frozen Four
Held at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn, April 4 and April 6. Single elimination; no consolation game.
Semifinals
| Maine 7 | New Hampshire 2 |
| Minnesota 3 | Michigan 2 |
Championship Game
Minnesota, 4-3 (OT)
| Maine (HE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — 3 |
| Minnesota (WCHA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — 4 |
1st Period: MIN—Keith Ballard 10 (Troy Riddle, Nick Angell), 7:18 (pp).
2nd Period: ME—Michael Schutte 12 (Peter Metcalf, Niko Dimitrakos), 4:47 (pp); MIN—John Pohl 27 (Nick Anthony, Angell), 5:38.
3rd Period: ME—Schutte 13 (Prestin Ryan, Todd Jackson), 1:17; ME—Robert Liscak 17 (Dimitrakos), 15:27; MIN—Matt Koalska 10 (Riddle, Pohl), 19:07.
Overtime: MIN—Grant Potulny 15 (Pohl, Jordan Leopold), 16:58 (pp).
Goalies: ME—Matt Yeats (35 shots, 31 saves); MIN—Adam Hauser (45 shots, 42 saves). Attendance: 19,324.
Most Outstanding Player: Grant Potulny, sophomore forward; 2 goals in semifinal game; game-winning goal in championship game.
All-Tournament Team: Potulny, forward John Pohl, and goalie Adam Hauser of Minnesota; forward Robert Liscak and defensemen Peter Metcalf and Michael Schutte of Maine.
| U.S. Division I College Hockey | 2001-2002 Season | Hobey Baker Award |
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