2000 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2000 NCAA Men's Division I
Ice Hockey Tournament

2000 Frozen Four logo
Teams	12
Finals site	Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island
Champions	North Dakota Fighting Sioux (7th title)
Runner-up	Boston College Eagles (5th title game)
Semifinalists	Maine Black Bears (7th Frozen Four) St. Lawrence Saints (9th Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Dean Blais (2nd title)
MOP	Lee Goren (North Dakota)
Attendance	69,421
← 1999  NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments 2001 →

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.

West Regional – Minneapolis							East Regional – Albany
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	29–7–3	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.

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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[]

	National Semifinals April 6					National Championship April 8
	W4	Boston College	4
	E2	St. Lawrence	2
						W4	Boston College	2
						W2	North Dakota	4
	E1	Maine	0
	W2	North Dakota	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional Quarterfinals[]

West Regional[]

(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Niagara[]

March 24[2]	New Hampshire		1 – 4		Niagara	Mariucci Arena
No Scoring		First period			07:23 – (Sebastian) 09:06 – GW – (DeSantis, Kasperek)
No scoring		Second period			11:19 – (Isherwood)
(Gare, Truelson) Darren Haydar – 01:29		Third period			18:40 – EN – (Makela)
Ty Conklin ( 15 saves / 18 shots )		Goalie stats			Greg Gardner ( 34 saves / 35 shots )

(4) Boston College vs. (5) Michigan State[]

March 24[3]	Boston College		6 – 5	OT	Michigan State	Mariucci Arena
No Scoring		First period			04:19 – Adam Hall (Horcoff, Maloney) 08:33 – (Patchell)
(Mottau, Allen) Jeff Farkas – PP – 00:34 (Allen, Lephart) Brian Gionta – PP – 01:39 Blake Bellefeuille – SH – 14:02		Second period			09:53 – Andrew Hutchinson
(Hughes, Kolanos) – PP – 10:35 (Mottau, Bellefeuille) – EA PP – 19:10		Third period			01:11 – PP – John-Michael Liles (Horcoff, Hutchinson)13:05 – PP – (Horcoff, Liles)
(Gionta, Mottau) Jeff Farkas – GW PP – 11:53		First overtime period			No scoring
Scott Clemmensen ( 17 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats			Ryan Miller ( 36 saves / 42 shots )

East Regional[]

(3) Boston University vs. (6) St. Cloud State[]

March 25[4]	Boston University		5 – 3		St. Cloud State	Pepsi Arena
Carl Corazzini – 02:35 (Sabo, Corazzini) – 09:19 (Collins, Gillis) Mike Pandolfo – PP – 15:39		First period			No scoring
(Corazzini) – GW – 13:39		Second period			12:22 – Mike Pudlick (Walsh) 18:26 – PP – Ryan Malone (Motzko, Anderson)
(Gillis, Degerman) – 14:10		Third period			18:34 – (Westcott)
Rick DiPietro ( 23 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats			Scott Meyer ( 19 saves / 24 shots )

(4) Colgate vs. (5) Michigan[]

March 25[5]	Colgate		3 – 4	OT	Michigan	Pepsi Arena
No Scoring		First period			06:41 – (Langfeld, Koch) 16:55 – PP – Mike Comrie (Cammalleri)
(Marostega) Andy McDonald – PP – 12:43 (Murphy, McDonald) – PP – 17:13		Second period			06:39 – PP – (Cammalleri, Shouneyia)
(McDonald, Nolan) – 19:12		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			12:44 – GW – (Comrie)
( 31 saves / 35 shots )		Goalie stats			Josh Blackburn ( 28 saves / 31 shots )

Regional Semifinals[]

West Regional[]

(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Boston College[]

March 25[6]	Wisconsin		1 – 4		Boston College	Mariucci Arena
(Doman, Hussey) Jeff Dessner – PP – 04:37		First period			02:40 – PP – Blake Bellefeuille 19:37 – GW – Brian Gionta (Scuderi)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			00:16 – Jeff Giuliano (Lephart) 19:56 – EN – Brian Gionta (Dolinar)
( 24 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			Scott Clemmensen ( 28 saves / 29 shots )

(2) North Dakota vs. (6) Niagara[]

March 25[7]	North Dakota		4 – 1		Niagara	Mariucci Arena
(Ulmer) Ryan Bayda – 03:11 (Panzer, Lundbohm) Mike Commodore – GW PP – 19:06		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			12:13 – PP – (Sivonen, MacKenzie)
(Panzer) Lee Goren – 01:05 (Panzer, Lundbohm) – 13:31		Third period			No scoring
( 26 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			Greg Gardner ( 39 saves / 43 shots )

East Regional[]

(1) Maine vs. (5) Michigan[]

March 26[8]	Maine		5 – 2		Michigan	Pepsi Arena
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			12:22 – SH – Mike Comrie (Ortmeyer, Peach)
(Dimitrakos, Reimann) Ben Guite – PP – 05:14 (Larose, Loya) Ben Guite – 08:01 (Heisten) – GW – 14:29 (Reimann) Matthias Trattnig – 15:31 – EN SH – 19:09		Third period			06:52 – PP – Mike Comrie (Cammalleri, Ortmeyer)
( 26 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Josh Blackburn ( 40 saves / 44 shots )

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (3) Boston University[]

March 26[9]	St. Lawrence		3 – 2	4OT	Boston University	Pepsi Arena
(Gellard) Brandon Dietrich – 17:14		First period			No scoring
(Muir) – 02:01		Second period			12:48 – PP – Mike Pandolfo
No scoring		Third period			11:50 – PP – (Dyment, Gillis)
(Lorentz) – GW – 03:53		Fourth overtime period			No scoring
Derek Gustafson ( 72 saves / 74 shots )		Goalie stats			Rick DiPietro ( 77 saves / 80 shots )

Frozen Four[]

National Semifinal[]

(E2) St. Lawrence vs. (W4) Boston College[]

April 6[10]	St. Lawrence		2 – 4		Boston College	Providence Civic Center
(Anderson) – 16:15		First period			No scoring
– PP – 10:38		Second period			10:38 – SH – Blake Bellefeuille
No scoring		Third period			03:04 – Mike Mottau (Cass, Farkas)18:03 – GW – Jeff Farkas 19:59 – EN – Brian Gionta
Derek Gustafson ( 28 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats			Scott Clemmensen ( 26 saves / 28 shots )

(E1) Maine vs. (W2) North Dakota[]

April 6[11]	Maine		0 – 2		North Dakota	Providence Civic Center
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			07:35 – GW PP – Bryan Lundbohm (Schneekloth) 13:35 – SH – (Notermann)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 30 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats			Karl Goehring ( 32 saves / 34 shots )

National Championship[]

(W2) North Dakota vs. (W4) Boston College[]

April 8[12]

North Dakota

4 – 2

Boston College

Providence Civic Center

Recap

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	UND	Mike Commodore (5)	Lundbohm and Skarperud	3:48	1–0 UND
	BC	Jeff Farkas (32) – PP	Bellefeuille and Gionta	16:47	1–1
2nd	BC	(5)	Gionta	26:59	2–1 BC
3rd	UND	Lee Goren (33)	Bayda	42:43	2–2
	UND	Jason Ulmer (18) – GW	Goren	54:22	3–2 UND
	UND	Lee Goren (34) – EN	unassisted	59:14	4–2 UND
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	UND	Aaron Schneekloth	Cross-Checking	6:32	2:00
	BC	Jeff Giuliano	Hooking	10:02	2:00
	UND	Ryan Bayda	Slashing	11:35	2:00
	UND	Chad Mazurak	High-Sticking	16:28	2:00
	BC	Jeff Giuliano	Hooking	17:13	2:00
2nd	UND	Chad Mazurak	Holding	20:25	2:00
	UND	Tim O'Connell	Slashing	23:04	2:00
	BC	BENCH	Too Many Men	24:21	2:00
	UND	Mike Commodore	Holding	30:45	2:00
	BC	Ales Dolinar	Slashing	30:45	2:00
	UND	Mike Commodore	Tripping	34:26	2:00

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)^[13]

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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	-	-	-

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