2002 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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2002 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 7–16, 2002
Teams8
Finals siteFleet Center
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsNew Hampshire (1st title)
Winning coachDick Umile[1] (1st title)
MVPDarren Haydar (New Hampshire)
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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[]

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[]

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

2001–02 Hockey East standings
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[]

  Quarterfinals[2]
March 7–9 		Semifinals[3]
March 15 		Championship
March 16
                               
  1 New Hampshire 6 5* — 1 New Hampshire 4  
8 Merrimack 2 4 — 4 Massachusetts-Lowell 3  
  2 Boston University 3 4 —
7 Providence 2 2 —     1 New Hampshire 3
  3 Maine 1
  3 Maine 7 4 –
6 Boston College 3 2 –
  4 Massachusetts-Lowell 5 2 3 2 Boston University 3
5 Northeastern 2 4 1 3 Maine 4  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals[]

(1) New Hampshire vs. (8) Merrimack[]

March 8[4] New Hampshire 6 – 2 Merrimack Whittemore Center Recap  
(Gare, Hemingway) - 08:50 First period No scoring
(Busch, Truelson) - 01:45
(Gare, Prudden) Colin Hemingway - GW - 19:35 		Second period 09:18 - (Aquino)
(Horst, Martz) - 05:41
(Teplitsky, Hemingway) Lanny Gare - 09:20
(Hemingway, Stafford) Darren Haydar - PP - 18:42 		Third period 09:18 - (Aquino)
( 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 - (Rose, Torretti)
13:42 - (Crusco)
(Hemingway, Stafford) Darren Haydar - PP - 08:47
(Busch, Gare) - 10:06
(Hemingway, Stafford) Darren Haydar - PP - 10:36 		Second period 00:33 - PP - (Lauze, Aquino)
18:41 - (Aquino, Parillo)
(Horst, Foley) - 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[]

March 8[6] Boston University 3 – 2 Providence Walter Brown Arena Recap  
(Klema, Dyment) - PP - 15:41 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 08:43 - Devin Rask (DiSalvatore)
17:11 - Stephen Wood (Rask, DiSalvatore)
(Whitney, Dyment) - PP - 10:38
(Pandolfo, Collins) - 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 - (Suderman, Wood)
(Pandolfo, Mullen) - 02:38
(Sabo, McConnell) - 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[]

March 7[8] Maine 7 – 3 Boston College Alfond Arena Recap  
(Ronan) - 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) - 15:55 		Second period No scoring
(Ronan) - 05:09
(Dimitrakos, Schutte) - 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 ( 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) - GW - 10:50 		Second period No scoring
- EN PP - 19:18 Third period 18:32 - SH - Tony Voce (Eaves)
( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats ( 19 saves / 22 shots )
Maine won series 2–0


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

March 7[10] Massachusetts-Lowell 5 – 2 Northeastern Tsongas Arena Recap  
(Concannon, Allison) - 17:44 First period No scoring
(Meunier, Domish) Yorick Treille - 18:18 Second period 12:15 - (Ryan, Guerriero)
(Storm, Concannon) - GW - 10:54
(Schomogyi, Storm) - 11:28
(Allison) - EN - 19:45 		Third period 12:15 - Mike Ryan (Levesque, Fahey)
( 22 saves / 24 shots ) Goalie stats ( 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 - (Fahey, Ryan)
(Hay, Treille) - PP - 05:44
(Gustafson, Green) - PP - 15:37 		Second period 11:19 - GW - (Herriman, Lynch)
No scoring Third period 19:48 - EN - Leon Hayward (Fahey)
( 10 saves / 13 shots ) / Cam McCormick ( 13 saves / 13 shots ) Goalie stats ( 31 saves / 33 shots )
March 9[12] Massachusetts-Lowell 3 – 1 Northeastern Tsongas Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 08:07 - (Guerriero, Ryan)
(Meunier, Hay) Yorick Treille - 00:19 Second period No scoring
(McGrane) Baptiste Amar - GW - 05:55
(Concannon, Allison) - EN - 19:48 		Third period No scoring
Cam McCormick ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Goalie stats ( 32 saves / 34 shots )
Massachusetts-Lowell won series 2–1


Semifinals[]

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

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


(2) Boston University vs. (3) Maine[]

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


Championship[]

(1) New Hampshire vs. (3) Maine[]

March 16[15] New Hampshire 3 – 1 Maine Fleet Center Recap  
(Truelson, Gare) - 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 ( 25 saves / 28 shots )


Tournament awards[]

All-Tournament Team[]

* Tournament MVP(s)

[16]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Hockey East men's Hockey 2001-02 Week 24". USCHO.com. 2002-03-09. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
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  5. ^ "New Hampshire 5, Merrimack 4". USCHO.com. 2002-03-09. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  6. ^ "Boston University 3, Providence 2". USCHO.com. 2002-03-08. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  7. ^ "Boston University 4, Providence 2". USCHO.com. 2002-03-09. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  8. ^ "Maine 7, Boston College 3". USCHO.com. 2002-03-07. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  9. ^ "Maine 4, Boston College 2". USCHO.com. 2002-03-08. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  10. ^ "Massachusetts-Lowell 5, Northeastern 2". USCHO.com. 2002-03-07. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  11. ^ "Northeastern 4, Massachusetts-Lowell 2". USCHO.com. 2002-03-08. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  12. ^ "Massachusetts-Lowell 3, Northeastern 1". USCHO.com. 2002-03-09. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  13. ^ "New Hampshire 4, Massachusetts-Lowell 3". USCHO.com. 2002-03-15. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  14. ^ "Maine 4, Boston University 3". USCHO.com. 2002-03-15. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  15. ^ "New Hampshire 3, Maine 1". USCHO.com. 2002-03-16. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  16. ^ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.

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