2002 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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2002 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 9–16, 2002
Teams8
Finals siteHart Center
Worcester, Massachusetts
ChampionsQuinnipiac (1st title)
Winning coachRand Pecknold[1] (1st title)
MVP (Quinnipiac)
MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2002 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 4th championship in the history of the conference. It was played between March 9 and March 16, 2002. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, the home venue of the Holy Cross Crusaders. By winning the tournament Quinnipiac received MAAC's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament, their first appearance in the tournament.

Format[]

The tournament featured three rounds of play with each round being single-elimination. The teams that finish below eighth in the standings are ineligible 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 with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I 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 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Mercyhurst† 26 21 2 3 45 103 48 37 24 10 3 130 89
Quinnipiac* 26 15 6 5 35 89 57 38 20 13 5 129 110
Holy Cross 26 14 7 5 33 95 69 34 17 12 5 120 109
Sacred Heart 26 15 8 3 33 92 72 34 16 14 4 111 107
Canisius 26 13 9 4 30 94 71 35 14 17 4 122 114
Connecticut 26 11 10 5 27 86 89 36 13 16 7 104 129
Iona 26 12 12 2 26 92 91 33 13 18 2 111 124
Army 26 9 11 6 24 87 86 35 11 18 6 109 114
American International 26 6 20 0 12 59 112 28 7 21 0 63 119
Fairfield 26 4 19 3 11 53 91 32 6 23 3 72 121
Bentley 26 4 20 2 10 57 121 32 4 26 2 69 150
Championship: Quinnipiac
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket[]

[2] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

Quarterfinals[3]
March 9 		Semifinals[4]
March 14 		Championship
March 16
         
1 Mercyhurst 2
8 Army 1
1 Mercyhurst 5
6 Connecticut 0
3 Holy Cross 5
6 Connecticut 6
1 Mercyhurst 4
2 Quinnipiac 6
2 Quinnipiac 6**
7 Iona 5
2 Quinnipiac 3
4 Sacred Heart 2
4 Sacred Heart 3*
5 Canisius 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals[]

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (8) Army[]

March 9[5] Mercyhurst 2 – 1 Army Mercyhurst Ice Center Recap  
(Rynshoven) - 19:39 First period 14:38 - (Boyle, Healey)
(Hansen, Tackaberry) - GW - 10:18 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Peter Aubry ( 21 saves / 22 shots ) Goalie stats ( 28 saves / 30 shots )


(2) Quinnipiac vs. (7) Iona[]

March 9[6] Quinnipiac 6 – 5 2OT Iona Northford Ice Pavilion Recap  
(Froehlich, Breen) - 03:06
(Froehlich, Morton) - 07:54 		First period 06:59 - PP - (Kellogg)
11:28 - PP - (Lutz, Carter)
13:43 - PP - (Lutz, Carter)
(Olson) - PP - 04:24
(Craig, Olson) - 07:17
(Froehlich) - 13:30 		Second period 06:13 - (Ruhl, Schroeder)
No scoring Third period 19:37 - EA - (Williams, Bararuk)
(Morton, Breen) - GW - 06:18 Second overtime period No scoring
( 8 saves / 12 shots ) / ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) Goalie stats ( 50 saves / 56 shots )


(3) Holy Cross vs. (6) Connecticut[]

March 9[7] Holy Cross 5 – 6 Connecticut Hart Center Recap  
(Kealey, Smith) Patrick Rissmiller - 01:08 First period 08:49 - (Ames, Nelson)
12:04 - (D'Angelo, Kamienski)
No scoring Second period 05:43 - (Murphy, Miller)
11:11 - (Rhein, Herhal)
18:16 -
(Coskren) - 01:14
(Rissmiller, Irving) - PP - 09:01
Patrick Rissmiller - 13:10
(Rissmiller, Doria) - 16:59 		Third period 19:39 - GW - (Grew, D'Angelo)
( 28 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats ( 39 saves / 44 shots )


(4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) Canisius[]

March 9[8] Sacred Heart 3 – 2 Canisius Milford Ice Pavilion  
No Scoring First period 02:26 - PP - (Duggan, Deeves)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Metcalfe) - 14:08
(Henck, Marks) - 14:39 		Third period 02:20 - (Lucas, Street)
(Hrapchak) - GW - 10:31 Overtime No scoring
Eddy Ferhi ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats ( 34 saves / 37 shots )


Semifinals[]

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (6) Connecticut[]

March 14[9] Mercyhurst 5 – 0 Connecticut Hart Center Recap  
(Goulet, Rivers) - GW - 05:23
(Carter) Mike Muldoon - PP - 07:11 		First period No scoring
- SH - 10:24 Second period No scoring
- 03:32
(Kemp, Hansen) - PP - 08:39 		Third period No scoring
Peter Aubry ( 28 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats ( 27 saves / 32 shots )


(2) Quinnipiac vs. (4) Sacred Heart[]

March 14[10] Quinnipiac 3 – 2 Sacred Heart Hart Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 16:23 - (Spostio, Forsland)
(Winkler, Bennett) - PP - 02:38
(White) - 03:36
(Olson, Blais) - GW - 06:33 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 04:19 - PP - (Mokos, McRae)
( 33 saves / 35 shots ) Goalie stats Eddy Ferhi ( 22 saves / 25 shots )


Championship[]

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (2) Quinnipiac[]

March 16[11] Mercyhurst 4 – 6 Quinnipiac Hart Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 04:42 - (Bennett, Herbert)
10:48 - (Olson, White)
15:42 - (Ennis, Breen)
18:14 - (White, Watkins)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Kemp, Rynshoven) Rich Hansen - PP - 01:55
(Olsen, King) David Wrigley - 05:36
(Rynshoven, Kemp) - PP - 09:33
(Goulet, Rivers) - 15:57 		Third period 02:38 - GW PP - (Breen, Winkler)
19:51 - EN - Ryan Olson
Peter Aubry ( 4 saves / 8 shots ) / ( 17 saves / 18 shots ) Goalie stats ( 38 saves / 42 shots )


Tournament awards[]

All-Tournament Team[]

  • F * (Quinnipiac)
  • F (Quinnipiac)
  • F (Mercyhurst)
  • D (Quinnipiac)
  • D (Mercyhurst)
  • G (Quinnipiac)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Quinnipiac Men's Team History". Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  2. ^ "MAAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  3. ^ "MAAC men's 2001-02 Results Week 24". Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  4. ^ "MAAC men's 2001-02 Results Week 25". Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  5. ^ "Mercyhurst 2, Army 1". USCHO.com. 2002-03-09. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  6. ^ "Quinnipiac 6, Iona 5". USCHO.com. 2002-03-09. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  7. ^ "Connecticut 6, Holy Cross 5". USCHO.com. 2002-03-09. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  8. ^ "Sacred Heart 3, Canisius 2". USCHO.com. 2002-03-09. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  9. ^ "Mercyhurst 5, Connecticut 0". USCHO.com. 2002-03-14. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  10. ^ "Quinnipiac 3, Sacred Heart 2". USCHO.com. 2002-03-14. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  11. ^ "Quinnipiac 6, Mercyhurst 4". USCHO.com. 2002-03-16. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  12. ^ "QU Men's Hockey beats Mercyhurst and goes to NCAA's". The Quinnipiac Chronicle. 2002-03-21. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
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