2003 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
| 2003 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 6–15, 2003 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Fleet Center Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | New Hampshire (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Dick Umile[1] (2nd title) |
| MVP | Sean Fields (Boston University) |
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2003 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 19th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 6 and March 17, 2003. 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 2003 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 2003 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
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #3 New Hampshire†* | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 84 | 55 | 42 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 156 | 96 | |
| #8 Boston College† | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 97 | 55 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 149 | 97 | |
| #9 Maine | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 81 | 61 | 39 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 140 | 91 | |
| Providence | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 76 | 71 | 36 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 126 | 104 | |
| #7 Boston University | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 78 | 66 | 42 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 143 | 112 | |
| Massachusetts | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 60 | 80 | 37 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 119 | 125 | |
| Merrimack | 24 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 59 | 80 | 36 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 92 | 116 | |
| Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 63 | 95 | 36 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 110 | 142 | |
| Northeastern | 24 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 54 | 89 | 34 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 83 | 115 | |
| 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 6–8 |
Semifinals[3] March 14 |
Championship March 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | New Hampshire | 8 | 8 | — | 1 | New Hampshire | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 4 | 4 | — | 6 | Massachusetts | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston College | 4 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Merrimack | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | New Hampshire | 1* | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Boston University | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Maine | 3 | 2 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Massachusetts | 5 | 4 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Providence | 4 | 1 | – | 2 | Boston College | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Boston University | 5* | 7 | – | 5 | Boston University | 6** | |||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals[]
(1) New Hampshire vs. (8) Massachusetts-Lowell[]
| March 7[4] | New Hampshire | 8 – 4 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Whittemore Center | Recap | |||
| (Hemingway) Lanny Gare - 10:29 (Lubesnick, Scott) - 18:12 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Prudden) Colin Hemingway - 00:17 (Saviano) - 05:48 (Callander, Yandle) - GW - 13:52 |
Second period | 07:20 - (Green, Martin) 17:03 - (Strome, Tormey) 19:24 - (Domish) | ||||||
| (Callander) - 01:28 (Yandle, Saviano) Sean Collins - 03:58 (Lubesnick, Teplitsky) Steve Saviano - 19:54 |
Third period | 15:58 - (Godoy, Reed) | ||||||
| Mike Ayers ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 16 saves / 23 shots ) / ( 3 saves / 4 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8[5] | New Hampshire | 8 – 4 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Whittemore Center | Recap | |||
| (Stafford, Foley) - 01:44 (Saviano, Aikins) Sean Collins - PP - 13:25 (Stafford, Gare) - PP - 17:06 |
First period | 02:14 - (Slonina) 12:35 - (Slonina, Godoy) | ||||||
| (Stafford, Abbott) Colin Hemingway - PP - 09:46 (Foley) - GW - 15:41 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Saviano, Aikins) - PP - 08:44 (Callander, Ayers) - 12:14 (Gare, Stafford) Colin Hemingway - PP - 16:07 |
Third period | 00:24 - (Reed) 04:41 - (Reed, O'Brien) | ||||||
| Mike Ayers ( 28 saves / 32 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 29 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
| New Hampshire won series 2–0 | |
(2) Boston College vs. (7) Merrimack[]
| March 7[6] | Boston College | 4 – 1 | Merrimack | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| (Spina, Harrold) Ryan Shannon - PP - 16:28 (Eaves, Forrest) Ben Eaves - GW - 18:58 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Alberts, Spina) Ryan Shannon - 15:16 (Spina, Shannon) Andrew Alberts - PP - 18:13 |
Third period | 14:58 - (LaLonde) | ||||||
| ( 12 saves / 13 shots ) | Goalie stats | Joe Exter ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) / ( 2 saves / 4 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8[7] | Boston College | 2 – 1 | Merrimack | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| (D'Arpino, Hennes) - 07:25 | First period | 07:04 - PP - (Schmidt, Johnson) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Voce) J. D. Forrest - GW - 19:42 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 17 saves / 18 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| Boston College won series 2–0 | |
(3) Maine vs. (6) Massachusetts[]
| March 6[8] | Maine | 3 – 5 | Massachusetts | Alfond Arena | Recap | |||
| (Lawson, Nault) Martin Kariya - PP - 08:07 | First period | 12:19 - (Solon) 13:51 - Matt Anderson (Turner, Mauldin) | ||||||
| (Lynch, Liščák) - 09:47 | Second period | 02:54 - (Hanson, Solon) | ||||||
| (Heisten, Barnes) - 01:36 | Third period | 01:54 - GW - (Vitek) 19:14 - EN - Greg Mauldin (Pöck, Warner) | ||||||
| Jimmy Howard ( 9 saves / 12 shots ) / Frank Doyle ( 13 saves / 14 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
| March 7[9] | Maine | 2 – 4 | Massachusetts | Alfond Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 03:01 - Thomas Pöck 11:18 - (Warner, Turner) 16:24 - GW - Stephen Werner (Pöck, Lang) | ||||||
| (Liščák, Ryan) - 12:48 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Shields, Moore) - 05:47 | Third period | 11:55 - PP - (Pöck) | ||||||
| Jimmy Howard ( 6 saves / 9 shots ) / Frank Doyle ( 10 saves / 11 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| Massachusetts won series 2–0 | |
(4) Providence vs. (5) Boston University[]
| March 7[10] | Providence | 4 – 5 | OT | Boston University | Schneider Arena | Recap | ||
| (Wood) Jon DiSalvatore - PP - 04:03 (DiSalvatore) - PP - 13:59 |
First period | 02:56 - Ken Magowan (Redlihs, Maiser) 12:35 - Ken Magowan (Zancanaro) | ||||||
| (Goodwin, Wood) - PP - 07:30 | Second period | 12:48 - Frantisek Skladany (Meyer, McConnell) | ||||||
| Jon DiSalvatore - 00:48 | Third period | 04:35 - Ken Magowan | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 08:03 - GW - Bryan Miller (Laliberte) | ||||||
| Nolan Schaefer ( 41 saves / 46 shots ) | Goalie stats | Sean Fields ( 26 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8[11] | Providence | 1 – 7 | Boston University | Schneider Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 08:40 - SH - (McConnell) 09:57 - GW - John Laliberte | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (DiSalvatore, Fregoe) Devin Rask - PP - 07:14 | Third period | 01:21 - Frantisek Skladany (Cronin) 05:34 - (Redlihs, Mullen) 13:21 - PP - David Van der Gulik (Collins) 13:56 - PP - Dan Spang (Van der Gulik) 17:50 - PP - (Van der Gulik, Sabo) | ||||||
| Nolan Schaefer ( 22 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | Sean Fields ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| Boston University won series 2–0 | |
Semifinals[]
(1) New Hampshire vs. (6) Massachusetts[]
| March 14[12] | New Hampshire | 4 – 3 | Massachusetts | Fleet Center | Recap | |||
| (Truelson, Saviano) - PP - 17:06 (Gare, Mounsey) - 18:08 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 03:24 - Stephen Werner (Kuiper) 14:40 - PP - Greg Mauldin (Lang, Werner) | ||||||
| (Foley) - 03:17 (Martz) Steve Saviano - 06:43 (Aikins, Truelson) - GW - 17:01 |
Third period | 09:40 - Stephen Werner (Degon, Pöck) 09:50 - (Warner) | ||||||
| Mike Ayers ( 26 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 23 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Boston College vs. (5) Boston University[]
| March 14[13] | Boston College | 5 – 6 | 2OT | Boston University | Fleet Center | Recap | ||
| (Gionta, Hennes) Ned Havern - 09:03 | First period | 00:43 - (Whitney) | ||||||
| (Shannon, Harrold) Chris Collins - 01:00 (Adams) - 04:07 |
Second period | 02:08 - (Laliberte) 03:39 - (Magowan, Miller) 16:39 - PP - (Bussoli, Whitney) | ||||||
| (Forrest, Eaves) Tony Voce - PP - 07:18 (Gionta, Eaves) Tony Voce - 04:07 |
Third period | 16:38 - (Spang) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 05:00 - (McConnell) | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 35 shots ) | Goalie stats | Sean Fields ( 46 saves / 51 shots ) | ||||||
Championship[]
(1) New Hampshire vs. (5) Boston University[]
| March 15[14] | New Hampshire | 1 – 0 | OT | Boston University | Fleet Center | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| - GW - 11:43 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Ayers ( 24 saves / 24 shots ) | Goalie stats | Sean Fields ( 40 saves / 41 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards[]
All-Tournament Team[]
- F (Boston University)
- F Steve Saviano (New Hampshire)
- F Stephen Werner (Massachusetts)
- D Garrett Stafford (New Hampshire)
- D Thomas Pöck (Massachusetts)
- G Sean Fields* (Boston University)
* Tournament MVP(s)
Tournament Three Stars[]
- 3 Stephen Werner (Massachusetts)
- 2 Steve Saviano (New Hampshire)
- 1 Sean Fields (Boston University)
References[]
- ^ "New Hampshire Men's Team History". Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ "Hockey East men's Hockey 2002-03 Week 24". USCHO.com. 2003-03-08. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ "Hockey East men's Hockey 2002-03 Week 25". USCHO.com. 2003-03-15. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ "New Hampshire 8, Massachusetts-Lowell 4". USCHO.com. 2003-03-07. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ "New Hampshire 8, Massachusetts-Lowell 4". USCHO.com. 2003-03-08. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ "Boston College 4, Merrimack 1". USCHO.com. 2003-03-07. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ "Boston College 2, Merrimack 1". USCHO.com. 2003-03-08. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ "Massachusetts 5, Maine 3". USCHO.com. 2003-03-06. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ "Massachusetts 4, Maine 2". USCHO.com. 2003-03-07. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ "Boston University 5, Providence 4". USCHO.com. 2003-03-07. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ "Boston University 7, Providence 1". USCHO.com. 2003-03-08. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ "New Hampshire 5, Massachusetts 4". USCHO.com. 2003-03-14. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ "Boston University 6, Boston College 5". USCHO.com. 2003-03-14. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ "New Hampshire 1, Boston University 0". USCHO.com. 2003-03-15. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ "2003 Hockey East Championship". Inside College Hockey. 2003-03-15. Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
External links[]
Categories:
- Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
- 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season