2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2007 NCAA Men's Division I
Ice Hockey Tournament
	2007 Frozen Four logo
Teams	16
Finals site	Scottrade Center; St. Louis, Missouri;
Champions	Michigan State Spartans (3rd title)
Runner-up	Boston College Eagles (8th title game)
Semifinalists	North Dakota Fighting Sioux (17th Frozen Four); Maine Black Bears (11th Frozen Four);
Winning coach	Rick Comley (2nd title)
MOP	Justin Abdelkader (Michigan State)
Attendance	115,684
	← 2006 ; NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments; 2008 →;

The 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey as the culmination of the 2006–07 season. The tournament began on March 23, 2007, and ended with the championship game on April 7.^[1]

Tournament procedure[]

Rochester

Grand Rapids

Denver

Manchester

St. Louis

2007 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red)

The NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship is a single-elimination tournament featuring 16 teams representing all six Division I conferences in the nation. The Championship Committee seeds the entire field from 1 to 16 within four regionals of 4 teams. The winners of the six Division I conference championships receive automatic bids to participate in the NCAA Championship.

The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following were the sites for the 2007 regionals:

March 23 and 24: East Regional, Blue Cross Arena – Rochester, New York (Host: ECAC Hockey League); Midwest Regional, Van Andel Arena – Grand Rapids, Michigan (Host: Western Michigan University)

March 24 and 25: West Regional, Pepsi Center – Denver, Colorado (Host: University of Denver); Northeast Regional, Verizon Wireless Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire (Host: University of New Hampshire)

Each regional winner advanced to the Frozen Four:

April 5 and 7: Scottrade Center – St. Louis, Missouri (Hosts: College Hockey America and the St. Louis Sports Commission)

Qualifying teams[]

Hockey East had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) had four teams receive a berth, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had three teams receive a berth, the ECACHL had two teams receive a berth, and Atlantic Hockey and College Hockey America (CHA) each had one team receive a berth.

East Regional – Rochester							Northeast Regional – Manchester
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Clarkson	ECACHL	25–8–5	Tournament champion	19th	1999	1	New Hampshire	Hockey East	26–10–2	At-large bid	17th	2006
2	St. Cloud State	WCHA	22–10–7	At-large bid	6th	2003	2	Boston College	Hockey East	26–11–1	Tournament champion	27th	2006
3	Maine	Hockey East	21–14–2	At-large bid	17th	2006	3	St. Lawrence	ECACHL	23–13–2	At-large bid	16th	2001
4	Massachusetts	Hockey East	20–12–5	At-large bid	1st	Never	4	Miami	CCHA	23–13–4	At-large bid	5th	2006
West Regional – Denver							Midwest Regional – Grand Rapids
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid	Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Minnesota	WCHA	30–9–3	Tournament champion	31st	2006	1	Notre Dame	CCHA	31–6–3	Tournament champion	2nd	2004
2	Michigan	CCHA	26–13–1	At-large bid	30th	2006	2	Boston University	Hockey East	20–9–9	At-large bid	30th	2006
3	North Dakota	WCHA	22–13–5	At-large bid	22nd	2006	3	Michigan State	CCHA	22–13–3	At-large bid	25th	2006
4	Air Force	Atlantic Hockey	19–15–5	Tournament champion	1st	Never	4	Alabama–Huntsville	CHA	13–19–3	Tournament champion	1st	Never

Brackets[]

The Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado hosted the West Regional, including this game between Minnesota and Air Force.

The number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

West Regional – Denver, Colorado[]

Regional Semifinals March 24			Regional Final March 25

1	Minnesota (1)	4

4	Air Force	3
			1	Minnesota (1)	2

			3	North Dakota	3*
2	Michigan	5

3	North Dakota	8

Midwest Regional – Grand Rapids, Michigan[]

Regional Semifinals March 23			Regional Final March 24

1	Notre Dame (2)	3**

4	Alabama-Huntsville	2
			1	Notre Dame (2)	1

			3	Michigan State	2
2	Boston University	1

3	Michigan State	5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

East Regional – Rochester, New York[]

Regional Semifinals March 23			Regional Final March 24

1	Clarkson (3)	0

4	Massachusetts	1*
			4	Massachusetts	1

			3	Maine	3
2	St. Cloud State	1

3	Maine	4

Northeast Regional – Manchester, New Hampshire[]

Regional Semifinals March 24			Regional Final March 25

1	New Hampshire (4)	1

4	Miami	2
			4	Miami	0

			2	Boston College	4
2	Boston College	4

3	St. Lawrence	1

Frozen Four – St. Louis, Missouri[]

National semifinals April 5			National championship April 7

W3	North Dakota	4

NE2	Boston College	6
			NE2	Boston College	1

			MW3	Michigan State	3
E3	Maine	2

MW3	Michigan State	4

Regional Semifinals[]

West Regional[]

March 24, 2007

Minnesota

4–3
(0–1, 1–1, 3–1)

Air Force

Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 11,161

Game reference

Kellen Briggs

Goalies

Referees:
Scott Hansen
Andy O'Brien, Dave Kronenberg

	0 – 1	09:55 – (Fairchild)
(Vannelli) – 29:00	1 – 1
	1 – 2	39:23 – PP – (Phillipich, Mayra)
	1 – 3	45:22 – (Fairchild, Schiavone)
Ryan Stoa (Okposo, Kaufmann) – PP – 51:50	2 – 3
Jim O'Brien (Johnson, Peltier) – 53:00	3 – 3
Mike Carman (Goligoski, Vannelli) – GW – 55:26	4 – 3

8 min

Penalties

8 min

37

Shots

31

March 25, 2007

Michigan

5–8
(3–4, 2–3, 0–1)

North Dakota

Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 11,171

Game reference

Billy Sauer

Goalies

Jean-Philippe Lamoureux

Referees:
Dave Hansen
Bob Bernard, Tim Low

Kevin Porter (Hensick, Johnson) – 00:26	1 – 0
Chris Summers (Cogliano) – 00:58	2 – 0
	2 – 1	03:05 – PP – Chris Porter (VandeVelde, Genoway)
T. J. Hensick (Rohlfs, Johnson) – 04:58	3 – 1
	3 – 2	14:36 – PP – Chris Porter (Miller, Genoway)
	3 – 3	16:28 – T. J. Oshie (Duncan, Lee)
	3 – 4	18:47 – PP – Jonathan Toews (Bina, Duncan)
T. J. Hensick (Porter, Hunwick) – PP – 20:14	4 – 4
Andrew Cogliano (unassisted) – 20:58	5 – 4
	5 – 5	23:16 – PP – Robbie Bina (Oshie)
	5 – 6	24:53 – GW – (Watkins, Porter)
	5 – 7	28:03 – PP – T. J. Oshie (Bina, Duncan)
	5 – 8	57:49 – SH EN – T. J. Oshie (unassisted)

28 min

Penalties

10 min

34

Shots

27

Midwest Regional[]

March 24, 2007

Notre Dame

1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Michigan State

Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Attendance: 4,839

Game reference

David Brown

Goalies

Jeff Lerg

Referees:
Peter Feola
Robert St. Lawrence, Marty Demers

	0 – 1	26:04 – PP – Chris Mueller (Snavely, Graham)
	0 – 2	45:59 – GW PP – Tim Kennedy (Crowder, Abdelkader)
Evan Rankin (Blatchford, Paige) – 54:52	1 – 2

16 min

Penalties

20 min

20

Shots

25

East Regional[]

March 24, 2007

Maine

3–1
(0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Massachusetts

Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, New York
Attendance: 3,522

Game reference

Ben Bishop

Goalies

Jonathan Quick

Referees:
Matt Shegos
John Philo, Bruce Vida

Bret Tyler (Soares, Léveillé) – 25:23	1 – 0
(Soares, Ryan) – GW PP – 29:45	2 – 0
	2 – 1	38:14 – PP – Matt Anderson (Jarman, Fenton)
(Tyler, Ryan) – PP – 46:28	3 – 1

16 min

Penalties

16 min

29

Shots

36

Northeast Regional[]

March 25, 2007

Boston College

4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Miami

Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, New Hampshire
Attendance: 7,077

Game reference

Cory Schneider

Goalies

Jeff Zatkoff

Referees:
Derek Shepard
Butch Mousseaux, Bob Keltie

(Ferriero, Brennan) – GW – 23:00	1 – 0
(Bertram, Smith) – PP – 25:44	2 – 0
(Lombardi) – 47:27	3 – 0
Benn Ferriero (Bertram, Motherwell) – 51:21	4 – 0

20 min

Penalties

29 min

33

Shots

37

Regional Finals[]

West Regional[]

March 25, 2007

Minnesota

2–3
(1–1, 0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

North Dakota

Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 11,217

Game reference

Jeff Frazee

Goalies

Jean-Philippe Lamoureux

Referees:
Tim Benedetto
Bob Bernard, Tim Low

Mike Carman (Vannelli, Lucia) – 02:22	1 – 0
	1 – 1	06:49 – Ryan Duncan (Lee)
	1 – 2	42:08 – PP – Robbie Bina (Toews, Oshie)
(Vannelli, Goligoski) – PP – 53:11	2 – 2
	2 – 3	69:43 – Chris Porter (Watkins, Jones)

10 min

Penalties

25 min

29

Shots

36

Midwest Regional[]

March 24, 2007

Notre Dame

1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Michigan State

Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Attendance: 4,839

Game reference

David Brown

Goalies

Jeff Lerg

Referees:
Peter Feola
Robert St. Lawrence, Marty Demers

	0 – 1	26:04 – PP – Chris Mueller (Snavely, Graham)
	0 – 2	45:59 – GW PP – Tim Kennedy (Crowder, Abdelkader)
Evan Rankin (Blatchford, Paige) – 54:52	1 – 2

16 min

Penalties

20 min

20

Shots

25

East Regional[]

March 24, 2007

Maine

3–1
(0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Massachusetts

Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, New York
Attendance: 3,522

Game reference

Ben Bishop

Goalies

Jonathan Quick

Referees:
Matt Shegos
John Philo, Bruce Vida

Bret Tyler (Soares, Léveillé) – 25:23	1 – 0
(Soares, Ryan) – GW PP – 29:45	2 – 0
	2 – 1	38:14 – PP – Matt Anderson (Jarman, Fenton)
(Tyler, Ryan) – PP – 46:28	3 – 1

16 min

Penalties

16 min

29

Shots

36

Northeast Regional[]

March 25, 2007

Boston College

4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Miami

Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, New Hampshire
Attendance: 7,077

Game reference

Cory Schneider

Goalies

Jeff Zatkoff

Referees:
Derek Shepard
Butch Mousseaux, Bob Keltie

(Ferriero, Brennan) – GW – 23:00	1 – 0
(Bertram, Smith) – PP – 25:44	2 – 0
(Lombardi) – 47:27	3 – 0
Benn Ferriero (Bertram, Motherwell) – 51:21	4 – 0

20 min

Penalties

29 min

33

Shots

37

Frozen Four[]

National semifinals[]

April 5, 2007

Boston College

6–4
(1–1, 1–1, 4–2)

North Dakota

Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 18,857

Game reference

Cory Schneider

Goalies

Philippe Lamoureux

Referees:
Matt Shegos
Kevin Langseth, John Philo

	0 – 1	10:28 – Chris Porter (Lee, VandeVelde)
(Smith, O'Hanley) – pp – 15:41	1 – 1
	1 – 2	23:51 – pp – Jonathan Toews (Oshie, Chorney)
(Sneep, Gerbe) – pp – 35:21	2 – 2
Ben Smith (Gerbe, Motherwell) – 53:00	3 – 2
	3 – 3	55:22 – sh – T. J. Oshie
Nathan Gerbe (, Motherwell) – pp – 55:54	4 – 3
Joe Rooney (Boyle, Schneider) – en – 59:10	5 – 3
	5 – 4	59:43 – pp – Chris Porter (Oshie, Chorney)
Nathan Gerbe – en – 59:54	6 – 4

14 min

Penalties

14 min

45

Shots

29

April 5, 2007

Michigan State

4–2
(1–2, 1–0, 2–0)

Maine

Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 18,857

Game reference

Jeff Lerg

Goalies

Ben Bishop

Referees:
Derek Shepherd
Butch Mousseaux, Bob Keltie

	0 – 1	0:23 – Keith Johnson (Soares, Léveillé)
	0 – 2	3:24 – Josh Soares (Ramsey, Johnson)
Mueller – 7:25	1 – 2
Chris Snavely (Abdelkader, Kennedy) – 36:32	2 – 2
Nick Sucharski (Schepke, Sprague) – 45:11	3 – 2
(Mueller) – 49:46	4 – 2

6 min

Penalties

8 min

33

Shots

31

National championship[]

April 7, 2007

(NE2) Boston College

1–3
(0–0, 1–0, 0–3)

(MW3) Michigan State

Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 19,432

Game reference
				Referee: Derek Shepherd Linesmen: Bob Keltie Butch Mousseaux

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	None
2nd	BC	Brian Boyle (19) – PP	Bradford	26:50	1–0 BC
3rd	MSU	Tim Kennedy (18) – PP	Abdelkader	49:53	1–1
	MSU	Justin Abdelkader (15) – GW	Kennedy and Howells	59:41	2–1 MSU
	MSU	Chris Mueller (16) – EN	McKenzie and Vukovic	59:58	3–1 MSU
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	MSU	Chris Snavely	Obstruction Interference	09:46	2:00
	BC	Dan Bertram	Holding the Stick	17:34	2:00
	MSU	Ethan Graham	Unsportsmanlike Conduct	17:51	2:00
	BC	Nathan Gerbe	Unsportsmanlike Conduct	17:51	2:00
2nd	MSU	Justin Abdelkader	Hooking	23:34	2:00
	MSU	Tim Crowder	Hooking	25:00	2:00
	BC	Tim Filangieri	Interference	28:38	2:00
	BC	Brian Boyle	Tripping	30:31	2:00
	BC	Carl Sneep	Slashing	32:58	2:00
3rd	MSU	Justin Abdelkader	Interference	41:35	2:00
	BC	Matt Greene	Charging the Goaltender	43:39	2:00
	MSU	Ethan Graham	Roughing	47:51	2:00
	BC	Kyle Kucharski	Slashing	47:51	2:00
	BC	Tim Filangieri	Hooking	49:47	2:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	T
Michigan State	6	12	11	29
Boston College	13	6	11	30

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
MSU	Jeff Lerg	29	1	60:00
BC	Cory Schneider	26	2	59:41

Record by conference[]

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Regional Finals	Frozen Four	Championship Game	Champions
Hockey East	5	6–5	.545	3	2	1	–
CCHA	4	6–3	.666	3	1	1	1
WCHA	3	3–3	.500	2	1	–	–
ECACHL	2	0–2	.000	–	–	–	–
Atlantic Hockey	1	0–1	.000	–	–	–	–
CHA	1	0–1	.000	–	–	–	–

All-Tournament Team[]

Justin Abdelkader, pictured here with the Detroit Red Wings, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Frozen Four[]

G: Jeff Lerg (Michigan State)
D: (Michigan State)
D: Brian Boyle (Boston College)
F: Justin Abdelkader* (Michigan State)
F: Nathan Gerbe (Boston College)
F: Tim Kennedy (Michigan State)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[2]

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References[]

^ [1]
^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
^ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2013-06-19.

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[2] "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-17.

[3] "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2013-06-19.

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