2002 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament
| Teams | 9 |
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| Finals site |
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| Champions | Wisconsin–Superior Yellowjackets (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Norwich Cadets (2nd title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Dan Stauber (1st title) |
| Attendance | 19,202 |
The 2002 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2001–02 season, the 19th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Wisconsin-Superior defeating Norwich in the championship game 3-2 in overtime. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Middlebury, Vermont.
Qualifying teams
The following teams qualified for the tournament. Automatic bids were offered to the conference tournament champion of seven different conferences with one at-large bid for the best remaining team from each region.
| East | West | ||||||||||||
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| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth Type | Appearance | Last Bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth Type | Appearance | Last Bid |
| 1 | Middlebury (1) | NESCAC | 24–1–1 | Tournament Champion | 8th | 2001 | 1 | St. Norbert (3) | NCHA | 23–4–2 | At-Large | 4th | 1999 |
| 2 | RIT (2) | ECAC West | 23–2–0 | Tournament Champion | 12th | 2001 | 2 | Wisconsin–Superior | NCHA | 20–5–4 | Tournament Champion | 10th | 2001 |
| 3 | Norwich (4) | ECAC East | 24–4–0 | Tournament Champion | 5th | 2000 | 3 | St. Thomas | MIAC | 22–5–0 | Tournament Champion | 10th | 2000 |
| 4 | Bowdoin | ECAC East | 18–4–3 | At-Large | 2nd | 1996 | |||||||
| 5 | Plattsburgh State | SUNYAC | 20–8–2 | Tournament Champion | 11th | 2001 | |||||||
| 6 | Wentworth | ECAC Northeast | 18–7–2 | Tournament Champion | 2nd | 2000 | |||||||
Format
The tournament featured four rounds of play. In the Quarterfinals, teams played a two-game series where the first team to reach 3 points was declared a winner (2 points for winning a game, 1 point each for tying). If both teams ended up with 2 points after the first two games a 20-minute mini-game was played to determine a winner. Mini-game scores are in italics. All other rounds were Single-game elimination. For the three eastern Quarterfinals, the teams were seeded according to their rankings with the top three teams serving as hosts. For the western quarterfinal, the top-ranked team awaited the winner of a play-in game between the lower-ranked teams. The quarterfinal brackets were arranged so that were all higher-seeded teams to advance, the first overall seed would play the fourth overall seed in the semifinals.
The third place game ceased to be held with this tournament.
Tournament bracket
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | National Championship | ||||||||||||||||||
| W1 | St. Norbert (3) | 4* | 2 | - | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Wisconsin–Superior | 2 | W2 | Wisconsin–Superior | 4 | 4 | - | ||||||||||||||
| W3 | St. Thomas | 1 | W2 | Wisconsin–Superior | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Plattsburgh State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| E2 | RIT (2) | 4* | 2* | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Plattsburgh State | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Wisconsin–Superior | 3* | |||||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Norwich (4) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Middlebury (1) | 6 | 9 | - | |||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Wentworth | 0 | 1 | - | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Middlebury (1) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Norwich (4) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Norwich (4) | 3 | 7 | - | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Bowdoin | 0 | 0 | - | |||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Note: Mini-games in italics
First round
(W2) Wisconsin–Superior vs. (W3) St. Thomas
| March | Wisconsin–Superior | 2 – 1 | St. Thomas | Wessman Arena | ||||
| 06:18 – pp – Dale Lupul (4) | First period | Eric Wenkus (15) – 00:44 | ||||||
| 12:45 – Reed Larson (8) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nathan Ziemski (23 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Bob Tallarico (37 saves / 39 shots) | ||||||
Quarterfinals
(W1) St. Norbert vs. (W2) Wisconsin–Superior
| March 9 | St. Norbert | 4 – 4 | OT | Wisconsin–Superior | Cornerstone Community Center | |||
| No scoring | First period | Milan Tomaska (3) – 3:18 | ||||||
| 5:27 – Jim Underwood (7) 9:40 – Andy Trann (17) |
Second period | Josh Liebenow (12) – pp – 11:39 Josh Liebenow (13) – pp – 13:46 | ||||||
| 3:18 – Jason Deitsch (13) 16:59 – Faron Duthie (17) |
Third period | Colin Kendall (16) – 17:44 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Gill (30 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Nathan Ziemski (37 saves / 41 shots) | ||||||
| March 10 | St. Norbert | 2 – 4 | Wisconsin–Superior | Cornerstone Community Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Kyle Nosan (10) – 13:14 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Randy Currie (4) – 4:30 Reed Larson (9) – 12:56 Josh Liebenow (14) – 19:46 | ||||||
| 4:59 – Ryan Tew (2) 6:49 – Māris Ziediņš (21) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Gill (24 saves / 26 shots) Chancy Colquhoun (11 saves / 13 shots) |
Goalie stats | Nathan Ziemski (27 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| Wisconsin–Superior won series on total points 3–1 | |
(E2) RIT vs. (E5) Plattsburgh State
| March 8 | RIT | 4 – 4 | OT | Plattsburgh State | Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena | |||
| No scoring | First period | Peter Ollari (9) – 1:21 Brendon Hodge (9) – sh – 14:58 | ||||||
| 6:23 – Brian Armes (7) 14:27 – Jason Chafe (11) 17:06 – pp – Shawn Wilkins (5) |
Second period | James Coleman (3) – 10:57 | ||||||
| 17:04 – David Bagley (18) | Third period | Adam Richards (12) – pp – 11:26 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Euverman (24 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Niklas Sundberg (42 saves / 46 shots) | ||||||
| March 9 | RIT | 2 – 2 | OT | Plattsburgh State | Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena | |||
| 5:16 – Shawn Wilkins (6) | First period | Brendon Hodge (10) – 18:52 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 11:39 – Sam Hill (12) | Third period | Jeff Marshall (5) – 17:22 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Euverman (27 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Niklas Sundberg (29 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| March 9 (mini game) | RIT | 0 – 1 | Plattsburgh State | Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena | ||||
| Plattsburgh State won series on total points 3–2 | |
(E1) Middlebury vs. (E6) Wentworth
| March 8 | Middlebury | 6 – 0 | Wentworth | Kenyon Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 10:33 – Kevin Cooper (27) 15:09 – Jack Kennedy (1) 18:30 – John Dawson (13) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 10:07 – John Dawson (14) 17:28 – Adam Foote (13) 18:06 – Andy Campbell (8) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Christian Carlsson (10 saves / 10 shots) | Goalie stats | Raj Bhangoo (49 saves / 55 shots) | ||||||
| March 9 | Middlebury | 9 – 1 | Wentworth | Kenyon Arena | ||||
| 4:02 – Robert Chisholm (9) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 1:20 – Patrick Nugent (3) 8:12 – J.F. Duchesne (6) 17:46 – pp – Ryan Constantine (7) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 0:26 – Matt Dunn (13) 2:01 – Mike Kennedy (4) 13:29 – Mike Kennedy (5) 13:56 – Mike Kennedy (6) 15:21 – Kevin Cooper (28) |
Third period | Ben Pierce (7) – pp – 8:59 | ||||||
| Christian Carlsson (9 saves / 10 shots) | Goalie stats | Jamie Vanek (38 saves / 47 shots) Bryce McFadden (2 saves / 2 shots) | ||||||
| Middlebury won series on total points 4–0 | |
(E3) Norwich vs. (E4) Bowdoin
| March 8 | Norwich | 3 – 0 | Bowdoin | Kreitzberg Arena | ||||
| 11:17 – Vadim Beliaev (12) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 13:53 – Phil Aucoin (15) 19:59 – en – Keith Maurice (6) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kevin Schieve (22 saves / 22 shots) | Goalie stats | Mike Healey (27 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| March 9 | Norwich | 7 – 0 | Bowdoin | Kreitzberg Arena | ||||
| 3:59 – Vadim Beliaev (13) 13:42 – Vadim Beliaev (14) 15:50 – Matt Schmidt (21) 19:47 – Ed Boudreau (12) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 18:40 – Timmy Kyrkostas (6) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 0:49 – Phil Aucoin (16) 14:35 – Peter Catalano (8) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kevin Schieve (24 saves / 24 shots) Ziga Ivanic (3 saves / 3 shots) |
Goalie stats | Mike Healey (22 saves / 28 shots) Pascal Chiasson (3 saves / 4 shots) | ||||||
| Norwich won series on total points 4–0 | |
Semifinals
(W2) Wisconsin–Superior vs. (E5) Plattsburgh State
| March 15 | Wisconsin–Superior | 5 – 0 | Plattsburgh State | Kenyon Arena | ||||
| 13:36 – Rob Whidden (9) 16:09 – Yann Poirier (20) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 6:24 – Reed Larson (10) 19:18 – Ryan Kalbrener (12) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 0:48 – pp – Dale Lupul (5) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nathan Ziemski (16 saves / 16 shots) | Goalie stats | Niklas Sundberg (18 saves / 23 shots) Tony Seariac (0 saves / 0 shots) | ||||||
(E1) Middlebury vs. (E3) Norwich
| March 15 | Middlebury | 2 – 5 | Norwich | Wessman Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Ed Boudreau (13) – 0:31 Phil Aucoin (17) – pp – 8:07 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Matt Schmidt (22) – pp – 8:37 Ed Boudreau (14) – pp – 13:34 | ||||||
| 0:13 – Robert Chisholm (10) 10:41 – Andrew Helming (6) |
Third period | Mario Chinelli (7) – en – 19:42 | ||||||
| Christian Carlsson (15 saves / 19 shots) | Goalie stats | Kevin Schieve (18 saves / 20 shots) | ||||||
National Championship
(W2) Wisconsin–Superior vs. (E3) Norwich
| March 16 | Wisconsin–Superior | 3 – 2 | OT | Norwich | Kenyon Arena | |||
| 14:25 – Randy Currie (5) | First period | Kurtis McLean (28) – pp – 13:38 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Matt Schmidt (23) – 5:31 | ||||||
| 18:34 – Colin Kendall (17) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| 0:23 – Colin Kendall (18) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nathan Ziemski (26 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Kevin Schieve (16 saves / 19 shots) | ||||||
Record by conference
| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | Frozen Four | Championship Game | Champions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCHA | 2 | 4–1–2 | .714 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ECAC East | 2 | 3–3–0 | .500 | 1 | 1 | - |
| NESCAC | 1 | 2–1–0 | .667 | 1 | - | - |
| ECAC West | 1 | 0–0–2 | .500 | - | - | - |
| SUNYAC | 1 | 0–1–2 | .333 | 1 | - | - |
| ECAC Northeast | 1 | 0–2–0 | .000 | - | - | - |
| MIAC | 1 | 0–1–0 | .000 | - | - | - |
References
- "Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved March 4, 2019.