2002 MAAC men's ice hockey tournament

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)
MVPMatt Craig (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) Louis Goulet - 19:39 First period 14:38 - Josh Morino (Boyle, Healey)
(Hansen, Tackaberry) Peter Rynshoven - GW - 10:18 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Peter Aubry ( 21 saves / 22 shots ) Goalie stats Scot Hamilton ( 28 saves / 30 shots )


(2) Quinnipiac vs. (7) Iona

March 9[6] Quinnipiac 6 – 5 2OT Iona Northford Ice Pavilion Recap  
(Froehlich, Breen) Ryan Morton - 03:06
(Froehlich, Morton) Neil Breen - 07:54 		First period 06:59 - PP - Tim Krueckl (Kellogg)
11:28 - PP - Rob Kellogg (Lutz, Carter)
13:43 - PP - Tim Krueckl (Lutz, Carter)
(Olson) Chris White - PP - 04:24
(Craig, Olson) Chris White - 07:17
(Froehlich) Ryan Morton - 13:30 		Second period 06:13 - Chad Hordhagen (Ruhl, Schroeder)
No scoring Third period 19:37 - EA - Tim Krueckl (Williams, Bararuk)
(Morton, Breen) Chris White - GW - 06:18 Second overtime period No scoring
Jamie Holden ( 8 saves / 12 shots ) / Justin Eddy ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) Goalie stats Scott Galenza ( 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 - Ron D'Angelo (Ames, Nelson)
12:04 - Matt Grew (D'Angelo, Kamienski)
No scoring Second period 05:43 - Patrick McLaughlin (Murphy, Miller)
11:11 - Evan Schwarz (Rhein, Herhal)
18:16 - Eric Nelson
(Coskren) Jeff Dams - 01:14
(Rissmiller, Irving) Brandon Doria - PP - 09:01
Patrick Rissmiller - 13:10
(Rissmiller, Doria) Greg Kealey - 16:59 		Third period 19:39 - GW - Kurt Kamienski (Grew, D'Angelo)
Derek Cunha ( 28 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats Artie Imbriano ( 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 - Steve Birch (Duggan, Deeves)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Metcalfe) Marc-Andre Fournier - 14:08
(Henck, Marks) Nick Nutcher - 14:39 		Third period 02:20 - Marc Bouffard (Lucas, Street)
(Hrapchak) Garrett Larson - GW - 10:31 Overtime No scoring
Eddy Ferhi ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats Bryan Worosz ( 34 saves / 37 shots )


Semifinals

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (6) Connecticut

March 14[9] Mercyhurst 5 – 0 Connecticut Hart Center Recap  
(Goulet, Rivers) Tom McMonagle - GW - 05:23
(Carter) Mike Muldoon - PP - 07:11 		First period No scoring
Louis Goulet - SH - 10:24 Second period No scoring
Nolan Brown - 03:32
(Kemp, Hansen) Peter Rynshoven - PP - 08:39 		Third period No scoring
Peter Aubry ( 28 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats Artie Imbriano ( 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 - Peter McRae (Spostio, Forsland)
(Winkler, Bennett) Brian Herbert - PP - 02:38
(White) Matt Craig - 03:36
(Olson, Blais) Matt Craig - GW - 06:33 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 04:19 - PP - Michael Reagan (Mokos, McRae)
Jamie Holden ( 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 - Rob Hammel (Bennett, Herbert)
10:48 - Ryan Morton (Olson, White)
15:42 - Matt Froehlich (Ennis, Breen)
18:14 - Matt Craig (White, Watkins)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Kemp, Rynshoven) Rich Hansen - PP - 01:55
(Olsen, King) David Wrigley - 05:36
(Rynshoven, Kemp) Adam Tackaberry - PP - 09:33
(Goulet, Rivers) Mike Muldoon - 15:57 		Third period 02:38 - GW PP - Matt Erhart (Breen, Winkler)
19:51 - EN - Ryan Olson
Peter Aubry ( 4 saves / 8 shots ) / Matt Cifelli ( 17 saves / 18 shots ) Goalie stats Jamie Holden ( 38 saves / 42 shots )


Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Valuable Player(s)

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References

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