2002 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament

none August 2023 2002 men's Division III 9 Kenyon Arena Middlebury, Vermont Wisconsin–Superior Yellowjackets 1st 4th 9th Norwich Cadets 2nd 4th Middlebury Panthers 6th Plattsburgh State Cardinals 8th Dan Stauber 1st not awarded 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 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 20016 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 1/3/1/1 First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship W2 Wisconsin–Superior 2 W3 St. Thomas 1 W1 St. Norbert (3) 4* 2 - W2 Wisconsin–Superior 4 4 - E2 RIT (2) 4* 2* 0 E5 Plattsburgh State 4 2 1 E1 Middlebury (1) 6 9 - E6 Wentworth 0 1 - E3 Norwich (4) 3 7 - E4 Bowdoin 0 0 - W2 Wisconsin–Superior 5 E5 Plattsburgh State 0 E1 Middlebury (1) 2 E3 Norwich (4) 5 W2 Wisconsin–Superior 3* E3 Norwich (4) 2 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)Note: Mini-games in italics First round (W2) Wisconsin–Superior vs. (W3) St. Thomas Wisconsin–Superior St. Thomas Wessman Arena March 2 – 1 1 06:18 – pp – Dale Lupul (4) Eric Wenkus (15) – 00:44 12:45 – Reed Larson (8) No scoring No scoring No scoring Nathan Ziemski (23 saves / 24 shots) Bob Tallarico (37 saves / 39 shots) Quarterfinals (W1) St. Norbert vs. (W2) Wisconsin–Superior St. Norbert Wisconsin–Superior Cornerstone Community Center March 9 4 – 4 OT No scoring Milan Tomaska (3) – 3:18 5:27 – Jim Underwood (7)9:40 – Andy Trann (17) Josh Liebenow (12) – pp – 11:39Josh Liebenow (13) – pp – 13:46 3:18 – Jason Deitsch (13)16:59 – Faron Duthie (17) Colin Kendall (16) – 17:44 No scoring No scoring Ryan Gill (30 saves / 34 shots) Nathan Ziemski (37 saves / 41 shots) March 10 2 – 4 1 2 No scoring Kyle Nosan (10) – 13:14 No scoring Randy Currie (4) – 4:30Reed Larson (9) – 12:56Josh Liebenow (14) – 19:46 4:59 – Ryan Tew (2)6:49 – Māris Ziediņš (21) No scoring Ryan Gill (24 saves / 26 shots)Chancy Colquhoun (11 saves / 13 shots) Nathan Ziemski (27 saves / 29 shots) Wisconsin–Superior won series on total points 3–1 (E2) RIT vs. (E5) Plattsburgh State RIT Plattsburgh State Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena March 8 4 – 4 OT No scoring Peter Ollari (9) – 1:21Brendon Hodge (9) – sh – 14:58 6:23 – Brian Armes (7)14:27 – Jason Chafe (11)17:06 – pp – Shawn Wilkins (5) James Coleman (3) – 10:57 17:04 – David Bagley (18) Adam Richards (12) – pp – 11:26 No scoring No scoring Tyler Euverman (24 saves / 28 shots) Niklas Sundberg (42 saves / 46 shots) March 9 2 – 2 OT 5:16 – Shawn Wilkins (6) Brendon Hodge (10) – 18:52 No scoring No scoring 11:39 – Sam Hill (12) Jeff Marshall (5) – 17:22 No scoring No scoring Tyler Euverman (27 saves / 29 shots) Niklas Sundberg (29 saves / 31 shots) March 9 (mini game) 0 – 1 1 2 Plattsburgh State won series on total points 3–2 (E1) Middlebury vs. (E6) Wentworth Middlebury Wentworth Kenyon Arena March 8 6 – 0 1 No scoring No scoring 10:33 – Kevin Cooper (27)15:09 – Jack Kennedy (1)18:30 – John Dawson (13) No scoring 10:07 – John Dawson (14)17:28 – Adam Foote (13)18:06 – Andy Campbell (8) No scoring Christian Carlsson (10 saves / 10 shots) Raj Bhangoo (49 saves / 55 shots) March 9 9 – 1 1 1 4:02 – Robert Chisholm (9) No scoring 1:20 – Patrick Nugent (3)8:12 – J.F. Duchesne (6)17:46 – pp – Ryan Constantine (7) 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) Ben Pierce (7) – pp – 8:59 Christian Carlsson (9 saves / 10 shots) 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 Norwich Bowdoin Kreitzberg Arena March 8 3 – 0 1 1 11:17 – Vadim Beliaev (12) No scoring No scoring No scoring 13:53 – Phil Aucoin (15)19:59 – en – Keith Maurice (6) No scoring Kevin Schieve (22 saves / 22 shots) Mike Healey (27 saves / 29 shots) March 9 7 – 0 1 1 3:59 – Vadim Beliaev (13)13:42 – Vadim Beliaev (14)15:50 – Matt Schmidt (21)19:47 – Ed Boudreau (12) No scoring 18:40 – Timmy Kyrkostas (6) No scoring 0:49 – Phil Aucoin (16)14:35 – Peter Catalano (8) No scoring Kevin Schieve (24 saves / 24 shots)Ziga Ivanic (3 saves / 3 shots) 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 Wisconsin–Superior Plattsburgh State Kenyon Arena March 15 5 – 0 1 13:36 – Rob Whidden (9)16:09 – Yann Poirier (20) No scoring 6:24 – Reed Larson (10)19:18 – Ryan Kalbrener (12) No scoring 0:48 – pp – Dale Lupul (5) No scoring Nathan Ziemski (16 saves / 16 shots) Niklas Sundberg (18 saves / 23 shots)Tony Seariac (0 saves / 0 shots) (E1) Middlebury vs. (E3) Norwich Middlebury Norwich Wessman Arena March 15 2 – 5 2 No scoring Ed Boudreau (13) – 0:31Phil Aucoin (17) – pp – 8:07 No scoring Matt Schmidt (22) – pp – 8:37Ed Boudreau (14) – pp – 13:34 0:13 – Robert Chisholm (10)10:41 – Andrew Helming (6) Mario Chinelli (7) – en – 19:42 Christian Carlsson (15 saves / 19 shots) Kevin Schieve (18 saves / 20 shots) National Championship (W2) Wisconsin–Superior vs. (E3) Norwich Wisconsin–Superior Norwich Kenyon Arena March 16 3 – 2 1 1 1 14:25 – Randy Currie (5) Kurtis McLean (28) – pp – 13:38 No scoring Matt Schmidt (23) – 5:31 18:34 – Colin Kendall (17) No scoring 0:23 – Colin Kendall (18) No scoring Nathan Ziemski (26 saves / 28 shots) Kevin Schieve (16 saves / 19 shots) Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Frozen FourChampionship GameChampions NCHA 2 4–1–2 4 1 2 1 1 1 ECAC East 2 3–3–0 3 3 0 1 1 - NESCAC 1 2–1–0 2 1 0 1 - - ECAC West 1 0–0–2 0 0 2 - - - SUNYAC 1 0–1–2 0 1 2 1 - - ECAC Northeast 1 0–2–0 0 2 0 - - - MIAC 1 0–1–0 0 1 0 - - - References 50em 2 Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book NCAA http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_ice_hockey_champs_records/2018/D3.pdf 2019-03-04 External links Division III Men's Ice Hockey Record Book Category:NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament Category:College sports tournaments in Vermont Category:March 2002 sports events in the United States Category:2002 in sports in Vermont Category:Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey