2001 WCHA men's ice hockey tournament

August 2023 2001 WCHA Men's 200px March 9–17, 2001 10 Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, Minnesota St. Cloud State 1st Craig DahlSt. Cloud State Men's Team History http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/st-cloud-state/mens-hockey/ 2013-06-02 1st Tyler Arnason St. Cloud State 67,612 2000 2000 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 2002 2002 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 2001 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 42nd conference playoff in league history and 48th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2001 tournament was played between March 9 and March 17, 2001, at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, the home of the NHL's Minnesota Wild. By winning the tournament, St. Cloud State was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament. This was the inaugural year in which the Xcel Energy Center hosted the WCHA Final Five. It remained there until the conclusion of the 2013 tournament. Format The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All ten conference schools participated in the tournament with teams seeded No. 1 through No. 10 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top five seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams. The winners of the first round series advanced to the Xcel Energy Center for the WCHA Final Five, the collective name for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 5 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top three teams automatically advancing to the semifinals. Conference standings Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against Bracket Teams are reseeded after the first round First roundWCHA men's Hockey 2000-01 Week 24 http://www.uscho.com/scoreboard/wcha/2000-2001/list-24/ USCHO.com 2001-03-11 2013-06-02March 9–11, 2001 1 North Dakota 2 6 4 10 Minnesota-Duluth 3 2 0 2 St. Cloud State 5 8 – 9 Alaska-Anchorage 1 2 – 3 Minnesota 7 3 – 8 Michigan Tech 2 1 – 4 Colorado College 3 7 — 7 Minnesota State-Mankato 0 3 — 5 Wisconsin 6 6 — 6 Denver 4 2 — QuarterfinalWCHA men's Hockey 2000-01 Week 25 http://www.uscho.com/scoreboard/wcha/2000-2001/list-25/ USCHO.com 2001-03-17 2013-06-02March 15, 2001 4 Colorado College 4 5 Wisconsin 3 SemifinalsMarch 16, 2001 1 North Dakota 2 4 Colorado College 1 2 St. Cloud State 3 3 Minnesota 0 ChampionshipMarch 17, 2001 1 North Dakota 5 2 St. Cloud State 6* Third place 3 Minnesota 4 4 Colorado College 5 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Quarterfinals (1) North Dakota vs. (10) Minnesota-Duluth North Dakota Minnesota-Duluth Ralph Engelstad Arena March 9Minnesota-Duluth 3, North Dakota 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2001/03/09/minnesota-duluth-vs-north-dakota/ USCHO.com 2001-03-09 2013-06-02 2 – 3 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2001/03/09/last-place-duluth-stuns-north-dakota-3-2/ 2 No Scoring (Notermann, Dorey) David Lundbohm - 01:13 12:17 - PP - Matt Mathias (Homstol, Lessard)15:13 - Ryan Homstol (Gunderson, Otten) (Dorey, Hammer) Ryan Bayda - 11:14 17:48 - GW - Mark Gunderson (Otten)15:13 - Ryan Homstol (Gunderson, Otten) Karl Goehring ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Rob Anderson ( 35 saves / 37 shots ) March 10North Dakota 6, Minnesota-Duluth 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2001/03/10/minnesota-duluth-vs-north-dakota/ USCHO.com 2001-03-10 2013-06-02 6 – 2 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2001/03/10/north-dakota-rebounds-to-tie-series/ 1 No Scoring (Schneekloth, Roche) Jeff Panzer - PP - 08:53(Skarperud, Spiewak) Tyler Palmiscno - 12:33(Bayda, Panzer) Bryan Lundbohm - GW - 14:58(Roche, Mazurak) Wes Dorey - PP - 19:13 07:01 - Mark Carlson (Reierson, Medak)08:01 - Matt Mathias (Skarperud, Spiewak) Aaron Schneekloth - 10:24(Lundbohm, Notermann) Wes Dorey - 13:19 Andy Kollar ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Rob Anderson ( 33 saves / 38 shots ) / Adam Coole ( 0 saves / 1 shots ) March 11North Dakota 6, Minnesota-Duluth 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2001/03/11/minnesota-duluth-vs-north-dakota/ USCHO.com 2001-03-11 2013-06-02 4 – 0 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2001/03/11/goehring-sioux-shut-down-bulldogs-to-reach-final-five/ 1 1 No Scoring Ryan Bayda - GW - 07:31(Skarperud, Panzer) Kevin Spiewak - 12:16 (Dorey, Lundbohm) Jason Notermann - 03:11Jeff Panzer - 05:27 Karl Goehring ( 25 saves / 25 shots ) Rob Anderson ( 29 saves / 33 shots ) / Adam Coole ( 5 saves / 5 shots ) North Dakota won series 2–1 (2) St. Cloud State vs. (9) Alaska-Anchorage St. Cloud State Alaska-Anchorage National Hockey Center March 9St. Cloud State 5, Alaska-Anchorage 1 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2001/03/09/alaska-anchorage-vs-st-cloud-state/ USCHO.com 2001-03-09 2013-06-02 5 – 1 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2001/03/09/st-cloud-runs-past-anchorage/ 1 Chris Purslow - 04:36(Arnason) Brandon Sampair - GW - 17:06 (Arnason, Sampair) Mark Hartigan - PP - 15:48 Chris Purslow - 04:52(Arnason, Hartigan) Nate DiCasmirro - PP - 11:11 05:49 - Vladimir Novak (Gilkerson, Ludwig) Scott Meyer ( 20 saves / 21 shots ) Chris King ( 14 saves / 18 shots ) / Kevin Reiter ( 6 saves / 7 shots ) March 10St. Cloud State 8, Alaska-Anchorage 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2001/03/10/alaska-anchorage-vs-st-cloud-state/ USCHO.com 2001-03-10 2013-06-02 8 – 2 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2001/03/10/huskies-pound-seawolves-to-advance-to-final-five/ 1 (Motzko, Meyer) Chris Purslow - 01:16(Eastman, Hartigan) Joe Motzko - 06:01(Hartigan) Joe Motzko - GW - 10:48(DiCasmirro, Arnason) Mark Hartigan - PP - 18:04 19:26 - Petr Chytka (Leitner, Cygan) (Westcott) Brandon Sampair - PP - 18:15 03:26 - Vladimir Novak (Garvin) (Malone) Ritchie Larson - 01:16(Westcott, DiCasmirro) Mark Hartigan - 10:53(DiCasmirro, Finger) Ryan Malone - 14:49 Scott Meyer ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Chris King ( 5 saves / 9 shots ) / Kevin Reiter ( 22 saves / 26 shots )) St. Cloud State won series 2–0 (3) Minnesota vs. (8) Michigan Tech Minnesota Michigan Tech Mariucci Arena March 9Minnesota 7, Michigan Tech 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2001/03/09/michigan-tech-vs-minnesota/ USCHO.com 2001-03-09 2013-06-02 7 – 2 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2001/03/09/gophers-cruise-to-win-over-huskies/ 1 (Koalska, Anthony) Stuart Senden - 00:58(Leopold, Westrum) Grant Potulny - PP - 08:55(Pohl, Martin) Jeff Taffe - GW - 10:11(Senden) Nick Anthony - 13:03 12:34 - PP - Brett Engelhardt (Snesrud, Way) (Martin, Miskovich) Dylan Mills - PP - 11:49 (Westrum) Troy Riddle - 17:21(Tharp, Westrum) Nick Angell - 18:13 16:18 - Jarrett Weinberger (Patterson) Adam Hauser ( 16 saves / 18 shots ) Brian Rodgers ( 25 saves / 32 shots ) March 10Minnesota 3, Michigan Tech 1 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2001/03/10/michigan-tech-vs-minnesota/ USCHO.com 2001-03-10 2013-06-02 3 – 1 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2001/03/10/third-line-leads-gophers-back-to-final-five/ 1 (Koalska, Anthony) Ben Tharp - 17:01 (Anthony, Koalska) Stuart Senden - GW - 17:12 (Martin) Nick Anthony - 14:44 03:43 - Chris Durno (Ulwelling) Adam Hauser ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Brian Rodgers ( 38 saves / 41 shots ) Minnesota won series 2–0 (4) Colorado College vs. (7) Minnesota State-Mankato Colorado College Minnesota State-Mankato Colorado Springs World Arena March 9 3 – 0 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2001/03/09/tigers-continue-shutout-streak-vs-mankato/ 1 1 March 10 7 – 3 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2001/03/10/tigers-trounce-mavericks-sweep-playoff-series/ 1 Colorado College won series 2–0 (5) Wisconsin vs. (6) Denver Wisconsin Denver Alliant Energy Center March 9Wisconsin 6, Denver 4 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2001/03/09/denver-vs-wisconsin/ USCHO.com 2001-03-09 2013-06-02 6 – 4 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2001/03/09/six-straight-goals-dig-badgers-out-of-hole/ 1 (Bourque, Hukalo) Dany Heatley - 14:30(Boeser) Matt Hussey - 15:48 07:38 - PP - Ryan Caldwell (Paradise, James)07:51 - Kelly Popadynetz (Engstrom, Hartmann)08:29 - Max Bull (Doell, Barber) (Brooks, Hukalo) Rene Bourque - 07:48(Jensen, Boeser) Dany Heatley - PP - 09:37(Heatley, Hussey) Rene Bourque - GW - 17:42 (Bourque, Heatley) David Hukalo - PP - 06:45 19:41 - PP - Judd Stauss (Weber) Graham Melanson ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) Wade Dubielewicz ( 26 saves / 31 shots ) / Adam Berkhoel ( 10 saves / 11 shots ) March 10Wisconsin 6, Denver 2 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2001/03/10/denver-vs-wisconsin/ USCHO.com 2001-03-10 2013-06-02 6 – 2 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2001/03/10/badgers-smother-pioneers-advance-to-final-five/ 1 No Scoring (Wheeler, Dessner) Kent Davyduke - 00:55(Brooks, Doman) Matt Murray - 12:48(Winchester) Dany Heatley - GW - 13:34 06:16 - Ryan Caldwell (Paradise)07:50 - David Neale (Stauss) (Hergert) Kevin Granato - 10:56(Bourque, Heatley) Jeff Dessner - PP - 15:02(Jensen) Kent Davyduke - EN - 18:49 Graham Melanson ( 41 saves / 43 shots ) Adam Berkhoel ( 19 saves / 23 shots ) / Wade Dubielewicz ( 0 saves / 1 shots ) Wisconsin won series 2–0 Quarterfinal (4) Colorado College vs. (5) Wisconsin Minnesota Wisconsin Xcel Energy Center March 15Colorado College 4, Wisconsin 3 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2001/03/15/wisconsin-vs-colorado-college/ USCHO.com 2001-03-15 2013-06-02 4 – 3 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2001/03/15/sejna-just-in-time-to-send-cc-into-semis/ 1 (Preissing, Manning) Joe Cullen - 04:02(Clark, Jozsa) Noah Clarke - 14:26 13:12 - Dany Heatley (Cullen, Manning) Peter Sejna - 19:13(Cullen, Sejna) Justin Morrison - GW EN - 19:25 00:53 - PP - Rene Bourque (Heatley, Hukalo)19:49 - Dany Heatley (Granato, Brooks) Jeff Sanger ( 37 saves / 40 shots ) Graham Melanson ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) Semifinals (1) North Dakota vs. (4) Colorado College North Dakota Colorado College Xcel Energy Center March 16North Dakota 2, Colorado College 1 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2001/03/16/colorado-college-vs-north-dakota/ USCHO.com 2001-03-16 2013-06-02 2 – 1 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2001/03/16/north-dakota-advances-to-final-despite-season-low-in-shots/ 1 No Scoring 04:26 - Mark Cullen (Sejna, Morrison) (Bayda, Panzer) Aaron Schneekloth - PP - 03:27(Dorey, Roche) Jason Notermann - GW - 10:51 Karl Goehring ( 18 saves / 19 shots ) Colin Zulianello ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) (2) St. Cloud State vs. (3) Minnesota St. Cloud State Minnesota Xcel Energy Center March 16St. Cloud State 3, Minnesota 0 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2001/03/16/minnesota-vs-st-cloud-state/ USCHO.com 2001-03-16 2013-06-02 3 – 0 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2001/03/16/arnason-goal-on-review-helps-st-cloud-put-away-minnesota/ 1 (Arnason, Sampair) Chris Purslow - GW - 05:07(Arnason, Westcott) Nate DiCasmirro - 05:47 (Westcott) Tyler Arnason - SH - 09:46 Scott Meyer ( 23 saves / 23 shots ) Adam Hauser ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) Third Place (3) Minnesota vs. (4) Colorado College Minnesota Colorado College Xcel Energy Center March 17Colorado College 5, Minnesota 4 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2001/03/17/colorado-college-vs-minnesota/ USCHO.com 2001-03-17 2013-06-02 4 – 5 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2001/03/17/morrison-provides-winner-cc-claims-third-at-final-five/ 2 (Pohl) Erik Westrum - PP - 08:13(Westrum, Leopold) Troy Riddle - 10:32 06:01 - SH - Mark Cullen (Clark) (Pohl, Leopold) Erik Westrum - 08:46 13:05 - PP - Joe Cullen (Kim, Stuart)14:54 - PP - Mike Stuart (Morrison, Kim) (Leopold) John Pohl - PP - 15:18 14:29 - Peter Sejna (Cullen)16:55 - Justin Morrison Pete Samargia ( 27 saves / 32 shots ) Jeff Sanger ( 37 saves / 41 shots ) Championship (1) North Dakota vs. (2) St. Cloud State North Dakota St. Cloud State Xcel Energy Center March 17St. Cloud State 6, North Dakota 5 http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2001/03/17/st-cloud-state-vs-north-dakota/ USCHO.com 2001-03-17 2013-06-02 5 – 6 http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2001/03/17/eastmans-controversial-winner-gives-st-cloud-title/ 2 1 No Scoring 12:10 - Tyler Arnason (Westcott, Meyer) (Bayda, Mazurak) Jeff Panzer - 05:21 08:10 - Derek Eastman (Malone, Cullen)15:06 - PP - Joe Motzko (Anderson, Eastman)16:06 - Tyler Arnason (DiCasmirro) (Skarperud) Kevin Spiewak - 08:11(Hammer, Lundbohm) Jeff Panzer - 14:25Jason Notermann - 18:58(Lundbohm) Travis Roche - EA - 19:49 12:24 - PP - Tyler Arnason (Sampair, Eastman) 11:33 - GW - Derek Eastman (Malone, Cullen) Andy Kollar ( 30 saves / 36 shots ) Scott Meyer ( 33 saves / 38 shots ) Tournament awards All-Tournament Team F Jeff Panzer (North Dakota) F Mark Cullen (Colorado College) F Tyler Arnason* (St. Cloud State) D Duvie Westcott (St. Cloud State) D Travis Roche (North Dakota) G Scott Meyer (St. Cloud State) * Most Valuable Player(s) 2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144 http://wcha.com/pdf/mguide0910/Ybk-129-144.pdf WCHA 2014-06-01 See also Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's champions References 2 External links WCHA.com 2000–01 WCHA Standings 2000–01 NCAA Standings Category:WCHA men's ice hockey tournament Wcha Men's Ice Hockey Tournament