2003 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

none August 2023 2003 men's Division I NCAA 2003 Men's Frozen Four logo.png 150px 2003 Frozen Four logo 16 HSBC Arena Buffalo, New York Minnesota Golden Gophers 5th 11th 18th New Hampshire Wildcats 2nd 7th Cornell Big Red 8th Michigan Wolverines 22nd Don Lucia 2nd Thomas Vanek Minnesota 111,224 The 2003 NCAA Division I men's 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. The tournament began on March 28, 2003, and ended with the championship game on April 12. A total of 15 games were played. 2003 was the first year 16 teams were invited to the tournament and was the first expansion of the tournament since 1988 when it increased from eight to 12 teams. The first and second rounds of the 2003 tournament were divided across four regional sites, an increase from the two regional format in place since 1992. This year's tournament was the first since 1998 to feature multiple programs, Minnesota State and Wayne State, making their first appearance in the NCAA playoffs. Minnesota became the first team to successfully defend their title since Boston University won back-to-back titles in 1971 and 1972. Game locations USA 450 right 2003 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red) USA blue pog.svg 41.823611 -71.418333 bottom #FFFFFF Providence Dunkin' Donuts Center USA blue pog.svg 42.267778 -83.741028 left #FFFFFF Ann Arbor Yost Ice Arena USA blue pog.svg 42.986683 -71.798333 top #FFFFFF Worcester DCU Center USA blue pog.svg 44.978056 -93.228056 left #FFFFFF Minneapolis 3M Arena at Mariucci USA red pog.svg 42.875 -78.876389 top #FFFFFF Buffalo KeyBank Center 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. Regional placements are based primarily on the home location of the top seed in each bracket with an attempt made to put the top-ranked teams close to their home site. First round and regional finals East – Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence, Rhode Island — Host: Providence College Midwest – Yost Ice Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan — Host: Michigan Northeast – Centrum Centre, Worcester, Massachusetts — Host: Boston University West – Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota Host: Minnesota Frozen Four HSBC Arena, Buffalo, New York Qualifying teams The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament was announced on March 23, 2003.Cornell, CC, Minnesota, UNH Get Top Seeds http://www.uscho.com/2003/03/23/cornell-cc-minnesota-unh-get-top-seeds/ USCHO.com 2013-06-16 The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, Hockey East had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, the ECAC had two berths, while both the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) and College Hockey America (CHA) received one bid for their tournament champions. East Regional – Providence Midwest Regional – Ann ArborSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid1Cornell (1)ECAC28–4–1Tournament champion 14th 20021Colorado College (2)WCHA29–6–5At-large bid 16th 20022Boston CollegeHockey East23–10–4At-large bid 23rd 20012MaineHockey East24–9–5At-large bid 13th 20023Ohio StateCCHA24–12–5At-large bid 3rd 19993MichiganCCHA28–9–3Tournament champion 26th 20024Minnesota State-MankatoWCHA20–10–10At-large bid 1st Never4Wayne StateCHA21–16–2Tournament champion 1st Never West Regional – Minneapolis Northeast Regional – WorcesterSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid 1Minnesota (3)WCHA24–8–9Tournament champion 27th 20021New Hampshire (4)Hockey East25–7–6Tournament champion 13th 2002 2Ferris StateCCHA30–10–1At-large bid 1st Never2Boston UniversityHockey East24–13–3At-large bid 27th 20023North DakotaWCHA26–11–5At-large bid 18th 20013HarvardECAC22–9–2At-large bid 18th 20024MercyhurstMAAC22–12–2Tournament champion 2nd 20014St. Cloud StateWCHA17–15–5At-large bid 5th 2002 Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament. NCAA Division 1 Tournament http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_trn.html College Hockey Historical Archives 2013-06-16 Bracket yes Regional SemifinalsMarch 28–29 Regional FinalsMarch 29–30 National SemifinalsApril 10 National FhampionshipApril 12 East – Providence – Sat/Sun Northeast – Worcester – Fri/Sat Midwest – Ann Arbor – Sat/Sun West – Minneapolis – Fri/Sat 1 Cornell (1) 5 4 Minnesota State 2 2 Boston College 1 3 Ohio State 0 1 New Hampshire (4) 5 4 St. Cloud State 2 2 Boston University 6 3 Harvard 4 1 Colorado College (2) 4 4 Wayne State 2 2 Maine 1 3 Michigan 2 1 Minnesota (3) 9 4 Mercyhurst 2 2 Ferris State 5 3 North Dakota 2 1 Cornell (1) 2** 2 Boston College 1 1 New Hampshire (4) 3 2 Boston University 0 1 Colorado College (2) 3 3 Michigan 5 1 Minnesota (3) 7 2 Ferris State 4 E1 Cornell (1) 2 NE1 New Hampshire (4) 3 MW3 Michigan 2 W1 Minnesota (3) 3* NE1 New Hampshire (4) 1 W1 Minnesota (3) 5 Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournamentNote: * denotes overtime period(s) Results East Regional – Providence, Rhode Island Regional Semifinals #f0f0f0 March 29, 2003 12:00 pm (1) Cornell (4) Minnesota State-Mankato 5–2 (2–1, 1–1, 2–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0203/boxes/mcormns1.m29 David LeNeveu Jon Volp 1 – 02 – 02 – 12 – 23 – 24 – 25 – 2 (Murray) Mike Knoepfli – 01:53(Knoepfli, Moulson) Shane Hynes – PP – 09:07(Moulson, Cook) Shane Hynes – GW PP – 33:56(Cook) Mike Knoepfli – 46:42(Vesce, Bâby) Sam Paolini – PP – 50:34 10:12 – Dana Sorenson (Stevenson, Joseph)23:26 – PP – Brock Becker (Marler, Runkel) Steve Piotrowski John LaDuke Kevin Langseth Dunkin' Donuts Center 8 26 36 20 #e0e0e0 March 29, 2003 3:30 pm (2) Boston College (3) Ohio State 1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0203/boxes/mbc_osu1.m29 Matti Kaltiainen Mike Betz 1 – 0 (Forrest) Tony Voce – GW SH – 05:56 Don Adam Rick Looker Kyle Bergren Dunkin' Donuts Center 6,583 18 16 21 26 Regional Final #d0d0d0 March 30, 2003 12:00 pm (1) Cornell (2) Boston College 2–1 (2OT) (1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0203/boxes/mbc_cor1.m30 David LeNeveu Matti Kaltiainen 1 – 01 – 12 – 1 (unassisted) Ryan Vesce – 10:05(unassisted) Matt McRae – GW – 81:09 28:00 – J. D. Forrest (Voce, Eaves) Don Adam Rick Looker Kyle Bergren Dunkin' Donuts Center 7,489 14 12 36 27 Midwest Regional – Ann Arbor, Michigan Regional Semifinals #f0f0f0 March 29, 2003 12:00 pm (1) Colorado College (4) Wayne State 4–2 (1–0, 2–1, 1–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0203/boxes/mcc_wsu1.m29 Curtis McElhinney David Guerrera 1 – 01 – 12 – 13 – 13 – 24 – 2 (Laux, Preissing) Brett Sterling – PP – 16:26(Stuart) James Laux – 25:31(Sterling, Preissing) Noah Clarke – GW PP – 34:09(Sejna, Clarke) Tom Preissing – PP – 50:02 24:51 – Keith Stanich (Kingston, Durbin)46:31 – Billy Collins (Poupard, Stanich) Dan Murphy Kevin Sullivan Peter Fiola Yost Ice Arena 35 16 31 25 #e0e0e0 March 29, 2003 3:30 pm (2) Maine (3) Michigan 1–2 (0–0, 0–0, 1–2) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0203/boxes/mmicmne1.m29 Frank Doyle Al Montoya 0 – 11 – 11 – 2 (Kariya, Lawson) Colin Shields – 56:06 46:47 – Eric Nystrom (Woodford)58:29 – GW PP – Jed Ortmeyer (Tambellini, Nystrom) Derek Shepherd Dan Carey Tim Swaider Yost Ice Arena 6,798 10 12 35 27 Regional Final #d0d0d0 March 30, 2003 3:00 pm (1) Colorado College (3) Michigan 3–5 (2–2, 1–1, 0–2) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0203/boxes/mcc_mic1.m30 Curtis McElhinney Al Montoya 0 – 11 – 12 – 12 – 22 – 33 – 33 – 43 – 5 (Sejna, Clarke) Brett Sterling – PP – 08:10(Clarke, Preissing) Peter Sejna – PP – 10:42(Liebel) Brett Sterling – 31:57 02:22 – Eric Nystrom (Helminen, Mink)17:18 – Milan Gajic (Moss, Roemensky)21:23 – SH – Mark Mink (unassisted)44:25 – GW – Jason Ryznar (unassisted)59:42 – EN PP – Mark Mink (Nystrom) Dan Murphy Kevin Sullivan Peter Fiola Yost Ice Arena 6,781 20 16 24 32 West Regional – Minneapolis, Minnesota Regional Semifinals #f0f0f0 March 28, 2003 7:30 pm (1) Minnesota (4) Mercyhurst 9–2 (3–0, 5–0, 1–2) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0203/boxes/mminmrc1.m28 Travis Weber Andy Franck 1 – 02 – 03 – 04 – 05 – 06 – 07 – 08 – 09 – 09 – 19 – 2 (Guyer, Tallackson) Grant Potulny – 01:15(Guyer) Keith Ballard – 04:33(DeMarchi, Guyer) Grant Potulny – GW – 14:59(Guyer) Barry Tallackson – 21:40(Ballard) Thomas Vanek – 24:10(Reinholz) Paul Martin – 25:07(Fleming, Smaagaard) Jon Waibel – 25:34(Fleming) Keith Ballard – 33:57(Guyer, Tallackson) Grant Potulny – 41:05 44:33 – PP – David Wrigley (Tackaberry)47:21 – PP – Scott Reynolds (Borrelli, Rivers) Jon Gravalese Tom Quinn Joe Ross Mariucci Arena 9,554 8 8 56 18 #e0e0e0 March 28, 2003 4:00 pm (2) Ferris State (3) North Dakota 5–2 (1–0, 2–0, 2–2) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0203/boxes/mfsundk1.m28 Mike Brown Jake Brandt (out 40:00)Josh Siembida (in 40:00) 1 – 02 – 03 – 03 – 14 – 14 – 25 – 2 (Kunitz, Kinnie) Derek Nesbitt – PP – 14:01(Kunitz, Milam) Simon Mangos – PP – 35:42(Nesbitt, Kunitz) Jeff Legue – GW – 38:04(Large) Greg Rallo – 49:11(Meyer) Trevor Large – EN – 59:42 47:25 – David Lundbohm (Bochenski, Jones)55:34 – Ryan Hale (Prpich, Fuher) Scott Hansen Bob Bernard Joe Andrews Mariucci Arena 28 16 27 46 Regional Final #d0d0d0 March 29, 2003 4:00 pm (1) Minnesota (2) Ferris State 7–4 (5–2, 1–1, 1–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0203/boxes/mfsumin1.m29 (out 20:00) Justin Johnson(in 20:00) Travis Weber Mike Brown 1 – 02 – 03 – 03 – 14 – 14 – 25 – 25 – 36 – 36 – 47 – 4 (Vanek, DeMarchi) Matt Koalska – 00:13(unassisted) Keith Ballard – PP – 01:38(Smaagaard) Jake Fleming – 06:09(unassisted) Thomas Vanek – 12:41(Hirsch, Tallackson) Matt DeMarchi – GW PP – 18:54(Koalska) Thomas Vanek – 39:31(Smaagaard, Fleming) Jon Waibel – 50:31 12:02 – Chris Kunitz (Meyer)17:48 – SH – Chris Kunitz (Nesbitt)32:43 – Derek Nesbitt (unassisted)42:04 – Phil Lewandowski (Field) Scott Hansen Bob Bernard Joe Andrews Mariucci Arena 9,622 8 28 49 20 Northeast Regional – Worcester, Massachusetts Regional Semifinals #f0f0f0 March 28, 2003 7:30 pm (1) New Hampshire (4) St. Cloud State 5–2 (2–1, 2–1, 1–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0203/boxes/mstcunh1.m28 Mike Ayers Jake Moreland 1 – 01 – 12 – 13 – 13 – 24 – 25 – 2 (Gare, Prudden) Colin Hemingway – 00:10(Stafford) Colin Hemingway – PP – 18:47(Abbott, Aikins) Preston Callander – GW – 21:20(Saviano, Martz) Sean Collins – PP – 27:08(Aikins, Hemingway) Preston Callander – PP – 52:08 08:11 – PP – Ryan Malone (Hendricks, Motzko)23:53 – Jeff Finger (Hendricks) Steve McInchak Tony Molina Bruce Vida Centrum Centre 9,024 16 22 30 37 #e0e0e0 March 28, 2003 4:00 pm (2) Boston University (3) Harvard 6–4 (2–2, 1–1, 3–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0203/boxes/mbu_har1.m28 Sean Fields Dov Grumet-Morris 1 – 01 – 12 – 12 – 22 – 33 – 34 – 35 – 36 – 36 – 4 (Miller, VanderGulik) Brian Collins – PP – 03:39(Priem) Matt Radoslovich – 14:57(Magowan, Skladany) Brad Zancanaro – 34:44(McConnell) Mark Mullen – 40:45(McConnell) Bryan Miller – GW PP – 42:03(unassisted) František Skladaný – 43:34 04:07 – Brendan Bernakevitch (Pettit)17:06 – PP – Tyler Kolarik (Pettit, Welch)28:33 – Brett Nowak (Kolarik)47:53 – PP – Dominic Moore (Johnson, Pettit) Mike Schmitt Nate Freeman Craig Hanson Centrum Centre 9,024 14 39 31 38 Regional Final #d0d0d0 March 29, 2003 8:00 pm (1) New Hampshire (2) Boston University 3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0203/boxes/mbu_unh1.m29 Mike Ayers Sean Fields 1 – 02 – 03 – 0 (Callander, Abbott) Joshua Prudden – GW PP – 13:09(Aikins, Abbott) Patrick Foley – 49:12(unassisted) Sean Collins – EN – 58:55 Mike Schmitt Nate Freeman Craig Hanson Centrum Centre 8,927 14 10 27 27 Frozen Four – Buffalo, New York National Semifinals #e0e0e0 April 10, 2003 12:00 pm (E1) Cornell (NE1) New Hampshire 2–3 (0–1, 1–2, 1–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0203/boxes/mcorunh1.a10 David LeNeveu Mike Ayers 0 – 10 – 20 – 31 – 32 – 3 (Bâby, Murray) Ryan Vesce – PP – 29:38(Cam Abbott, Hornby) Chris Abbott – 49:52 14:21 – Tim Horst (Scott)21:23 – Steve Saviano (Martz, Collins)27:10 – GW PP – Steve Saviano (Martz) Don Adam Nate Freeman Craig Hansen HSBC Arena 18,637 8 12 21 21 #f0f0f0 April 10, 2003 6:00 pm (W1) Minnesota (MW3) Michigan 3–2 (OT) (0–1, 1–1, 1–0, 1–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0203/boxes/mmicmin1.a10 Travis Weber Al Montoya 0 – 10 – 21 – 22 – 23 – 2 (Vanek, Koalska) Troy Riddle – 37:45(Tallackson, Harrington) Gino Guyer – 41:35(unassisted) Thomas Vanek – GW – 68:55 09:33 – Brandon Kaleniecki (Ebbett)34:38 – Jed Ortmeyer (Tambellini) Scott Hansen Bob Bernard Joe Andrews HSBC Arena 18,702 10 8 32 33 National Championship #d0d0d0 April 12, 2003 7:00 pm (W1) Minnesota (NE1) New Hampshire 5–1 (1–1, 0–0, 4–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0203/boxes/mminunh1.a12 Steve Piotrowski John LaDuke Kevin Langseth HSBC Arena 18,759 Scoring summaryMinnesota 5, New Hampshire 1 http://collegehockeystats.net/0203/boxes/mminunh1.a12 CollegeHockeyStats.net 2003-04-12 2018-05-07 Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MINMatt DeMarchi (8)Smaagaard 10:58 1–0 MIN UNHSean Collins (22) – PPMartz and Aikins 19:41 1–1 2nd None 3rd MINThomas Vanek (31) – GWKoalska 48:14 2–1 MIN MINJon Waibel (9)Vanek 51:25 3–1 MIN MINBarry Tallackson (8) – PPGuyer and Harrington 53:34 4–1 MIN MINBarry Tallackson (9) – ENPotulny 58:31 5–1 MIN Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st UNHColin HemingwayCharging 8:57 2:00 MINKeith BallardRoughing 11:35 2:00 UNHJustin AikinsHooking 13:12 2:00 MINGarrett SmaagaardHitting after the whistle 18:01 2:00 2nd UNHPatrick FoleyCharging 22:33 2:00 MINThomas VanekCross-checking 23:10 2:00 UNHBrian YandleInterference 35:27 2:00 MINJudd StevensObstruction – Holding 38:39 2:00 3rd MINJon WaibelHooking 48:59 2:00 UNHNathan MartzRoughing 51:43 2:00 UNHTim HorstHooking 58:46 2:00 MINJake FlemingSlashing 58:46 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T New Hampshire 7 9 11 27 Minnesota 16 14 15 45 Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice UNH Mike Ayers 40 4 59:28 MIN Travis Weber 26 1 60:00 All-Tournament team G: Travis Weber (Minnesota) D: Paul Martin (Minnesota) D: Matt DeMarchi (Minnesota) F: Steve Saviano (New Hampshire) F: Thomas Vanek* (Minnesota) F: Nathan Martz (New Hampshire) * Most Outstanding Player(s)NCAA Division I Awards http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ncaa_awd.html College Hockey Historical Archives 2013-07-17 NCAA Frozen Four Records http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf NCAA.org 2013-06-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20120817163005/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf 2012-08-17 live Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Regional FinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions WCHA 5 5-4 .556 2 1 1 1 Hockey East 4 5-4 .556 3 1 1 - CCHA 3 3-3 .500 2 1 - - ECAC 2 2-2 .500 1 1 - - MAAC 1 0-1 .000 - - - - CHA 1 0-1 .000 - - - - References 50em Tournament Category:NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament NCAA Men's Division Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA Men's Division Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA Men's Division Ice Hockey Tournament Category:College ice hockey tournaments in New York (state) Category:Ice hockey competitions in Buffalo, New York Category:2000s in Buffalo, New York