2007 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

none August 2023 2007 men's Division I NCAA 2007 Men's Frozen Four logo.png 150px 2007 Frozen Four logo 16 Scottrade Center St. Louis, Missouri Michigan State Spartans 3rd 5th 11th Boston College Eagles 8th 20th North Dakota Fighting Sioux 17th Maine Black Bears 11th Rick Comley 2nd Justin Abdelkader Michigan State 115,684 The 2007 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 as the culmination of the 2006–07 season. The tournament began on March 23, 2007, and ended with the championship game on April 7.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZFwjrmxvhs 2007 Hockey Championship - MSU 3, BC 1 YouTube This year's tournament was the first since 2004 to feature multiple programs, Air Force, Alabama-Huntsville, and Massachusetts, making their first appearance in the NCAA playoffs. 3 Tournament procedure USA 450 right 2007 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red) USA blue pog.svg 43.153889 -77.610833 top #FFFFFF Rochester Blue Cross Arena USA blue pog.svg 42.962222 -85.671944 left #FFFFFF Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena USA blue pog.svg 39.748611 -105.0075 left #FFFFFF Denver Pepsi Center USA blue pog.svg 42.986389 -71.462222 bottom #FFFFFF Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena USA red pog.svg 38.626667 -90.2025 right #FFFFFF St. Louis Scottrade 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. The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following were the sites for the 2007 regionals: March 23 and 24 East Regional, Blue Cross Arena – Rochester, New York (Host: ECAC Hockey League) Midwest Regional, Van Andel Arena – Grand Rapids, Michigan (Host: Western Michigan University) March 24 and 25 West Regional, Pepsi Center – Denver, Colorado (Host: University of Denver) Northeast Regional, Verizon Wireless Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire (Host: University of New Hampshire) Each regional winner advanced to the Frozen Four: April 5 and 7 Scottrade Center – St. Louis, Missouri (Hosts: College Hockey America and the St. Louis Sports Commission) Qualifying teams Hockey East had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) had four teams receive a berth, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had three teams receive a berth, the ECACHL had two teams receive a berth, and Atlantic Hockey and College Hockey America (CHA) each had one team receive a berth. West Regional – Denver Midwest Regional – Grand RapidsSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid1Minnesota (1)WCHA30–9–3Tournament champion 31st 2006 1Notre Dame (2)CCHA31–6–3Tournament champion 2nd 20042MichiganCCHA26–13–1At-large bid 30th 2006 2Boston UniversityHockey East20–9–9At-large bid 30th 20063North DakotaWCHA22–13–5At-large bid 22nd 20063Michigan StateCCHA22–13–3At-large bid 25th 20064Air ForceAtlantic Hockey19–15–5Tournament champion 1st Never4Alabama–HuntsvilleCHA13–19–3Tournament champion 1st Never East Regional – Rochester Northeast Regional – ManchesterSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid1Clarkson (3)ECACHL25–8–5Tournament champion 19th 19991New Hampshire (4)Hockey East26–10–2At-large bid 17th 20062St. Cloud StateWCHA22–10–7At-large bid 6th 20032Boston CollegeHockey East26–11–1Tournament champion 27th 20063MaineHockey East21–14–2At-large bid 17th 20063St. LawrenceECACHL23–13–2At-large bid 16th 20014MassachusettsHockey East20–12–5At-large bid 1st Never4MiamiCCHA23–13–4At-large bid 5th 2006 Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament. Bracket thumb|310px|right|The Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado hosted the West Regional, including this game between Minnesota and Air Force. yes Regional SemifinalsMarch 23–24 Regional FinalsMarch 24–25 National SemifinalsApril 5 National ChampionshipApril 7 West – Denver – Sat/Sun Northeast – Manchester – Sat/Sun Midwest – Grand Rapids – Fri/Sat East – Rochester – Fri/Sat 1 Minnesota (1) 4 4 Air Force 3 2 Michigan 5 3 North Dakota 8 1 New Hampshire (4) 1 4 Miami 2 2 Boston College 4 3 St. Lawrence 1 1 Notre Dame (2) 3** 4 Alabama-Huntsville 2 2 Boston University 1 3 Michigan State 5 1 Clarkson (3) 0 4 Massachusetts 1* 2 St. Cloud State 1 3 Maine 4 4 1 Minnesota (1) 2 3 North Dakota 3* 4 Miami 0 2 Boston College 4 1 Notre Dame (2) 1 3 Michigan State 2 Massachusetts 1 3 Maine 3 W3 North Dakota 4 NE2 Boston College 6 MW3 Michigan State 4 E3 Maine 2 NE2 Boston College 1 MW3 Michigan State 3 Results West Regional – Denver, Colorado Regional Semifinals #f0f0f0 March 24, 2007 1:30 pm (1) Minnesota (4) Air Force 4–3 (0–1, 1–1, 3–1) http://collegehockeystats.net/0607/boxes/mafamin1.m24 Kellen Briggs Andrew Volkening 0 – 11 – 11 – 21 – 32 – 33 – 34 – 3 (Vannelli) Jay Barriball – 29:00(Okposo, Kaufmann) Ryan Stoa – PP – 51:50(Johnson, Peltier) Jim O'Brien – 53:00(Goligoski, Vannelli) Mike Carman – GW – 55:26 09:55 – Jeff Hajner (Fairchild)39:23 – PP – Andrew Ramsey (Phillipich, Mayra)45:22 – Brett Nylander (Fairchild, Schiavone) Scott Hansen Andy O'Brien Dave Kronenberg Pepsi Center 11,161 8 8 37 31 #e0e0e0 March 24, 2007 5:30 pm (2) Michigan (3) North Dakota 5–8 (3–4, 2–3, 0–1) http://collegehockeystats.net/0607/boxes/mmicndk1.m24 Billy Sauer Jean-Philippe Lamoureux 1 – 02 – 02 – 13 – 13 – 23 – 33 – 44 – 45 – 45 – 55 – 65 – 75 – 8 (Hensick, Johnson) Kevin Porter – 00:26(Cogliano) Chris Summers – 00:58(Rohlfs, Johnson) T. J. Hensick – 04:58(Porter, Hunwick) T. J. Hensick – PP – 20:14(unassisted) Andrew Cogliano – 20:58 03:05 – PP – Chris Porter (VandeVelde, Genoway)14:36 – PP – Chris Porter (Miller, Genoway)16:28 – T. J. Oshie (Duncan, Lee)18:47 – PP – Jonathan Toews (Bina, Duncan)23:16 – PP – Robbie Bina (Oshie)24:53 – GW – Rylan Kaip (Watkins, Porter)28:03 – PP – T. J. Oshie (Bina, Duncan)57:49 – SH EN – T. J. Oshie (unassisted) Dave Hansen Bob Bernard Tim Low Pepsi Center 11,171 28 10 34 27 Regional Final #d0d0d0 March 25, 2007 4:00 pm (1) Minnesota (3) North Dakota 2–3 (OT) (1–1, 0–0, 1–1, 0–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0607/boxes/mminndk1.m25 Jeff Frazee Jean-Philippe Lamoureux 1 – 01 – 11 – 22 – 22 – 3 (Vannelli, Lucia Mike Carman – 02:22(Vannelli, Goligoski) Jay Barriball – PP – 53:11 06:49 – Ryan Duncan (Lee)42:08 – PP – Robbie Bina (Toews, Oshie)69:43 – GW – Chris Porter (Watkins, Jones) Tim Benedetto Bob Bernard Tim Low Pepsi Center 11,217 12 25 29 36 Midwest Regional – Grand Rapids, Michigan Regional Semifinals #f0f0f0 March 23, 2007 5:00 pm (1) Notre Dame (4) Alabama-Huntsville 3–2 (2OT) (2–0, 0–2, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0607/boxes/malhndm1.m23 David Brown Blake MacNicol (out 04:26)Marc Narduzzi (in 04:26) 1 – 02 – 02 – 12 – 23 – 2 (unassisted) Josh Sciba – 03:18(Condra) Ryan Thang – 04:26(Lawson, Blatchford) Ryan Thang – GW PP – 95:18 30:20 – Dominik Rozman (Murray)36:06 – Cale Tanaka (Train) Jeff Bunyon Chris Aughe Kevin Shea Van Andel Arena 4 12 53 30 #e0e0e0 March 23, 2007 10:05 pm (2) Boston University (3) Michigan State 1–5 (1–1, 0–3, 0–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0607/boxes/mbu_msu1.m23 John Curry Jeff Lerg 1 – 01 – 11 – 21 – 31 – 41 – 5 (Gilroy, Popko) Ryan Weston – 06:05 12:51 – PP – Tim Kennedy (unassisted)21:11 – GW – Tim Crowder (Kennedy, Howells)25:22 – Jay Sprague (Graham, Sucharski)37:09 – Daniel Vukovic (B. Lerg, Mueller)48:04 – Tim Crowder (Dunne, Howells) Jon Campion C.J. Beaurline Dan Carey Van Andel Arena 5,201 42 16 28 26 Regional Final #d0d0d0 March 24, 2007 8:30 pm (1) Notre Dame (3) Michigan State 1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1) http://collegehockeystats.net/0607/boxes/mmsundm1.m24 David Brown Jeff Lerg 0 – 10 – 21 – 2 (Blatchford, Paige) Evan Rankin – 54:52 26:04 – PP – Chris Mueller (Snavely, Graham)45:59 – GW PP – Tim Kennedy (Crowder, Abdelkader) Peter Feola Robert St. Lawrence Marty Demers Van Andel Arena 4,839 16 20 20 25 East Regional – Rochester, New York Regional Semifinals #f0f0f0 March 23, 2007 2:30 pm (1) Clarkson (4) Massachusetts 0–1 (OT) (0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0607/boxes/mclkuma1.m23 David Leggio Jonathan Quick 0 – 1 67:40 – GW – Kevin Jarman (Virtue, Ortiz) Steve Piotrowski Brian Hill Tony Molina Blue Cross Arena 3,887 12 12 33 38 #e0e0e0 March 23, 2007 6:30 pm (2) St. Cloud State (3) Maine 1–4 (1–3, 0–1, 0–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0607/boxes/mmnestc1.m23 Bobby Goepfert Ben Bishop 1 – 01 – 11 – 21 – 31 – 4 (Stephenson) Justin Fletcher – 03:39 07:21 – PP – Brent Shepheard (Léveillé, Purcell)08:11 – GW – Billy Ryan (Hamilton, Purcell)14:08 – PP – Michel Léveillé (Lundin, Purcell)37:08 – Rob Bellamy (Shepheard, de Kastrozza) Steve McInchunk Paul Tunison Kevin Langseth Blue Cross Arena 3,887 14 22 34 21 Regional Final #d0d0d0 March 24, 2007 6:00 pm (3) Maine (4) Massachusetts 3–1 (0–0, 2–1, 1–0) http://collegehockeystats.net/0607/boxes/mmneuma1.m24 Ben Bishop Jonathan Quick 1 – 02 – 02 – 13 – 1 Bret Tyler (Soares, Léveillé) – 25:23Mike Hamilton (Soares, Ryan) – GW PP – 29:45Matt Duffy (Tyler, Ryan) – PP – 46:28 38:14 – PP – Matt Anderson (Jarman, Fenton) Matt Shegos John Philo Bruce Vida Blue Cross Arena 3,522 16 16 29 36 Northeast Regional – Manchester, New Hampshire Regional Semifinals #f0f0f0 March 24, 2007 1:00 pm (1) New Hampshire (4) Miami 1–2 (0–1, 0–0, 1–1) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0607/boxes/mmiaunh1.m24 Kevin Regan Jeff Zatkoff 0 – 10 – 21 – 2 (Switzer, Flaishans) Mike Radja – SH – 55:15 01:47 – Nathan Davis (Kaufman, Jones)40:39 – GW – Ryan Jones (unassisted) Todd Anderson Butch Mohssequx Bob Kiltie Verizon Wireless Arena 9,015 12 14 44 25 #e0e0e0 March 24, 2007 4:30 pm (2) Boston College (3) St. Lawrence 4–1 (1–0, 1–1, 2–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0607/boxes/mbc_stl1.m24 Cory Schneider Alex Petizian 1 – 02 – 02 – 13 – 14 – 1 (Smith, Bradford) Brian Boyle – 01:24(Gerbe, Bradford) Ben Smith – PP GW – 20:40(O'Hanley) Andrew Orpik – 43:34(Gerbe, Greene) Brock Bradford – EN – 59:37 22:12 – Brock McBride (Taylor) Derek Shepard Tim Swaaider Scott Staudte Verizon Wireless Arena 9,015 20 16 35 25 Regional Final #d0d0d0 March 25, 2007 3:30 pm (2) Boston College (4) Miami 4–0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0) http://collegehockeystats.net/0607/boxes/mbc_mia1.m25 Cory Schneider Jeff Zatkoff 1 – 02 – 03 – 04 – 0 Joe Rooney (Ferriero, Brennan) – GW – 23:00Joe Rooney (Bertram, Smith) – PP – 25:44Kyle Kucharski (Lombardi) – 47:27Benn Ferriero (Bertram, Motherwell) – 51:21 Derek Shepard Butch Mousseaux Bob Keltie Verizon Wireless Arena 7,007 20 29 33 37 Frozen Four – St. Louis, Missouri National Semifinals #e0e0e0 April 5, 2007 3:00 pm (MW3) Michigan State (E3) Maine 4–2 (1–2, 1–0, 2–0) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0607/boxes/mmnemsu1.a05 Jeff Lerg Ben Bishop 0 – 10 – 21 – 22 – 23 – 24 – 2 Chris Mueller – 07:25Chris Snavely (Abdelkader, Kennedy) – 36:32Nick Sucharski (Schepke, Sprague) – GW – 45:11Jim McKenzie (Mueller) – 49:46 00:23 – Keith Johnson (Soares, Léveillé)03:24 – Josh Soares (Ramsey, Johnson) Derek Shepherd Butch Mousseaux Bob Keltie Scottrade Center 18,857 6 8 33 31 #f0f0f0 April 5, 2007 7:00 pm (NE2) Boston College (W3) North Dakota 6–4 (1–1, 1–1, 4–2) http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0607/boxes/mbc_ndk1.a05 Cory Schneider Jean-Philippe Lamoureux 0 – 11 – 11 – 22 – 23 – 23 – 34 – 35 – 35 – 46 – 4 (Smith, O'Hanley) Dan Bertram – PP – 15:41(Sneep, Gerbe) Dan Bertram – PP – 35:21(Gerbe, Motherwell) Ben Smith – 53:00(Bradford, Motherwell) Nathan Gerbe – PP – 55:54(Boyle, Schneider) Joe Rooney – SH EN GW – 59:10(unassisted) Nathan Gerbe – EN – 59:54 10:28 – Chris Porter (Lee, VandeVelde)23:51 – PP – Jonathan Toews (Oshie, Chorney)55:22 – SH – T. J. Oshie59:43 – PP EA – Chris Porter (Oshie, Chorney) Matt Shegos Kevin Langseth John Philo Scottrade Center 18,857 14 14 45 29 National Championship #d0d0d0 April 7, 2007 6:00 pm (NE2) Boston College (MW3) Michigan State 1–3 (0–0, 1–0, 0–3) http://collegehockeystats.net/0607/boxes/mbc_msu1.a07 Derek Shepherd Bob Keltie Butch Mousseaux Scottrade Center 19,432 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st None 2nd BCBrian Boyle (19) – PPBradford 26:50 1–0 BC 3rd MSUTim Kennedy (18) – PPAbdelkader 49:53 1–1 MSUJustin Abdelkader (15) – GWKennedy and Howells 59:41 2–1 MSU MSUChris Mueller (16) – ENMcKenzie and Vukovic 59:58 3–1 MSU Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MSUChris SnavelyObstruction Interference 9:46 2:00 BCDan BertramHolding the Stick 17:34 2:00 MSUEthan GrahamUnsportsmanlike Conduct 17:51 2:00 BCNathan GerbeUnsportsmanlike Conduct 17:51 2:00 2nd MSUJustin AbdelkaderHooking 23:34 2:00 MSUTim CrowderHooking 25:00 2:00 BCTim FilangieriInterference 28:38 2:00 BCBrian BoyleTripping 30:31 2:00 BCCarl SneepSlashing 32:58 2:00 3rd MSUJustin AbdelkaderInterference 41:35 2:00 BCMatt GreeneCharging the Goaltender 43:39 2:00 MSUEthan GrahamRoughing 47:51 2:00 BCKyle KucharskiSlashing 47:51 2:00 BCTim FilangieriHooking 49:47 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Michigan State 6 12 11 29 Boston College 13 6 11 30 Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice MSU Jeff Lerg 29 1 60:00 BC Cory Schneider 26 2 59:41 Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Regional FinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions Hockey East 5 6–5 .545 3 2 1 – CCHA 4 6–3 .666 3 1 1 1 WCHA 3 3–3 .500 2 1 – – ECACHL 2 0–2 .000 – – – – Atlantic Hockey 1 0–1 .000 – – – – CHA 1 0–1 .000 – – – – All-Tournament team thumb|200px|right|Justin Abdelkader, pictured here with the Detroit Red Wings, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Frozen Four G: Jeff Lerg (Michigan State) D: Tyler Howells (Michigan State) D: Brian Boyle (Boston College) F: Justin Abdelkader* (Michigan State) F: Nathan Gerbe (Boston College) F: Tim Kennedy (Michigan State) * 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 References Tournament Category:NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament Category:2000s in St. Louis Category:21st century in Rochester, New York Category:Ice hockey competitions in St. Louis