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2001 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 and it remained there until the conclusion of the 2013 tournament.
| 2001 WCHA Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 9–17, 2001 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals site | Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Champions | St. Cloud State (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Craig Dahl[1] (1st title) |
| MVP | Tyler Arnason (St. Cloud State) |
| Attendance | 67,612 |
WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
Format edit
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 edit
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #2 North Dakota† | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 115 | 80 | 46 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 183 | 121 | |
| #5 St. Cloud State* | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 40 | 111 | 69 | 41 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 168 | 94 | |
| #9 Minnesota | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 107 | 70 | 42 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 171 | 109 | |
| #6 Colorado College | 28 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 34 | 106 | 81 | 41 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 150 | 108 | |
| #8 Wisconsin | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 81 | 86 | 41 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 133 | 129 | |
| Denver | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 84 | 78 | 38 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 116 | 104 | |
| Minnesota State-Mankato | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 91 | 99 | 38 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 128 | 135 | |
| Michigan Tech | 28 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 15 | 69 | 105 | 36 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 91 | 135 | |
| Alaska-Anchorage | 28 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 61 | 104 | 36 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 82 | 132 | |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 28 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 68 | 121 | 39 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 103 | 166 | |
| Championship: St. Cloud State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket edit
Teams are reseeded after the first round
| First round[2] March 9–11, 2001 | Quarterfinal[3] March 15, 2001 | Semifinals March 16, 2001 | Championship March 17, 2001 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | North Dakota | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | North Dakota | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | St. Cloud State | 5 | 8 | – | 4 | Colorado College | 4 | 4 | Colorado College | 1 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Alaska-Anchorage | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | Wisconsin | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Minnesota | 7 | 3 | – | 1 | North Dakota | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Michigan Tech | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | St. Cloud State | 6* | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Colorado College | 3 | 7 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Minnesota State-Mankato | 0 | 3 | — | 2 | St. Cloud State | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Minnesota | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Wisconsin | 6 | 6 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Denver | 4 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals edit
(1) North Dakota vs. (10) Minnesota-Duluth edit
| March 9[4] | North Dakota | 2 – 3 | Minnesota-Duluth | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Notermann, Dorey) David Lundbohm - 01:13 | Second period | 12:17 - PP - Matt Mathias (Homstol, Lessard) 15:13 - Ryan Homstol (Gunderson, Otten) | ||||||
| (Dorey, Hammer) Ryan Bayda - 11:14 | Third period | 17:48 - GW - Mark Gunderson (Otten) 15:13 - Ryan Homstol (Gunderson, Otten) | ||||||
| Karl Goehring ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Rob Anderson ( 35 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10[5] | North Dakota | 6 – 2 | Minnesota-Duluth | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 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 | Second period | 07:01 - Mark Carlson (Reierson, Medak) 08:01 - Matt Mathias | ||||||
| (Skarperud, Spiewak) Aaron Schneekloth - 10:24 (Lundbohm, Notermann) Wes Dorey - 13:19 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andy Kollar ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | Rob Anderson ( 33 saves / 38 shots ) / Adam Coole ( 0 saves / 1 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11[6] | North Dakota | 4 – 0 | Minnesota-Duluth | Ralph Engelstad Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Bayda - GW - 07:31 (Skarperud, Panzer) Kevin Spiewak - 12:16 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Dorey, Lundbohm) Jason Notermann - 03:11 Jeff Panzer - 05:27 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Karl Goehring ( 25 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | 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 edit
| March 9[7] | St. Cloud State | 5 – 1 | Alaska-Anchorage | National Hockey Center | Recap | |||
| Chris Purslow - 04:36 (Arnason) Brandon Sampair - GW - 17:06 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Arnason, Sampair) Mark Hartigan - PP - 15:48 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Purslow - 04:52 (Arnason, Hartigan) Nate DiCasmirro - PP - 11:11 | Third period | 05:49 - Vladimir Novak (Gilkerson, Ludwig) | ||||||
| Scott Meyer ( 20 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | Chris King ( 14 saves / 18 shots ) / Kevin Reiter ( 6 saves / 7 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10[8] | St. Cloud State | 8 – 2 | Alaska-Anchorage | National Hockey Center | Recap | |||
| (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 | First period | 19:26 - Petr Chytka (Leitner, Cygan) | ||||||
| (Westcott) Brandon Sampair - PP - 18:15 | Second period | 03:26 - Vladimir Novak (Garvin) | ||||||
| (Malone) Ritchie Larson - 01:16 (Westcott, DiCasmirro) Mark Hartigan - 10:53 (DiCasmirro, Finger) Ryan Malone - 14:49 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Meyer ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | 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 edit
| March 9[9] | Minnesota | 7 – 2 | Michigan Tech | Mariucci Arena | Recap | |||
| (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 | First period | 12:34 - PP - Brett Engelhardt (Snesrud, Way) | ||||||
| (Martin, Miskovich) Dylan Mills - PP - 11:49 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Westrum) Troy Riddle - 17:21 (Tharp, Westrum) Nick Angell - 18:13 | Third period | 16:18 - Jarrett Weinberger (Patterson) | ||||||
| Adam Hauser ( 16 saves / 18 shots ) | Goalie stats | Brian Rodgers ( 25 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10[10] | Minnesota | 3 – 1 | Michigan Tech | Mariucci Arena | Recap | |||
| (Koalska, Anthony) Ben Tharp - 17:01 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Anthony, Koalska) Stuart Senden - GW - 17:12 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Martin) Nick Anthony - 14:44 | Third period | 03:43 - Chris Durno (Ulwelling) | ||||||
| Adam Hauser ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Brian Rodgers ( 38 saves / 41 shots ) | ||||||
| Minnesota won series 2–0 | |
(4) Colorado College vs. (7) Minnesota State-Mankato edit
| March 9 | Colorado College | 3 – 0 | OT | Minnesota State-Mankato | Colorado Springs World Arena | Recap |
| March 10 | Colorado College | 7 – 3 | Minnesota State-Mankato | Colorado Springs World Arena | Recap |
| Colorado College won series 2–0 | |
(5) Wisconsin vs. (6) Denver edit
| March 9[11] | Wisconsin | 6 – 4 | Denver | Alliant Energy Center | Recap | |||
| (Bourque, Hukalo) Dany Heatley - 14:30 (Boeser) Matt Hussey - 15:48 | First period | 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 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Bourque, Heatley) David Hukalo - PP - 06:45 | Third period | 19:41 - PP - Judd Stauss (Weber) | ||||||
| Graham Melanson ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Wade Dubielewicz ( 26 saves / 31 shots ) / Adam Berkhoel ( 10 saves / 11 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10[12] | Wisconsin | 6 – 2 | Denver | Alliant Energy Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Wheeler, Dessner) Kent Davyduke - 00:55 (Brooks, Doman) Matt Murray - 12:48 (Winchester) Dany Heatley - GW - 13:34 | Second period | 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 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Graham Melanson ( 41 saves / 43 shots ) | Goalie stats | Adam Berkhoel ( 19 saves / 23 shots ) / Wade Dubielewicz ( 0 saves / 1 shots ) | ||||||
| Wisconsin won series 2–0 | |
Quarterfinal edit
(4) Colorado College vs. (5) Wisconsin edit
| March 15[13] | Minnesota | 4 – 3 | Wisconsin | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| (Preissing, Manning) Joe Cullen - 04:02 (Clark, Jozsa) Noah Clarke - 14:26 | First period | 13:12 - Dany Heatley | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Cullen, Manning) Peter Sejna - 19:13 (Cullen, Sejna) Justin Morrison - GW EN - 19:25 | Third period | 00:53 - PP - Rene Bourque (Heatley, Hukalo) 19:49 - Dany Heatley (Granato, Brooks) | ||||||
| Jeff Sanger ( 37 saves / 40 shots ) | Goalie stats | Graham Melanson ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
Semifinals edit
(1) North Dakota vs. (4) Colorado College edit
| March 16[14] | North Dakota | 2 – 1 | Colorado College | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 04:26 - Mark Cullen (Sejna, Morrison) | ||||||
| (Bayda, Panzer) Aaron Schneekloth - PP - 03:27 (Dorey, Roche) Jason Notermann - GW - 10:51 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Karl Goehring ( 18 saves / 19 shots ) | Goalie stats | Colin Zulianello ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) | ||||||
(2) St. Cloud State vs. (3) Minnesota edit
| March 16[15] | St. Cloud State | 3 – 0 | Minnesota | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| (Arnason, Sampair) Chris Purslow - GW - 05:07 (Arnason, Westcott) Nate DiCasmirro - 05:47 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Westcott) Tyler Arnason - SH - 09:46 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Meyer ( 23 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | Adam Hauser ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) | ||||||
Third Place edit
(3) Minnesota vs. (4) Colorado College edit
| March 17[16] | Minnesota | 4 – 5 | Colorado College | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| (Pohl) Erik Westrum - PP - 08:13 (Westrum, Leopold) Troy Riddle - 10:32 | First period | 06:01 - SH - Mark Cullen (Clark) | ||||||
| (Pohl, Leopold) Erik Westrum - 08:46 | Second period | 13:05 - PP - Joe Cullen (Kim, Stuart) 14:54 - PP - Mike Stuart (Morrison, Kim) | ||||||
| (Leopold) John Pohl - PP - 15:18 | Third period | 14:29 - Peter Sejna (Cullen) 16:55 - Justin Morrison | ||||||
| Pete Samargia ( 27 saves / 32 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jeff Sanger ( 37 saves / 41 shots ) | ||||||
Championship edit
(1) North Dakota vs. (2) St. Cloud State edit
| March 17[17] | North Dakota | 5 – 6 | OT | St. Cloud State | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | 12:10 - Tyler Arnason (Westcott, Meyer) | ||||||
| (Bayda, Mazurak) Jeff Panzer - 05:21 | Second period | 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 - 14:25 Jason Notermann - 18:58 (Lundbohm) Travis Roche - EA - 19:49 | Third period | 12:24 - PP - Tyler Arnason (Sampair, Eastman) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 11:33 - GW - Derek Eastman (Malone, Cullen) | ||||||
| Andy Kollar ( 30 saves / 36 shots ) | Goalie stats | Scott Meyer ( 33 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards edit
All-Tournament Team edit
- 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)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "St. Cloud State Men's Team History". Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ "WCHA men's Hockey 2000-01 Week 24". USCHO.com. March 11, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ "WCHA men's Hockey 2000-01 Week 25". USCHO.com. March 17, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ "Minnesota-Duluth 3, North Dakota 2". USCHO.com. March 9, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ "North Dakota 6, Minnesota-Duluth 2". USCHO.com. March 10, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ "North Dakota 6, Minnesota-Duluth 2". USCHO.com. March 11, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ "St. Cloud State 5, Alaska-Anchorage 1". USCHO.com. March 9, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ "St. Cloud State 8, Alaska-Anchorage 2". USCHO.com. March 10, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ "Minnesota 7, Michigan Tech 2". USCHO.com. March 9, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ "Minnesota 3, Michigan Tech 1". USCHO.com. March 10, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ "Wisconsin 6, Denver 4". USCHO.com. March 9, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ "Wisconsin 6, Denver 2". USCHO.com. March 10, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ "Colorado College 4, Wisconsin 3". USCHO.com. March 15, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ "North Dakota 2, Colorado College 1". USCHO.com. March 16, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ "St. Cloud State 3, Minnesota 0". USCHO.com. March 16, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ "Colorado College 5, Minnesota 4". USCHO.com. March 17, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ "St. Cloud State 6, North Dakota 5". USCHO.com. March 17, 2001. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
External links edit
- WCHA.com
- 2000–01 WCHA Standings
- 2000–01 NCAA Standings