The 2003 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 19th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 6 and March 17, 2003. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament New Hampshire received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 2003 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 6–15, 2003 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Fleet Center Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | New Hampshire (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Dick Umile[1] (2nd title) |
| MVP | Sean Fields (Boston University) |
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
Format
editThe tournament featured three rounds of play. The team that finishes ninth in the conference is not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-elimination game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Conference standings
editNote: 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 | ||
| #3 New Hampshire†* | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 84 | 55 | 42 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 156 | 96 | |
| #8 Boston College† | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 97 | 55 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 149 | 97 | |
| #9 Maine | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 81 | 61 | 39 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 140 | 91 | |
| Providence | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 76 | 71 | 36 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 126 | 104 | |
| #7 Boston University | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 78 | 66 | 42 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 143 | 112 | |
| Massachusetts | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 60 | 80 | 37 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 119 | 125 | |
| Merrimack | 24 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 59 | 80 | 36 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 92 | 116 | |
| Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 63 | 95 | 36 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 110 | 142 | |
| Northeastern | 24 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 54 | 89 | 34 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 83 | 115 | |
| Championship: New Hampshire † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
edit| Quarterfinals[2] March 6–8 | Semifinals[3] March 14 | Championship March 15 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | New Hampshire | 8 | 8 | — | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 4 | 4 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New Hampshire | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Massachusetts | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston College | 4 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Merrimack | 1 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New Hampshire | 1* | ||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Boston University | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Maine | 3 | 2 | – | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Massachusetts | 5 | 4 | – | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston College | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Boston University | 6** | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Providence | 4 | 1 | – | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Boston University | 5* | 7 | – | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
edit(1) New Hampshire vs. (8) Massachusetts-Lowell
edit| March 7[4] | New Hampshire | 8 – 4 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Whittemore Center | Recap | |||
| (Hemingway) Lanny Gare - 10:29 (Lubesnick, Scott) Tim Horst - 18:12 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Prudden) Colin Hemingway - 00:17 (Saviano) Jim Abbott - 05:48 (Callander, Yandle) Jim Abbott - GW - 13:52 |
Second period | 07:20 - Ed McGrane (Green, Martin) 17:03 - Geoff Schomogyi (Strome, Tormey) 19:24 - Mark Concannon (Domish) | ||||||
| (Callander) Jim Abbott - 01:28 (Yandle, Saviano) Sean Collins - 03:58 (Lubesnick, Teplitsky) Steve Saviano - 19:54 |
Third period | 15:58 - Stephen Slonina (Godoy, Reed) | ||||||
| Mike Ayers ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | Dominic Smart ( 16 saves / 23 shots ) / Chris Davidson ( 3 saves / 4 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8[5] | New Hampshire | 8 – 4 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Whittemore Center | Recap | |||
| (Stafford, Foley) Tyler Scott - 01:44 (Saviano, Aikins) Sean Collins - PP - 13:25 (Stafford, Gare) Jim Abbott - PP - 17:06 |
First period | 02:14 - Mark Concannon (Slonina) 12:35 - Darryl Green (Slonina, Godoy) | ||||||
| (Stafford, Abbott) Colin Hemingway - PP - 09:46 (Foley) Robbie Barker - GW - 15:41 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Saviano, Aikins) Kevin Truelson - PP - 08:44 (Callander, Ayers) Justin Aikins - 12:14 (Gare, Stafford) Colin Hemingway - PP - 16:07 |
Third period | 00:24 - Ed McGrane (Reed) 04:41 - Darryl Green (Reed, O'Brien) | ||||||
| Mike Ayers ( 28 saves / 32 shots ) | Goalie stats | Dominic Smart ( 29 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
| New Hampshire won series 2–0 | |
(2) Boston College vs. (7) Merrimack
edit| March 7[6] | Boston College | 4 – 1 | Merrimack | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| (Spina, Harrold) Ryan Shannon - PP - 16:28 (Eaves, Forrest) Ben Eaves - GW - 18:58 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Alberts, Spina) Ryan Shannon - 15:16 (Spina, Shannon) Andrew Alberts - PP - 18:13 |
Third period | 14:58 - Brent Gough (LaLonde) | ||||||
| Matti Kaltiainen ( 12 saves / 13 shots ) | Goalie stats | Joe Exter ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) / Casey Guenther ( 2 saves / 4 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8[7] | Boston College | 2 – 1 | Merrimack | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| (D'Arpino, Hennes) Justin Dziama - 07:25 | First period | 07:04 - PP - Brent Gough (Schmidt, Johnson) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Voce) J. D. Forrest - GW - 19:42 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matti Kaltiainen ( 17 saves / 18 shots ) | Goalie stats | Casey Guenther ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| Boston College won series 2–0 | |
(3) Maine vs. (6) Massachusetts
edit| March 6[8] | Maine | 3 – 5 | Massachusetts | Alfond Arena | Recap | |||
| (Lawson, Nault) Martin Kariya - PP - 08:07 | First period | 12:19 - Dusty Demianiuk (Solon) 13:51 - Matt Anderson (Turner, Mauldin) | ||||||
| (Lynch, Liščák) John Ronan - 09:47 | Second period | 02:54 - Peter Trovato (Hanson, Solon) | ||||||
| (Heisten, Barnes) Gray Shaneberger - 01:36 | Third period | 01:54 - GW - Stephen Jacobs (Vitek) 19:14 - EN - Greg Mauldin (Pöck, Warner) | ||||||
| Jimmy Howard ( 9 saves / 12 shots ) / Frank Doyle ( 13 saves / 14 shots ) | Goalie stats | Gabe Winer ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
| March 7[9] | Maine | 2 – 4 | Massachusetts | Alfond Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 03:01 - Thomas Pöck 11:18 - Chris Capraro (Warner, Turner) 16:24 - GW - Stephen Werner (Pöck, Lang) | ||||||
| (Liščák, Ryan) Todd Jackson - 12:48 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Shields, Moore) Derek Damon - 05:47 | Third period | 11:55 - PP - Mike Warner (Pöck) | ||||||
| Jimmy Howard ( 6 saves / 9 shots ) / Frank Doyle ( 10 saves / 11 shots ) | Goalie stats | Gabe Winer ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| Massachusetts won series 2–0 | |
(4) Providence vs. (5) Boston University
edit| March 7[10] | Providence | 4 – 5 | OT | Boston University | Schneider Arena | Recap | ||
| (Wood) Jon DiSalvatore - PP - 04:03 (DiSalvatore) Peter Fregoe - PP - 13:59 |
First period | 02:56 - Ken Magowan (Redlihs, Maiser) 12:35 - Ken Magowan (Zancanaro) | ||||||
| (Goodwin, Wood) Chris Chaput - PP - 07:30 | Second period | 12:48 - Frantisek Skladany (Meyer, McConnell) | ||||||
| Jon DiSalvatore - 00:48 | Third period | 04:35 - Ken Magowan | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 08:03 - GW - Bryan Miller (Laliberte) | ||||||
| Nolan Schaefer ( 41 saves / 46 shots ) | Goalie stats | Sean Fields ( 26 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| March 8[11] | Providence | 1 – 7 | Boston University | Schneider Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 08:40 - SH - Mark Mullen (McConnell) 09:57 - GW - John Laliberte | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (DiSalvatore, Fregoe) Devin Rask - PP - 07:14 | Third period | 01:21 - Frantisek Skladany (Cronin) 05:34 - Brien McConnell (Redlihs, Mullen) 13:21 - PP - David Van der Gulik (Collins) 13:56 - PP - Dan Spang (Van der Gulik) 17:50 - PP - Brian Collins (Van der Gulik, Sabo) | ||||||
| Nolan Schaefer ( 22 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | Sean Fields ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| Boston University won series 2–0 | |
Semifinals
edit(1) New Hampshire vs. (6) Massachusetts
edit| March 14[12] | New Hampshire | 4 – 3 | Massachusetts | Fleet Center | Recap | |||
| (Truelson, Saviano) Tim Horst - PP - 17:06 (Gare, Mounsey) Joshua Prudden - 18:08 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 03:24 - Stephen Werner (Kuiper) 14:40 - PP - Greg Mauldin (Lang, Werner) | ||||||
| (Foley) Tyler Scott - 03:17 (Martz) Steve Saviano - 06:43 (Aikins, Truelson) Preston Callander - GW - 17:01 |
Third period | 09:40 - Stephen Werner (Degon, Pöck) 09:50 - Tim Turner (Warner) | ||||||
| Mike Ayers ( 26 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | Gabe Winer ( 23 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Boston College vs. (5) Boston University
edit| March 14[13] | Boston College | 5 – 6 | 2OT | Boston University | Fleet Center | Recap | ||
| (Gionta, Hennes) Ned Havern - 09:03 | First period | 00:43 - Brian Collins (Whitney) | ||||||
| (Shannon, Harrold) Chris Collins - 01:00 (Adams) Ty Hennes - 04:07 |
Second period | 02:08 - Mike Bussoli (Laliberte) 03:39 - Brad Zancanaro (Magowan, Miller) 16:39 - PP - Justin Maiser (Bussoli, Whitney) | ||||||
| (Forrest, Eaves) Tony Voce - PP - 07:18 (Gionta, Eaves) Tony Voce - 04:07 |
Third period | 16:38 - Justin Maiser (Spang) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 05:00 - Justin Maiser (McConnell) | ||||||
| Matti Kaltiainen ( 29 saves / 35 shots ) | Goalie stats | Sean Fields ( 46 saves / 51 shots ) | ||||||
Championship
edit(1) New Hampshire vs. (5) Boston University
edit| March 15[14] | New Hampshire | 1 – 0 | OT | Boston University | Fleet Center | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyson Teplitsky - GW - 11:43 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Ayers ( 24 saves / 24 shots ) | Goalie stats | Sean Fields ( 40 saves / 41 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
edit- F Justin Maiser (Boston University)
- F Steve Saviano (New Hampshire)
- F Stephen Werner (Massachusetts)
- D Garrett Stafford (New Hampshire)
- D Thomas Pöck (Massachusetts)
- G Sean Fields* (Boston University)
Tournament Three Stars
edit- 3 Stephen Werner (Massachusetts)
- 2 Steve Saviano (New Hampshire)
- 1 Sean Fields (Boston University)
References
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