2002 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2002 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 4th championship in the history of the conference. It was played between March 9 and March 16, 2002. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, the home venue of the Holy Cross Crusaders. By winning the tournament Quinnipiac received MAAC's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament, their first appearance in the tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play with each round being single-elimination. The teams that finish below eighth in the standings are ineligible 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 with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2001–02 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Mercyhurst2621234510348372410313089
Quinnipiac*2615653589573820135129110
Holy Cross2614753395693417125120109
Sacred Heart2615833392723416144111107
Canisius2613943094713514174122114
Connecticut26111052786893613167104129
Iona26121222692913313182111124
Army2691162487863511186109114
American International266200125911228721063119
Fairfield26419311539132623372121
Bentley264202105712132426269150
Championship: Quinnipiac
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

[2] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

Quarterfinals[3]
March 9
Semifinals[4]
March 14
Championship
March 16
         
1 Mercyhurst 2
8 Army 1
1 Mercyhurst 5
6 Connecticut 0
3 Holy Cross 5
6 Connecticut 6
1 Mercyhurst 4
2 Quinnipiac 6
2 Quinnipiac 6**
7 Iona 5
2 Quinnipiac 3
4 Sacred Heart 2
4 Sacred Heart 3*
5 Canisius 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (8) Army

(2) Quinnipiac vs. (7) Iona

(3) Holy Cross vs. (6) Connecticut

(4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) Canisius

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (6) Connecticut

(2) Quinnipiac vs. (4) Sacred Heart

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (2) Quinnipiac

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

  • F Matt Craig* (Quinnipiac)
  • F Chris White (Quinnipiac)
  • F Louis Goulet (Mercyhurst)
  • D Matt Erhart (Quinnipiac)
  • D Mike Muldoon (Mercyhurst)
  • G Jamie Holden (Quinnipiac)

* Most Valuable Player(s)

[12]

References

  1. "Quinnipiac Men's Team History". Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  2. "MAAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  3. "MAAC men's 2001-02 Results Week 24". Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  4. "MAAC men's 2001-02 Results Week 25". Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  5. "Mercyhurst 2, Army 1". USCHO.com. 2002-03-09. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  6. "Quinnipiac 6, Iona 5". USCHO.com. 2002-03-09. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  7. "Connecticut 6, Holy Cross 5". USCHO.com. 2002-03-09. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  8. "Sacred Heart 3, Canisius 2". USCHO.com. 2002-03-09. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  9. "Mercyhurst 5, Connecticut 0". USCHO.com. 2002-03-14. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  10. "Quinnipiac 3, Sacred Heart 2". USCHO.com. 2002-03-14. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  11. "Quinnipiac 6, Mercyhurst 4". USCHO.com. 2002-03-16. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  12. "QU Men's Hockey beats Mercyhurst and goes to NCAA's". The Quinnipiac Chronicle. 2002-03-21. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
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