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.

2002 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates	March 9–16, 2002
Teams	8
Finals site	Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts
Champions	Quinnipiac (1st title)
Winning coach	Rand Pecknold[1] (1st title)
MVP	Matt Craig (Quinnipiac)
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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
Mercyhurst†	26	21	2	3	45	103	48		37	24	10	3	130	89
Quinnipiac*	26	15	6	5	35	89	57		38	20	13	5	129	110
Holy Cross	26	14	7	5	33	95	69		34	17	12	5	120	109
Sacred Heart	26	15	8	3	33	92	72		34	16	14	4	111	107
Canisius	26	13	9	4	30	94	71		35	14	17	4	122	114
Connecticut	26	11	10	5	27	86	89		36	13	16	7	104	129
Iona	26	12	12	2	26	92	91		33	13	18	2	111	124
Army	26	9	11	6	24	87	86		35	11	18	6	109	114
American International	26	6	20	0	12	59	112		28	7	21	0	63	119
Fairfield	26	4	19	3	11	53	91		32	6	23	3	72	121
Bentley	26	4	20	2	10	57	121		32	4	26	2	69	150
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

March 9[5]	Mercyhurst		2 – 1		Army	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Recap
(Rynshoven) Louis Goulet - 19:39		First period			14:38 - Josh Morino (Boyle, Healey)
(Hansen, Tackaberry) Peter Rynshoven - GW - 10:18		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Peter Aubry ( 21 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats			Scot Hamilton ( 28 saves / 30 shots )

(2) Quinnipiac vs. (7) Iona

March 9[6]	Quinnipiac		6 – 5	2OT	Iona	Northford Ice Pavilion	Recap
(Froehlich, Breen) Ryan Morton - 03:06 (Froehlich, Morton) Neil Breen - 07:54		First period			06:59 - PP - Tim Krueckl (Kellogg) 11:28 - PP - Rob Kellogg (Lutz, Carter) 13:43 - PP - Tim Krueckl (Lutz, Carter)
(Olson) Chris White - PP - 04:24 (Craig, Olson) Chris White - 07:17 (Froehlich) Ryan Morton - 13:30		Second period			06:13 - Chad Hordhagen (Ruhl, Schroeder)
No scoring		Third period			19:37 - EA - Tim Krueckl (Williams, Bararuk)
(Morton, Breen) Chris White - GW - 06:18		Second overtime period			No scoring
Jamie Holden ( 8 saves / 12 shots ) / Justin Eddy ( 25 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats			Scott Galenza ( 50 saves / 56 shots )

(3) Holy Cross vs. (6) Connecticut

March 9[7]	Holy Cross		5 – 6		Connecticut	Hart Center	Recap
(Kealey, Smith) Patrick Rissmiller - 01:08		First period			08:49 - Ron D'Angelo (Ames, Nelson) 12:04 - Matt Grew (D'Angelo, Kamienski)
No scoring		Second period			05:43 - Patrick McLaughlin (Murphy, Miller) 11:11 - Evan Schwarz (Rhein, Herhal) 18:16 - Eric Nelson
(Coskren) Jeff Dams - 01:14 (Rissmiller, Irving) Brandon Doria - PP - 09:01 Patrick Rissmiller - 13:10 (Rissmiller, Doria) Greg Kealey - 16:59		Third period			19:39 - GW - Kurt Kamienski (Grew, D'Angelo)
Derek Cunha ( 28 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats			Artie Imbriano ( 39 saves / 44 shots )

(4) Sacred Heart vs. (5) Canisius

March 9[8]	Sacred Heart		3 – 2		Canisius	Milford Ice Pavilion
No Scoring		First period			02:26 - PP - Steve Birch (Duggan, Deeves)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Metcalfe) Marc-Andre Fournier - 14:08 (Henck, Marks) Nick Nutcher - 14:39		Third period			02:20 - Marc Bouffard (Lucas, Street)
(Hrapchak) Garrett Larson - GW - 10:31		Overtime			No scoring
Eddy Ferhi ( 26 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Bryan Worosz ( 34 saves / 37 shots )

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (6) Connecticut

March 14[9]	Mercyhurst		5 – 0		Connecticut	Hart Center	Recap
(Goulet, Rivers) Tom McMonagle - GW - 05:23 (Carter) Mike Muldoon - PP - 07:11		First period			No scoring
Louis Goulet - SH - 10:24		Second period			No scoring
Nolan Brown - 03:32 (Kemp, Hansen) Peter Rynshoven - PP - 08:39		Third period			No scoring
Peter Aubry ( 28 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Artie Imbriano ( 27 saves / 32 shots )

(2) Quinnipiac vs. (4) Sacred Heart

March 14[10]	Quinnipiac		3 – 2		Sacred Heart	Hart Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			16:23 - Peter McRae (Spostio, Forsland)
(Winkler, Bennett) Brian Herbert - PP - 02:38 (White) Matt Craig - 03:36 (Olson, Blais) Matt Craig - GW - 06:33		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			04:19 - PP - Michael Reagan (Mokos, McRae)
Jamie Holden ( 33 saves / 35 shots )		Goalie stats			Eddy Ferhi ( 22 saves / 25 shots )

(1) Mercyhurst vs. (2) Quinnipiac

March 16[11]	Mercyhurst		4 – 6		Quinnipiac	Hart Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			04:42 - Rob Hammel (Bennett, Herbert) 10:48 - Ryan Morton (Olson, White) 15:42 - Matt Froehlich (Ennis, Breen) 18:14 - Matt Craig (White, Watkins)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Kemp, Rynshoven) Rich Hansen - PP - 01:55 (Olsen, King) David Wrigley - 05:36 (Rynshoven, Kemp) Adam Tackaberry - PP - 09:33 (Goulet, Rivers) Mike Muldoon - 15:57		Third period			02:38 - GW PP - Matt Erhart (Breen, Winkler) 19:51 - EN - Ryan Olson
Peter Aubry ( 4 saves / 8 shots ) / Matt Cifelli ( 17 saves / 18 shots )		Goalie stats			Jamie Holden ( 38 saves / 42 shots )

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)

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References

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