2002 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament

2002 CCHA Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 8–17, 2002
Teams	12
Finals site	Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan
Champions	Michigan (5th title)
Winning coach	Red Berenson[1] (5th title)
MVP	Mike Cammalleri (Michigan)
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The 2002 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 31st CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament in conference history. It was played between March 8 and March 17, 2002. First round games were played at campus sites, while all 'super six' games were played at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Michigan won the Mason Cup and received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. In the First Round, the first and twelfth seeds, the second and eleventh seeds, the third and tenth seeds, the fourth and ninth seeds, the fifth and eighth seeds and the sixth and seventh seeds played a best-of-three series. All six victors in the first round advance as the newly minted 'Super Six' and play only single-elimination for the duration of the tournament. The top two ranked winners receive byes into the semifinals while the four other teams play in the quarterfinals to determine the other qualifiers. In the semifinals, the remaining highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-game, with the winners advancing to the finals. 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 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#4 Michigan†*	28	19	5	4	42	97	56		44	28	11	5	154	102
#8 Michigan State	28	18	6	4	40	87	47		41	27	9	5	129	73
#11 Northern Michigan	28	16	10	2	34	86	69		40	26	12	2	135	98
#12 Alaska-Fairbanks	28	15	10	3	33	91	55		37	22	12	3	132	108
Nebraska-Omaha	28	13	11	4	30	72	64		41	21	16	4	112	102
Western Michigan	28	13	12	3	29	92	92		38	19	15	4	123	118
#15 Ohio State	28	12	12	4	28	71	81		40	20	16	4	109	112
Notre Dame	28	12	12	4	28	95	86		38	16	17	5	117	113
Ferris State	28	12	15	1	25	86	83		36	15	20	1	117	109
Miami	28	9	17	2	20	68	88		36	12	22	2	89	121
Bowling Green	28	7	18	3	17	78	104		40	9	25	6	103	145
Lake Superior State	28	4	22	2	10	38	106		37	8	27	2	61	132
Championship: Michigan † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round and quarterfinals

	First Round[2] March 8–10							Quarterfinals[3] March 15					Semifinals March 16					Championship March 17
	1	Michigan	3	4	4
	12	Lake Superior State	4	1	1
	2	Michigan State	4*	4	–
													1	Michigan	2
	11	Bowling Green	3	2	–
								4	Alaska-Fairbanks	5			7	Ohio State	1
								7	Ohio State	6*
	3	Northern Michigan	4	5	–
																		1	Michigan	3
	10	Miami	0	2	–
																		2	Michigan State	2
	4	Alaska-Fairbanks	6	2	–
													2	Michigan State	2
	9	Ferris State	3	1	–
								3	Northern Michigan	3			3	Northern Michigan	1
								8	Notre Dame	1
	5	Nebraska-Omaha	3**	1	1
	8	Notre Dame	2	2*	2
	6	Western Michigan	2	1	–
	7	Ohio State	3*	3	–

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) Michigan vs. (12) Lake Superior State

March 8[4]	Michigan		3 – 4		Lake Superior State	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			00:36 - SH - Jeremy Bachusz 02:32 - Chris McNamara (Peterson) 14:07 - Jeremy Bachusz (Davis, Nightingale)
(Swistak, Moss) Eric Werner - 07:09 (Moss, Komisarek) Michael Woodford - PP - 07:56		Second period			05:44 - GW - Chris McNamara (Bachusz)
(Cammalleri, Gajic) Jed Ortmeyer - EA - 18:11		Third period			No scoring
Josh Blackburn ( 12 saves / 16 shots )		Goalie stats			Matt Violin ( 39 saves / 42 shots )

March 9[5]	Michigan		4 – 1		Lake Superior State	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
(Gajic, Henderson) Michael Woodford - 05:03 Mike Cammalleri - GW - 10:32		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			12:40 - PP - Bo Cheesman (Magnuson, Peterson)
(Komisarek, Shouneyia) Mike Cammalleri - PP - 15:16 (Vancik) Mike Cammalleri - EN - 17:50		Third period			No scoring
Josh Blackburn ( 15 saves / 16 shots )		Goalie stats			Matt Violin ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) / Terry Denike ( 1 saves / 1 shots )

March 10[6]	Michigan		4 – 1		Lake Superior State	Yost Ice Arena
(Komisarek, Shouneyia) Mike Cammalleri - PP - 19:19		First period			No scoring
(Nystrom, Ortmeyer) Mike Cammalleri - GW - 4:32		Second period			No scoring
(Cammalleri, Ortmeyer) Eric Nystrom - 08:46 John Shouneyia - EN - 18:53		Third period			02:00 - PP - Jeremy Bachusz (Davis, Mushaluk)
Josh Blackburn ( 12 saves / 13 shots )		Goalie stats			Matt Violin ( 22 saves / 25 shots )

Michigan won series 2–1

(2) Michigan State vs. (11) Bowling Green

March 8[7]	Michigan State		4 – 3	OT	Bowling Green	Munn Ice Arena	Recap
(Estrada, Markusen) Mike Lalonde - 07:19		First period			02:13 - Steve Brudzewski (Moore, Knight)
No scoring		Second period			11:22 - Kevin Bieksa (Day, Barlow)
(Slater, Liles) Mike Lalonde - PP - 10:31 (Hall, Lalonde) Jim Slater - EA - 19:19		Third period			05:41 - PP - Austin de Luis (Bieksa, Wires)
(Radunske, Slater) Adam Hall - GW - 04:57		First overtime period			No scoring
Ryan Miller ( 23 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats			Tyler Masters ( 33 saves / 37 shots )

March 9[8]	Michigan State		4 – 2		Bowling Green	Munn Ice Arena	Recap
(Falardeau) Steve Jackson - 03:43		First period			No scoring
(Hutchinson, Goldie) John-Michael Liles - PP - 07:50		Second period			No scoring
(Jackson, Fast) Jim Slater - GW - 05:17 (Liles, Goldie) Andrew Hutchinson - PP - 06:34		Third period			16:54 - Marc Barlow (Knight) 19:11 - Grady Moore (Barlow, McConvey)
Ryan Miller ( 22 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats			Tyler Masters ( 30 saves / 34 shots )

Michigan State won series 2–0

(3) Northern Michigan vs. (10) Miami

March 8[9]	Northern Michigan		4 – 0		Miami	Berry Events Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Jackson, Sawruk) Terry Harrison - GW - 04:42 (Donnette, Michelutti) Alan Swanson - 08:18 (Jackson, Theuer) Ryan Carrigan - 08:50 (Carrigan, Theuer) Chris Gobert - 13:35		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Craig Kowalski ( 24 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats			David Burleigh ( 17 saves / 21 shots ) / David Bowen ( 3 saves / 3 shots )

March 9[10]	Northern Michigan		5 – 3		Miami	Berry Events Center
(Theuer, Connolly) Chris Gobert - 16:58		First period			15:19 - PP - Mike Kompon (Edwardson) 18:10 - Derek Edwardson (Stevens, Ortmeyer)
(Michelutti, Kinnunen) Dan Donnette - PP - 01:32 (Swanson, Kinnunen) Jim Jackson - 05:08 (Robertson, Bonk) Ryan Moderson - GW - 16:39 (Theuer, Stutzel) Bryce Cockburn - 17:26		Second period			19:56 - PP - Evan Cheverie (Edwardson, Jardine)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Craig Kowalski ( 27 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats			David Burleigh ( 15 saves / 20 shots )

Northern Michigan won series 2–0

(4) Alaska-Fairbanks vs. (9) Ferris State

March 8[11]	Alaska-Fairbanks		6 – 3		Ferris State	Carlson Center	Recap
(Voros, Carriere) Cory Rask - PP - 03:17		First period			11:47 - Brett Smith (Caudill, Field)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Andrews, Keith) Aaron Voros - PP - 00:48 (Keough, Herman) Cramer Hickey - 01:21 (Lang, Herman) Filipe Larranaga - GW PP - 14:20 (Grosul, Campbell) Jason Grinevitch - 15:23 Aaron Grosul - EN - 19:59		Third period			15:41 - Trevor Large 18:25 - Trevor Large (Legue, York)
Lance Mayes ( 26 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats			Mike Brown ( 30 saves / 35 shots )

March 9[12]	Alaska-Fairbanks		2 – 1		Ferris State	Carlson Center
(Herman, Farrell) Cory Rask - 16:47 (Hickey, Bablitz) Ryan Campbell - GW - 19:58		First period			07:29 - Simon Mangos (Nesbitt)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Preston McKay ( 26 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			Mike Brown ( 17 saves / 19 shots )

Alaska won series 2–0

(5) Nebraska-Omaha vs. (8) Notre Dame

March 8[13]	Nebraska-Omaha		3 – 2	2OT	Notre Dame	Omaha Civic Auditorium	Recap
Chris Claffey - 10:41 Shane Glover - 16:20		First period			14:42 - Tom Galvin
No scoring		Second period			04:52 - Brad Wanchulak
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
(Wong) Jeff Hoggan - GW - 00:40		Second overtime period			No scoring
Dan Ellis ( 32 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats			Morgan Cey ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

March 9[14]	Nebraska-Omaha		1 – 2	OT	Notre Dame	Omaha Civic Auditorium	Recap
No Scoring		First period			00:18 - PP - Evan Nielsen (Maruk, Wroblewski)
(Hacker, Glover) Anthony Adams - PP - 06:07		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			08:09 - GW - David Inman (Galvin, Dunlop)
Dan Ellis ( 30 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats			Morgan Cey ( 40 saves / 41 shots )

March 10[15]	Nebraska-Omaha		1 – 2		Notre Dame	Omaha Civic Auditorium	Recap
(Brisson, Turner) Kyle O'Keefe - 07:42		First period			19:56 - PP - Jon Maruk (Wroblewski, Dunlup)
No scoring		Second period			18:03 - GW - Evan Nielsen (Wanchulak, Wiegand)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Dan Ellis ( 22 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats			Morgan Cey ( 30 saves / 31 shots )

Notre Dame won series 2–1

(6) Western Michigan vs. (7) Ohio State

March 8[16]	Western Michigan		2 – 3	OT	Ohio State	Lawson Arena	Recap
(Jarmuth) Dana Lattery - 08:32		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			09:08 - Paul Caponigri (May, Crain)
(Campbell) Patrick Dwyer - 17:50		Third period			16:01 - Daymen Bencharski (Umberger, McCormick)
No scoring		First overtime period			19:31 - GW - Daymen Bencharski (Andress)
Jeff Reynaert ( 35 saves / 38 shots )		Goalie stats			Mike Betz ( 19 saves / 21 shots )

March 9[17]	Western Michigan		1 – 3		Ohio State	Lawson Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			01:07 - PP - Mike McCormick (Umberger, Broccoli)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Crane, Davies) Lucas Drake - 07:37		Third period			04:12 - GW - Dave Steckel 19:34 - EN PP - Dave Steckel (Bittner, Skaug)
Jeff Reynaert ( 21 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats			Mike Betz ( 20 saves / 21 shots )

Ohio State won series 2–0

Quarterfinals

(3) Northern Michigan vs. (8) Notre Dame

March 15[18]	Northern Michigan		3 – 1		Notre Dame	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			18:55 - David Inman (Wroblewski, Dunlop)
(Theuer) Chris Gobert - 17:37		Second period			No scoring
Chris Gobert - GW - 07:30 (Theuer, Donnette) Chris Gobert - EN - 19:44		Third period			No scoring
Craig Kowalski ( 23 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats			Morgan Cey ( 17 saves / 19 shots )

(4) Alaska-Fairbanks vs. (7) Ohio State

March 15[19]	Alaska-Fairbanks		5 – 6	OT	Ohio State	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
(Voros, Keith) Bobby Andrews - 14:14 (Carriere, Campbell) Jared Sylvestre - 18:11		First period			03:38 - PP - Daymen Bencharski (Welsh, May) 13:40 - Miguel Lefleche (Bittner)
Ryan Lang - 12:20		Second period			13:04 - Daymen Bencharski (Umberger)
(Rask) Daniel Carriere - 02:53 (Carriere, Voros) Cam Keith - 03:13		Third period			10:45 - Jason Crain (Lefleche, Gagne) 16:39 - Paul Caponigri
No scoring		First overtime period			05:01 - GW - Chris Olsgard
Lance Mayes ( 6 saves / 8 shots ) / Preston McKay ( 29 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats			Mike Betz ( 24 saves / 29 shots )

Semifinals

(1) Michigan vs. (7) Ohio State

March 16[20]	Michigan		2 – 1	OT	Ohio State	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
(Ortmeyer) Mike Cammalleri - 09:05		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			19:26 - Scott May (Caponigri)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
(Shouneyia, Werner) Mike Cammalleri - GW PP - 05:23		First overtime period			No scoring
Josh Blackburn ( 32 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats			Mike Betz ( 19 saves / 20 shots )

(2) Michigan State vs. (3) Northern Michigan

March 16[21]	Michigan State		2 – 1		Northern Michigan	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
(Slater, Radunske) Adam Hall - 03:56		First period			No scoring
(Goldie) Brad Fast - GW - 16:29		Second period			03:08 - Alex Sawruk (Bonk, Owens)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Ryan Miller ( 23 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats			Craig Kowalski ( 39 saves / 41 shots )

Championship

(1) Michigan vs. (2) Michigan State

March 17[22]	Michigan		3 – 2		Michigan State	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
(Gajic, Shouneyia) Mark Mink - 03:43		First period			06:55 - Ash Goldie (Fast)
(Cammalleri) Jed Ortmeyer - 09:02		Second period			18:56 - Steve Clark (Insana)
(Nystrom, Cammalleri) Jed Ortmeyer - GW PP - 04:39		Third period			No scoring
Josh Blackburn ( 21 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats			Ryan Miller ( 24 saves / 27 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• F Michael Cammalleri* (Michigan)
• F Chris Gobert (Northern Michigan)
• F Jed Ortmeyer (Michigan)
• D Brad Fast (Michigan State)
• D Mike Komisarek (Michigan)
• G Josh Blackburn (Michigan)

* Most Valuable Player(s)[23]

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External links

• 2001-02 CCHA Season