The 2000 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament involved 12 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. This was the first time in which the Frozen Four was held two weeks after the regional rounds.
The final event was played at Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island. North Dakota, coached by Dean Blais, defeated Boston College, coached by Jerry York, by a 4-2 score on April 8. BC, seeking its first NCAA title since 1949, had a 2-1 lead entering the final period of play, but the Fighting Sioux responded with three goals in the final 20 minutes of play, with two of those goals scored by Lee Goren. Goren tied the game, assisted on Jason Ulmer's game-winning goal, and then scored into an empty Eagles net in the last minute of play to ice the victory. It marked North Dakota's seventh national title overall and second since 1997, and was also the third time in three years that BC came up short in the Frozen Four.
North Dakota had advanced to the title game by blanking Maine, 2-0, in the early semifinal on April 6, while BC came from behind to top St. Lawrence, 4-2, in the late semifinal that evening.
Qualifying teams The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded on March 18, 2000. Hockey East had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and the ECAC each had two berths, while College Hockey America (CHA) received its first entry into the tournament.
West Regional – Minneapolis East Regional – AlbanySeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bidSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type AppearanceLast bid1 Wisconsin WCHA 31–8–1 At-large bid 18th 19981 Maine Hockey East 26–7–5 Tournament champion 10th 19992 North Dakota WCHA 28–8–5 Tournament champion 16th 19992 St. Lawrence ECAC 26–7–2 Tournament champion 14th 19993 New Hampshire Hockey East 23–8–6 At-large bid 11th 19993 Boston University Hockey East 24–9–7 At-large bid 25th 19984 Boston College Hockey East 26–11–1 At-large bid 21st 19994 Colgate ECAC 24–8–2 At-large bid 3rd 19905 Michigan State CCHA 27–10–4 Tournament champion 20th 19995 Michigan CCHA 26–9–4 At-large bid 23rd 19996 Niagara CHA 29–7–3 At-large bid 1st Never6 St. Cloud State WCHA 23–13–3 At-large bid 2nd 1989
Game locations East Regional – Pepsi Arena, Albany, New York West Regional – Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota Frozen Four – Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island
Bracket
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results East Regional – Albany, New York First Round
Quarterfinals
West Regional – Minneapolis, Minnesota First Round
Quarterfinals
Frozen Four – Providence, Rhode Island
National Semifinals
National Championship
Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st UNDMike Commodore (5)Lundbohm and Skarperud 3:48 1–0 UND BCJeff Farkas (32) – PPBellefeuille and Gionta 16:47 1–1 2nd BCMarty Hughes (5)Gionta 26:59 2–1 BC 3rd UNDLee Goren (33)Bayda 42:43 2–2 UNDJason Ulmer (18) – GWGoren 54:22 3–2 UND UNDLee Goren (34) – ENunassisted 59:14 4–2 UND Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st UNDAaron SchneeklothCross-checking 6:32 2:00 BCJeff GiulianoHooking 10:02 2:00 UNDRyan BaydaSlashing 11:35 2:00 UNDChad MazurakHigh-sticking 16:28 2:00 BCJeff GiulianoHooking 17:13 2:00 2nd UNDChad MazurakHolding 20:25 2:00 UNDTim O'ConnellSlashing 23:04 2:00 BCBenchToo many men (served by Marty Hughes) 24:21 2:00 UNDMike CommodoreHolding 30:45 2:00 BCAles DolinarSlashing 30:45 2:00 UNDMike CommodoreTripping 34:26 2:00 3rdnone
Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Boston College 13 6 4 23 North Dakota 13 12 11 36
Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice BC Scott Clemmensen 32 3 58:47 UND Karl Goehring 21 2 60:00
All-Tournament team G: Karl Goehring (North Dakota) D: Mike Commodore (North Dakota) D: Mike Mottau (Boston College) F: Jeff Farkas (Boston College) F: Lee Goren* (North Dakota) F: Bryan Lundbohm (North Dakota) * Most Outstanding Player(s)
Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Regional semifinalsFrozen FourChampionship GameChampions Hockey East 4 5-4 .556 3 2 1 - WCHA 3 3-2 .600 2 1 1 1 CCHA 2 1-2 .333 1 - - - ECAC 2 1-2 .333 1 1 - - CHA 1 1-1 .500 1 - - -
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