 2001 Frozen Four logo | |
| Teams | 12 |
|---|---|
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Boston College Eagles (2nd title) |
| Runner-up | North Dakota Fighting Sioux (11th title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Jerry York (2nd title) |
| MOP | Chuck Kobasew (Boston College) |
| Attendance | 77,122 |
The 2001 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.
The final event was played at Pepsi Arena, Albany, New York. Boston College, coached by Jerry York, won its first national title since 1949 by defeating North Dakota, 3-2, in overtime on April 7 on a goal scored by sophomore forward Krys Kolanos just 4:43 into the extra session. The Eagles had advanced to the title game after a 4-2 victory over Michigan in one semifinal on April 5, while the national runners-up Fighting Sioux, coached by Dean Blais, shut out Michigan State, 2-0, in the other semifinal earlier that day.
BC, which finished the season with a record of 33-8-2, earned its first NCAA hockey crown in 52 years by besting the three schools that had eliminated it in the three previous Frozen Fours: Maine (1999); Michigan (1998) and; North Dakota (2000).
2001 was the first year in which the MAAC received an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament,[1] with their representative being the Mercyhurst Lakers. Also, 2001 was the first year Frozen Four patches would debut and be worn by the final four teams.
- ^ "MAAC Chronology". MAAC Sports.com. Retrieved June 3, 2013.