2009 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
Collegiate ice hockey tournament
The 2009 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey as the culmination of the 2008–09 season . The tournament began on March 27, 2009, and ended with the championship game on April 11.[ 1]
Boston University , coached by Jack Parker , won its fifth national title (and first since 1995 ) with a 4–3 overtime victory in the championship game over Miami University , coached by Enrico Blasi .[ 2] Minnesota's win over Maine in 2002 .
Colby Cohen , sophomore defenseman for Boston University, scored the championship-winning goal in overtime and was named the Frozen Four's Most Outstanding Player.[ 3]
Tournament procedure
2008 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red)
The 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship was a single-elimination tournament featuring 16 teams representing all six Division I conferences in the nation. The Championship Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 16 within four regionals of 4 teams. The winners of the six Division I conference championships received automatic bids to participate in the NCAA Championship.
In setting up the tournament, the Championship Committee sought to ensure "competitive equity, financial success and likelihood of playoff-type atmosphere at each regional site." A team serving as the host of a regional was placed within that regional. The top four teams were assigned overall seeds and placed within the bracket such that the national semifinals would feature the No. 1 seed versus the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed versus the No. 3 seed had the top four teams have won their respective regional finals. Number 1 seeds were also placed as close to their home site as possible, with the No. 1 seed receiving first preference. Conference matchups were avoided in the first round; should five or more teams from one conference have made the tournament, this guideline may have been disregarded in favor of preserving the bracket's integrity.[ 4]
The four regionals were officially named after their geographic areas. The following were the sites for the 2009 regionals:[ 1]
March 27 and 28
East Regional , Arena at Harbor Yard – Bridgeport, Connecticut (Hosts: Yale University and Fairfield University )West Regional , Mariucci Arena – Minneapolis, Minnesota (Host: University of Minnesota )March 28 and 29
Midwest Regional , Van Andel Arena – Grand Rapids, Michigan (Hosts: Central Collegiate Hockey Association and Western Michigan University )Northeast Regional , Verizon Wireless Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire (Host: University of New Hampshire )Each regional winner advanced to the Frozen Four :[ 1]
April 9 and 11
Verizon Center – Washington, D.C. (Hosts: United States Naval Academy and the Greater Washington Sports Alliance )
Qualifying teams
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 22, 2009.[ 5] Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and Hockey East each had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, while ECAC Hockey and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) each had three teams receive a berth, and Atlantic Hockey and College Hockey America (CHA) each had one team receive a berth.
Preliminary rounds
The number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
Regional semifinals Regional final 1
Michigan (4)
0
4
Air Force
2
4
Air Force
2
3
Vermont
3 **
3
Vermont
4
2
Yale
1
Regional semifinals
Game reference Bryan Hogan Goalies Andrew Volkening Referees: 0 – 1 15:18 – pp – Derrick Burnett (Hajner, Flynn) 0 – 2 27:02 – Jacques Lamoureux (Fairchild, Flynn)
16 min Penalties 14 min 13 Shots 43
Game reference Alec Richards Goalies Rob Madore Referees: 0 – 1 14:28 – Peter Lenes (Medvec) 0 – 2 21:50 – Viktor Stålberg (Brian Roloff ) 0 – 3 39:01 – Colin Vock (Stacey, Lawson) 0 – 4 56:25 – Corey Carlson Chris Cahill (Donald) – 58:15 1 – 4
10 min Penalties 14 min 26 Shots 26
Regional final
Game reference Andrew Volkening Goalies Rob Madore Referees: Paul Weisgarber (Bertsch, Mathis) – 23:46 1 – 0 1 – 1 43:56 – Josh Burrows (Cullity, Milo) 1 – 2 49:29 – Dan Lawson (Carlson) Sean Bertsch (Phillipich) – 51:18 2 – 2 2 – 3 94:10 – Dan Lawson (Stacey, Stålberg)
8 min Penalties 10 min 48 Shots 35
Regional semifinals Regional final 1
Boston University (1)
8
4
Ohio State
3
1
Boston University (1)
2
3
New Hampshire
1
3
New Hampshire
6 *
2
North Dakota
5
Regional semifinals
Game reference Kieran Millan Goalies Dustin Carlson (out 27:01) Referees: Nick Bonino (Yip , Gilroy ) – pp – 8:491 – 0 Jason Lawrence (Bonino, C. Cohen ) – 9:34 2 – 0 Zach Cohen (Popko, Gilroy) – 13:16 3 – 0 Corey Trivino (Gilroy) – 25:57 4 – 0 Brandon Yip (McCarthy , Bonino) – 27:01 5 – 0 Jason Lawrence (Wilson , Higgins) – 33:34 6 – 0 6 – 1 35:12 – Hunter Bishop (Elkins ) 6 – 2 38:45 – Zach Pelletier (Reed, Schafer) 6 – 3 51:12 – pp – Matt Bartkowski (Boots, Bishop) Zach Cohen (Gilroy, C. Cohen) – en – 53:40 7 – 3 Chris Higgins (Wilson) – en, sh – 57:12 8 – 3
16 min Penalties 8 min 27 Shots 25
Game reference Brad Eidsness Goalies Brian Foster Referees: 0 – 1 2:34 – pp – Mike Sislo (van Riemsdyk , Fritsch ) Jason Gregoire – 3:341 – 1 Brad Malone (Kozek ) – 13:55 2 – 1 2 – 2 24:08 – Jerry Pollastrone (Kapstad) 2 – 3 27:21 – Peter LeBlanc (Collins, Butler ) Ryan Duncan (Hextall, Gregoire) – 29:473 – 3 Chris VandeVelde (Malone, Frattin ) – 37:064 – 3 Chris VandeVelde (Frattin) – 49:08 5 – 3 5 – 4 51:00 – Greg Collins (Kipp, Butler) 5 – 5 59:59 – Thomas Fortney (Pollastrone, Sislo) 5 – 6 60:45 – Peter LeBlanc (Pollastrone, Sislo)
12 min Penalties 10 min 45 Shots 34
Regional final
Game reference Kieran Millan Goalies Brian Foster Referees: Corey Trivino (Connolly, Saponari) – 13:43 1 – 0 1 – 1 25:52 – Bobby Butler (LeBlanc, Collins) Jason Lawrence (Higgins, C. Cohen) – pp – 59:45 2 – 1
6 min Penalties 8 min 23 Shots 28
Regional semifinals Regional final 1
Denver (3)
2
4
Miami
4
4
Miami
2
2
Minnesota-Duluth
1
3
Princeton
4
2
Minnesota-Duluth
5 *
Regional semifinals
Game reference Marc Cheverie Goalies Cody Reichard Referees: 0 – 1 7:28 – Justin Mercier (Vogelhuber) 0 – 2 18:04 – Alden Hirschfeld (Roeder, Wingels ) 0 – 3 25:36 – Bill Loupée (Camper, Wingels) Joe Colborne (Wiercioch , Bozak) – pp – 37:29 1 – 3 1 – 4 39:27 – Andy Miele (Steffes, LoVerde) Tyler Bozak (Wiercioch, Rakhshani ) – pp – 55:12 2 – 4
12 min Penalties 12 min 18 Shots 29
Game reference Alex Stalock Goalies Zane Kalemba Andrew Carroll (Oleksuk, Gergen) – 8:171 – 0 1 – 1 14:56 – pp – Brett Wilson (Godlewski) 1 – 2 21:42 – Derrick Pallis (Bartlett, MacIntyre) 1 – 3 28:10 – Brett Wilson (Godlewski, Schroeder) Brady Lamb (Akins) – 28:39 2 – 3 2 – 4 49:21 – sh – Brandan Kushniruk Jack Connolly (Sharp, M. Connolly) – pp – 59:20 3 – 4 Evan Oberg (Sharp, M. Connolly) – 59:594 – 4 Mike Connolly (Fontaine, Oberg) – pp – 73:39 5 – 4
4 min Penalties 12 min 35 Shots 31
Regional final
Game reference Alex Stalock Goalies Cody Reichard Referees: 0 – 1 28:42 – sh – Justin Mercier 0 – 2 36:00 – pp – Justin Mercier (Wideman, Schilling) MacGregor Sharp (M. Connolly, Oberg) – 57:55 1 – 2
16 min Penalties 14 min 26 Shots 19
Regional semifinals Regional final 1
Notre Dame (2)
1
4
Bemidji State
5
4
Bemidji State
4
3
Cornell
1
3
Cornell
3
2
Northeastern
2
Regional semifinals
Game reference Jordan Pearce Goalies Matt Dalton Referees: 0 – 1 1:42 – Chris McKelvie 0 – 2 11:03 – pp – Tyler Scofield (Hunt, Read ) 0 – 3 33:19 – Ben Kinne (Cramer, Walters) 0 – 4 40:49 – sh – Matt Read (Scofield, Hardwick) Dan Kissel (Guentzel, Blatchford) – 46:02 1 – 4 1 – 5 56:33 – en – Tyler Scofield
10 min Penalties 8 min 35 Shots 19
Game reference Brad Thiessen Goalies Ben Scrivens Referees: Louis Liotti (Silva, Maley) – 19:20 1 – 0 Steve Silva (Donovan) – 29:21 2 – 0 2 – 1 37:58 – Blake Gallagher (Greening , Kennedy) 2 – 2 56:04 – pp – Colin Greening (Barlow, B. Nash ) 2 – 3 59:42 – Evan Barlow (R. Nash , Gallagher)
10 min Penalties 14 min 21 Shots 32
Regional final
Game reference Ben Scrivens Goalies Matt Dalton Referees: Sean Collins (Ross, Mugford) – 32:351 – 0 1 – 1 34:25 – Ryan Adams (Scofield) 1 – 2 44:05 – Tyler Scofield (Read, Hardwick) 1 – 3 49:30 – Matt Francis (Kinne) 1 – 4 56:37 – en – Tyler Scofield (Read, McManamin)
8 min Penalties 10 min 26 Shots 21
National semifinals National championship NE1
Boston University (1)
5
E3
Vermont
4
NE1
Boston University (1)
4 *
W4
Miami
3
W4
Miami
4
MW4
Bemidji State
1
National semifinals
Game reference Kieran Millan Goalies Rob Madore Referees: Colin Wilson (Shattenkirk , Higgins) – 11:191 – 0 Jason Lawrence (Higgins, Wilson) – 16:27 2 – 0 2 – 1 23:50 – Wahsontiio Stacey (Cullity, Burrows) 2 – 2 29:04 – pp – Justin Milo (MacKenzie, Stålberg ) 2 – 3 29:49 – Josh Burrows Vinnie Saponari (Bonino, Yip) – pp – 38:39 3 – 3 3 – 4 49:40 – pp – Drew MacKenzie (Brian Roloff , Milo) Chris Higgins (Lawrence, Strait ) – 53:06 4 – 4 Colin Wilson (Higgins) – 54:19 5 – 4
10 min Penalties 18 min 28 Shots 27
Game reference Cody Reichard Goalies Matt Dalton Referees: Tommy Wingels (Tomassoni, Miele) – pp – 23:561 – 0 Alden Hirschfeld (Wingles, Camper) – 28:35 2 – 0 2 – 1 29:46 – pp – Matt Read (Francis, Scofield) Bill Loupée (Weber) – 30:46 3 – 1 Tommy Wingels – en – 57:52 4 – 1
8 min Penalties 4 min 37 Shots 25
National championship
Game reference Referees:
Scoring summary
Period
Team
Goal
Assist(s)
Time
Score
1st
BU Chris Connolly (10)
Warsofsky and Gryba
15:15
1–0 BU
2nd
MIA
Gary Steffes (11)
Miele and Palmer
22:01
1–1
3rd
MIA
Tommy Wingels (11)
Camper
52:31
2–1 MIA
MIA
Trent Vogelhuber (2)
Kaufman
55:52
3–1 MIA
BU Zach Cohen (13) – EA
Bonino and Yip
59:00
3–2 MIA
BU Nick Bonino (18) – EA
Gilroy and Higgins
59:42
3–3
Overtime
BU Colby Cohen (8) – GW
Shattenkirk and Connolly
71:47
4–3 BU
Penalty summary
Period
Team
Player
Penalty
Time
PIM
1st
BU Eric Gryba
Tripping
2:23
2:00
BU Vinny Saponari
Cross–Checking
5:19
2:00
MIA
Chris Wideman
Holding
12:01
2:00
BU John McCarthy
Roughing
12:01
2:00
BU Eric Gryba
Cross–Checking
15:46
2:00
MIA
Tommy Wingels
Hooking
19:48
2:00
2nd
BU Brandon Yip
Holding
23:13
2:00
MIA
Justin Mercier
Tripping
26:09
2:00
BU Colby Cohen
Cross–Checking
37:17
2:00
3rd
BU Colby Cohen
Slashing
45:51
2:00
BU Jason Lawrence
Slashing
53:38
2:00
Shots by period
Team
1
2
3
OT
T
Miami 10
9
9
4
32
Boston University 9
7
7
9
32
Record by conference
Conference
# of Bids
Record
Win %
Regional Finals
Frozen Four
Championship Game
Champions
Hockey East
4
7–3
.700
3
2
1
1
CCHA
4
3–4
.429
1
1
1
–
ECAC Hockey
3
1–3
.250
1
–
–
–
WCHA
3
1–3
.250
1
–
–
–
Atlantic Hockey
1
1–1
.500
1
–
–
–
CHA
1
2–1
.667
1
1
–
–
Television
ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament. For the fifth consecutive year ESPN aired every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN, ESPN2 , ESPNU , ESPN Classic and ESPN360 .
Broadcast Assignments
Regionals
Frozen Four & Championship
Gary Thorne , Barry Melrose, & Clay Matvick – Washington, DC
Radio
Westwood One used exclusive radio rights to air both the semifinals and the championship, AKA the "Frozen Four.
East Regional
All-East Regional Team
MOP
Northeast Regional
All-Northeast Regional Team
MOP
West Regional
All-West Regional Team
MOP
Midwest Regional
All-Midwest Regional Team
MOP
* Most Outstanding Player(s) [ 10]
[ 3]
References
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2008–09 NCAA Division I championships
† Not an officially sanctioned NCAA championship
