2007 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

2007 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament
2007 Frozen Four logo
Teams16
Finals site
ChampionsMichigan State Spartans (3rd title)
Runner-upBoston College Eagles (8th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachRick Comley (2nd title)
MOPJustin Abdelkader (Michigan State)
Attendance115,684

The 2007 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 2006–07 season. The tournament began on March 23, 2007, and ended with the championship game on April 7.[1]

This year’s tournament was the first since 2004 to feature multiple programs, Air Force, Alabama-Huntsville, and Massachusetts, making their first appearance in the NCAA playoffs.

Tournament procedure

Rochester
Grand Rapids
Denver
Manchester
St. Louis
2007 Regionals (blue) and Frozen Four (red)

The NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship is a single-elimination tournament featuring 16 teams representing all six Division I conferences in the nation. The Championship Committee seeds the entire field from 1 to 16 within four regionals of 4 teams. The winners of the six Division I conference championships receive automatic bids to participate in the NCAA Championship.

The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following were the sites for the 2007 regionals:

March 23 and 24
East Regional, Blue Cross Arena – Rochester, New York (Host: ECAC Hockey League)
Midwest Regional, Van Andel Arena – Grand Rapids, Michigan (Host: Western Michigan University)
March 24 and 25
West Regional, Pepsi Center – Denver, Colorado (Host: University of Denver)
Northeast Regional, Verizon Wireless Arena – Manchester, New Hampshire (Host: University of New Hampshire)

Each regional winner advanced to the Frozen Four:

April 5 and 7
Scottrade Center – St. Louis, Missouri (Hosts: College Hockey America and the St. Louis Sports Commission)

Qualifying teams

Hockey East had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) had four teams receive a berth, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had three teams receive a berth, the ECACHL had two teams receive a berth, and Atlantic Hockey and College Hockey America (CHA) each had one team receive a berth.

East Regional – Rochester Northeast Regional – Manchester
Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
1 Clarkson ECACHL 25–8–5 Tournament champion 19th 1999 1 New Hampshire Hockey East 26–10–2 At-large bid 17th 2006
2 St. Cloud State WCHA 22–10–7 At-large bid 6th 2003 2 Boston College Hockey East 26–11–1 Tournament champion 27th 2006
3 Maine Hockey East 21–14–2 At-large bid 17th 2006 3 St. Lawrence ECACHL 23–13–2 At-large bid 16th 2001
4 Massachusetts Hockey East 20–12–5 At-large bid 1st Never 4 Miami CCHA 23–13–4 At-large bid 5th 2006
West Regional – Denver Midwest Regional – Grand Rapids
Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
1 Minnesota WCHA 30–9–3 Tournament champion 31st 2006 1 Notre Dame CCHA 31–6–3 Tournament champion 2nd 2004
2 Michigan CCHA 26–13–1 At-large bid 30th 2006 2 Boston University Hockey East 20–9–9 At-large bid 30th 2006
3 North Dakota WCHA 22–13–5 At-large bid 22nd 2006 3 Michigan State CCHA 22–13–3 At-large bid 25th 2006
4 Air Force Atlantic Hockey 19–15–5 Tournament champion 1st Never 4 Alabama–Huntsville CHA 13–19–3 Tournament champion 1st Never

Brackets

The number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Frozen Four – St. Louis, Missouri

National semifinals
April 5 		National championship
April 7
      
W3 North Dakota 4
NE2 Boston College 6
NE2 Boston College 1
MW3 Michigan State 3
E3 Maine 2
MW3 Michigan State 4

Regional semifinals

West Regional

March 24, 2007Minnesota4–3
(0–1, 1–1, 3–1)		Air ForcePepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 11,161
Game reference
Kellen BriggsGoaliesAndrew VolkeningReferees:
Scott Hansen
Andy O'Brien, Dave Kronenberg
0 – 109:55 – Jeff Hajner (Fairchild)
Jay Barriball (Vannelli) – 29:001 – 1
1 – 239:23 – PP – Andrew Ramsey (Phillipich, Mayra)
1 – 345:22 – Brett Nylander (Fairchild, Schiavone)
Ryan Stoa (Okposo, Kaufmann) – PP – 51:502 – 3
Jim O'Brien (Johnson, Peltier) – 53:003 – 3
Mike Carman (Goligoski, Vannelli) – GW – 55:264 – 3
8 minPenalties8 min
37Shots31
March 25, 2007Michigan5–8
(3–4, 2–3, 0–1)		North DakotaPepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 11,171
Game reference
Billy SauerGoaliesJean-Philippe LamoureuxReferees:
Dave Hansen
Bob Bernard, Tim Low
Kevin Porter (Hensick, Johnson) – 00:261 – 0
Chris Summers (Cogliano) – 00:582 – 0
2 – 103:05 – PP – Chris Porter (VandeVelde, Genoway)
T. J. Hensick (Rohlfs, Johnson) – 04:583 – 1
3 – 214:36 – PP – Chris Porter (Miller, Genoway)
3 – 316:28 – T. J. Oshie (Duncan, Lee)
3 – 418:47 – PP – Jonathan Toews (Bina, Duncan)
T. J. Hensick (Porter, Hunwick) – PP – 20:144 – 4
Andrew Cogliano (unassisted) – 20:585 – 4
5 – 523:16 – PP – Robbie Bina (Oshie)
5 – 624:53 – GW – Rylan Kaip (Watkins, Porter)
5 – 728:03 – PP – T. J. Oshie (Bina, Duncan)
5 – 857:49 – SH EN – T. J. Oshie (unassisted)
28 minPenalties10 min
34Shots27

Midwest Regional

March 24, 2007Notre Dame1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)		Michigan StateVan Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Attendance: 4,839
Game reference
David BrownGoaliesJeff LergReferees:
Peter Feola
Robert St. Lawrence, Marty Demers
0 – 126:04 – PP – Chris Mueller (Snavely, Graham)
0 – 245:59 – GW PP – Tim Kennedy (Crowder, Abdelkader)
Evan Rankin (Blatchford, Paige) – 54:521 – 2
16 minPenalties20 min
20Shots25

East Regional

March 24, 2007Maine3–1
(0–0, 2–1, 1–0)		MassachusettsBlue Cross Arena, Rochester, New York
Attendance: 3,522
Game reference
Ben BishopGoaliesJonathan QuickReferees:
Matt Shegos
John Philo, Bruce Vida
Bret Tyler (Soares, Léveillé) – 25:231 – 0
Mike Hamilton (Soares, Ryan) – GW PP – 29:452 – 0
2 – 138:14 – PP – Matt Anderson (Jarman, Fenton)
Matt Duffy (Tyler, Ryan) – PP – 46:283 – 1
16 minPenalties16 min
29Shots36

Northeast Regional

March 25, 2007Boston College4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)		MiamiVerizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, New Hampshire
Attendance: 7,077
Game reference
Cory SchneiderGoaliesJeff ZatkoffReferees:
Derek Shepard
Butch Mousseaux, Bob Keltie
Joe Rooney (Ferriero, Brennan) – GW – 23:001 – 0
Joe Rooney (Bertram, Smith) – PP – 25:442 – 0
Kyle Kucharski (Lombardi) – 47:273 – 0
Benn Ferriero (Bertram, Motherwell) – 51:214 – 0
20 minPenalties29 min
33Shots37

Regional Finals

West Regional

March 25, 2007Minnesota2–3
(1–1, 0–0, 1–1, 0–1)		North DakotaPepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 11,217
Game reference
Jeff FrazeeGoaliesJean-Philippe LamoureuxReferees:
Tim Benedetto
Bob Bernard, Tim Low
Mike Carman (Vannelli, Lucia) – 02:221 – 0
1 – 106:49 – Ryan Duncan (Lee)
1 – 242:08 – PP – Robbie Bina (Toews, Oshie)
Jay Barriball (Vannelli, Goligoski) – PP – 53:112 – 2
2 – 369:43 – Chris Porter (Watkins, Jones)
10 minPenalties25 min
29Shots36

Midwest Regional

March 24, 2007Notre Dame1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)		Michigan StateVan Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Attendance: 4,839
Game reference
David BrownGoaliesJeff LergReferees:
Peter Feola
Robert St. Lawrence, Marty Demers
0 – 126:04 – PP – Chris Mueller (Snavely, Graham)
0 – 245:59 – GW PP – Tim Kennedy (Crowder, Abdelkader)
Evan Rankin (Blatchford, Paige) – 54:521 – 2
16 minPenalties20 min
20Shots25

East Regional

March 24, 2007Maine3–1
(0–0, 2–1, 1–0)		MassachusettsBlue Cross Arena, Rochester, New York
Attendance: 3,522
Game reference
Ben BishopGoaliesJonathan QuickReferees:
Matt Shegos
John Philo, Bruce Vida
Bret Tyler (Soares, Léveillé) – 25:231 – 0
Mike Hamilton (Soares, Ryan) – GW PP – 29:452 – 0
2 – 138:14 – PP – Matt Anderson (Jarman, Fenton)
Matt Duffy (Tyler, Ryan) – PP – 46:283 – 1
16 minPenalties16 min
29Shots36

Northeast Regional

March 25, 2007Boston College4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)		MiamiVerizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, New Hampshire
Attendance: 7,077
Game reference
Cory SchneiderGoaliesJeff ZatkoffReferees:
Derek Shepard
Butch Mousseaux, Bob Keltie
Joe Rooney (Ferriero, Brennan) – GW – 23:001 – 0
Joe Rooney (Bertram, Smith) – PP – 25:442 – 0
Kyle Kucharski (Lombardi) – 47:273 – 0
Benn Ferriero (Bertram, Motherwell) – 51:214 – 0
20 minPenalties29 min
33Shots37

Frozen Four

National semifinals

April 5, 2007Boston College6–4
(1–1, 1–1, 4–2)		North DakotaScottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 18,857
Game reference
Cory SchneiderGoaliesPhilippe LamoureuxReferees:
Matt Shegos
Kevin Langseth, John Philo
0 – 110:28 – Chris Porter (Lee, VandeVelde)
Dan Bertram (Smith, O'Hanley) – pp – 15:411 – 1
1 – 223:51 – pp – Jonathan Toews (Oshie, Chorney)
Dan Bertram (Sneep, Gerbe) – pp – 35:212 – 2
Ben Smith (Gerbe, Motherwell) – 53:003 – 2
3 – 355:22 – sh – T. J. Oshie
Nathan Gerbe (Bradford, Motherwell) – pp – 55:544 – 3
Joe Rooney (Boyle, Schneider) – en – 59:105 – 3
5 – 459:43 – pp – Chris Porter (Oshie, Chorney)
Nathan Gerbe – en – 59:546 – 4
14 minPenalties14 min
45Shots29
April 5, 2007Michigan State4–2
(1–2, 1–0, 2–0)		MaineScottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 18,857
Game reference
Jeff LergGoaliesBen BishopReferees:
Derek Shepherd
Butch Mousseaux, Bob Keltie
0 – 10:23 – Keith Johnson (Soares, Léveillé)
0 – 23:24 – Josh Soares (Ramsey, Johnson)
Mueller – 7:251 – 2
Chris Snavely (Abdelkader, Kennedy) – 36:322 – 2
Nick Sucharski (Schepke, Sprague) – 45:113 – 2
Jim McKenzie (Mueller) – 49:464 – 2
6 minPenalties8 min
33Shots31

National championship

April 7, 2007(NE2) Boston College1–3
(0–0, 1–0, 0–3)		(MW3) Michigan StateScottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 19,432
Game reference
Referee:
Derek Shepherd
Linesmen:
Bob Keltie
Butch Mousseaux
Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st None
2nd BC Brian Boyle (19) – PP Bradford 26:50 1–0 BC
3rd MSU Tim Kennedy (18) – PP Abdelkader 49:53 1–1
MSU Justin Abdelkader (15) – GW Kennedy and Howells 59:41 2–1 MSU
MSU Chris Mueller (16) – EN McKenzie and Vukovic 59:58 3–1 MSU
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st MSU Chris Snavely Obstruction Interference 09:46 2:00
BC Dan Bertram Holding the Stick 17:34 2:00
MSU Ethan Graham Unsportsmanlike Conduct 17:51 2:00
BC Nathan Gerbe Unsportsmanlike Conduct 17:51 2:00
2nd MSU Justin Abdelkader Hooking 23:34 2:00
MSU Tim Crowder Hooking 25:00 2:00
BC Tim Filangieri Interference 28:38 2:00
BC Brian Boyle Tripping 30:31 2:00
BC Carl Sneep Slashing 32:58 2:00
3rd MSU Justin Abdelkader Interference 41:35 2:00
BC Matt Greene Charging the Goaltender 43:39 2:00
MSU Ethan Graham Roughing 47:51 2:00
BC Kyle Kucharski Slashing 47:51 2:00
BC Tim Filangieri Hooking 49:47 2:00

Record by conference

Conference # of Bids Record Win % Regional Finals Frozen Four Championship Game Champions
Hockey East 5 6–5 .545 3 2 1 –
CCHA 4 6–3 .666 3 1 1 1
WCHA 3 3–3 .500 2 1 – –
ECACHL 2 0–2 .000 – – – –
Atlantic Hockey 1 0–1 .000 – – – –
CHA 1 0–1 .000 – – – –

All-Tournament team

Frozen Four

* Most Outstanding Player(s)[2]

[3]

References

  1. ^ "2007 Hockey Championship - MSU 3, BC 1". YouTube.
  2. ^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  3. ^ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
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