2002–03 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
2002–03 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season | |||||
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![]() The HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York hosted the 2003 Frozen Four | |||||
Duration | October 4, 2002 – April 12, 2003 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 2003 | ||||
National championship | HSBC Arena Buffalo, New York | ||||
NCAA champion | Minnesota | ||||
Hobey Baker Award | Peter Sejna (Colorado College) | ||||
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The 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October 4, 2002, and concluded with the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on April 12, 2003, at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. This was the 56th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 109th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team. The 2002–03 season was the final year for the MAAC hockey conference when Iona and Fairfield ended their programs at the conclusion of the season.[1]
The NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament expanded to 16 teams for the first time in 2003. As a result, two regional sites were added for the new Northeast and Midwest brackets.
Pre-season polls
The top 15 teams in the nation as ranked before the start of the season from U.S. College Hockey Online[2] (USCHO) and USA Today/American Hockey Magazine.
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Regular season
Season tournaments
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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Lefty McFadden Invitational | October 4–5 | 4 | Miami |
Black Bear Classic | October 11–12 | 4 | Maine |
Ice Breaker Tournament | October 11–12 | 4 | Boston University |
Maverick Stampede | October 11–12 | 4 | Denver |
Xerox College Hockey Showcase | October 11–12 | 4 | North Dakota |
Nye Frontier Classic | October 18–19 | 4 | Colorado College |
College Hockey Showcase | November 29–December 1 | 4 | |
Denver Cup | December 27–28 | 4 | Denver |
Dodge Holiday Classic | December 27–28 | 4 | Minnesota |
Subway Holiday Classic | December 27–28 | 4 | North Dakota |
Florida College Classic | December 28–29 | 4 | Maine |
Great Lakes Invitational | December 28–29 | 4 | Boston University |
Ledyard Bank Classic | December 28–29 | 4 | Dartmouth |
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 28–29 | 4 | Merrimack |
Badger Showdown | December 29–30 | 4 | Wisconsin |
Beanpot | February 3, 10 | 4 | Boston University |
Standings
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#6 Ferris State† | 28 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 121 | 64 | 42 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 188 | 100 | |
#4 Michigan* | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 111 | 72 | 43 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 167 | 103 | |
#12 Ohio State | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 90 | 63 | 43 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 129 | 95 | |
#15 Michigan State | 28 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 113 | 83 | 39 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 154 | 118 | |
Northern Michigan | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 29 | 91 | 83 | 41 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 144 | 120 | |
Miami | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 29 | 86 | 66 | 41 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 132 | 101 | |
Notre Dame | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 29 | 90 | 90 | 40 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 122 | 123 | |
Western Michigan | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 92 | 101 | 38 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 122 | 147 | |
Alaska-Fairbanks | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 27 | 78 | 104 | 36 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 111 | 130 | |
Nebraska-Omaha | 28 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 20 | 64 | 97 | 40 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 98 | 135 | |
Bowling Green | 28 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 13 | 71 | 116 | 36 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 94 | 143 | |
Lake Superior State | 28 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 40 | 108 | 38 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 60 | 146 | |
Championship: Michigan † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Alabama-Huntsville† | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 88 | 59 | 35 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 135 | 121 | |
Niagara | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 77 | 60 | 37 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 126 | 133 | |
Wayne State* | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 62 | 56 | 40 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 131 | 131 | |
Bemidji State | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 58 | 46 | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 95 | 98 | |
Findlay | 20 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 77 | 35 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 93 | 120 | |
Air Force | 20 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 45 | 73 | 37 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 98 | 146 | |
Championship: Wayne State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#1 Cornell†* | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 89 | 29 | 36 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 133 | 49 | |
#10 Harvard | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 94 | 47 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 133 | 78 | |
Dartmouth | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 26 | 77 | 71 | 34 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 127 | 110 | |
Yale | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 26 | 94 | 73 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 121 | 107 | |
Brown | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 65 | 54 | 35 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 96 | 83 | |
Union | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 62 | 68 | 36 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 105 | 113 | |
Clarkson | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 69 | 56 | 35 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 96 | 99 | |
Colgate | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 49 | 71 | 40 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 96 | 127 | |
St. Lawrence | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 65 | 80 | 37 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 103 | 129 | |
Vermont | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 58 | 85 | 36 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 104 | 142 | |
Rensselaer | 22 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 49 | 84 | 40 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 94 | 134 | |
Princeton | 22 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 99 | 31 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 62 | 140 | |
Championship: Cornell † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#3 New Hampshire†* | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 84 | 55 | 42 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 156 | 96 | |
#8 Boston College† | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 97 | 55 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 149 | 97 | |
#9 Maine | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 81 | 61 | 39 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 140 | 91 | |
Providence | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 76 | 71 | 36 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 126 | 104 | |
#7 Boston University | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 78 | 66 | 42 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 143 | 112 | |
Massachusetts | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 60 | 80 | 37 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 119 | 125 | |
Merrimack | 24 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 59 | 80 | 36 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 92 | 116 | |
Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 63 | 95 | 36 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 110 | 142 | |
Northeastern | 24 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 54 | 89 | 34 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 83 | 115 | |
Championship: New Hampshire † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Mercyhurst†* | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 105 | 73 | 37 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 135 | 129 | |
Quinnipiac | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 109 | 72 | 36 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 139 | 98 | |
Holy Cross | 26 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 29 | 81 | 67 | 36 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 109 | 105 | |
Sacred Heart | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 29 | 79 | 62 | 35 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 95 | 86 | |
Bentley | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 77 | 80 | 34 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 94 | 122 | |
Army | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 67 | 72 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 93 | 92 | |
Canisius | 26 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 24 | 66 | 71 | 37 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 85 | 126 | |
Iona | 26 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 80 | 80 | 35 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 91 | 122 | |
American International | 26 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 66 | 105 | 32 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 83 | 137 | |
Connecticut | 26 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 74 | 102 | 34 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 91 | 148 | |
Fairfield | 26 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 67 | 87 | 33 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 86 | 121 | |
Championship: Mercyhurst † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#5 Colorado College† | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 125 | 70 | 42 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 190 | 103 | |
#2 Minnesota* | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 106 | 81 | 45 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 189 | 122 | |
#11 Minnesota State-Mankato | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 116 | 104 | 41 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 155 | 144 | |
#13 North Dakota | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 103 | 82 | 43 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 172 | 120 | |
#14 Minnesota-Duluth | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 95 | 80 | 42 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 153 | 119 | |
St. Cloud State | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 96 | 85 | 38 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 124 | 118 | |
Denver | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 28 | 95 | 85 | 41 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 152 | 102 | |
Wisconsin | 28 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 61 | 101 | 40 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 93 | 134 | |
Michigan Tech | 28 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 77 | 116 | 38 | 10 | 24 | 4 | 109 | 154 | |
Alaska-Anchorage | 28 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 111 | 36 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 57 | 143 | |
Championship: Minnesota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll |
Final regular season polls
The top 15 teams ranked before the NCAA tournament.
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2003 NCAA Tournament
First Round | Regional Finals | Frozen Four | National Championship | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Cornell | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Minnesota State–Mankato | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Cornell | 2** | |||||||||||||||||
East Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Boston College | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Boston College | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Ohio State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Cornell | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
NE1 | New Hampshire | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | New Hampshire | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | St. Cloud State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | New Hampshire | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Northeast Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Boston University | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Boston University | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Harvard | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
NE1 | New Hampshire | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Minnesota | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Colorado College | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Wayne State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Colorado College | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Midwest Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Michigan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Maine | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Michigan | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
MW3 | Michigan | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Minnesota | 3* | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Mercyhurst | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
West Regional | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Ferris State | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Ferris State | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | North Dakota | 2 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Post-season poll
The top 15 teams ranked after the NCAA tournament.
U.S. College Hockey Online did not release a poll during or after the NCAA tournament.