Congrats to UNH on their first Hockey East championship!
March 16, 2002
MAINE FALLS TO UNH IN HOCKEY EAST TITLE GAME
BOSTON, MA - Top-ranked University of New Hampshire won the Hockey East
Tournament Championship, and automatic NCAA bid, for the first time in its
history Saturday night with a 3-1 victory over #7 University of Maine in
front of a record Fleet Center crowd.
The Wildcats won the Hockey East tourney title for the first time in four
tries, after losing in the finals in 1992 (to Maine), 1997 and 1999. Maine
fell to 4-7 in their 11th championship game appearance. It was also New
Hampshire's first win over Maine in league post-season action after five
Hockey East tournament losses to the Black Bears.
The championship game attendance of 17,122 was the best single-night
attendance in the 18-year history of the Hockey East Tournament. The
two-night total of 32,805 also set a record for semifinal and championship
night total attendance. The previous single-night record was 15,989 for the
semis on March 17, 2000, and the two-night record was 31,982, March 17-18 of
2000.
Michael Ayers (Hingham, MA) made 27 saves for New Hampshire while Matt Yeats
(Innisfail, Alberta) stopped 29 shots for the Black Bears.
Freshman winger Sean Collins (Reading, MA) gave the Wildcats the 2-1 lead
just 1:16 into the third period. Senior Darren Haydar (Milton, ONT) won the
face off and fed Colin Hemingway (Surrey, BC), who passed back to the center
blue line to set up Collins' slapper, his 18th tally of the season.
Steve Saviano (Reading, MA) added insurance with just 3:48 remaining in
regulation, as he skated in between the circles and beat Yeats high to the
glove side for the 3-1 UNH lead.
New Hampshire opened the scoring when junior Jim Abbott's (Mars, PA)
slapshot from the left point deflected off Maine defenseman Peter Metcalf
(Pembroke, MA) and past Ayers at 8:16 of the first. Both teams had seven
shots on net in the stanza.
The Black Bears tied it at 1-1 on a power play with 1:16 remaining in the
second period. Sophomore winger Colin Shields (Glasgow, Scotland) took a
slapper from the left blue line that eluded traffic in front and beat a
screened Ayers and notched the power play equalizer. Maine had a 19-17
advantage in shots after two periods.
Haydar, who had two assists on the night, was named the Tournament Most
Valuable Player. He was joined on the all-tourney team by forwards Hemingway
of UNH, UMass Lowell's Marc Concannon (Hull, MA), Maine defenseman Metcalf,
UNH defenseman Garrett Stafford (Los Angeles, CA) and Maine goaltender
Yeats.
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Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
2001-2002 Hockey East Association
Maine vs New Hampshire (Mar 16, 2002 at Boston, Mass.)
Maine (23-10-7, 14-5-5 HE) vs. New Hampshire (29-6-3, 17-4-3 HE)
Date: Mar 16, 2002 Location: Boston, Mass. Arena: FleetCenter
Attendance:17122 Start time:8:05 End time:10:34 Total time:2:29
# Prd Time Team Typ Scored By Assists Visitor On
Ice Home On Ice
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1 1st 08:16 UNH PP Jim Abbott (7) Kevin Truelson, 13,14,2,4
18,15,22,4,8
Lanny Gare
2 2nd 18:44 ME PP Colin Shields (28) Peter Metcalf,
21,4,27,16,15 18,12,5,27
Michael Schutte
3 3rd 01:16 UNH PP Sean Collins (19) Darren Haydar, 11,15,31,24
9,20,27,7,12
Colin Hemingway
4 3rd 16:12 UNH EV Steve Saviano (12) Darren Haydar
16,11,31,15,4 8,20,5,27,9
SHOTS & PLUS/MINUS
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Maine 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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2 Cliff Loya.......... 0 1 0 1 0
4 Peter Metcalf....... 0 1 1 2 -1
6 Troy Barnes......... 0 0 0 0 0
10 Robert Liscak....... 0 1 1 2 0
11 Lucas Lawson........ 0 1 0 1 -1
13 Todd Jackson........ 0 0 2 2 0
14 Gray Shaneberger.... 0 1 0 1 0
15 Niko Dimitrakos..... 1 0 0 1 -1
16 Martin Kariya....... 0 0 3 3 -1
17 Ben Murphy.......... 1 2 0 3 0
18 John Ronan.......... 0 0 0 0 0
21 Colin Shields....... 2 2 2 6 0
22 Tom Reimann......... 1 0 2 3 0
24 Prestin Ryan........ 0 1 0 1 0
26 Paul Falco.......... 0 1 0 1 0
27 Michael Schutte..... 1 0 0 1 0
31 Francis Nault....... 0 0 0 0 -1
61 Chris Heisten....... 1 1 2 4 0
Totals.............. 7 12 13 32 -5
|-Shots by Prd-|
## New Hampshire 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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2 Tyler Scott......... 0 0 0 0 0
3 Robbie Barker....... 0 0 1 1 0
5 Mick Mounsey........ 0 1 0 1 +1
7 Tyson Teplitsky..... 0 0 1 1 0
8 Steve Saviano....... 0 1 3 4 +1
9 Sean Collins........ 0 0 1 1 +1
10 Justin Aikins....... 0 0 0 0 0
12 Colin Hemingway..... 1 0 0 1 0
14 David Busch......... 0 2 1 3 0
15 Jim Abbott.......... 1 0 0 1 0
18 Lanny Gare.......... 2 0 0 2 0
19 Tim Horst........... 0 0 0 0 0
20 Darren Haydar....... 2 1 0 3 +1
21 Preston Callander... 1 0 1 2 0
22 Kevin Truelson...... 0 1 0 1 0
25 Patrick Foley....... 0 0 2 2 0
26 Ed Caron............ 0 2 0 2 0
27 Garrett Stafford.... 0 2 1 3 +1
Totals.............. 7 10 11 28 +5
Goals by Period
Team 1 2 3 Tot
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ME 0 1 0 - 1
UNH 1 0 2 - 3
Shots by Period
Team 1 2 3 Tot
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ME 7 12 13 - 32
UNH 7 10 11 - 28
Power Play G-Att (Shots)
Prd ME UNH
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1st 0-2 (4) 1-2 (3)
2nd 1-2 (1) 0-1 (2)
3rd 0-0 (0) 1-1 (1)
Total 1-4 (5) 2-4 (6)
Penalties/Minutes by Prd
Prd ME UNH
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1st 2/4 2/4
2nd 2/4 3/6
3rd 1/2 0/0
Total 5/10 5/10
Three stars:
1. None
2. None
3. None
Officials:
Referee:John Gravallese
Asst Ref:Bob Bernard
Asst Ref:Joe Andrews
Goal judge:Kent Rinehart
Goal judge:Jonathan White
GOALTENDERS
Maine Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs
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1 Matt Yeats.......... L 58:10 3 0 6 10 9 25
TM TEAM................ 01:50 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Hampshire Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs
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34 Michael Ayers....... W 60:00 1 0 7 11 13 31
PENALTY SUMMARY
Prd Player Team Min Offense Time
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1st Patrick Foley UNH 2 TRIPPING 01:01 PP
1st Tom Reimann ME 2 HOLDING 07:11 PP
1st Robbie Barker UNH 2 INTERFERENCE 10:44 PP
1st Peter Metcalf ME 2 INTERFERENCE 15:19 PP
2nd Tim Horst UNH 2 CROSS-CHECKING 03:46 PP
2nd Peter Metcalf ME 2 HIT AFTER WHISTLE 09:13
2nd Patrick Foley UNH 2 UNSPORTSMANLIKE COND 09:13
2nd Ed Caron UNH 2 INTERFERENCE 18:29 PP
2nd Robert Liscak ME 2 HT 19:29 PP
3rd Peter Metcalf ME 2 INTERFERENCE 19:18 PP
Win-Michael Ayers (14-2-1). Loss-Matt Yeats (5-7-3).
Hockey East Championship All-Tournament Team
Yeats, UM; Metcalf, UM; Stafford, UNH;
Haydar, UNH; Hemingway, UNH; Concannon, UML
Tournament MVP: Darren Haydar, New Hampshire
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Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
2001-2002 Hockey East Association
Maine vs New Hampshire (Mar 16, 2002 at Boston, Mass.)
Maine - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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16 Martin Kariya 14 14
22 Tom Reimann 4 11
10 Robert Liscak 4 13
17 Ben Murphy 3 6
61 Chris Heisten 1 0
14 Gray Shaneberger 0 1
13 Todd Jackson 0 2
Totals......... 26 47
New Hampshire - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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18 Lanny Gare 11 9
20 Darren Haydar 11 10
14 David Busch 10 4
10 Justin Aikins 7 2
25 Patrick Foley 5 0
12 Colin Hemingway 2 0
8 Steve Saviano 1 0
19 Tim Horst 0 1
Totals......... 47 26
Maine - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 01:01 03:01 02:00 4 0
1st 10:44 12:44 02:00 0 0
2nd 03:46 05:46 02:00 0 0
2nd 18:29 18:44 00:15 1 0 PPG
SUMMARY: 4 opps, 5 shots, 1 goal, time 06:15
New Hampshire - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 07:11 08:16 01:05 3 0 PPG
1st 15:19 17:19 02:00 0 1
2nd 19:29 01:16 01:47 3 0 PPG
3rd 19:18 20:00 00:42 0 3
SUMMARY: 4 opps, 6 shots, 2 goals, time 05:34
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