2007 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

2007 NCAA Division I men's
ice hockey tournament
	2007 Frozen Four logo
Teams	16
Finals site	Scottrade Center,; St. Louis, Missouri;
Champions	Michigan State Spartans (3rd title)
Runner-up	Boston College Eagles (8th title game)
Semifinalists	North Dakota Fighting Sioux (17th Frozen Four); Maine Black Bears (11th Frozen Four);
Winning coach	Rick Comley (2nd title)
MOP	Justin Abdelkader (Michigan State)
Attendance	115,684
	← 2006 ; NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournaments; 2008 →;

Collegiate ice hockey tournament

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.

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 (1)	WCHA	30–9–3	Tournament champion	31st	2006	1	Notre Dame (2)	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
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 (3)	ECACHL	25–8–5	Tournament champion	19th	1999	1	New Hampshire (4)	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

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Bracket

Regional Semifinals March 23–24			Regional Finals March 24–25			National Semifinals April 5			National Championship April 7

1	Minnesota (1)	4

4	Air Force	3
			1	Minnesota (1)	2
West – Denver – Sat/Sun
			3	North Dakota	3*
2	Michigan	5

3	North Dakota	8
						W3	North Dakota	4

						NE2	Boston College	6
1	New Hampshire (4)	1

4	Miami	2
			4	Miami	0
Northeast – Manchester – Sat/Sun
			2	Boston College	4
2	Boston College	4

3	St. Lawrence	1
									NE2	Boston College	1

									MW3	Michigan State	3
1	Notre Dame (2)	3**

4	Alabama-Huntsville	2
			1	Notre Dame (2)	1
Midwest – Grand Rapids – Fri/Sat
			3	Michigan State	2
2	Boston University	1

3	Michigan State	5
						MW3	Michigan State	4

						E3	Maine	2
1	Clarkson (3)	0

4	Massachusetts	1*
			4	Massachusetts	1
East – Rochester – Fri/Sat
			3	Maine	3
2	St. Cloud State	1

3	Maine	4

Results

Regional Semifinals

March 24, 2007
1:30 pm

(1) Minnesota

4–3
(0–1, 1–1, 3–1)

(4) Air Force

Pepsi Center
Attendance: 11,161

Game reference

Kellen Briggs

Goalies

Andrew Volkening

Referee:
Scott Hansen
Linesmen:
Andy O'Brien
Dave Kronenberg

	0 – 1	09:55 – Jeff Hajner (Fairchild)
(Vannelli) Jay Barriball – 29:00	1 – 1
	1 – 2	39:23 – PP – Andrew Ramsey (Phillipich, Mayra)
	1 – 3	45:22 – Brett Nylander (Fairchild, Schiavone)
(Okposo, Kaufmann) Ryan Stoa – PP – 51:50	2 – 3
(Johnson, Peltier) Jim O'Brien – 53:00	3 – 3
(Goligoski, Vannelli) Mike Carman – GW – 55:26	4 – 3

8 min

Penalties

8 min

37

Shots

31

March 24, 2007
5:30 pm

(2) Michigan

5–8
(3–4, 2–3, 0–1)

(3) North Dakota

Pepsi Center
Attendance: 11,171

Game reference

Billy Sauer

Goalies

Jean-Philippe Lamoureux

Referee:
Dave Hansen
Linesmen:
Bob Bernard
Tim Low

(Hensick, Johnson) Kevin Porter – 00:26	1 – 0
(Cogliano) Chris Summers – 00:58	2 – 0
	2 – 1	03:05 – PP – Chris Porter (VandeVelde, Genoway)
(Rohlfs, Johnson) T. J. Hensick – 04:58	3 – 1
	3 – 2	14:36 – PP – Chris Porter (Miller, Genoway)
	3 – 3	16:28 – T. J. Oshie (Duncan, Lee)
	3 – 4	18:47 – PP – Jonathan Toews (Bina, Duncan)
(Porter, Hunwick) T. J. Hensick – PP – 20:14	4 – 4
(unassisted) Andrew Cogliano – 20:58	5 – 4
	5 – 5	23:16 – PP – Robbie Bina (Oshie)
	5 – 6	24:53 – GW – Rylan Kaip (Watkins, Porter)
	5 – 7	28:03 – PP – T. J. Oshie (Bina, Duncan)
	5 – 8	57:49 – SH EN – T. J. Oshie (unassisted)

28 min

Penalties

10 min

34

Shots

27

Regional Final

March 25, 2007
4:00 pm

(1) Minnesota

2–3 (OT)
(1–1, 0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

(3) North Dakota

Pepsi Center
Attendance: 11,217

Game reference

Jeff Frazee

Goalies

Jean-Philippe Lamoureux

Referee:
Tim Benedetto
Linesmen:
Bob Bernard
Tim Low

(Vannelli, Lucia Mike Carman – 02:22	1 – 0
	1 – 1	06:49 – Ryan Duncan (Lee)
	1 – 2	42:08 – PP – Robbie Bina (Toews, Oshie)
(Vannelli, Goligoski) Jay Barriball – PP – 53:11	2 – 2
	2 – 3	69:43 – GW – Chris Porter (Watkins, Jones)

12 min

Penalties

25 min

29

Shots

36

Midwest Regional – Grand Rapids, Michigan

Regional Semifinals

March 23, 2007
5:00 pm

(1) Notre Dame

3–2 (2OT)
(2–0, 0–2, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

(4) Alabama-Huntsville

Van Andel Arena

Game reference

David Brown

Goalies

Blake MacNicol (out 04:26)
Marc Narduzzi (in 04:26)

Referee:
Jeff Bunyon
Linesmen:
Chris Aughe
Kevin Shea

(unassisted) Josh Sciba – 03:18	1 – 0
(Condra) Ryan Thang – 04:26	2 – 0
	2 – 1	30:20 – Dominik Rozman (Murray)
	2 – 2	36:06 – Cale Tanaka (Train)
(Lawson, Blatchford) Ryan Thang – GW PP – 95:18	3 – 2

4 min

Penalties

12 min

53

Shots

30

March 23, 2007
10:05 pm

(2) Boston University

1–5
(1–1, 0–3, 0–1)

(3) Michigan State

Van Andel Arena
Attendance: 5,201

Game reference

John Curry

Goalies

Jeff Lerg

Referee:
Jon Campion
Linesmen:
C.J. Beaurline
Dan Carey

(Gilroy, Popko) Ryan Weston – 06:05	1 – 0
	1 – 1	12:51 – PP – Tim Kennedy (unassisted)
	1 – 2	21:11 – GW – Tim Crowder (Kennedy, Howells)
	1 – 3	25:22 – Jay Sprague (Graham, Sucharski)
	1 – 4	37:09 – Daniel Vukovic (B. Lerg, Mueller)
	1 – 5	48:04 – Tim Crowder (Dunne, Howells)

42 min

Penalties

16 min

28

Shots

26

Regional Final

March 24, 2007
8:30 pm

(1) Notre Dame

1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

(3) Michigan State

Van Andel Arena
Attendance: 4,839

Game reference

David Brown

Goalies

Jeff Lerg

Referee:
Peter Feola
Linesmen:
Robert St. Lawrence
Marty Demers

	0 – 1	26:04 – PP – Chris Mueller (Snavely, Graham)
	0 – 2	45:59 – GW PP – Tim Kennedy (Crowder, Abdelkader)
(Blatchford, Paige) Evan Rankin – 54:52	1 – 2

16 min

Penalties

20 min

20

Shots

25

East Regional – Rochester, New York

Regional Semifinals

March 23, 2007
2:30 pm

(1) Clarkson

0–1 (OT)
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

(4) Massachusetts

Blue Cross Arena
Attendance: 3,887

Game reference

David Leggio

Goalies

Jonathan Quick

Referee:
Steve Piotrowski
Linesmen:
Brian Hill
Tony Molina

0 – 1

67:40 – GW – Kevin Jarman (Virtue, Ortiz)

12 min

Penalties

12 min

33

Shots

38

March 23, 2007
6:30 pm

(2) St. Cloud State

1–4
(1–3, 0–1, 0–0)

(3) Maine

Blue Cross Arena
Attendance: 3,887

Game reference

Bobby Goepfert

Goalies

Ben Bishop

Referee:
Steve McInchunk
Linesmen:
Paul Tunison
Kevin Langseth

(Stephenson) Justin Fletcher – 03:39	1 – 0
	1 – 1	07:21 – PP – Brent Shepheard (Léveillé, Purcell)
	1 – 2	08:11 – GW – Billy Ryan (Hamilton, Purcell)
	1 – 3	14:08 – PP – Michel Léveillé (Lundin, Purcell)
	1 – 4	37:08 – Rob Bellamy (Shepheard, de Kastrozza)

14 min

Penalties

22 min

34

Shots

21

Regional Final

March 24, 2007
6:00 pm

(3) Maine

3–1
(0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

(4) Massachusetts

Blue Cross Arena
Attendance: 3,522

Game reference

Ben Bishop

Goalies

Jonathan Quick

Referee:
Matt Shegos
Linesmen:
John Philo
Bruce Vida

Bret Tyler (Soares, Léveillé) – 25:23	1 – 0
Mike Hamilton (Soares, Ryan) – GW PP – 29:45	2 – 0
	2 – 1	38:14 – PP – Matt Anderson (Jarman, Fenton)
Matt Duffy (Tyler, Ryan) – PP – 46:28	3 – 1

16 min

Penalties

16 min

29

Shots

36

Northeast Regional – Manchester, New Hampshire

Regional Semifinals

March 24, 2007
1:00 pm

(1) New Hampshire

1–2
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)

(4) Miami

Verizon Wireless Arena
Attendance: 9,015

Game reference

Kevin Regan

Goalies

Jeff Zatkoff

Referee:
Todd Anderson
Linesmen:
Butch Mohssequx
Bob Kiltie

	0 – 1	01:47 – Nathan Davis (Kaufman, Jones)
	0 – 2	40:39 – GW – Ryan Jones (unassisted)
(Switzer, Flaishans) Mike Radja – SH – 55:15	1 – 2

12 min

Penalties

14 min

44

Shots

25

March 24, 2007
4:30 pm

(2) Boston College

4–1
(1–0, 1–1, 2–0)

(3) St. Lawrence

Verizon Wireless Arena
Attendance: 9,015

Game reference

Cory Schneider

Goalies

Alex Petizian

Referee:
Derek Shepard
Linesmen:
Tim Swaaider
Scott Staudte

(Smith, Bradford) Brian Boyle – 01:24	1 – 0
(Gerbe, Bradford) Ben Smith – PP GW – 20:40	2 – 0
	2 – 1	22:12 – Brock McBride (Taylor)
(O'Hanley) Andrew Orpik – 43:34	3 – 1
(Gerbe, Greene) Brock Bradford – EN – 59:37	4 – 1

20 min

Penalties

16 min

35

Shots

25

Regional Final

March 25, 2007
3:30 pm

(2) Boston College

4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

(4) Miami

Verizon Wireless Arena
Attendance: 7,007

Game reference

Cory Schneider

Goalies

Jeff Zatkoff

Referee:
Derek Shepard
Linesmen:
Butch Mousseaux
Bob Keltie

Joe Rooney (Ferriero, Brennan) – GW – 23:00	1 – 0
Joe Rooney (Bertram, Smith) – PP – 25:44	2 – 0
Kyle Kucharski (Lombardi) – 47:27	3 – 0
Benn Ferriero (Bertram, Motherwell) – 51:21	4 – 0

20 min

Penalties

29 min

33

Shots

37

Frozen Four – St. Louis, Missouri

National Semifinals

April 5, 2007
3:00 pm

(MW3) Michigan State

4–2
(1–2, 1–0, 2–0)

(E3) Maine

Scottrade Center
Attendance: 18,857

Game reference

Jeff Lerg

Goalies

Ben Bishop

Referee:
Derek Shepherd
Linesmen:
Butch Mousseaux
Bob Keltie

	0 – 1	00:23 – Keith Johnson (Soares, Léveillé)
	0 – 2	03:24 – Josh Soares (Ramsey, Johnson)
Chris Mueller – 07:25	1 – 2
Chris Snavely (Abdelkader, Kennedy) – 36:32	2 – 2
Nick Sucharski (Schepke, Sprague) – GW – 45:11	3 – 2
Jim McKenzie (Mueller) – 49:46	4 – 2

6 min

Penalties

8 min

33

Shots

31

April 5, 2007
7:00 pm

(NE2) Boston College

6–4
(1–1, 1–1, 4–2)

(W3) North Dakota

Scottrade Center
Attendance: 18,857

Game reference

Cory Schneider

Goalies

Jean-Philippe Lamoureux

Referee:
Matt Shegos
Linesmen:
Kevin Langseth
John Philo

	0 – 1	10:28 – Chris Porter (Lee, VandeVelde)
(Smith, O'Hanley) Dan Bertram – PP – 15:41	1 – 1
	1 – 2	23:51 – PP – Jonathan Toews (Oshie, Chorney)
(Sneep, Gerbe) Dan Bertram – PP – 35:21	2 – 2
(Gerbe, Motherwell) Ben Smith – 53:00	3 – 2
	3 – 3	55:22 – SH – T. J. Oshie
(Bradford, Motherwell) Nathan Gerbe – PP – 55:54	4 – 3
(Boyle, Schneider) Joe Rooney – SH EN GW – 59:10	5 – 3
	5 – 4	59:43 – PP EA – Chris Porter (Oshie, Chorney)
(unassisted) Nathan Gerbe – EN – 59:54	6 – 4

14 min

Penalties

14 min

45

Shots

29

National Championship

April 7, 2007
6:00 pm

(NE2) Boston College

1–3
(0–0, 1–0, 0–3)

(MW3) Michigan State

Scottrade Center
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	9:46	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
MSU	Ethan Graham	Roughing	47:51	2:00
BC	Kyle Kucharski	Slashing	47:51	2:00
BC	Tim Filangieri	Hooking	49:47	2:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	T
Michigan State	6	12	11	29
Boston College	13	6	11	30

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
MSU	Jeff Lerg	29	1	60:00
BC	Cory Schneider	26	2	59:41

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

G: Jeff Lerg (Michigan State)
D: Tyler Howells (Michigan State)
D: Brian Boyle (Boston College)
F: Justin Abdelkader* (Michigan State)
F: Nathan Gerbe (Boston College)
F: Tim Kennedy (Michigan State)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)^[2]

^[3]

References

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

[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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