2009 NCAA Hockey Championship Results

The 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship was a single-elimination tournament featuring 16 teams representing all six Division I conferences in the nation. The culmination of the 2008-09 season saw these teams competing for the national championship of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The Championship Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 16 within four regionals of 4 teams. 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. ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament.

Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

This year’s Frozen Four featured multiple teams, Bemidji State and Miami, making their first appearance.

East Regional

The East Regional took place at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.

March 28: Boston University defeated Ohio State 8-3. Boston University's goals came from Nick Bonino, Jason Lawrence (2), Zach Cohen (2), Corey Trivino, and Brandon Yip. Ohio State's goals came from Hunter Bishop, Zach Pelletier, and Matt Bartkowski. Goalies were Kieran Millan for Boston University and Dustin Carlson (out 27:01)/Cal Heeter (in 27:01) for Ohio State.
March 29: Boston University defeated New Hampshire 2-1. Boston University's goals came from Corey Trivino and Jason Lawrence. New Hampshire's goal came from Bobby Butler. Goalies were Kieran Millan for Boston University and Brian Foster for New Hampshire.

Northeast Regional

The Northeast Regional took place at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, NH.

Midwest Regional

West Regional

Frozen Four

The Frozen Four took place at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.

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April 9: Boston University defeated Vermont 5-4.
April 9: Miami defeated Bemidji State 4-1.
April 11: Boston University defeated Miami 4-3 in overtime.

Gustavus Adolphus Men’s Hockey Team NCAA Semifinals Game

Patrick Dynan scored two goals including the game-winning goal at 6:31 in overtime to lift the No. 15 Gustavus men’s hockey team over No. 2 UW-Stout by a score of 3-2 in the NCAA Semifinals on Friday in Lake Placid, N.Y. The Gusties, who improved their overall mark to 19-10-0, snapped a 15-game unbeaten streak for the Blue Devils. Gustavus advanced to its first ever NCAA Championship game with the victory.

Three minutes into the first period, UW-Stout had the first scoring chance of the game when a Blue Devil forward got behind the Gustavus defense, but Gustie goaltender Matthew Lopes made the save as he narrowly kept the puck from crossing the goal line. Minutes later, David Martinson nearly put Gustavus on the board when he took a backhand that nearly got past UW-Stout goaltender Matt Koenig, but Martinson was unable to convert the rebound. Both teams struggled to create any offensive flow throughout the period due to several penalties called against both squads.

The Gusties started the second period on the power play as the Blue Devils were called for cross-checking at the end of the first period. Gustavus was unable to generate any offense during the power play. The Gusties got on the scoreboard when Patrick Dynan snuck the puck between Koenig’s left leg and the right post at 5:32 in the second period. UW-Stout evened the game minutes later on a power play as forward Joel Gaulrapp got the puck past Lopes as he was sliding across the crease to make the save at 11:45 in the period. The Gusties took a 2-1 lead minutes later on another power play as Eric Bigham flipped a rebound over Koenig’s blocker into the upper left hand corner of the net after an initial shot by Mitch Carlson.

Goaltender Josh Swartout started the third period in the net for the Gusties in place of Lopes. On the ensuing shift, the Blue Devils tied the score at 2-2 when a shot from Wolgemuth at the point was deflected in by Scott Motz with 5:36 remaining in the game. With under three minutes on the clock, Eric Bigham had a scoring chance as he skated between both defenders to get off a backhand shot as Koenig made the stop. Ross Ring-Jarvi had a similar opportunity in last minute, but was unable to gain control of the puck.

In the extra period, Casey Dynan banked a pass up the left boards to Patrick Dynan, who skated in on Koenig. Dynan took a shot that deflected off the end of the defenseman’s stick and found its way into the net on the short side between Koenig’s right pad and the right post to send the Gusties into the championship game.

Gustavus used two goaltenders in the game as Matthew Lopes played the first two periods before suffering a back injury. Josh Swartout played the third period and the overtime. Lopes made 18 saves and allowed one goal, while Swartout recorded 14 stops and allowed one goal. The Blue Devils’ Matt Koenig compiled 35 saves in the loss. The Gusties held a slim 38-34 shot advantage. The officials assessed 17 penalties during the game including 8-for-16 against Gustavus and 9-for-18 against UW-Stout.

2009 NCAA Division III National Championship Game

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. With the win, Head Coach Dominick Dawes, who won a national title as a player with Norwich, is the second coach to win a National Championship as both a player and a coach. The other was Tom Coughlin of St. Jesse Cole scored two goals for Neumann, including the eventually game-winner. Ryan Heicket notched a goal and two assists. Gustavus Adolphus opened the scoring just 4:54 into the first period as David Martinson scored his 26th goal of the season. Heickert tied the game as he deflected a shot from Sean Bianchini on the power play. Cole put the Knights ahead at the 3:06 mark of the second period with a shot between his legs. Heickert assisted on the goal. Cole then netted his second goal of the afternoon just under four minutes later to put Neumann up by two, off assists from Heickert and Jeremy Gates. Down 4-1, the Gusties pulled their goal with 4:08 left in the game. Neumann goaltender Ross MacKinnon was named the Most Outstanding Player for the tournament. -Neumann won by the largest margin in a Championship game since Middlebury defeated St. -This was the first two ranked in the double-digits in the USCHO.com final poll have met in the NCAA Division III National Championship Game. The win is the ninth-straight for the Knights.

Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2009 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 14, 2009, and ended with the championship game on March 22. The winners of the ECAC, WCHA, and Hockey East tournaments all received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other five teams were selected at-large.

Participating Teams

Wisconsin
Minnesota
Mercyhurst
New Hampshire
St. Lawrence
St. Cloud State

Tournament Bracket

March 14: St. Lawrence vs. St. Cloud State
March 14: Wisconsin vs. New Hampshire
March 14: Minnesota vs. Mercyhurst
March 22: Wisconsin vs. Minnesota

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