2003 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

Game locations

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. Regional placements are based primarily on the home location of the top seed in each bracket with an attempt made to put the top-ranked teams close to their home site.

First round and regional finals

• East – Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence, Rhode Island — Host: Providence College
• Midwest – Yost Ice Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan — Host: Michigan
• Northeast – Centrum Centre, Worcester, Massachusetts — Host: Boston University
• West – Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota Host: Minnesota

[[NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament|Frozen Four]]

• HSBC Arena, Buffalo, New York

Qualifying teams

The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament was announced on March 23, 2003. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, Hockey East had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, the ECAC had two berths, while both the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) and College Hockey America (CHA) received one bid for their tournament champions.

Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.

Tournament bracket

March 28–29 March 29–30 April 10 April 12

| RD1-group1 = Providence, Rhode Island – Sat/Sun | RD1-group2 = Worcester, Massachusetts – Fri/Sat | RD1-group3 = Ann Arbor, Michigan – Sat/Sun | RD1-group4 = Minneapolis – Fri/Sat

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| RD1-seed01 = 1 | RD1-team01 = Cornell (1) | RD1-score01 = 5 | RD1-seed02 = 4 | RD1-team02 = Minnesota State | RD1-score02 = 2

| RD1-seed03 = 2 | RD1-team03 = Boston College | RD1-score03 = 1 | RD1-seed04 = 3 | RD1-team04 = Ohio State | RD1-score04 = 0

| RD1-seed05 = 1 | RD1-team05 = New Hampshire (3) | RD1-score05 = 5 | RD1-seed06 = 4 | RD1-team06 = St. Cloud State | RD1-score06 = 2

| RD1-seed07 = 2 | RD1-team07 = Boston University | RD1-score07 = 6 | RD1-seed08 = 3 | RD1-team08 = Harvard | RD1-score08 = 4

| RD1-seed09 = 1 | RD1-team09 = Colorado College (2) | RD1-score09 = 4 | RD1-seed10 = 4 | RD1-team10 = Wayne State | RD1-score10 = 2

| RD1-seed11 = 2 | RD1-team11 = Maine | RD1-score11 = 1 | RD1-seed12 = 3 | RD1-team12 = Michigan | RD1-score12 = 2

| RD1-seed13 = 1 | RD1-team13 = Minnesota (4) | RD1-score13 = 9 | RD1-seed14 = 4 | RD1-team14 = Mercyhurst | RD1-score14 = 2

| RD1-seed15 = 2 | RD1-team15 = Ferris State | RD1-score15 = 5 | RD1-seed16 = 3 | RD1-team16 = North Dakota | RD1-score16 = 2

| RD2-seed01 = 1 | RD2-team01 = Cornell | RD2-score01 = 2** | RD2-seed02 = 2 | RD2-team02 = Boston College | RD2-score02 = 1

| RD2-seed03 = 1 | RD2-team03 = New Hampshire | RD2-score03 = 3 | RD2-seed04 = 2 | RD2-team04 = Boston University | RD2-score04 = 0

| RD2-seed05 = 1 | RD2-team05 = Colorado College | RD2-score05 = 3 | RD2-seed06 = 3 | RD2-team06 = Michigan | RD2-score06 = 5

| RD2-seed07 = 1 | RD2-team07 = Minnesota | RD2-score07 = 7 | RD2-seed08 = 2 | RD2-team08 = Ferris State | RD2-score08 = 4

| RD3-seed01 = E1 | RD3-team01 = Cornell | RD3-score01 = 2 | RD3-seed02 = N1 | RD3-team02 = New Hampshire | RD3-score02 = 3

| RD3-seed03 = M3 | RD3-team03 = Michigan | RD3-score03 = 2 | RD3-seed04 = W1 | RD3-team04 = Minnesota | RD3-score04 = 3*

| RD4-seed01 = N1 | RD4-team01 = New Hampshire | RD4-score01 = 1 | RD4-seed02 = W1 | RD4-team02 = Minnesota | RD4-score02 = 5 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Regional semifinals

East Regional

(1) Cornell vs. (4) Minnesota State-Mankato

|1-1-1 = (Murray) Mike Knoepfli – 01:53 (Knoepfli, Moulson) Shane Hynes – PP – 09:07 |1-1-2 = 01:53 – Dana Sorenson (Stevenson) |1-2-1 = (Moulson, Cook) Shane Hynes – GW PP – 13:56 |1-2-2 = 03:24 – PP – Brock Becker (Marler, Runkel) |1-3-1 = (Cook) Mike Knoepfli – 06:42 (Vesce, Bâby) Sam Paolini – PP – 10:34 |goalie1-1 = ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) David LeNeveu |goalie1-2 = Jon Volp ( 32 saves / 37 shots )}}

(2) Boston College vs. (3) Ohio State

|1-1-1 = (Forrest) Tony Voce – GW SH – 05:56 |goalie1-1 = ( 26 saves / 26 shots ) Matti Kaltiainen |goalie1-2 = Mike Betz ( 20 saves / 21 shots )}}

Midwest Regional

(1) Colorado College vs. (4) Wayne State

|1-1-1 = (Laux, Preissing) Brett Sterling – PP – 16:26 |1-2-1 = (Stuart) James Laux – 05:31 (Sterling, Preissing) Noah Clarke – GW PP – 14:09 |1-2-2 = 04:51 – Keith Stanich (Kingston, Durbin) |1-3-1 = (Sejna, Clarke) Tom Preissing – PP – 10:02 |1-3-2 = 06:31 – Billy Collins (Poupard, Stanich) |goalie1-1 = Curtis McElhinney ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) |goalie1-2 = David Guerrera ( 27 saves / 31 shots )}}

(2) Maine vs. (3) Michigan

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-3-1 = (Kariya, Lawson) Colin Shields – 16:06 |1-3-2 = 06:47 – Eric Nystrom (Woodford) 18:29 – GW PP – Jed Ortmeyer (Tambellini, Nystrom) |goalie1-1 = ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Frank Doyle |goalie1-2 = Al Montoya ( 34 saves / 35 shots )}}

Northeast Regional

(1) New Hampshire vs. (4) St. Cloud State

|1-1-1 = (Gare, Prudden) Colin Hemingway – 00:10 (Stafford) Colin Hemingway – PP – 18:47 |1-1-2 = 08:11 – Ryan Malone (Hendricks, Motzko) |1-2-1 = (Abbott, Aikins) Preston Callander – GW – 01:20 (Saviano, Martz) Sean Collins – PP – 07:08 |1-2-2 = 03:53 – Jeff Finger (Hendricks) |1-3-1 = (Aikins, Hemingway) Preston Callander – PP – 12:08 |goalie1-1 = ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Mike Ayers |goalie1-2 = Jake Moreland ( 27 saves / 31 shots )}}

(2) Boston University vs. (3) Harvard

|1-1-1 = (Miller, Van der Gulik) Brian Collins – PP – 03:39 (Priem) Matt Radoslovich – 14:57 |1-1-2 = 04:07 – Brendan Bernakevitch (Pettit) 17:06 – PP – Tyler Kolarik (Pettit, Welch) |1-2-1 = (Magowan, Skladany) Brad Zancanaro – 14:44 |1-2-2 = 08:33 – Brett Nowak (Kolarik) |1-3-1 = (McConnell) Mark Mullen – 00:45 (McConnell) Bryan Miller – GW PP – 02:03 František Skladaný – 03:34 |1-3-2 = 07:53 – Dominic Moore (Johnson, Pettit) |goalie1-1 = ( 34 saves / 38 shots ) Sean Fields |goalie1-2 = Dov Grumet-Morris ( 25 saves / 31 shots )}}

West Regional

(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Mercyhurst

|1-1-1 = (Guyer, Tallackson) Grant Potulny – 01:15 (Guyer) Keith Ballard – 04:33 (DeMarchi, Guyer) Grant Potulny – GW – 14:59 |1-2-1 = (Guyer) Barry Tallackson – 01:40 (Ballard) Thomas Vanek – 04:10 (Reinholz) Paul Martin – 05:07 (Fleming, Smaagaard) Jon Waibel – 05:34 (Fleming) Keith Ballard – 13:57 |1-3-1 = (Guyer, Tallackson) Grant Potulny – 01:05 |1-3-2 = 04:33 – PP – David Wrigley (Tackaberry) 07:21 – PP – Scott Reynolds (Borrelli, Rivers) |goalie1-1 = ( 16 saves / 18 shots ) Travis Weber |goalie1-2 = Andy Franck ( 47 saves / 56 shots )}}

(2) Ferris State vs. (3) North Dakota

|1-1-1 = (Kunitz, Kinnie) Derek Nesbitt – PP – 14:01 |1-2-1 = (Kunitz, Milam) Simon Mangos – PP – 15:42 (Nesbitt, Kunitz) Jeff Legue – GW – 18:04 |1-3-1 = (Large) Greg Rallo – 09:11 (Meyer) Trevor Large – EN – 19:42 |1-3-2 = 07:25 – David Lundbohm (Bochenski, Jones) 15:34 – Ryan Hale (Prpich, Fuher) |goalie1-1 = ( 44 saves / 46 shots ) Mike Brown |goalie1-2 = Jake Brandt ( 17 saves / 20 shots ) / Josh Siembida ( 5 saves / 6 shots )}}

Regional Finals

East Regional

(1) Cornell vs. (2) Boston College

|1-1-1 = Ryan Vesce – 10:05 |1-2-2 = 08:00 – J. D. Forrest (Voce, Eaves) |1-4-1 = Matt McRae – GW – 10:05 |goalie1-1 = ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) David LeNeveu |goalie1-2 = Matti Kaltiainen ( 34 saves / 36 shots )}}

Midwest Regional

(1) Colorado College vs. (3) Michigan

|1-1-1 = (Sejna, Clarke) Brett Sterling – PP – 08:10 (Clarke, Preissing) Peter Sejna – PP – 10:42 |1-1-2 = 02:22 – Eric Nystrom (Helminen, Mink) 17:18 – Milan Gajic (Moss, Roemensky) |1-2-1 = (Liebel) Brett Sterling – 11:57 |1-2-2 = 01:23 – SH – Mark Mink |1-3-2 = 04:25 – GW – Jason Ryznar 19:42 – EN PP – Mark Mink (Nystrom) |goalie1-1 = ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Curtis McElhinney |goalie1-2 = Al Montoya ( 21 saves / 24 shots )}}

Northeast Regional

(1) New Hampshire vs. (2) Boston University

|1-1-1 = (Callander, Abbott) Joshua Prudden – GW PP – 13:09 |1-3-1 = (Aikins, Abbott) Patrick Foley – 09:12 Sean Collins – EN – 18:55 |goalie1-1 = ( 27 saves / 27 shots ) Mike Ayers |goalie1-2 = Sean Fields ( 24 saves / 26 shots )}}

West Regional

(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Ferris State

|1-1-1 = (Vanek, DeMarchi) Matt Koalska – 00:13 Keith Ballard – PP – 01:38 (Smaagaard) Jake Flemming – 06:09 Thomas Vanek – 12:41 (Hirsch, Tallackson) Matt DeMarchi – GW PP – 18:54 |1-1-2 = 12:02 – Chris Kunitz (Meyer) 17:48 – SH – Chris Kunitz (Nesbitt) |1-2-1 = (Koalska) Thomas Vanek – 19:31 |1-2-2 = 12:43 – Derek Nesbitt |1-3-1 = (Smaagaard, Fleming) Jon Waibel – 10:31 |1-3-2 = 02:04 – Phil Lewandowski (Field) |goalie1-1 = ( 4 saves / 6 shots ) Justin Johnson / ( 12 saves / 14 shots ) Travis Weber |goalie1-2 = Mike Brown ( 42 saves / 49 shots )}}

Frozen Four

National semifinal

(E1) Cornell vs. (NE1) New Hampshire

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-1-2 = 14:21 – Tim Horst (Scott) |1-2-1 = (Bâby, Murray) Ryan Vesce – PP – 09:38 |1-2-2 = 01:23 – Steve Saviano (Martz, Collins) 07:10 – GW PP – Steve Saviano (Martz) |1-3-1 = (Abbott, Hornby) Chris Abbott – 09:52 |goalie1-1 = ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) David LeNeveu |goalie1-2 = Mike Ayers ( 19 saves / 21 shots )}}

(W1) Minnesota vs. (MW3) Michigan

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-1-2 = 09:33 – Brandon Kaleniecki (Ebbett) |1-2-1 = (Vanek, Koalska) Troy Riddle – 17:45 |1-2-2 = 14:38 – Jed Ortmeyer (Tambellini) |1-3-1 = (Tallackson, Harrington) Gino Guyer – 01:35 |1-4-1 = Thomas Vanek – GW – 08:55 |goalie1-1 = ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) Travis Weber |goalie1-2 = Al Montoya ( 29 saves / 32 shots )}}

National Championship

(W1) Minnesota vs. (NE1) New Hampshire

[[List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey All-Tournament Teams|All-Tournament team]]

• G: Travis Weber (Minnesota)
• D: Paul Martin (Minnesota)
• D: Matt DeMarchi (Minnesota)
• F: Steve Saviano (New Hampshire)
• F: Thomas Vanek* (Minnesota)
• F: Nathan Martz (New Hampshire)

• Most Outstanding Player(s)

Record by conference

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