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2004 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Gender | men's |
| Division | Division I |
| Image | NCAA 2004 Men's Frozen Four logo.png |
| ImageSize | 125px |
| Caption | 2004 Frozen Four logo |
| Teams | 16 |
| FrozenFourArena | FleetCenter |
| FrozenFourCity | Boston |
| Champions | [Denver Pioneers](2003-04-denver-pioneers-men-s-ice-hockey-season) |
| TitleCount | 6th |
| ChampGameCount | 8th |
| ChampFFCount | 12th |
| RunnerUp | Maine Black Bears |
| GameCount | 5th |
| RunnerFFCount | 9th |
| Semifinal1 | Boston College Eagles |
| FrozenFourCount | 18th |
| Semifinal2 | Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs |
| FrozenFourCount2 | 3rd |
| Coach | George Gwozdecky |
| CoachCount | 1st |
| MOP | Adam Berkhoel |
| MOPTeam | Denver |
| Attendance | 96,327 |
The 2004 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. It began on March 26, 2004, and ended with the championship game on April 10. A total of 15 games were played. This was the first season in which the Atlantic Hockey sent a representative to the tournament. Atlantic Hockey assumed possession of the automatic bid that had been the possession of the MAAC after it collapsed and all remaining ice hockey programs formed the new conference.
This year’s tournament was the second year in a row to feature multiple programs, Holy Cross and Notre Dame, making their first appearance in the NCAA playoffs.
The University of Denver, coached by George Gwozdecky, won its sixth national title with a 1-0 victory in the final game over the University of Maine, coached by Tim Whitehead before a record crowd of over 18,000 people at Boston's FleetCenter (now known as the TD Garden). While Denver's Gabe Gauthier scored the game's only goal, the game is best remembered for Denver surviving Maine's six skaters to three skaters advantage in the final 90 seconds of the contest.
Denver goaltender Adam Berkhoel was named the tournament Most Outstanding Player.
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 – Pepsi Arena, Albany, New York — Host: Rensselaer
- Midwest – Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan — Host: Western Michigan
- Northeast – Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, New Hampshire — Host: New Hampshire
- West – World Arena, Colorado Springs, Colorado — Host: Colorado College
[[NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament|Frozen Four]]
- FleetCenter, Boston
Qualifying teams
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament was announced on March 21, 2004. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) each had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, Hockey East had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, while Atlantic Hockey, College Hockey America (CHA) and the ECAC each received a single bid for their tournament champions.
| West Regional – Colorado Springs | Northeast Regional – Manchester | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | East Regional – Albany | Midwest Regional – Grand Rapids | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Dakota (1) | WCHA | 29–7–3 | At-large bid | 19th | 2003 | 1 | Boston College (2) | Hockey East | 27–8–4 | At-large bid | 24th | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Denver | WCHA | 23–12–5 | At-large bid | 17th | 2002 | 2 | Michigan | CCHA | 26–13–2 | At-large bid | 27th | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Miami | CCHA | 23–13–4 | At-large bid | 3rd | 1997 | 3 | New Hampshire | Hockey East | 20–14–6 | At-large bid | 14th | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Holy Cross | Atlantic Hockey | 22–9–4 | [Tournament champion](2004-atlantic-hockey-men-s-ice-hockey-tournament) | 1st | Never | 4 | Niagara | CHA | 21–14–3 | [Tournament champion](2004-cha-men-s-ice-hockey-tournament) | 2nd | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Maine (3) | Hockey East | 30–7–3 | [Tournament champion](2004-hockey-east-men-s-ice-hockey-tournament) | 14th | 2003 | 1 | Minnesota (4) | WCHA | 26–13–3 | [Tournament champion](2004-wcha-men-s-ice-hockey-tournament) | 28th | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio State | CCHA | 26–15–0 | [Tournament champion](2004-ccha-men-s-ice-hockey-tournament) | 4th | 2003 | 2 | Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 26–12–4 | At-large bid | 5th | 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Wisconsin | WCHA | 21–12–8 | At-large bid | 20th | 2000 | 3 | Michigan State | CCHA | 23–16–2 | At-large bid | 23rd | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Harvard | ECAC | 18–14–3 | [Tournament champion](2004-ecac-hockey-men-s-ice-hockey-tournament) | 19th | 2003 | 4 | Notre Dame | CCHA | 20–14–4 | At-large bid | 1st | Never |
Number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.
Brackets
East Regional
March 26 March 27 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Maine | RD1-score1=5 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Harvard | RD1-score2=4 | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Ohio State | RD1-score3=0 | RD1-seed4=3 | RD1-team4=Wisconsin | RD1-score4=1* | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Maine | RD2-score1=2* | RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2=Wisconsin | RD2-score2=1
Northeast Regional
March 27 March 28 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Boston College | RD1-score1=5 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Niagara | RD1-score2=2 | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Michigan | RD1-score3=4 | RD1-seed4=3 | RD1-team4=New Hampshire | RD1-score4=1 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Boston College | RD2-score1=3* | RD2-seed2=2 | RD2-team2=Michigan | RD2-score2=2
Midwest Regional
March 27 March 28 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Minnesota | RD1-score1=5 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Notre Dame | RD1-score2=2 | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Minnesota–Duluth | RD1-score3=5 | RD1-seed4=3 | RD1-team4=Michigan State | RD1-score4=0 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Minnesota | RD2-score1=1 | RD2-seed2=2 | RD2-team2=Minnesota–Duluth | RD2-score2=3
West Regional
March 26 March 27 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=North Dakota | RD1-score1=3 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Holy Cross | RD1-score2=0 | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Denver | RD1-score3=3 | RD1-seed4=3 | RD1-team4=Miami | RD1-score4=2 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=North Dakota | RD2-score1=0 | RD2-seed2=2 | RD2-team2=Denver | RD2-score2=1
[[NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament|Frozen Four]]
April 8 April 10 | RD1-seed1=E1 | RD1-team1=Maine | RD1-score1=2 | RD1-seed2=NE1 | RD1-team2=Boston College | RD1-score2=1 | RD1-seed3=MW2 | RD1-team3=Minnesota–Duluth | RD1-score3=3 | RD1-seed4=W2 | RD1-team4=Denver | RD1-score4=5 | RD2-seed1=E1 | RD2-team1=Maine | RD2-score1=0 | RD2-seed2=W2 | RD2-team2=Denver | RD2-score2=1 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Regional semifinals
East Regional
(1) Maine vs. (4) Harvard
|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-1-2 = 17:01 – Dylan Reese (Johnson, Du) 19:43 – Brendan Bernakevitch |1-2-1 = (Damon) Todd Jackson – 02:56 |1-2-2 = 01:09 – PP – Dennis Packard (Pettit) 16:47 – PP – Ryan Maki |1-3-1 = (Jankus, Mushaluk) Mike Hamilton – 03:55 (Shields) Prestin Ryan – PP – 06:14 Michel Léveillé – 12:47 (Levielle) Greg Moore – GW – 15:50 |goalie1-1 = ( 29 saves / 33 shots ) Jimmy Howard / ( 7 saves / 7 shots ) Frank Doyle |goalie1-2 = Dov Grumet-Morris ( 41 saves / 46 shots )}}
(2) Ohio State vs. (3) Wisconsin
|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-4-2 = 12:03 – GW – Dan Boeser (Earl, Carlson) |goalie1-1 = ( 26 saves / 26 shots ) Dave Caruso |goalie1-2 = Bernd Brückler ( 20 saves / 21 shots )}}
Midwest Regional
(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Notre Dame
|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-1-2 = 00:54 – Cory McLean (Gill, Walsh) 19:18 – PP – Aaron Gill (Walsh, Globke) |1-2-1 = (Vanek, Harrington) Matt Koalska – 00:26 (Harrington, Guyer) Danny Irmen – PP – 09:13 Thomas Vanek – GW – 16:24 |1-3-1 = (Koalska, Ballard) Thomas Vanek – 11:52 Troy Riddle – EN – 19:24 |goalie1-1 = ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) Kellen Briggs |goalie1-2 = Morgan Cey ( 40 saves / 44 shots )}}
(2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (3) Michigan State
|1-1-1 = (Williams, Hambly) Evan Schwabe – GW – 12:16 |1-3-1 = (Anderson) Jesse Unklesbay – 01:14 (Peluso, Hardwick) Brett Hammond – 05:36 (Schwabe, Hardwick) Junior Lessard – 08:13 (Schwabe, Brosz) Junior Lessard – PP – 13:01 |goalie1-1 = ( 23 saves / 23 shots ) Issac Reichmuth |goalie1-2 = Dominic Vicari ( 11 saves / 15 shots ) / Matt Migliaccio ( 12 saves / 13 shots )}}
Northeast Regional
(1) Boston College vs. (4) Niagara
|1-1-1 = (Forrest, Eaves) Patrick Eaves – PP – 14:23 (Adams) Ryan Shannon – 17:03 |1-1-2 = 03:35 – Joe Tallari (Ehgoetz, Cross) |1-2-1 = Peter Harrold – GW – 13:06 |1-2-2 = 18:11 – PP – Sean Bentivoglio (Clarke, Lackner) |1-3-1 = (Voce, Shannon) Patrick Eaves – PP – 02:15 (Spina) Ryan Shannon – 07:13 |goalie1-1 = ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Matti Kaltiainen |goalie1-2 = Jeff VanNynatten ( 34 saves / 39 shots )}}
(2) Michigan vs. (3) New Hampshire
|1-1-1 = Brandon Kaleniecki – 01:05 |1-2-1 = (Gajic) Andrew Ebbett – GW – 09:45 (Gajic, Hensick) Eric Werner – PP – 12:06 |1-3-1 = (Ebbett) Brandon Kaleniecki – 01:11 |1-3-2 = 13:46 – Nathan Martz (Collins, Saviano) |goalie1-1 = ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Al Montoya |goalie1-2 = Mike Ayers ( 34 saves / 38 shots )}}
West Regional
(1) North Dakota vs. (4) Holy Cross
|1-1-1 = (Murray, Bochenski) Zach Parise – GW – 00:47 |1-2-1 = (Parise, Murray) Brandon Bochenski – PP – 18:23 |1-3-1 = (Hale) Mike Prpich – 05:09 |goalie1-1 = ( 21 saves / 21 shots ) Jordan Parise |goalie1-2 = Tony Quesada ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) / Ben Conway ( 4 saves / 4 shots )}}
(2) Denver vs. (3) Miami
|1-1-1 = (Dora) Ryan Caldwell – SH – 07:01 |1-2-1 = (O'Leary, Veideman) Matt Laatsch – 02:25 |1-2-2 = 07:04 – Marty Guerin (Sipotz, Nelson) |1-3-1 = (Carle, Gauthier) Brett Skinner – GW PP – 06:35 |1-3-2 = 17:37 – PP – Matt Davis |goalie1-1 = ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Adam Berkhoel |goalie1-2 = Brandon Crawford-West ( 30 saves / 33 shots )}}
Regional Finals
East Regional
(1) Maine vs. (3) Wisconsin
|1-1-1 = Colin Shields – 01:32 |1-2-2 = 17:38 – Rene Bourque (Gilbert, MacMurchy) |1-4-1 = Mike Hamilton – GW – 03:27 |goalie1-1 = ( 36 saves / 37 shots ) Jimmy Howard |goalie1-2 = Bernd Brückler ( 26 saves / 28 shots )}}
Midwest Regional
(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Minnesota-Duluth
|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-1-2 = 18:10 – Evan Schwabe |1-3-1 = (Guyer, Tallackson) Grant Potulny – PP – 05:25 |1-3-2 = 01:37 – GW – Luke Stauffacher (Caig, Peluso) 10:19 – Jesse Unklesbay |goalie1-1 = ( 17 saves / 20 shots ) Kellen Briggs |goalie1-2 = Isaac Reichmuth ( 22 saves / 23 shots )}}
Northeast Regional
(1) Boston College vs. (2) Michigan
|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-1-2 = 12:09 – Mike Brown (Burnes) |1-2-1 = (Eaves, Eaves) Tony Voce – PP – 09:02 |1-2-2 = 17:01 – Andy Burnes |1-3-1 = (Harrold, Voce) Patrick Eaves – 15:16 |1-4-1 = (Eaves, Harrold) Ben Eaves – GW – 10:08 |goalie1-1 = ( 15 saves / 17 shots ) Matti Kaltiainen |goalie1-2 = Al Montoya ( 42 saves / 45 shots )}}
West Regional
(1) North Dakota vs. (2) Denver
|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-3-2 = 17:31 – GW – Luke Fulghum (Bull, Dora) |goalie1-1 = ( 16 saves / 17 shots ) Jordan Parise |goalie1-2 = Adam Berkhoel ( 33 saves / 33 shots )}}
Frozen Four
National semifinal
(E1) Maine vs. (NE1) Boston College
|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-1-2 = 19:28 – Jon Jankus (Hamilton, Ryan) |1-2-1 = (Collins) Ryan Shannon – 02:35 |1-3-2 = 01:05 – GW – Dustin Penner (Hamilton, Lundin) |goalie1-1 = ( 16 saves / 18 shots ) Matti Kaltiainen |goalie1-2 = Jimmy Howard ( 40 saves / 41 shots )}}
(MW2) Minnesota-Duluth vs. (W2) Denver
|1-1-1 = (Brosz, Schwabe) Junior Lessard – PP – 01:09 (Caig) Tyler Brosz – 04:34 |1-2-1 = (Schwabe, Stapleton) Junior Lessard – PP – 15:35 |1-2-2 = 11:40 – Luke Fulghum (Dora, Carle) |1-3-2 = 02:30 – Connor James (Skinner, Keith) 03:04 – Ryan Caldwell (Fulghum, Dora) 08:25 – GW – Lukas Dora (Skinner) 19:52 – EN – Greg Keith (James) |goalie1-1 = ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) Isaac Reichmuth |goalie1-2 = Adam Berkhoel ( 26 saves / 29 shots )}}
National Championship
(E1) Maine vs. (W2) Denver
| Scoring summary | Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score | Penalty summary | Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1st** | a | #866d4b | 2px}}" | **DEN** | Gabe Gauthier (18) – *GW PP* | James | 12:26 | 1–0 DEN | ||||||||
| **2nd** | *None* | |||||||||||||||
| **3rd** | *None* | |||||||||||||||
| **1st** | a | #866d4b | 2px}}" | **DEN** | Max Bull | Checking from Behind | 3:39 | 2:00 | ||||||||
| a | #866d4b | 2px}}" | **DEN** | Gabe Gauthier | Roughing | 5:13 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| Maine Black Bears | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **Maine** | Dustin Penner | Holding the Stick | 5:13 | 2:00 | ||||||||||
| Maine Black Bears | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **Maine** | Mathew Deschamps | Obstruction Interference | 11:49 | 2:00 | ||||||||||
| a | #866d4b | 2px}}" | **DEN** | Max Bull | Cross-Checking | 13:25 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| Maine Black Bears | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **Maine** | Jon Jankus | Tripping | 14:24 | 2:00 | ||||||||||
| a | #866d4b | 2px}}" | **DEN** | J. D. Corbin | Holding | 17:03 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| **2nd** | Maine Black Bears | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **Maine** | Todd Jackson | Tripping | 26:26 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| a | #866d4b | 2px}}" | **DEN** | Gabe Gauthier | Cross-Checking | 26:31 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| Maine Black Bears | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **Maine** | Jon Jankus | Holding the Stick | 26:31 | 2:00 | ||||||||||
| a | #866d4b | 2px}}" | **DEN** | Jeff Drummond | HK | 28:16 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| a | #866d4b | 2px}}" | **DEN** | Ryan Caldwell | Roughing | 29:47 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| Maine Black Bears | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **Maine** | Mike Hamilton | Roughing | 29:47 | 2:00 | ||||||||||
| **3rd** | a | #866d4b | 2px}}" | **DEN** | Jeff Drummond | Obstruction Holding | 43:24 | 2:00 | ||||||||
| Maine Black Bears | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **Maine** | Prestin Ryan | Interference | 48:09 | 2:00 | ||||||||||
| a | #866d4b | 2px}}" | **DEN** | Jon Foster | Roughing | 52:15 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| Maine Black Bears | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **Maine** | Mathew Deschamps | Roughing | 52:15 | 2:00 | ||||||||||
| a | #866d4b | 2px}}" | **DEN** | Matt Laatsch | Hooking | 57:51 | 2:00 | |||||||||
| a | #866d4b | 2px}}" | **DEN** | Gabe Gauthier | Delay of Game | 58:26 | 2:00 |
| Shots by period | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | #866d4b | 2px}}" | **Denver** | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | |
| Maine Black Bears | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **Maine** | 6 | 9 | 9 | 24 |
| Goaltenders | Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | #866d4b | 2px}}" | **DEN** | Adam Berkhoel | 24 | 0 | 60:00 | |
| Maine Black Bears | color=#FFFFFF}};" | **Maine** | Jimmy Howard | 19 | 1 | 58:39 |
[[List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey All-Tournament Teams|All-Tournament team]]
- G: Adam Berkhoel* (Denver)
- D: Ryan Caldwell (Denver)
- D: Prestin Ryan (Maine)
- F: Junior Lessard (Minnesota-Duluth)
- F: Dustin Penner (Maine)
- F: Connor James (Denver)
- Most Outstanding Player(s)
Record by conference
| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | Regional Finals | Frozen Four | Championship Game | Champions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WCHA | 5 | 9-4 | .692 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| CCHA | 5 | 1-5 | .125 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Hockey East | 3 | 5-3 | .625 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| ECAC | 1 | 0-1 | .000 | - | - | - | - |
| Atlantic Hockey | 1 | 0-1 | .000 | - | - | - | - |
| CHA | 1 | 0-1 | .000 | - | - | - | - |
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