The 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 12 schools playing in single-elimination

Single-elimination tournament

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 play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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 Division I college ice hockey

Ice hockey

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The final event was played at Pepsi Arena, Albany, New York

Albany, New York

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. Boston College, coached by Jerry York, won its first national title since 1949 by defeating North Dakota, 3-2, in overtime on April 7 on a goal scored by sophomore forward Krys Kolanos

Krystofer Kolanos

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 just 4:43 into the extra session. The Eagles had advanced to the title game after a 4-2 victory over Michigan in one semifinal on April 5, while the national runners-up Fighting Sioux, coached by Dean Blais, shut out Michigan State, 2-0, in the other semifinal earlier that day.

BC, which finished the season with a record of 33-8-2, earned its first NCAA hockey crown in 52 years by besting the three schools that had eliminated it in the three previous Frozen Fours: Maine (1999); Michigan (1998) and; North Dakota (2000).

Game locations

• East Regional - Centrum Centre, Worcester, Massachusetts
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• West Regional - Van Andel Arena
  Van Andel Arena
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  , Grand Rapids, Michigan
  Grand Rapids, Michigan
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• Frozen Four - Pepsi Arena, Albany, New York
  Albany, New York
  Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
  
  

Teams

• Boston College
• Minnesota
• Maine
• Michigan
• Mercyhurst
• Colorado College
• St. Lawrence
• Michigan State
• Wisconsin
• Providence
• St. Cloud State
• North Dakota

Regionals

* Overtime
** 2nd Overtime

Frozen Four

* Overtime

External links

http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/6History/ncaa_01.htm