The 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October 5, 2001, and concluded with the

2002 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 2002 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament involved 12 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The final event was played at Xcel Energy Center, Saint ...

's championship game on April 6, 2002, at the

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. This was the 55th

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in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 108th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

Pre-season polls

The top 15 from USCHO.com/CBS College Sports and the top 15 from USA Today/American Hockey Magazine.

Regular season

Season tournaments

Standings

2002 NCAA Tournament

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Player stats

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season. ''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes''

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in

goals against average Goals against average (GAA) also known as "average goals against" or "AGA" is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending on s ...

at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes. ''GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% =

Save percentage Save percentage (often known by such symbols as SV%, SVS%, SVP, PCT) is a statistic in various goal-scoring sports that track saves as a statistic. In ice hockey and lacrosse, it is a statistic that represents the percentage of shots on goal ...

; GAA = Goals against average''

Awards

NCAA

CCHA

CHA

ECAC

Hockey East

MAAC

WCHA

References

External links

USCHO.com

College Hockey Historical ArchivesCollege Hockey Stats.net
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