The 2002 Frozen Four was held April 4-6, 2002, in St. Paul, Minnesota at the Xcel Energy Center. The participants were: * University of Maine * University of Michigan * University of Minnesota * University of New Hampshire The Minnesota Golden Gophers, playing in front of a friendly hometown crowd, defeated Maine 4-3 in sudden death overtime to win their first national championship since 1979, their fourth overall. Grant Potulny scored the game winning goal in the overtime period.