2018 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament
College ice hockey tournament
The 2018 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 2 and March 17, 2018 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts . Boston University won their 9th tournament and earned Hockey East 's automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament .
The tournament was the 34th in league history.
The tournament included all eleven teams in the conference. Seeds 1–5 earned a first-round bye, and seeds 6–11 played a best-of-three Opening Round played on campus locations. Winners advanced to play the 1–3 seeds in the best-of-three Quarterfinals on campus locations. Winners of those series played in a single-game Semifinal, and those winners faced off in a single-game Championship Final, both at the TD Garden .
Regular season standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals
Opening Round March 1–4[ 1]
Quarterfinals March 9–11[ 2]
Semifinals March 16[ 3]
Championship March 17
1
Boston College
1
4 *
–
6
Maine
4
3
–
10
Merrimack
0
3
–
11
New Hampshire
1
2
–
1
Boston College
3
4
Boston University
4*
2
Northeastern
3
7
–
8
Massachusetts
2
2
–
3
Providence
0
4
Boston University
2
3
Providence
4
3
–
7
Massachusetts–Lowell
1
2
–
6
Maine
3
2
–
10
Merrimack
2 *
3 *
–
2
Northeastern
2
3
Providence
3*
4
Boston University
5 *
2
–
8
Massachusetts
3 *
3
5
5
Connecticut
4
1
–
9
Vermont
2
4 *
1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results
Opening Round
(6) Maine vs. (11) New Hampshire
(7) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (10) Merrimack
March 2
Merrimack
2 - 1
OT
Mass-Lowell
Tsongas Center
Recap
(unassisted) Connor Wilson - 15:52
First period
No scoring
No scoring
Second period
No scoring
No scoring
Third period
15:33 - Jace Hennig (Seney, Tavernier)
No scoring
First overtime period
18:01 - GW - Ludvig Larsson (Tavernier, Petti)
( 39 saves / 41 shots ) Christoffer Hernberg
Goalie stats
Craig Pantano ( 32 saves / 33 shots )
(8) Massachusetts vs. (9) Vermont
Massachusetts won series 2–1
Quarterfinals
(1) Boston College vs. (10) Merrimack
March 9
Boston College
1 - 0
Merrimack
Conte Forum
Recap
No Scoring
First period
No scoring
(McPhee, Räsänen) Connor Moore - GW - 17:08
Second period
No scoring
No scoring
Third period
No scoring
( 37 saves / 37 shots ) Joseph Woll
Goalie stats
Craig Pantano ( 12 saves / 13 shots )
Boston College won series 2–0
(2) Northeastern vs. (8) Massachusetts
Northeastern won series 2–0
(3) Providence vs. (6) Maine
Providence won series 2–0
(4) Boston University vs. (5) Connecticut
Boston University won series 2–0
Semifinals
(1) Boston College vs. (4) Boston University
(2) Northeastern vs. (3) Providence
Championship
(3) Providence vs. (4) Boston University
Tournament awards
* Tournament MVP(s) [ 4]
References
External links