2009 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2009 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 13 and March 21, 2009 at campus locations and at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Boston University won their seventh Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and the Lamoriello Trophy and received Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The teams that finish below eighth in the conference are not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest seeds play a single-elimination game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2008–09 Hockey East standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#1 Boston University†*271854401035445356417791
#11 Northeastern271863397859412512412191
#6 New Hampshire2715843280783820135116112
#3 Vermont2715843278693922125121102
Massachusetts–Lowell2714112308466382016211286
Boston College27111152781773718145112105
Massachusetts27101432377753916203112103
Maine277173175282391322486110
Merrimack2751931357803492147289
Providence274185135610634722577133
Championship: Boston University
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
March 13–15
Semifinals
March 20
Championship
March 21
                               
  1 Boston University 2 3 6 1 Boston University 3  
8 Maine 1 6 2 6 Boston College 2  
  2 Northeastern 1 4 3*
7 Massachusetts 2 1 2     1 Boston University 1
  5 Massachusetts-Lowell 0
  3 New Hampshire 3 0
6 Boston College 5 1
  4 Vermont 3 2 2 Northeastern 2
5 Massachusetts-Lowell 4* 4 5 Massachusetts-Lowell 3*  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Boston University vs. (8) Maine

Boston University won series 2–1

(2) Northeastern vs. (7) Massachusetts

Northeastern won series 2–1

(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Boston College

Boston College won series 2–0

(4) Vermont vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell

Massachusetts-Lowell won series 2–0

(1) Boston University vs. (6) Boston College

(2) Northeastern vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell

(1) Boston University vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP(s)

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References

  1. "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
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