2018 Hockey East Men's 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.

Format

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

2017–18 Hockey East men's standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#19 Boston College241860367953372014310899
#11 Northeastern241563337949382310513681
#7 Providence241374307050402412411785
#10 Boston University*2412842872604022144124105
Connecticut24111212370623615192100102
Maine24101132365743818164117115
Massachusetts–Lowell2411130226875361719010199
Massachusetts2491322060743917202104119
Vermont246126185175371020779112
Merrimack247152165170371221483105
New Hampshire245145154871361020688104
Championship: March 17, 2018
indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 1, 2018

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* 1 Boston College 3  
6 Maine 4 3 10 Merrimack 0 3 4 Boston University 4*  
11 New Hampshire 1 2
  2 Northeastern 3 7
7 Massachusetts–Lowell 1 2 8 Massachusetts 2 2     3 Providence 0
10 Merrimack 2* 3*   4 Boston University 2
  3 Providence 4 3
8 Massachusetts 3* 3 5 6 Maine 3 2
9 Vermont 2 4* 1
  4 Boston University 5* 2 2 Northeastern 2
  5 Connecticut 4 1 3 Providence 3*  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

(6) Maine vs. (11) New Hampshire

Maine won series 2–0

(7) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (10) Merrimack

Merrimack won series 2–0

(8) Massachusetts vs. (9) Vermont

Massachusetts won series 2–1

(1) Boston College vs. (10) Merrimack

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

(1) Boston College vs. (4) Boston University

(2) Northeastern vs. (3) Providence

(3) Providence vs. (4) Boston University

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP(s)[4]

References

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