2005 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2005 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 21st Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 10 and March 19, 2005. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament Boston College received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The team that finishes ninth in the conference is 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 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings

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

2004–05 Hockey East standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#7 Boston College†*24143735784740267713079
#12 Boston University2415543476544123144111101
#8 New Hampshire2415543490594226115166114
#11 Maine241365317547402013712479
Massachusetts–Lowell2411103257666362012412096
Northeastern24101042466583815185100106
Providence246144165473371221485108
Massachusetts246162144896381323286134
Merrimack24122134110436826285146
Championship: Boston College
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

  Quarterfinals[2]
March 10–13
Semifinals[3]
March 18
Championship
March 19
                               
  1 Boston College 3* 5 1 Boston College 2**  
8 Massachusetts 2 1 4 Maine 1  
  2 Boston University 1 2 2
7 Providence 4 0 0     1 Boston College 3
  3 New Hampshire 1
  3 New Hampshire 6 4
6 Northeastern 1 0
  4 Maine 7 5 2 Boston University 2
5 Massachusetts-Lowell 2 1 3 New Hampshire 5  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Boston College vs. (8) Massachusetts

Boston College won series 2–0

(2) Boston University vs. (7) Providence

Boston University won series 2–1

(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Northeastern

New Hampshire won series 2–0

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

Maine won series 2–0

(1) Boston College vs. (4) Maine

(2) Boston University vs. (3) New Hampshire

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

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP(s)

[16]

Tournament Three Stars

References

  1. "Boston College Men's Team History". Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  2. "Hockey East men's Hockey 2004-05 Week 24". USCHO.com. 2005-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  3. "Hockey East men's Hockey 2004-05 Week 25". USCHO.com. 2005-03-19. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  4. "Boston College 3, Massachusetts 2". USCHO.com. 2005-03-11. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  5. "Boston College 5, Massachusetts 1". USCHO.com. 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  6. "Providence 4, Boston University 1". USCHO.com. 2005-03-11. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  7. "Boston University 2, Providence 0". USCHO.com. 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  8. "Boston University 2, Providence 0". USCHO.com. 2005-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  9. "New Hampshire 6, Northeastern 1". USCHO.com. 2005-03-10. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  10. "New Hampshire 4, Northeastern 0". USCHO.com. 2005-03-11. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  11. "Maine 7, Massachusetts-Lowell 2". USCHO.com. 2005-03-11. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  12. "Maine 5, Massachusetts-Lowell 1". USCHO.com. 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  13. "Boston College 2, Maine 1". USCHO.com. 2005-03-18. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  14. "New Hampshire 5, Boston University 2". USCHO.com. 2005-03-18. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  15. "Boston College 3, New Hampshire 1". USCHO.com. 2005-03-19. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  16. "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
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