2011 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2011 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 11 and March 19, 2011 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston College Eagles won their tenth Hockey East Tournament and earned the Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2011 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 2011 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

2010–11 Hockey East standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#5 Boston College†*272061411015839308115394
#9 New Hampshire271764389059392211613198
#17 Boston University2715663676673919128116112
#10 Merrimack271683358967392510414397
#19 Maine2714853392733617127122105
Northeastern27101072773693814168108104
Vermont27614719608536820882116
Massachusetts27516616688835623688122
Providence27416715539434818875116
Massachusetts–Lowell274212106010234525483136
Championship: Boston College Eagles
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
March 10–13
Semifinals
March 18
Championship
March 19
                               
  1 Boston College 4 4 1 Boston College 5  
8 Massachusetts 1 2 6 Northeastern 4  
  2 New Hampshire 3 4
7 Vermont 1 3     1 Boston College 5
  4 Merrimack 3
  3 Boston University 2 5 4
6 Northeastern 4 2 5
  4 Merrimack 5 6 2 New Hampshire 1
5 Maine 4 2 4 Merrimack 4  

Note: * denotes overtime periods

(1) Boston College vs. (8) Massachusetts

Boston College Wins Series 2-0

(2) New Hampshire vs. (7) Vermont

New Hampshire Wins Series 2-0

(3) Boston University vs. (6)Northeastern

Northeastern Wins Series 2-1

(4) Merrimack vs. (5) Maine

Merrimack Wins Series 2-0

(1) Boston College vs. (6) Northeastern

(2) New Hampshire vs. (4) Merrimack

(1) Boston College vs. (4) Merrimack

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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