2013 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2013 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 14 and March 13, 2013 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts–Lowell River Hawks won their first Hockey East Tournament and earned the Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2013 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 2013 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

2012–13 Hockey East standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#3 Massachusetts–Lowell * 271692348163 412811212383
#9 Boston College 271593338872 3822124128107
#17 Boston University 2715102328273 3921162120110
#11 New Hampshire 271386328158 392012712290
#18 Providence 271386327563 381714710590
Merrimack 2713113296866 38151769198
Vermont 278136226080 361119682110
Maine 277128225772 381119877104
Massachusetts 279162207279 341219393102
Northeastern 275184145997 34921481118
Championship: March 23, 2013
indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 25, 2013

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
March 10–13
Semifinals
March 22
Championship
March 23
                               
  1 Massachusetts–Lowell 4 2* 1 Massachusetts–Lowell 2  
8 Maine 2 1 4 Providence 1  
  2 Boston College 4 4 -
7 Vermont 2 1 -     1 Massachusetts–Lowell 1
  3 Boston University 0
  3 Boston University 3 5 -
6 Merrimack 0 3 -
  4 Providence 3 1 3 2 Boston College 3
5 New Hampshire 2 4 2 3 Boston University 6  

Note: * denotes overtime periods

Results

(1) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (8) Maine

Massachusetts–Lowell wins series 2-0

(2) Boston College vs. (7) Vermont

Boston College wins series 2-0

(3) Boston University vs. (6) Merrimack

Boston University wins series 2-0

(4) Providence vs. (5) New Hampshire

Providence wins series 2-1

(1) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (4) Providence

(2) Boston College vs. (3) Boston University

(1) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (3) Boston University

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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