The 2000 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 16th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 9 and March 18, 2000. 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, Maine received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 2000 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 9–18, 2000 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Fleet Center Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Maine (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Shawn Walsh[1] (4th title) |
| MVP | Niko Dimitrakos (Maine) |
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
Format
editThe 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 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Conference standings
editNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #6 Boston University† | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 85 | 69 | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 150 | 118 | |
| #11 New Hampshire | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 75 | 68 | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 122 | 105 | |
| #2 Boston College | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 91 | 50 | 42 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 165 | 92 | |
| #3 Maine* | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 88 | 67 | 40 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 151 | 106 | |
| Providence | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 65 | 79 | 38 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 114 | 122 | |
| Northeastern | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 67 | 76 | 36 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 95 | 118 | |
| Merrimack | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 58 | 81 | 36 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 87 | 115 | |
| Massachusetts | 24 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 50 | 71 | 36 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 86 | 106 | |
| Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 60 | 78 | 34 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 99 | 112 | |
| Championship: Maine † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
edit| Quarterfinals[2] March 9–11 | Semifinals[3] March 17 | Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston University | 4 | 5 | — | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Massachusetts | 2 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston University | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Maine | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | New Hampshire | 5 | 3* | — | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Merrimack | 2 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Maine | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston College | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston College | 8 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Northeastern | 4 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||
| 2 | New Hampshire | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston College | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Maine | 5 | 5* | — | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Providence | 3 | 4 | — | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
edit(1) Boston University vs. (8) Massachusetts
edit| March 10[4] | Boston University | 4 – 2 | Massachusetts | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| Jack Baker - PP - 04:05 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:53 - SH - Joe Culgin | ||||||
| Carl Corazzini - PP - 00:17 Jack Baker - 01:23 John Sabo - SH - 09:43 |
Third period | 01:23 - Jeff Blanchard | ||||||
| Rick DiPietro ( 13 saves / 15 shots ) | Goalie stats | Markus Helanen ( 38 saves / 42 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11[5] | Boston University | 5 – 2 | Massachusetts | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | 18:56 - Darcy King | ||||||
| Jack Baker - 04:24 Tommi Degerman - 07:55 |
Second period | 02:49 - Jeff Blanchard | ||||||
| Tommi Degerman - GW - 07:15 John Sabo - 07:48 Pat Aufiero - PP - 13:44 |
Third period | 19:45 - EA - Kris Porter | ||||||
| Rick DiPietro ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | Markus Helanen ( 21 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
| Boston University won series 2–0 | |
(2) New Hampshire vs. (7) Merrimack
edit| March 9[6] | New Hampshire | 5 – 2 | Merrimack | Whittemore Center | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joshua Prudden - 10:07 Patrick Foley - 11:39 |
Second period | 14:31 - Vincent Clevenger 14:59 - Stephen Moon | ||||||
| Mike Souza - GW - 10:52 Jim Abbott - 11:06 Tim Walsh - 17:08 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ty Conklin ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) | Goalie stats | Cris Classen ( 28 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10[7] | New Hampshire | 3 – 2 | OT | Merrimack | Whittemore Center | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 11:47 - Greg Classen | ||||||
| Ryan Cordeiro - 03:02 | Second period | 18:19 - Sandy Cohen | ||||||
| Garrett Stafford - 07:53 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Souza - GW - 07:40 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ty Conklin ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Tom Welby ( 47 saves / 50 shots ) | ||||||
| New Hampshire won series 2–0 | |
(3) Boston College vs. (6) Northeastern
edit| March 10[8] | Boston College | 8 – 4 | Northeastern | Conte Forum | ||||
| Jeff Farkas - PP - 12:17 Jeff Farkas - 13:40 |
First period | 12:39 - Matt Keating 16:18 - Brian Cummings | ||||||
| Brian Gionta - 06:40 Ales Dolinar - 07:48 |
Second period | 19:24 - PP - Graig Mischler | ||||||
| Mark McLennan - GW - 02:46 Mike Lephart - 03:19 Krys Kolanos - PP - 12:30 Brian Gionta - 17:05 |
Third period | 14:47 - PP - Matt Keating | ||||||
| Scott Clemmensen ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) | Goalie stats | Mike Gilhooly ( 26 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11[9] | Boston College | 3 – 2 | Northeastern | Conte Forum | ||||
| Mike Mottau - PP - 05:32 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Blake Bellefeuille - 18:06 | Second period | 07:38 - PP - Graig Mischler | ||||||
| Krys Kolanos - GW - 10:34 | Third period | 03:44 - Matt Keating | ||||||
| Scott Clemmensen ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jason Braun ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| Boston College won series 2–0 | |
(4) Maine vs. (5) Providence
edit| March 9[10] | Maine | 5 – 3 | Providence | Alfond Arena | ||||
| Jim Leger - 03:33 | First period | 13:28 - Matt Libby | ||||||
| Niko Dimitrakos - PP - 05:58 Ben Guite - 09:02 Ben Guite - GW PP - 13:53 |
Second period | 15:57 - Fernando Pisani 16:49 - John DiSalvatore | ||||||
| Brendan Walsh - EN PP - 19:40 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Yeats ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | Boyd Ballard ( 34 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10[11] | Maine | 5 – 4 | OT | Providence | Alfond Arena | |||
| Tom Reimann - 17:33 | First period | 07:18 - Devin Rask 08:46 - PP - Heath Gordon | ||||||
| Peter Metcalf - 10:27 | Second period | 04:08 - Nick Lent 16:15 - Peter Fregoe | ||||||
| Chris Heisten - 07:47 Lucas Lawson - 12:29 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brendan Walsh - GW - 11:48 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Yeats ( 35 saves / 39 shots ) | Goalie stats | Boyd Ballard ( 39 saves / 44 shots ) | ||||||
| Maine won series 2–0 | |
Semifinals
edit(1) Boston University vs. (4) Maine
edit| March 17[12] | Boston University | 2 – 4 | Maine | Fleet Center | ||||
| Carl Corazzini - 08:10 | First period | 02:15 - Robert Ek 05:40 - Chris Heisten | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:16 - PP - Ben Guite 16:20 - Niko Dimitrakos | ||||||
| Carl Corazzini - EA PP - 17:55 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Rick DiPietro ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | Matt Yeats ( 36 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
(2) New Hampshire vs. (3) Boston College
edit| March 17[13] | New Hampshire | 1 – 2 | Boston College | Fleet Center | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lanny Gare - 17:33 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 12:26 - Blake Bellefeuille 15:53 - GW - Mike Lephart | ||||||
| Ty Conklin ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) | Goalie stats | Scott Clemmensen ( 20 saves / 21 shots ) | ||||||
Championship
edit(3) Boston College vs. (4) Maine
edit| March 18[14] | Boston College | 1 – 2 | Maine | Fleet Center | ||||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bobby Allen - EA - 19:20 | Third period | 03:11 - Cory Larose 19:57 - GW - Niko Dimitrakos | ||||||
| Matt Yeats ( 34 saves / 35 shots ) | Goalie stats | Scott Clemmensen ( 33 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
edit- F Blake Bellefeuille (Boston College)
- F Niko Dimitrakos* (Maine)
- F Cory Larose (Maine)
- D Robert Ek (Maine)
- D Mike Mottau (Boston College)
- G Matt Yeats (Maine)
References
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