2004 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

The 2004 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 20th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 11 and March 20, 2004. 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 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format edit

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 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings edit

Note: 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
#3 Boston College 24 17 4 3 37 88 45 42 29 9 4 143 81
#2 Maine* 24 17 5 2 36 77 42 44 33 8 3 141 69
Massachusetts 24 12 9 3 27 47 63 37 17 14 6 93 99
#11 New Hampshire 24 10 8 6 26 82 76 41 20 15 6 138 116
Providence 24 7 11 6 20 63 66 37 16 14 7 106 92
Massachusetts–Lowell 24 7 12 5 19 56 65 40 15 18 7 105 116
Merrimack 24 6 12 6 18 53 79 36 11 19 6 86 110
Boston University 24 6 13 5 17 57 71 38 12 17 9 103 108
Northeastern 24 5 13 6 16 56 72 34 11 16 7 92 103
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 11–13
Semifinals[3]
March 19
Championship
March 20
           
1 Boston College 2 4 2
8 Boston University 3 0 4
2 Maine 1
8 Boston University 0
2 Maine 2 3
7 Merrimack 1 2
2 Maine 2***
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 Massachusetts 1
3 Massachusetts 6 3
6 Massachusetts-Lowell 3 1
3 Massachusetts 5
4 New Hampshire 2
4 New Hampshire 2 3 1
5 Providence 1 4* 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals edit

(1) Boston College vs. (8) Boston University edit

March 11[4] Boston College 2 – 3 Boston University Conte Forum Recap  
No Scoring First period 08:57 - PP - Brian McConnell (Redlihs, Mullen)
11:11 - Brad Zancanaro (Radoslovich, Van der Gulik)
No scoring Second period 16:17 - GW - Kenny Roche (Skladany, Laliberte)
(Hennes) Andrew Alberts - 05:40
(Collins) Ben Eaves - EA - 19:20
Third period No scoring
( 7 saves / 10 shots ) Matti Kaltianen Goalie stats Sean Fields ( 28 saves / 30 shots )
March 12[5] Boston College 4 – 0 Boston University Conte Forum Recap  
(Forrest, Voce) Ryan Shannon - GW PP - 10:09
(Gionta) Ryan Shannon - 16:51
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Murphy, Hennes) Ned Havern - 13:30
(Eaves) Tony Voce - EN SH - 17:46
Third period No scoring
( 14 saves / 14 shots ) Matti Kaltianen Goalie stats Sean Fields ( 37 saves / 40 shots )
March 13[6] Boston College 2 – 3 Boston University Conte Forum Recap  
No Scoring First period 08:57 - PP - Brad Zancanaro (Miller, Whitney)
(Forrest) Tony Voce - 05:12 Second period 10:21 - Kenny Roche (Laliberte, Skladany)
11:46 - GW - Bryan Miller (Redlihs)
15:15 - Eric Thomassian
(Voce, Eaves) Ben Eaves - PP - 15:25 Third period No scoring
( 17 saves / 21 shots ) Matti Kaltianen Goalie stats Sean Fields ( 35 saves / 37 shots )
Boston University won series 2–1


(2) Maine vs. (7) Merrimack edit

March 12[7] Maine 2 – 1 Merrimack Alfond Arena Recap  
Colin Shields - SH - 07:29 First period 08:34 - PP - Tim Reidy (Johnson, Pomponio)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Zabowicz, Mullin) Colin Shields - GW - 13:43 Third period No scoring
( 14 saves / 15 shots ) Jimmy Howard Goalie stats Jim Healey ( 25 saves / 27 shots )
March 13[8] Maine 3 – 2 Merrimack Alfond Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 17:05 - Brendon Clark (Sullivan, Caron)
(Jackson, Penner) Colin Shields - 13:39 Second period 17:05 - PP - Tony Johnson (Schmidt, Gough)
(Murphy) John Ronan - SH - 02:15
(Damon, Lundin) Todd Jackson - GW - 07:43
Third period No scoring
( 9 saves / 11 shots ) Frank Doyle Goalie stats Jim Healey ( 33 saves / 36 shots )
Maine won series 2–0


(3) Massachusetts vs. (6) Massachusetts-Lowell edit

March 11[9] Massachusetts 6 – 3 Massachusetts-Lowell William D. Mullins Memorial Center Recap  
(Demianiuk) Tim Vitek - 10:54
(Pöck, Demianiuk) Greg Mauldin - 16:37
First period 05:09 - Jason Tejchma (Martin)
(Pöck) Stephen Werner - 03:03
(Werner, Jarman) Mike Warner - GW - 05:48
(Jarman) Thomas Pöck - PP - 11:03
Second period No scoring
(Pöck, Kuiper) Mike Warner - 13:11 Third period 11:30 - Ben Walter (Fletcher, O'Brien)
16:35 - Bobby Robins (Tejchma, Martin)
( 39 saves / 42 shots ) Tim Warner Goalie stats Chris Davidson ( 12 saves / 18 shots )
March 12[10] Massachusetts 3 – 1 Massachusetts-Lowell William D. Mullins Memorial Center Recap  
(Solon, Aduba) Josh Hanson - 10:20 First period 10:52 - Matt Collar (Pandolfo, Kinley)
(Solon, Trovato) Dusty Demianiuk - GW - 12:12 Second period No scoring
Greg Mauldin - 14:36 Third period No scoring
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Tim Warner Goalie stats John Yaros ( 21 saves / 24 shots )
Massachusetts won series 2–0


(4) New Hampshire vs. (5) Providence edit

March 11[11] New Hampshire 2 – 1 Providence Whittemore Center Recap  
(Saviano, Mounsey) Sean Collins - 07:52 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 16:31 - PP - Cody Loughlean (Wood, Pemberton)
(Saviano, Aikins) Sean Collins - GW - 07:12 Third period No scoring
( 19 saves / 20 shots ) Mike Ayers Goalie stats Bobby Goepfert ( 27 saves / 29 shots )
March 12[12] New Hampshire 3 – 4 OT Providence Whittemore Center Recap  
(Yandle, Martz) Jacob Micflikier - 09:13
(Aikins, Yandle) Sean Collins - 15:18
First period 09:51 - Chase Watson (Gajda, Goodwin)
No scoring Second period 17:54 - David Carpenter (Robinson, Lundberg)
(Hemingway, Micflikier) Preston Callander - PP - 04:18 Third period 07:37 - Torry Gajda (Stamoulis, Watson)
No scoring First overtime period 02:49 - GW - Colin McDonald (McCreary)
( 22 saves / 26 shots ) Mike Ayers Goalie stats Bobby Goepfert ( 26 saves / 29 shots )
March 13[13] New Hampshire 1 – 0 Providence Whittemore Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Micflikier, Martz) Preston Callander - GW - 17:22 Third period No scoring
( 19 saves / 19 shots ) Mike Ayers Goalie stats Bobby Goepfert ( 26 saves / 27 shots )
New Hampshire won series 2–1


Semifinals edit

(2) Maine vs. (8) Boston University edit

March 19[14] Maine 1 – 0 Boston University Fleet Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Jankus) Mike Hamilton - GW - 07:09 Third period No scoring
( 21 saves / 21 shots ) Jimmy Howard Goalie stats Sean Fields ( 31 saves / 32 shots )


(3) Massachusetts vs. (4) New Hampshire edit

March 19[15] Massachusetts 5 – 2 New Hampshire Fleet Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 13:41 - Steve Saviano
(Vitek) Greg Mauldin - 10:21 Second period 03:30 - Jacob Micflikier (Horst, Mounsey)
(Regan, Jarman) Peter Trovato - 07:20
(Werner, Jarman) Mike Warner - GW - 14:32
(Lang, Vitek) Thomas Pöck - 17:04
(Pöck) Mike Warner - EN - 18:05
Third period No scoring
( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Tim Warner Goalie stats Mike Ayers ( 28 saves / 32 shots )


Championship edit

(2) Maine vs. (3) Massachusetts edit

March 20[16] Maine 2 – 1 3OT Massachusetts Fleet Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Léviellé) Dustin Penner - PP - 16:24 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 13:47 - PP - Greg Mauldin (Degon, Pöck)
(Deschamps, Lyall) Ben Murphy - GW - 09:27 Third overtime period No scoring
( 63 saves / 64 shots ) Jimmy Howard Goalie stats Gabe Winer ( 59 saves / 61 shots )


Tournament awards edit

[17]

All-Tournament Team edit

* Tournament MVP(s)

Tournament Three Stars edit

References edit

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  5. ^ "Boston College 4, Boston University 0". USCHO.com. March 12, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
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  9. ^ "Massachusetts 6, Massachusetts-Lowell 3". USCHO.com. March 11, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  10. ^ "Massachusetts 3, Massachusetts-Lowell 1". USCHO.com. March 12, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  11. ^ "New Hampshire 2, Providence 1". USCHO.com. March 11, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  12. ^ "Providence 4, New Hampshire 3". USCHO.com. March 12, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  13. ^ "New Hampshire 1, Providence 0". USCHO.com. March 13, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  14. ^ "Maine 1, Boston University 0". USCHO.com. March 19, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  15. ^ "Massachusetts 5, New Hampshire 2". USCHO.com. March 19, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  16. ^ "Maine 2, Massachusetts 1". USCHO.com. March 20, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  17. ^ "2004 Hockey East Championship". Inside College Hockey. March 20, 2004. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2013.

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