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

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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

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

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#3 Massachusetts–Lowell † * 27 16 9 2 34 81 63 41 28 11 2 123 83
#9 Boston College 27 15 9 3 33 88 72 38 22 12 4 128 107
#17 Boston University 27 15 10 2 32 82 73 39 21 16 2 120 110
#11 New Hampshire 27 13 8 6 32 81 58 39 20 12 7 122 90
#18 Providence 27 13 8 6 32 75 63 38 17 14 7 105 90
Merrimack 27 13 11 3 29 68 66 38 15 17 6 91 98
Vermont 27 8 13 6 22 60 80 36 11 19 6 82 110
Maine 27 7 12 8 22 57 72 38 11 19 8 77 104
Massachusetts 27 9 16 2 20 72 79 34 12 19 3 93 102
Northeastern 27 5 18 4 14 59 97 34 9 21 4 81 118
Championship: March 23, 2013
† indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
March 10–13
Semifinals
March 22
Championship
March 23
           
1 Massachusetts–Lowell 4 2*
8 Maine 2 1
1 Massachusetts–Lowell 2
4 Providence 1
2 Boston College 4 4 -
7 Vermont 2 1 -
1 Massachusetts–Lowell 1
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 Boston University 0
3 Boston University 3 5 -
6 Merrimack 0 3 -
2 Boston College 3
3 Boston University 6
4 Providence 3 1 3
5 New Hampshire 2 4 2

Note: * denotes overtime periods

Results

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Quarterfinals

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

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March 14 Massachusetts–Lowell 4 - 2 Maine Tsongas Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 13:52 - PP - Jake Rutt (Shore)
(Arnold, Ruhwedel) Scott Wilson - PP - 17:20 Second period No scoring
(Folin) Scott Wilson - 01:52
(White) Joseph Pendenza - GW - 02:13
(Ruhwedel, Wetmore) Josh Holmstrom - PP - 06:29
Third period 19:12 - PP EA - Devin Shore (unassisted)
( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Connor Hellebuyck Goalie stats Martin Ouellette ( 32 saves / 36 shots )
March 15 Massachusetts–Lowell 2 - 1 OT Maine Tsongas Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 07:51 - PP - Devin Shore (Lomberg)
(Wilson) Michael Fallon - 04:00 Third period No scoring
(Fallon, Folin) Derek Arnold - 01:50 First overtime period No scoring
( 18 saves / 19 shots ) Connor Hellebuyck Goalie stats Martin Ouellette ( 35 saves / 37 shots )
Massachusetts–Lowell wins series 2-0


(2) Boston College vs. (7) Vermont

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March 15 Boston College 4 - 2 Vermont Conte Forum Recap  
(Doherty, Wey) Brooks Dyroff - 14:47 First period No scoring
(Mullane) Mike Matheson - PP - 09:13
(Silk) Cam Spiro - GW - 13:04
Second period No scoring
(Brown) Johnny Gaudreau - EN - 18:58 Third period 04:56 - PP EA - Ben Albertson (Bruneteau, Pattyn)
12:37 - SH - Matt White (unassisted)
( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Parker Milner Goalie stats Brody Hoffman ( 23 saves / 26 shots )
March 16 Boston College 4 - 1 Vermont Conte Forum Recap  
(Mullane, Gaudreau) Steven Whitney - 12:12 First period No scoring
(MacLeod) Patrick Brown - 01:50 Second period No scoring
(Arnold, Straight) Johnny Gaudreau - 03:53
(Whitney, Linell) Pat Mullane - 12:45
Third period 13:06 - Matt White (McCarthy)
( 16 saves / 17 shots ) Parker Milner Goalie stats Brody Hoffman ( 29 saves / 33 shots )
Boston College wins series 2-0


(3) Boston University vs. (6) Merrimack

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March 15 Boston University 3 - 0 Merrimack Agganis Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Oksanen, MacGregor) Wade Megan - GW - 06:10
(Rodrigues, Oksanen) Matt Nieto - 16:48
Second period No scoring
(O'Regan, Nieto) Ryan Santana - PP - 00:55 Third period No scoring
( 30 saves / 30 shots ) Sean Maguire Goalie stats Sam Marotta ( 42 saves / 45 shots )
March 16 Boston University 5 - 3 Merrimack Agganis Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 19:00 - Shawn Bates (Heywood)
(O'Regan, Ruikka) Matt Nieto - 01:31
(Gill, Grzelcyk) Cason Hohmann - PP - 16:12
(Megan, Hohmann) Sam Kurker - PP - 19:52
Second period 04:32 - Mike Collins (Toomey, Heywood)
18:40 - John Gustafsson (unassisted)
(Lane) Ben Rosen - GW - 05:11
(Megan, Oksanen) Sahir Gill - EN - 19:55
Third period No scoring
( 39 saves / 42 shots ) Sean Maguire Goalie stats Sam Marotta ( 29 saves / 33 shots )
Boston University wins series 2-0


(4) Providence vs. (5) New Hampshire

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March 15 Providence 3 - 2 New Hampshire Schneider Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Luke) Nick Saracino - 02:06
(Luke, Saracino) John Gilmour - 13:27
Second period 13:50 - Grayson Downing (Knodel, Goumas)
(Luke, Mauermann) Nick Saracino - GW - 08:06 Third period 02:00 - Austin Block (Kostolansky, Downing)
( 35 saves / 37 shots ) Jon Gillies Goalie stats Casey DeSmith ( 22 saves / 25 shots )
March 16 Providence 1 - 4 New Hampshire Schneider Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 15:19 - Matt Willows (Goumas, Pesce)
(Gilmour, Gillies) Nick Saracino - PP - 03:32 Second period 01:45 - GW - Matt Willows (Goumas, Correale)
No scoring Third period 17:33 - Jeff Silengo (unassisted)
18:23 - Matt Willows (unassisted)
( 20 saves / 23 shots ) Jon Gillies Goalie stats Casey DeSmith ( 38 saves / 39 shots )
March 17 Providence 3 - 2 New Hampshire Schneider Arena Recap  
(Schaller) Mark Jankowski - 01:31 First period 17:07 - John Henrion (van Riemsdyk, Silengo)
(Hart, Parisi) Tim Schaller - PP - 16:29
(de Jersey, Jankowski) Nick Saracino - GW - 17:13
Second period 10:31 - PP - Grayson Downing (van Riemsdyk, Goumas)
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 30 saves / 32 shots ) Jon Gillies Goalie stats Casey DeSmith ( 22 saves / 25 shots )
Providence wins series 2-1


Semifinals

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

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March 22 Massachusetts–Lowell 2 - 1 Providence TD Garden Recap  
No Scoring First period 08:59 - Kevin Rooney (Acciari, C. Rooney)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Pendenza, Ruhwedel) A. J. White - 00:34
(Wetmore) Scott Wilson - GW - 12:30
Third period No scoring
( 34 saves / 35 shots ) Connor Hellebuyck Goalie stats Jon Gillies ( 31 saves / 33 shots )


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

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March 22 Boston College 3 - 6 Boston University TD Garden Recap  
(Whitney, Gaudreau) Bill Arnold - PP - 18:33 First period No scoring
(Mullane, Brown) Quinn Smith - 08:46 Second period 12:17 - Evan Rodrigues (MacGregor)
14:21 - Matt Lane (unassisted)
17:59 - PP - Garrett Noonan (Grzelcyk, Hohmann)
(Mullane) Steven Whitney - 13:43 Third period 01:42 - GW PP - Danny O'Regan (Oksanen, Nieto)
14:21 - PP - Danny O'Regan (Santana, Nieto)
17:31 - SH EN - Evan Rodrigues (unassisted)
( 21 saves / 26 shots ) Parker Milner Goalie stats Sean Maguire ( 44 saves / 47 shots )


Championship

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

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March 23 Massachusetts–Lowell 1 - 0 Boston University TD Garden Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Wilson, Ruhwedel) Derek Arnold - GW - 11:09 Third period No scoring
( 36 saves / 36 shots ) Connor Hellebuyck Goalie stats Sean Maguire ( 28 saves / 29 shots )


Tournament awards

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* Tournament MVP(s)

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References

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  1. ^ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
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