2013 Hockey East 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

Bracket

March 10–13 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Massachusetts–Lowell | RD1-score1-1=4 | RD1-score1-2=2* | RD1-score1-3=— | RD1-seed2=8 | RD1-team2=Maine | RD1-score2-1=2 | RD1-score2-2=1 | RD1-score2-3=— | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Boston College | RD1-score3-1=4 | RD1-score3-2=4 | RD1-score3-3=- | RD1-seed4=7 | RD1-team4=Vermont | RD1-score4-1=2 | RD1-score4-2=1 | RD1-score4-3=- | RD1-seed5=3 | RD1-team5=Boston University | RD1-score5-1=3 | RD1-score5-2=5 | RD1-score5-3=- | RD1-seed6=6 | RD1-team6=Merrimack | RD1-score6-1=0 | RD1-score6-2=3 | RD1-score6-3=- | RD1-seed7=4 | RD1-team7=Providence | RD1-score7-1=3 | RD1-score7-2=1 | RD1-score7-3=3 | RD1-seed8=5 | RD1-team8=New Hampshire | RD1-score8-1=2 | RD1-score8-2=4 | RD1-score8-3=2 March 22 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Massachusetts–Lowell | RD2-score1=2 | RD2-seed2=4 | RD2-team2=Providence | RD2-score2=1 | RD2-seed3=2 | RD2-team3=Boston College | RD2-score3=3 | RD2-seed4=3 | RD2-team4=Boston University | RD2-score4=6 March 23 | RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1=Massachusetts–Lowell | RD3-score1=1 | RD3-seed2=3 | RD3-team2=Boston University | RD3-score2=0 Note: * denotes overtime periods

Results

Quarterfinals

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

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-1-2 = 13:52 - PP - Jake Rutt (Shore) |1-2-1 = (Arnold, Ruhwedel) Scott Wilson - PP - 17:20 |1-3-1 = (Folin) Scott Wilson - 01:52 (White) Joseph Pendenza - GW - 02:13 (Ruhwedel, Wetmore) Josh Holmstrom - PP - 06:29 |1-3-2 = 19:12 - PP EA - Devin Shore (unassisted) |goalie1-1 = ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Connor Hellebuyck |goalie1-2 = Martin Ouellette ( 32 saves / 36 shots ) |2-1-1 = No Scoring |2-2-2 = 07:51 - PP - Devin Shore (Lomberg) |2-3-1 = (Wilson) Michael Fallon - 04:00 |2-4-1 = (Fallon, Folin) Derek Arnold - 01:50 |goalie2-1 = ( 18 saves / 19 shots ) Connor Hellebuyck |goalie2-2 = Martin Ouellette ( 35 saves / 37 shots )

(2) Boston College vs. (7) Vermont

|1-1-1 = (Doherty, Wey) Brooks Dyroff - 14:47 |1-2-1 = (Mullane) Mike Matheson - PP - 09:13 (Silk) Cam Spiro - GW - 13:04 |1-3-1 = (Brown) Johnny Gaudreau - EN - 18:58 |1-3-2 = 04:56 - PP EA - Ben Albertson (Bruneteau, Pattyn) 12:37 - SH - Matt White (unassisted) |goalie1-1 = ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Parker Milner |goalie1-2 = Brody Hoffman ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) |2-1-1 = (Mullane, Gaudreau) Steven Whitney - 12:12 |2-2-1 = (MacLeod) Patrick Brown - 01:50 |2-3-1 = (Arnold, Straight) Johnny Gaudreau - 03:53 (Whitney, Linell) Pat Mullane - 12:45 |2-3-2 = 13:06 - Matt White (McCarthy) |goalie2-1 = ( 16 saves / 17 shots ) Parker Milner |goalie2-2 = Brody Hoffman ( 29 saves / 33 shots )

(3) Boston University vs. (6) Merrimack

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-2-1 = (Oksanen, MacGregor) Wade Megan - GW - 06:10 (Rodrigues, Oksanen) Matt Nieto - 16:48 |1-3-1 = (O'Regan, Nieto) Ryan Santana - PP - 00:55 |goalie1-1 = ( 30 saves / 30 shots ) Sean Maguire |goalie1-2 = Sam Marotta ( 42 saves / 45 shots ) |2-1-1 = No Scoring |2-1-2 = 19:00 - Shawn Bates (Heywood) |2-2-1 = (O'Regan, Ruikka) Matt Nieto - 01:31 (Gill, Grzelcyk) Cason Hohmann - PP - 16:12 (Megan, Hohmann) Sam Kurker - PP - 19:52 |2-2-2 = 04:32 - Mike Collins (Toomey, Heywood) 18:40 - John Gustafsson (unassisted) |2-3-1 = (Lane) Ben Rosen - GW - 05:11 (Megan, Oksanen) Sahir Gill - EN - 19:55 |goalie2-1 = ( 39 saves / 42 shots ) Sean Maguire |goalie2-2 = Sam Marotta ( 29 saves / 33 shots )

(4) Providence vs. (5) New Hampshire

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-2-1 = (Luke) Nick Saracino - 02:06 (Luke, Saracino) John Gilmour - 13:27 |1-2-2 = 13:50 - Grayson Downing (Knodel, Goumas) |1-3-1 = (Luke, Mauermann) Nick Saracino - GW - 08:06 |1-3-2 = 02:00 - Austin Block (Kostolansky, Downing) |goalie1-1 = ( 35 saves / 37 shots ) Jon Gillies |goalie1-2 = Casey DeSmith ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) |2-1-1 = No Scoring |2-1-2 = 15:19 - Matt Willows (Goumas, Pesce) |2-2-1 = (Gilmour, Gillies) Nick Saracino - PP - 03:32 |2-2-2 = 01:45 - GW - Matt Willows (Goumas, Correale) |2-3-2 = 17:33 - Jeff Silengo (unassisted) 18:23 - Matt Willows (unassisted) |goalie2-1 = ( 20 saves / 23 shots ) Jon Gillies |goalie2-2 = Casey DeSmith ( 38 saves / 39 shots ) |3-1-1 = (Schaller) Mark Jankowski - 01:31 |3-1-2 = 17:07 - John Henrion (van Riemsdyk, Silengo) |3-2-1 = (Hart, Parisi) Tim Schaller - PP - 16:29 (de Jersey, Jankowski) Nick Saracino - GW - 17:13 |3-2-2 = 10:31 - PP - Grayson Downing (van Riemsdyk, Goumas) |goalie3-1 = ( 30 saves / 32 shots ) Jon Gillies |goalie3-2 = Casey DeSmith ( 22 saves / 25 shots )

Semifinals

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

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-1-2 = 08:59 - Kevin Rooney (Acciari, C. Rooney) |1-3-1 = (Pendenza, Ruhwedel) A. J. White - 00:34 (Wetmore) Scott Wilson - GW - 12:30 |goalie1-1 = ( 34 saves / 35 shots ) Connor Hellebuyck |goalie1-2 = Jon Gillies ( 31 saves / 33 shots )}}

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

|1-1-1 = (Whitney, Gaudreau) Bill Arnold - PP - 18:33 |1-2-1 = (Mullane, Brown) Quinn Smith - 08:46 |1-2-2 = 12:17 - Evan Rodrigues (MacGregor) 14:21 - Matt Lane (unassisted) 17:59 - PP - Garrett Noonan (Grzelcyk, Hohmann) |1-3-1 = (Mullane) Steven Whitney - 13:43 |1-3-2 = 01:42 - GW PP - Danny O'Regan (Oksanen, Nieto) 14:21 - PP - Danny O'Regan (Santana, Nieto) 17:31 - SH EN - Evan Rodrigues (unassisted) |goalie1-1 = ( 21 saves / 26 shots ) Parker Milner |goalie1-2 = Sean Maguire ( 44 saves / 47 shots )}}

Championship

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

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-3-1 = (Wilson, Ruhwedel) Derek Arnold - GW - 11:09 |goalie1-1 = ( 36 saves / 36 shots ) Connor Hellebuyck |goalie1-2 = Sean Maguire ( 28 saves / 29 shots )}}

Tournament awards

[[List of Hockey East All-Tournament Team|All-Tournament Team]]

• F Danny O'Regan (Boston University)
• F Evan Rodrigues (Boston University)
• F Scott Wilson (Massachusetts-Lowell)
• D Matt Grzelcyk (Boston University)
• D Chad Ruhwedel (Massachusetts-Lowell)
• G Connor Hellebuyck* (Massachusetts-Lowell)

• Tournament MVP(s)

References

References

1. "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East.