2022 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2022 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 37th edition of the Hockey East Tournament. It was played between March 9 and March 19, 2022. As the tournament champions, Massachusetts received the conference's automatic bid into the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament included all eleven teams in the conference. Teams were ranked according to their finish in the conference standings. Seeds 1–5 earned a bye into the quarterfinal round, while seeds 6–11 played to determine the remaining quarterfinalists. Winners in the opening round were reseeded and advanced to play top three seeds in reverse order. Winners of the quarterfinal matches were again reseeded for the semifinal, and the winners of those two games faced off in the championship.

All series were single-elimination with opening round and quarterfinal matches occurring at home team sites. Beginning with the semifinal round, all games were held at the TD Garden. The tournament champion received an automatic bid into the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

Standings

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#12 Northeastern 24158111147684638251219866
#10 Massachusetts *241482231467754362212211484
#13 Massachusetts Lowell241581101466248342110310071
#19 Connecticut2414100210417361362016010989
Boston University241383320416958351913310789
Merrimack2413110130417070351915110999
#20 Providence2412111111386152382214211882
Boston College2491230113267773815185114123
New Hampshire24815122025477134141917695
Vermont24616231220417235825259101
Maine24517223119548033722474111
Championship: March 19, 2022
† indicates regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 19, 2022

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals [1]

  Opening Round
March 9
Quarterfinals
March 12
Semifinals
March 18
Championship
March 19
                                     
  1 Northeastern 3 1 Northeastern 1  
6 Merrimack 6 8 Boston College 2 4 Connecticut 4  
11 Maine 2
  2 Massachusetts 4
7 Providence 2 7 Providence 2     4 Connecticut 1
10 Vermont 1   2 Massachusetts 2*
  3 Massachusetts Lowell 7
8 Boston College 4* 6 Merrimack 2
9 New Hampshire 3
  4 Connecticut 3 2 Massachusetts 3
  5 Boston University 1 3 Massachusetts Lowell 1  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

(6) Merrimack vs. (11) Maine

March 9, 2022
7:00 PM
Merrimack6–2
(1–0, 2–1, 3–1)
MaineJ. Thom Lawler Rink, North Andover, Massachusetts
Attendance: 2,549

(7) Providence vs. (10) Vermont

March 9, 2022
7:00 PM
Providence2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)
VermontSchneider Arena, Providence, Rhode Island
Attendance: 1,095

(8) Boston College vs. (9) New Hampshire

March 9, 2022
7:00 PM
Boston College4–3 (OT)
(1–1, 2–0, 0–2, 1–0)
New HampshireConte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Attendance: 1,125

(1) Northeastern vs. (8) Boston College

March 12, 2022
7:30 PM
Northeastern3–2
(0–0, 3–0, 0–2)
Boston CollegeMatthews Arena, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 2,304

(2) Massachusetts vs. (7) Providence

March 12, 2022
7:00 PM
Massachusetts4–2
(2–0, 1–1, 1–1)
ProvidenceMullins Center, Amherst, Massachusetts
Attendance: 2,422

(3) Massachusetts Lowell vs. (6) Merrimack

March 12, 2022
4:30 PM
Massachusetts Lowell7–2
(2–1, 3–0, 2–1)
MerrimackTsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts
Attendance: 5,782

(4) Connecticut vs. (5) Boston University

March 12, 2022
4:30 PM
Connecticut3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)
Boston UniversityXL Center, Hartford, Connecticut
Attendance: 3,416

(1) Northeastern vs. (4) Connecticut

March 18, 2022
4:00 PM
Northeastern1–4
(1–1, 0–1, 0–2)
ConnecticutTD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 13,106

(2) Massachusetts vs. (3) Massachusetts Lowell

March 18, 2022
7:30 PM
Massachusetts3–1
(2–0, 0–1, 1–0)
Massachusetts LowellTD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 13,106

(2) Massachusetts vs. (4) Connecticut

March 19, 2022
7:00 PM
Massachusetts2–1 (OT)
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0, 1–0)
ConnecticutTD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 12,049

Tournament Awards

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP

References

  1. "2022 Hockey East Men's Tournament Field Set". hockeyeastonline.com. March 6, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
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