2013 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
| 2013 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 14–23, 2013 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | TD Garden Boston |
| Champions | Massachusetts–Lowell (1 title) |
| Winning coach | Norm Bazin (1 title) |
| MVP | Connor Hellebuyck (UMass Lowell) |
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
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[]
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
| 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; updated March 25, 2013 | ||||||||||||||
Bracket[]
| Quarterfinals March 10–13 |
Semifinals March 22 |
Championship March 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 4 | 2* | — | 1 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Maine | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | Providence | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston College | 4 | 4 | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Vermont | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston University | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston University | 3 | 5 | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Merrimack | 0 | 3 | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Providence | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Boston College | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | New Hampshire | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | Boston University | 6 | |||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime periods
Results[]
Quarterfinals[]
(1) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (8) Maine[]
| March 14 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 4 - 2 | Maine | Tsongas Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 13:52 - PP - (Shore) | ||||||
| (Arnold, Ruhwedel) Scott Wilson - PP - 17:20 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Folin) Scott Wilson - 01:52 (White) - GW - 02:13 (Ruhwedel, Wetmore) - PP - 06:29 |
Third period | 19:12 - PP EA - Devin Shore (unassisted) | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Connor Hellebuyck | Goalie stats | ( 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) - 04:00 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Fallon, Folin) - 01:50 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 18 saves / 19 shots ) Connor Hellebuyck | Goalie stats | ( 35 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
| Massachusetts–Lowell wins series 2-0 | |
(2) Boston College vs. (7) Vermont[]
| March 15 | Boston College | 4 - 2 | Vermont | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| (Doherty, Wey) - 14:47 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Mullane) Mike Matheson - PP - 09:13 (Silk) - GW - 13:04 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Brown) Johnny Gaudreau - EN - 18:58 | Third period | 04:56 - PP EA - (Bruneteau, Pattyn) 12:37 - SH - Matt White (unassisted) | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Parker Milner | Goalie stats | ( 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) - 12:45 |
Third period | 13:06 - Matt White (McCarthy) | ||||||
| ( 16 saves / 17 shots ) Parker Milner | Goalie stats | ( 29 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| Boston College wins series 2-0 | |
(3) Boston University vs. (6) Merrimack[]
| 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) - PP - 00:55 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 30 saves / 30 shots ) Sean Maguire | Goalie stats | ( 42 saves / 45 shots ) | ||||||
| March 16 | Boston University | 5 - 3 | Merrimack | Agganis Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 19:00 - (Heywood) | ||||||
| (O'Regan, Ruikka) Matt Nieto - 01:31 (Gill, Grzelcyk) - PP - 16:12 (Megan, Hohmann) - PP - 19:52 |
Second period | 04:32 - Mike Collins (Toomey, Heywood) 18:40 - (unassisted) | ||||||
| (Lane) - GW - 05:11 (Megan, Oksanen) - EN - 19:55 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 39 saves / 42 shots ) Sean Maguire | Goalie stats | ( 29 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| Boston University wins series 2-0 | |
(4) Providence vs. (5) New Hampshire[]
| March 15 | Providence | 3 - 2 | New Hampshire | Schneider Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Luke) - 02:06 (Luke, Saracino) John Gilmour - 13:27 |
Second period | 13:50 - (Knodel, Goumas) | ||||||
| (Luke, Mauermann) - 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 - (Goumas, Pesce) | ||||||
| (Gilmour, Gillies) - PP - 03:32 | Second period | 01:45 - GW - (Goumas, Correale) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 17:33 - (unassisted) 18:23 - (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) - GW - 17:13 |
Second period | 10:31 - PP - (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[]
(1) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (4) Providence[]
| 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) - 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[]
| March 22 | Boston College | 3 - 6 | Boston University | TD Garden | Recap | |||
| (Whitney, Gaudreau) Bill Arnold - PP - 18:33 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Mullane, Brown) - 08:46 | Second period | 12:17 - Evan Rodrigues (MacGregor) 14:21 - (unassisted) 17:59 - PP - (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[]
(1) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (3) Boston University[]
| 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) - GW - 11:09 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 36 saves / 36 shots ) Connor Hellebuyck | Goalie stats | Sean Maguire ( 28 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards[]
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[]
- ^ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
- Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament