2000 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2000 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 16th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 9 and March 18, 2000. 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 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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Format

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 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

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

1999–00 Hockey East standings
ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#6 Boston University†2415363685694225107150118
#11 New Hampshire 241356327568382396122105
#2 Boston College 241581319150422912116592
#3 Maine*241374308867402785151106
Providence 24101312165793818182114122
Northeastern 248115216776361219595118
Merrimack 246126185881361119687115
Massachusetts 245154145071361120586106
Massachusetts–Lowell 24516313607834922399112
Championship: Maine
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Quarterfinals [2]
March 9–11 		Semifinals [3]
March 17 		Championship
March 18
           
1 Boston University45—
8 Massachusetts 2 2 —
1 Boston University 2
4 Maine4
2 New Hampshire53* —
7 Merrimack 2 2 —
4 Maine2
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 Boston College 1
3 Boston College83—
6 Northeastern 4 2 —
2 New Hampshire 1
3 Boston College2
4 Maine55* —
5 Providence 3 4 —

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston University vs. (8) Massachusetts

March 10 [4] Boston University4 – 2Massachusetts Walter Brown Arena  
Jack Baker - PP - 04:05First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period02:53 - SH - Joe Culgin
Carl Corazzini - PP - 00:17
Jack Baker - 01:23
John Sabo - SH - 09:43		Third period01:23 - Jeff Blanchard
Rick DiPietro ( 13 saves / 15 shots )Goalie stats Markus Helanen ( 38 saves / 42 shots )
March 11 [5] Boston University5 – 2Massachusetts Walter Brown Arena  
No ScoringFirst period18:56 - Darcy King
Jack Baker - 04:24
Tommi Degerman - 07:55		Second period02:49 - Jeff Blanchard
Tommi Degerman - GW - 07:15
John Sabo - 07:48
Pat Aufiero - PP - 13:44		Third period19:45 - EA - Kris Porter
Rick DiPietro ( 24 saves / 26 shots )Goalie stats Markus Helanen ( 21 saves / 26 shots )
Boston University won series 2–0

(2) New Hampshire vs. (7) Merrimack

March 9 [6] New Hampshire5 – 2Merrimack Whittemore Center  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
Joshua Prudden - 10:07
Patrick Foley - 11:39		Second period14:31 - Vincent Clevenger
14:59 - Stephen Moon
Mike Souza - GW - 10:52
Jim Abbott - 11:06
Tim Walsh - 17:08		Third periodNo scoring
Ty Conklin ( 22 saves / 24 shots )Goalie stats Cris Classen ( 28 saves / 33 shots )
March 10 [7] New Hampshire3 – 2OTMerrimack Whittemore Center  
No ScoringFirst period11:47 - Greg Classen
Ryan Cordeiro - 03:02Second period18:19 - Sandy Cohen
Garrett Stafford - 07:53Third periodNo scoring
Mike Souza - GW - 07:40First overtime periodNo scoring
Ty Conklin ( 29 saves / 31 shots )Goalie stats Tom Welby ( 47 saves / 50 shots )
New Hampshire won series 2–0

(3) Boston College vs. (6) Northeastern

March 10 [8] Boston College8 – 4Northeastern Conte Forum  
Jeff Farkas - PP - 12:17
Jeff Farkas - 13:40		First period12:39 - Matt Keating
16:18 - Brian Cummings
Brian Gionta - 06:40
Ales Dolinar - 07:48		Second period19:24 - PP - Graig Mischler
Mark McLennan - GW - 02:46
Mike Lephart - 03:19
Krys Kolanos - PP - 12:30
Brian Gionta - 17:05		Third period14:47 - PP - Matt Keating
Scott Clemmensen ( 24 saves / 28 shots )Goalie stats Mike Gilhooly ( 26 saves / 34 shots )
March 11 [9] Boston College3 – 2Northeastern Conte Forum  
Mike Mottau - PP - 05:32First periodNo scoring
Blake Bellefeuille - 18:06Second period07:38 - PP - Graig Mischler
Krys Kolanos - GW - 10:34Third period03:44 - Matt Keating
Scott Clemmensen ( 25 saves / 27 shots )Goalie stats Jason Braun ( 32 saves / 34 shots )
Boston College won series 2–0

(4) Maine vs. (5) Providence

March 9 [10] Maine5 – 3Providence Alfond Arena  
Jim Leger - 03:33First period13:28 - Matt Libby
Niko Dimitrakos - PP - 05:58
Ben Guite - 09:02
Ben Guite - GW PP - 13:53		Second period15:57 - Fernando Pisani
16:49 - John DiSalvatore
Brendan Walsh - EN PP - 19:40Third periodNo scoring
Matt Yeats ( 26 saves / 29 shots )Goalie stats Boyd Ballard ( 34 saves / 38 shots )
March 10 [11] Maine5 – 4OTProvidence Alfond Arena  
Tom Reimann - 17:33First period07:18 - Devin Rask
08:46 - PP - Heath Gordon
Peter Metcalf - 10:27Second period04:08 - Nick Lent
16:15 - Peter Fregoe
Chris Heisten - 07:47
Lucas Lawson - 12:29		Third periodNo scoring
Brendan Walsh - GW - 11:48First overtime periodNo scoring
Matt Yeats ( 35 saves / 39 shots )Goalie stats Boyd Ballard ( 39 saves / 44 shots )
Maine won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Boston University vs. (4) Maine

March 17 [12] Boston University2 – 4Maine Fleet Center  
Carl Corazzini - 08:10First period02:15 - Robert Ek
05:40 - Chris Heisten
No scoringSecond period14:16 - PP - Ben Guite
16:20 - Niko Dimitrakos
Carl Corazzini - EA PP - 17:55Third periodNo scoring
Rick DiPietro ( 25 saves / 29 shots )Goalie stats Matt Yeats ( 36 saves / 38 shots )

(2) New Hampshire vs. (3) Boston College

March 17 [13] New Hampshire1 – 2Boston College Fleet Center  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
Lanny Gare - 17:33Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period12:26 - Blake Bellefeuille
15:53 - GW - Mike Lephart
Ty Conklin ( 26 saves / 28 shots )Goalie stats Scott Clemmensen ( 20 saves / 21 shots )

Championship

(3) Boston College vs. (4) Maine

March 18 [14] Boston College1 – 2Maine Fleet Center  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Bobby Allen - EA - 19:20Third period03:11 - Cory Larose
19:57 - GW - Niko Dimitrakos
Matt Yeats ( 34 saves / 35 shots )Goalie stats Scott Clemmensen ( 33 saves / 35 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP(s)

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