2001 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2001 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 17th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 8 and March 17, 2001. 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, Boston College received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2001 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 2001 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

2000–01 Hockey East standings
ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#1 Boston College†*241752361035743338217598
#7 Maine 241275297062392012711695
#11 Providence 2413832976714022135131108
#14 New Hampshire 241185276147392112612286
Massachusetts–Lowell 24101132367663819163124104
Boston University 2491232166773714203109118
Northeastern 2471341858733613194102122
Merrimack 247143176086381420492121
Massachusetts 24715216538134822478123
Championship: Boston College
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Quarterfinals [2]
March 8–11 		Semifinals [3]
March 16 		Championship
March 17
           
1 Boston College15—
8 Merrimack 0 1 —
1 Boston College5
5 Massachusetts-Lowell 1
2 Maine26—
7 Northeastern 1 3 —
1 Boston College5
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 Providence 3
3 Providence61 4**
6 Boston University 3 23
2 Maine 3
3 Providence4
4 New Hampshire 41 1
5 Massachusetts-Lowell2 22

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston College vs. (8) Merrimack

March 9 [4] Boston College1 – 0Merrimack Conte Forum Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Kobasew, Orpik) Tony Voce - GW - 01:16Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Scott Clemmensen ( 23 saves / 23 shots )Goalie stats Tom Welby ( 31 saves / 32 shots )
March 10 [5] Boston College5 – 1Merrimack Conte Forum Recap  
(Dolinar, Forrest) Mike Lephart - SH - 05:48First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period04:46 - Nick Parillo (Johnson, Aquino)
Tony Voce - GW - 06:11
(Eaves, Giuliano) Brian Gionta - 07:48
Brian Gionta - 13:44
(Hennes, Peterson) A.J. Walker - 19:58		Third periodNo scoring
Scott Clemmensen ( 25 saves / 26 shots )Goalie stats Joe Exter ( 43 saves / 48 shots )
Boston College won series 2–0

(2) Maine vs. (7) Northeastern

March 8 [6] Maine2 – 1Northeastern Alfond Arena Recap  
(Heisten, Richardson) Matthias Trattnig - PP - 19:45First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Schutte, Metcalf) Martin Kariya - GW - 13:26Third period04:30 - Joe Mastronardi (Ortlip)
Matt Yeats ( 28 saves / 29 shots )Goalie stats Mike Gilhooly ( 23 saves / 25 shots )
March 9 [7] Maine6 – 3Northeastern Alfond Arena Recap  
(Richardson, Heisten) Niko Dimitrakos - 01:56
(Kariya, Janik) Niko Dimitrakos - PP - 19:53		First periodNo scoring
(Schutte, Kariya) Matthias Trattnig - 09:37
(Richardson, Dimitrakos) Chris Heisten - GW - 15:05		Second period14:39 - John Peterman (Fahey, Mastronardi)
16:05 - Eric Ortlip (Jozefowicz)
(Heisten, Janik) Niko Dimitrakos - PP - 09:37
(Trattnig) Martin Kariya - EN - 19:43		Third period19:01 - EA - Mike Jozefowicz (Fahey, Mischler)
Matt Yeats ( 24 saves / 27 shots )Goalie stats Mike Gilhooly ( 16 saves / 21 shots )
Maine won series 2–0

(3) Providence vs. (6) Boston University

March 9 [8] Providence6 – 3Boston University Schneider Arena Recap  
(Wright, Omicioli) Jon DiSalvatore - 07:40
(Kelly, Leach) Devin Rask - PP - 09:03
(Platt, Sunderman) Stephen Wood - 09:35		First period10:49 - PP - Mike Pandolfo (Bussoli, Dyment)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Weiman, Sunderman) J.J. Picinic - GW - 07:05
(Lee, Sunderman) J.J. Picinic - 10:52
(Fregoe, Leach) Devin Rask - 15:48		Third period13:31 - Mike Pandolfo (Meyer)
16:19 - Dan Cavanaugh (Cronin, Mullen)
Nolan Schaefer ( 17 saves / 20 shots )Goalie stats Jason Tapp ( 6 saves / 9 shots ) / Sean Fields ( 13 saves / 19 shots )
March 10 [9] Providence1 – 2Boston University Schneider Arena Recap  
(Platt, DiSalvatore) John Luszcz - 01:42First period05:50 - PP - Mike Pandolfo (Sabo, Dyment)
No scoringSecond period07:56 - GW - Freddy Meyer (Johnson, Priem)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Boyd Ballard ( 21 saves / 23 shots )Goalie stats Sean Fields ( 37 saves / 38 shots )
March 11 [10] Providence4 – 32OTBoston University Schneider Arena Recap  
(Zingoni, Weiman) Cole Gendreau - 02:49First periodNo scoring
(Rask, Kelly) Cody Loughlean - SH - 10:12
(Kelly, Fregoe) Jay Leach - PP - 18:09		Second period03:20 - SH - Mike Pandolfo (Corazzini)
11:26 - PP - Mike Pandolfo (Cronin, Meyer)
No scoringThird period04:30 - SH - Mark Mullen
(Kelly, Libby) Marc Sunderman - GW - 16:26Second overtime periodNo scoring
Nolan Schaefer ( 24 saves / 27 shots )Goalie stats Sean Fields ( 48 saves / 52 shots )
Providence won series 2–1

(4) New Hampshire vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell

March 8 [11] New Hampshire4 – 2Massachusetts-Lowell Whittemore Center Recap  
(Hemingway, Gare) Mark White - PP - 16:09First period01:57 - Peter Hay (McGrane, Hainsey)
(Truelson, Austin) Darren Haydar - 14:19Second period01:57 - Geoff Schomogyi
(Haydar) Matt Swain - GW - 08:26
(Banga, Abbott) Nathan Martz - 12:05		Third periodNo scoring
Ty Conklin ( 29 saves / 31 shots )Goalie stats Jimi St. John ( 28 saves / 32 shots )
March 9 [12] New Hampshire1 – 2Massachusetts-Lowell Whittemore Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Ficek) Johnny Rogers - 02:30Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period14:08 - PP - Ed McGrane (Rouleau, Meunier)
18:33 - GW - Peter Hay (Rooney)
Ty Conklin ( 23 saves / 25 shots )Goalie stats Jimi St. John ( 33 saves / 34 shots )
March 10 [13] New Hampshire1 – 2Massachusetts-Lowell Whittemore Center Recap  
(Martz, Mounsey) Matt Swain - 15:55First period16:17 - Jeff Boulanger (Carso, Slonina)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period08:25 - GW - Jeff Boulanger (Slonina, Carso)
Ty Conklin ( 18 saves / 20 shots )Goalie stats Jimi St. John ( 30 saves / 31 shots )
Massachusetts-Lowell won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Boston College vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell

March 16 [14] Boston College5 – 1Massachusetts-Lowell Fleet Center Recap  
Chuck Kobasew - 13:18First period11:32 - Tom Rouleau (Meunier, Hainsey)
(Scuderi, Orpik) Chuck Kobasew - GW PP - 13:18Second periodNo scoring
(Forrest, Allen) Ben Eaves - 00:29
(Kolanos, Lephart) Chuck Kobasew - PP - 03:17
(Eaves, Allen) Brian Gionta - PP - 05:01		Third periodNo scoring
Scott Clemmensen ( 28 saves / 29 shots )Goalie stats Jimi St. John ( 30 saves / 35 shots )

(2) Maine vs. (3) Providence

March 16 [15] Maine3 – 4Providence Fleet Center Recap  
(Wright) Jon DiSalvatore - 08:16First period05:24 - Tom Reimann (Lawson, Kerluke)
18:57 - Tom Reimann (Janik, Lawson)
(Kelly) Peter Fregoe - PP - 08:23
(Loughlean, Fregoe) Devin Rask - 18:46		Second period09:33 - Robert Liscak (Jackson, Lawson)
No scoringThird period09:33 - GW - Stephen Wood (Libby)
Matt Yeats ( 25 saves / 29 shots )Goalie stats Nolan Schaefer ( 20 saves / 23 shots )

Championship

(1) Boston College vs. (3) Providence

March 17 [16] Boston College5 – 3Providence Fleet Center Recap  
(Dolinar, Scuderi) Mike Lephart - SH - 14:34
Tony Voce - 16:22
(Lephart, Orpik) Krys Kolanos - 19:21		First period02:29 - Drew Omicioli (Zingoni)
(Forrest, Kolanos) Tony Voce - GW PP - 06:23Second period06:51 - Michael Lucci (Omicioli)
13:08 - Adam Lee (Picinic, Sunderman)
(Eaves, Giuliano) Brian Gionta - 11:54Third periodNo scoring
Scott Clemmensen ( 12 saves / 15 shots )Goalie stats Nolan Schaefer ( 42 saves / 47 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP(s)

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