2003 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2003 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 19th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 6 and March 17, 2003. 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 New Hampshire received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2003 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 2003 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

2002–03 Hockey East standings
ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#3 New Hampshire†*24155434845542288615696
#8 Boston College†241662349755392411414997
#9 Maine 241464328161392410514091
Providence 2412932776713619143126104
#7 Boston University 24131012778664225143143112
Massachusetts 24101402060803719171119125
Merrimack 247134185980361218692116
Massachusetts–Lowell 2441641263953611205110142
Northeastern 245172125489341021383115
Championship: New Hampshire
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Quarterfinals [2]
March 6–8 		Semifinals [3]
March 14 		Championship
March 15
           
1 New Hampshire88—
8 Massachusetts-Lowell 4 4 —
1 New Hampshire5
6 Massachusetts 4
2 Boston College42—
7 Merrimack 1 1 —
1 New Hampshire1*
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
5 Boston University 0
3 Maine 3 2 –
6 Massachusetts54–
2 Boston College 5
5 Boston University6**
4 Providence 4 1 –
5 Boston University5* 7–

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) New Hampshire vs. (8) Massachusetts-Lowell

March 7 [4] New Hampshire8 – 4Massachusetts-Lowell Whittemore Center Recap  
(Hemingway) Lanny Gare - 10:29
(Lubesnick, Scott) Tim Horst - 18:12		First periodNo scoring
(Prudden) Colin Hemingway - 00:17
(Saviano) Jim Abbott - 05:48
(Callander, Yandle) Jim Abbott - GW - 13:52		Second period07:20 - Ed McGrane (Green, Martin)
17:03 - Geoff Schomogyi (Strome, Tormey)
19:24 - Mark Concannon (Domish)
(Callander) Jim Abbott - 01:28
(Yandle, Saviano) Sean Collins - 03:58
(Lubesnick, Teplitsky) Steve Saviano - 19:54		Third period15:58 - Stephen Slonina (Godoy, Reed)
Mike Ayers ( 25 saves / 29 shots )Goalie stats Dominic Smart ( 16 saves / 23 shots ) / Chris Davidson ( 3 saves / 4 shots )
March 8 [5] New Hampshire8 – 4Massachusetts-Lowell Whittemore Center Recap  
(Stafford, Foley) Tyler Scott - 01:44
(Saviano, Aikins) Sean Collins - PP - 13:25
(Stafford, Gare) Jim Abbott - PP - 17:06		First period02:14 - Mark Concannon (Slonina)
12:35 - Darryl Green (Slonina, Godoy)
(Stafford, Abbott) Colin Hemingway - PP - 09:46
(Foley) Robbie Barker - GW - 15:41		Second periodNo scoring
(Saviano, Aikins) Kevin Truelson - PP - 08:44
(Callander, Ayers) Justin Aikins - 12:14
(Gare, Stafford) Colin Hemingway - PP - 16:07		Third period00:24 - Ed McGrane (Reed)
04:41 - Darryl Green (Reed, O'Brien)
Mike Ayers ( 28 saves / 32 shots )Goalie stats Dominic Smart ( 29 saves / 37 shots )
New Hampshire won series 2–0

(2) Boston College vs. (7) Merrimack

March 7 [6] Boston College4 – 1Merrimack Conte Forum Recap  
(Spina, Harrold) Ryan Shannon - PP - 16:28
(Eaves, Forrest) Ben Eaves - GW - 18:58		First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Alberts, Spina) Ryan Shannon - 15:16
(Spina, Shannon) Andrew Alberts - PP - 18:13		Third period14:58 - Brent Gough (LaLonde)
Matti Kaltiainen ( 12 saves / 13 shots )Goalie stats Joe Exter ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) / Casey Guenther ( 2 saves / 4 shots )
March 8 [7] Boston College2 – 1Merrimack Conte Forum Recap  
(D'Arpino, Hennes) Justin Dziama - 07:25First period07:04 - PP - Brent Gough (Schmidt, Johnson)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Voce) J. D. Forrest - GW - 19:42Third periodNo scoring
Matti Kaltiainen ( 17 saves / 18 shots )Goalie stats Casey Guenther ( 27 saves / 29 shots )
Boston College won series 2–0

(3) Maine vs. (6) Massachusetts

March 6 [8] Maine3 – 5Massachusetts Alfond Arena Recap  
(Lawson, Nault) Martin Kariya - PP - 08:07First period12:19 - Dusty Demianiuk (Solon)
13:51 - Matt Anderson (Turner, Mauldin)
(Lynch, Liščák) John Ronan - 09:47Second period02:54 - Peter Trovato (Hanson, Solon)
(Heisten, Barnes) Gray Shaneberger - 01:36Third period01:54 - GW - Stephen Jacobs (Vitek)
19:14 - EN - Greg Mauldin (Pöck, Warner)
Jimmy Howard ( 9 saves / 12 shots ) / Frank Doyle ( 13 saves / 14 shots )Goalie stats Gabe Winer ( 23 saves / 26 shots )
March 7 [9] Maine2 – 4Massachusetts Alfond Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period03:01 - Thomas Pöck
11:18 - Chris Capraro (Warner, Turner)
16:24 - GW - Stephen Werner (Pöck, Lang)
(Liščák, Ryan) Todd Jackson - 12:48Second periodNo scoring
(Shields, Moore) Derek Damon - 05:47Third period11:55 - PP - Mike Warner (Pöck)
Jimmy Howard ( 6 saves / 9 shots ) / Frank Doyle ( 10 saves / 11 shots )Goalie stats Gabe Winer ( 28 saves / 30 shots )
Massachusetts won series 2–0

(4) Providence vs. (5) Boston University

March 7 [10] Providence4 – 5OTBoston University Schneider Arena Recap  
(Wood) Jon DiSalvatore - PP - 04:03
(DiSalvatore) Peter Fregoe - PP - 13:59		First period02:56 - Ken Magowan (Redlihs, Maiser)
12:35 - Ken Magowan (Zancanaro)
(Goodwin, Wood) Chris Chaput - PP - 07:30Second period12:48 - Frantisek Skladany (Meyer, McConnell)
Jon DiSalvatore - 00:48Third period04:35 - Ken Magowan
No scoringFirst overtime period08:03 - GW - Bryan Miller (Laliberte)
Nolan Schaefer ( 41 saves / 46 shots )Goalie stats Sean Fields ( 26 saves / 30 shots )
March 8 [11] Providence1 – 7Boston University Schneider Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period08:40 - SH - Mark Mullen (McConnell)
09:57 - GW - John Laliberte
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(DiSalvatore, Fregoe) Devin Rask - PP - 07:14Third period01:21 - Frantisek Skladany (Cronin)
05:34 - Brien McConnell (Redlihs, Mullen)
13:21 - PP - David Van der Gulik (Collins)
13:56 - PP - Dan Spang (Van der Gulik)
17:50 - PP - Brian Collins (Van der Gulik, Sabo)
Nolan Schaefer ( 22 saves / 29 shots )Goalie stats Sean Fields ( 29 saves / 30 shots )
Boston University won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) New Hampshire vs. (6) Massachusetts

March 14 [12] New Hampshire4 – 3Massachusetts Fleet Center Recap  
(Truelson, Saviano) Tim Horst - PP - 17:06
(Gare, Mounsey) Joshua Prudden - 18:08		First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period03:24 - Stephen Werner (Kuiper)
14:40 - PP - Greg Mauldin (Lang, Werner)
(Foley) Tyler Scott - 03:17
(Martz) Steve Saviano - 06:43
(Aikins, Truelson) Preston Callander - GW - 17:01		Third period09:40 - Stephen Werner (Degon, Pöck)
09:50 - Tim Turner (Warner)
Mike Ayers ( 26 saves / 30 shots )Goalie stats Gabe Winer ( 23 saves / 28 shots )

(2) Boston College vs. (5) Boston University

March 14 [13] Boston College5 – 62OTBoston University Fleet Center Recap  
(Gionta, Hennes) Ned Havern - 09:03First period00:43 - Brian Collins (Whitney)
(Shannon, Harrold) Chris Collins - 01:00
(Adams) Ty Hennes - 04:07		Second period02:08 - Mike Bussoli (Laliberte)
03:39 - Brad Zancanaro (Magowan, Miller)
16:39 - PP - Justin Maiser (Bussoli, Whitney)
(Forrest, Eaves) Tony Voce - PP - 07:18
(Gionta, Eaves) Tony Voce - 04:07		Third period16:38 - Justin Maiser (Spang)
No scoringSecond overtime period05:00 - Justin Maiser (McConnell)
Matti Kaltiainen ( 29 saves / 35 shots )Goalie stats Sean Fields ( 46 saves / 51 shots )

Championship

(1) New Hampshire vs. (5) Boston University

March 15 [14] New Hampshire1 – 0OTBoston University Fleet Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Tyson Teplitsky - GW - 11:43First overtime periodNo scoring
Mike Ayers ( 24 saves / 24 shots )Goalie stats Sean Fields ( 40 saves / 41 shots )

Tournament awards

[15]

All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP(s)

Tournament Three Stars

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