2004 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2004 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 20th tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 11 and March 20, 2004. 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 2004 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 2004 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

ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#3 Boston College24174337884542299414381
#2 Maine*24175236774244338314169
Massachusetts 24129327476337171469399
#11 New Hampshire 2410862682764120156138116
Providence 247116206366371614710692
Massachusetts–Lowell 2471251956654015187105116
Merrimack 246126185379361119686110
Boston University 2461351757713812179103108
Northeastern 245136165672341116792103
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 11–13
Semifinals [3]
March 19
Championship
March 20
           
1 Boston College 2 42
8 Boston University30 4
2 Maine1
8 Boston University 0
2 Maine23
7 Merrimack 1 2
2 Maine2***
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 Massachusetts 1
3 Massachusetts63
6 Massachusetts-Lowell 3 1
3 Massachusetts5
4 New Hampshire 2
4 New Hampshire23 1
5 Providence 1 4* 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston College vs. (8) Boston University

March 11 [4] Boston College2 – 3Boston University Conte Forum Recap  
No ScoringFirst period08:57 - PP - Brian McConnell (Redlihs, Mullen)
11:11 - Brad Zancanaro (Radoslovich, Van der Gulik)
No scoringSecond period16:17 - GW - Kenny Roche (Skladany, Laliberte)
(Hennes) Andrew Alberts - 05:40
(Collins) Ben Eaves - EA - 19:20
Third periodNo scoring
( 7 saves / 10 shots ) Matti Kaltianen Goalie stats Sean Fields ( 28 saves / 30 shots )
March 12 [5] Boston College4 – 0Boston University Conte Forum Recap  
(Forrest, Voce) Ryan Shannon - GW PP - 10:09
(Gionta) Ryan Shannon - 16:51
First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Murphy, Hennes) Ned Havern - 13:30
(Eaves) Tony Voce - EN SH - 17:46
Third periodNo scoring
( 14 saves / 14 shots ) Matti Kaltianen Goalie stats Sean Fields ( 37 saves / 40 shots )
March 13 [6] Boston College2 – 3Boston University Conte Forum Recap  
No ScoringFirst period08:57 - PP - Brad Zancanaro (Miller, Whitney)
(Forrest) Tony Voce - 05:12Second period10:21 - Kenny Roche (Laliberte, Skladany)
11:46 - GW - Bryan Miller (Redlihs)
15:15 - Eric Thomassian
(Voce, Eaves) Ben Eaves - PP - 15:25Third periodNo scoring
( 17 saves / 21 shots ) Matti Kaltianen Goalie stats Sean Fields ( 35 saves / 37 shots )
Boston University won series 2–1

(2) Maine vs. (7) Merrimack

March 12 [7] Maine2 – 1Merrimack Alfond Arena Recap  
Colin Shields - SH - 07:29First period08:34 - PP - Tim Reidy (Johnson, Pomponio)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Zabowicz, Mullin) Colin Shields - GW - 13:43Third periodNo scoring
( 14 saves / 15 shots ) Jimmy Howard Goalie stats Jim Healey ( 25 saves / 27 shots )
March 13 [8] Maine3 – 2Merrimack Alfond Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period17:05 - Brendon Clark(Sullivan, Caron)
(Jackson, Penner) Colin Shields - 13:39Second period17:05 - PP - Tony Johnson (Schmidt, Gough)
(Murphy) John Ronan - SH - 02:15
(Damon, Lundin) Todd Jackson - GW - 07:43
Third periodNo scoring
( 9 saves / 11 shots ) Frank Doyle Goalie stats Jim Healey ( 33 saves / 36 shots )
Maine won series 2–0

(3) Massachusetts vs. (6) Massachusetts-Lowell

March 11 [9] Massachusetts6 – 3Massachusetts-Lowell William D. Mullins Memorial Center Recap  
(Demianiuk) Tim Vitek - 10:54
(Pöck, Demianiuk) Greg Mauldin - 16:37
First period05:09 - Jason Tejchma (Martin)
(Pöck) Stephen Werner - 03:03
(Werner, Jarman) Mike Warner - GW - 05:48
(Jarman) Thomas Pöck - PP - 11:03
Second periodNo scoring
(Pöck, Kuiper) Mike Warner - 13:11Third period11:30 - Ben Walter (Fletcher, O'Brien)
16:35 - Bobby Robins (Tejchma, Martin)
( 39 saves / 42 shots ) Tim Warner Goalie stats Chris Davidson ( 12 saves / 18 shots )
March 12 [10] Massachusetts3 – 1Massachusetts-Lowell William D. Mullins Memorial Center Recap  
(Solon, Aduba) Josh Hanson - 10:20First period10:52 - Matt Collar (Pandolfo, Kinley)
(Solon, Trovato) Dusty Demianiuk - GW - 12:12Second periodNo scoring
Greg Mauldin - 14:36Third periodNo scoring
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Tim Warner Goalie stats John Yaros ( 21 saves / 24 shots )
Massachusetts won series 2–0

(4) New Hampshire vs. (5) Providence

March 11 [11] New Hampshire2 – 1Providence Whittemore Center Recap  
(Saviano, Mounsey) Sean Collins - 07:52First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period16:31 - PP - Cody Loughlean (Wood, Pemberton)
(Saviano, Aikins) Sean Collins - GW - 07:12Third periodNo scoring
( 19 saves / 20 shots ) Mike Ayers Goalie stats Bobby Goepfert ( 27 saves / 29 shots )
March 12 [12] New Hampshire3 – 4OTProvidence Whittemore Center Recap  
(Yandle, Martz) Jacob Micflikier - 09:13
(Aikins, Yandle) Sean Collins - 15:18
First period09:51 - Chase Watson (Gajda, Goodwin)
No scoringSecond period17:54 - David Carpenter (Robinson, Lundberg)
(Hemingway, Micflikier) Preston Callander - PP - 04:18Third period07:37 - Torry Gajda (Stamoulis, Watson)
No scoringFirst overtime period02:49 - GW - Colin McDonald (McCreary)
( 22 saves / 26 shots ) Mike Ayers Goalie stats Bobby Goepfert ( 26 saves / 29 shots )
March 13 [13] New Hampshire1 – 0Providence Whittemore Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Micflikier, Martz) Preston Callander - GW - 17:22Third periodNo scoring
( 19 saves / 19 shots ) Mike Ayers Goalie stats Bobby Goepfert ( 26 saves / 27 shots )
New Hampshire won series 2–1

Semifinals

(2) Maine vs. (8) Boston University

March 19 [14] Maine1 – 0Boston University Fleet Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Jankus) Mike Hamilton - GW - 07:09Third periodNo scoring
( 21 saves / 21 shots ) Jimmy Howard Goalie stats Sean Fields ( 31 saves / 32 shots )

(3) Massachusetts vs. (4) New Hampshire

March 19 [15] Massachusetts5 – 2New Hampshire Fleet Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period13:41 - Steve Saviano
(Vitek) Greg Mauldin - 10:21Second period03:30 - Jacob Micflikier (Horst, Mounsey)
(Regan, Jarman) Peter Trovato - 07:20
(Werner, Jarman) Mike Warner - GW - 14:32
(Lang, Vitek) Thomas Pöck - 17:04
(Pöck) Mike Warner - EN - 18:05
Third periodNo scoring
( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Tim Warner Goalie stats Mike Ayers ( 28 saves / 32 shots )

Championship

(2) Maine vs. (3) Massachusetts

March 20 [16] Maine2 – 13OTMassachusetts Fleet Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Léviellé) Dustin Penner - PP - 16:24Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period13:47 - PP - Greg Mauldin (Degon, Pöck)
(Deschamps, Lyall) Ben Murphy - GW - 09:27Third overtime periodNo scoring
( 63 saves / 64 shots ) Jimmy Howard Goalie stats Gabe Winer ( 59 saves / 61 shots )

Tournament awards

[17]

All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP(s)

Tournament Three Stars

References

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