2007 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2007 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 23rd Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 8 and March 17, 2007. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the TD Banknorth Garden 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 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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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 2007 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

2006–07 Hockey East standings
ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#9 New Hampshire†271872389662392611213989
#2 Boston College*271881378965402912114294
#13 Boston University 27136834695139201099978
#12 Massachusetts 271593337163392113510991
#6 Maine 2714121298069402315213399
Vermont 271210529555639181658778
Northeastern 27913523606636131858494
Providence 279153216671361023376108
Massachusetts–Lowell 27716418517636821774104
Merrimack 2732228288634327437111
Championship: Boston College
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Quarterfinals [2]
March 8–10 		Semifinals [3]
March 16 		Championship
March 17
           
1 New Hampshire46–
8 Providence 0 0 –
1 New Hampshire3**
4 Massachusetts 2
2 Boston College37–
7 Northeastern 0 1 –
1 New Hampshire 2
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2 Boston College5
3 Boston University2 23*
6 Vermont 30 2
2 Boston College6
3 Boston University 2
4 Massachusetts35–
5 Maine 2 2 –

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) New Hampshire vs. (8) Providence

March 8 [4] New Hampshire4 – 0Providence Whittemore Center Recap  
(Radja, Micflikier) Brett Hemingway - GW - 04:25
(LeBlanc) Bobby Butler - 11:43		First periodNo scoring
(Hemingway, Radja) Jacob Micflikier - 09:33Second periodNo scoring
(Radja) Brad Flaishans - 04:17Third periodNo scoring
( 20 saves / 22 shots ) Kevin Regan Goalie stats Tyler Sims ( 10 saves / 12 shots ) / Chris Mannix ( 12 saves / 14 shots )
March 9 [5] New Hampshire6 – 0Providence Whittemore Center Recap  
(Radja, Micflikier) Chris Murray - GW PP - 07:11
(Micflikier, Radja) Brett Hemingway - PP - 15:41		First periodNo scoring
(Ciocco) Thomas Fortney - 02:55
(Collins, Murray) Thomas Fortney - 07:44
(Pollastrone, Fornataro) Trevor Smith - PP - 13:14		Second periodNo scoring
(Murray, Smith) Matt Fornataro - 13:58Third periodNo scoring
( 42 saves / 42 shots ) Kevin Regan Goalie stats Chris Mannix ( 18 saves / 24 shots )
New Hampshire won series 2–0

(2) Boston College vs. (7) Northeastern

March 11 [6] Boston College3 – 0Northeastern Conte Forum Recap  
(Gerbe, Boyle) Brock Bradford - GW - 18:21First periodNo scoring
(Motherwell, Gerbe) Ben Smith - PP - 06:06Second periodNo scoring
(Smith, Gerbe) Brock Bradford - 12:06Third periodNo scoring
( 25 saves / 25 shots ) Cory Schneider Goalie stats Brad Thiessen ( 26 saves / 29 shots )
March 9 [7] Boston College7 – 1Northeastern Conte Forum Recap  
(Ferriero, Kunes) Joe Rooney - 12:42
(Gerbe, Boyle) Benn Ferriero - GW PP - 16:10
(Bradford, Motherwell) Benn Ferriero - PP - 18:02
(Gerbe, Motherwell) Brock Bradford - PP - 19:40		First period02:11 - Ryan Ginand
(Ferriero, Motherwell) Brian Boyle - PP - 08:53
(Motherwell, Bradford) Dan Bertram - 13:49
(Orpik, Kucharski) Matt Lombardi - 15:42		Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
( 21 saves / 22 shots ) Cory Schneider / ( 3 saves / 3 shots ) Joe Pearce Goalie stats Brad Thiessen ( 12 saves / 18 shots ) / Adam Geragosian ( 10 saves / 11 shots )
Boston College won series 2–0

(3) Boston University vs. (6) Vermont

March 8 [8] Boston University2 – 3Vermont Agganis Arena Recap  
(Gryba) John McCarthy - 02:19
(Ewing, MacArthur) Kenny Roche - 14:32		First period03:18 - EA - Mark Lutz (Lenes, Strong)
09:24 - Peter Lenes (Strong)
No scoringSecond period01:52 - GW - Brayden Irwin (Stålberg)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
( 24 saves / 27 shots ) John Curry Goalie statsJoe Fallon ( 20 saves / 22 shots )
March 9 [9] Boston University2 – 0Vermont Agganis Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Yip, Higgins) Pete MacArthur - GW PP - 10:59Second periodNo scoring
(Lawrence, Ewing) Brian Strait - 13:52Third periodNo scoring
( 29 saves / 29 shots ) John Curry Goalie statsJoe Fallon ( 23 saves / 25 shots )
March 10 [10] Boston University3 – 2OTVermont Agganis Arena Recap  
(Thomassian, MacArthur) Chris Higgins - 09:33
(Sullivan, McGoff) Jason Lawrence - PP - 17:08		First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period16:22 - Viktor Stålberg
No scoringThird period06:52 - PP - Peter Lenes (Lutz, Gunderson)
(Gilroy, MacArthur) Brandon Yip - GW PP - 09:22First overtime periodNo scoring
( 24 saves / 26 shots ) John Curry Goalie statsJoe Fallon ( 31 saves / 34 shots )
Boston University won series 2–1

(4) Massachusetts vs. (5) Maine

March 9 [11] Massachusetts3 – 2Maine William D. Mullins Memorial Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period13:22 - PP - Billy Ryan (Soares, Tyler)
(Fenton, Berry) Kevin Jarman - PP - 07:00Second periodNo scoring
(Quirk, Leaderer) Alex Berry - 05:39
(Otriz, Kostka) John Wessbecker - GW - 11:12		Third period12:40 - PP - Brent Shepheard (Lundin, Léveillé)
( 38 saves / 40 shots ) Jonathan Quick Goalie stats Dave Wilson ( 21 saves / 24 shots )
March 10 [12] Massachusetts5 – 2Maine William D. Mullins Memorial Center Recap  
(Burto, Kostka) Chris Capraro - 08:21
(Braun, Capraro) Cory Quirk - 15:27		First period16:07 - PP - Teddy Purcell (Shepheard, Léveillé)
(Capraro, Kostka) Matt Burto - GW - 04:45
(Matheson, Crowder) Matt Anderson - 12:54		Second periodNo scoring
P. J. Fenton - EN - 18:41Third period06:14 - Billy Ryan (Purcell, Lundin)
( 35 saves / 37 shots ) Jonathan Quick Goalie stats Dave Wilson ( 23 saves / 27 shots )
Massachusetts won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) New Hampshire vs. (4) Massachusetts

March 16 [13] New Hampshire3 – 22OTMassachusetts TD Banknorth Garden Recap  
(Butler, Fortney) Greg Collins - 03:29First period18:00 Alex Berry (Leaderer)
(Vinz) Dan Rossman - 13:57Second period00:16 - Chris Capraro (Quirk, Burto)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
(Collins) Bobby Butler - GW - 01:30Second overtime periodNo scoring
( 44 saves / 46 shots ) Kevin Regan Goalie stats Jonathan Quick ( 38 saves / 41 shots )

(2) Boston College vs. (3) Boston University

March 16 [14] Boston College6 – 2Boston University TD Banknorth Garden Recap  
(Ferriero, Motherwell) Brock Bradford - PP - 07:46
(Boyle, Rooney) Benn Ferriero - 15:00		First periodNo scoring
(Rooney, Bertram) Ben Smith - GW - 14:05
(Smith, Boyle) Brock Bradford - 15:00		Second periodNo scoring
(Smith) Joe Rooney - 09:33
(Boyle, Bradford) Nathan Gerbe - PP - 16:18		Third period01:25 - Brandon Yip (Gilroy, MacArthur)
14:35 - Bryan Ewing (Roche, Gryba)
( 30 saves / 32 shots ) Cory Schneider Goalie stats John Curry ( 17 saves / 21 shots ) / Karson Gillespie ( 9 saves / 11 shots )

Championship

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

March 17 [15] New Hampshire2 – 5Boston College TD Banknorth Garden Recap  
No ScoringFirst period10:45 - Matt Greene (Brennan)
17:53 - Benn Ferriero (Rooney)
No scoringSecond period18:38 - GW - Brock Bradford (Gerbe)
Bobby Butler - 09:07
(Pollastrone, Fornataro) Trevor Smith - 11:33		Third period06:14 - Nathan Gerbe (Boyle)
19:42 - EN - Brian Boyle (Ferriero, Rooney)
( 29 saves / 33 shots ) Kevin Regan Goalie stats Cory Schneider ( 36 saves / 38 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP(s)

[16]

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