| 2012 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 8–17, 2012 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | TD Garden Boston |
| Champions | Boston College (11th title) |
| Winning coach | Jerry York (9th title) |
| MVP | John Gaudreau (BC) |
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2012 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 28th tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 8 and March 17, 2012 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston College Eagles won their eleventh Hockey East Tournament and earned the Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
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 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #1 Boston College†* | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 96 | 60 | 44 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 157 | 89 | |
| #11 Boston University | 27 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 35 | 101 | 70 | 39 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 139 | 112 | |
| #9 Massachusetts–Lowell | 27 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 35 | 90 | 68 | 38 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 126 | 94 | |
| #13 Maine | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 91 | 80 | 40 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 133 | 114 | |
| #17 Merrimack | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 70 | 65 | 37 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 102 | 83 | |
| New Hampshire | 27 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 68 | 74 | 37 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 108 | 110 | |
| Providence | 27 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 68 | 89 | 38 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 94 | 122 | |
| Massachusetts | 27 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 83 | 92 | 36 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 114 | 118 | |
| Northeastern | 27 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 73 | 82 | 34 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 97 | 101 | |
| Vermont | 27 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 54 | 114 | 34 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 73 | 140 | |
| Championship: Boston College 4, Maine 1 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll | ||||||||||||||
| Quarterfinals March 10–13 | Semifinals March 18 | Championship March 19 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston College | 2 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Massachusetts | 1 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Providence | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 3 | 3* | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Providence | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Maine | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston University | 2 | 4 | 5** | ||||||||||||
| 6 | New Hampshire | 3** | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston University | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Maine | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Maine | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Merrimack | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime periods
| March 9 | Boston College | 2–1 | Massachusetts | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pat Mullane (7) – 17:46 Tommy Cross (5) – 18:25 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Steven Guzzo (10) – 06:55 | ||||||
| Parker Milner – ( 24 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | Kevin Boyle – ( 14 saves / 16 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10 | Boston College | 3–2 | Massachusetts | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| Pat Mullane (8) – 04:25 Paul Carey (14) – pp – 08:18 | First period | Conor Sheary (12) – 02:54 | ||||||
| Brian Dumoulin (6) – 19:11 | Second period | Joel Hanley (7) – pp – 18:03 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Parker Milner – ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) | Goalie stats | Kevin Boyle – ( 16 saves / 19 shots ) | ||||||
| Boston College Wins Series 2–0 | |
| March 8 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 3–5 | Providence | Tsongas Arena | Recap | |||
| Josh Holmstrom (11) – 09:59 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Wilson (16) – pp – 12:03 | Second period | Derek Army (9) – pp – 05:28 Andy Balysky (7) – 09:38 Derek Army (10) – 17:27 | ||||||
| Matt Ferreira (12) – 15:31 | Third period | Matt Bergland (6) – 11:30 Matt Bergland (7) – en – 18:25 | ||||||
| Doug Carr – ( 32 saves / 36 shots ) | Goalie stats | Alex Beaudry – ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 3–2 | ot | Providence | Tsongas Arena | Recap | ||
| Chad Ruhwedel (6) – 17:28 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Ferreira (13) – pp – 00:52 | Second period | Myles Harvey (7) – 13:43 Stefan Demopoulos (8) – 15:39 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Zack Kamrass (1) – 11:29 | Overtime | No scoring | ||||||
| Doug Carr – ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) | Goalie stats | Alex Beaudry – ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 0–1 | Providence | Tsongas Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Ross Mauermann (10) – 07:00 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Doug Carr – ( 34 saves / 35 shots ) | Goalie stats | Alex Beaudry – ( 29 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| Providence Wins Series 2–1 | |
| March 9 | Boston University | 2–3 | 2ot | New Hampshire | Agganis Arena | Recap | ||
| Alex Chiasson (13) – 14:39 | First period | Nick Sorkin (9) – 17:20 Kevin Goumas (9) – 18:06 | ||||||
| Kevin Gilroy (2) – 16:50 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | overtime period | Grayson Downing (10) – 02:00 | ||||||
| Kieran Millan – ( 44 saves / 47 shots ) | Goalie stats | Casey DeSmith – ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10 | Boston University | 4–2 | New Hampshire | Agganis Arena | Recap | |||
| Chris Connolly (9) – 11:55 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sahir Gill (12) – 17:16 | Second period | Steve Moses (22) – 10:16 | ||||||
| Matt Nieto (14) – 04:54 Ryan Santana (3) – 07:18 | Third period | Connor Hardowa (6) – pp – 04:04 | ||||||
| Kieran Millan – ( 33 saves / 35 shots ) | Goalie stats | Casey DeSmith – ( 28 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11 | Boston University | 5–4 | 2ot | New Hampshire | Agganis Arena | Recap | ||
| Evan Rodrigues (2) – 04:11 | First period | Casey Thrush (3) – 08:09 Casey Thrush (4) – 14:30 | ||||||
| Garrett Noonan (15) – 16:11 Garrett Noonan (16) – 18:58 | Second period | Greg Burke (6) – pp – 01:42 Mike Borisenok (6) – sh – 04:34 | ||||||
| Wade Megan (19) – 00:30 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alex Chiasson (14) – 06:42 | Overtime | No scoring | ||||||
| Kieran Millan – ( 64 saves / 68 shots ) | Goalie stats | Casey DeSmith – ( 45 saves / 50 shots ) | ||||||
| Boston University Wins Series 2–1 | |
| March 9 | Maine | 2–1 | Merrimack | Alfond Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | Mike Collins (10) – pp – 15:33 | ||||||
| Joey Diamond (23) – 07:50 Kyle Beattie (6) – 12:04 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Sullivan – ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | Joe Cannata – ( 39 saves / 41 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10 | Maine | 2–5 | Merrimack | Alfond Arena | Recap | |||
| Matt Mangene (15) – sh – 03:51 | First period | Rhett Bly (5) – 05:39 Josh Myers (5) – pp – 13:33 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Jeff Velleca (10) – 17:55 Rhett Bly (6) – 18:15 | ||||||
| Adam Shemansky (11) – pp – 08:03 | Third period | Dan Kolomatis (1) – en – 19:58 | ||||||
| Dan Sullivan – ( 28 saves / 32 shots ) | Goalie stats | Joe Cannata – ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11 | Maine | 2–1 | Merrimack | Alfond Arena | Recap | |||
| Spencer Abbott (20) – pp – 11:38 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brice O'Connor (3) – 03:43 | Second period | Ryan Flanigan (11) – 09:16 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Sullivan – ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | Joe Cannata – ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| Maine Wins Series 2–1 | |
| March 16 | Boston College | 4–2 | Providence | TD Garden | Recap | |||
| Paul Carey (15) – 01:15 Destry Straight (3) – 08:35 | First period | Barrett Kaib (1) – 02:28 Derek Army (11) – 04:33 | ||||||
| Johnny Gaudreau (17) – pp – 03:58 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steven Whitney (13) – 08:00 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Parker Milner – ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Alex Beaudry – ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| March 16 | Boston University | 3–5 | Maine | TD Garden | Recap | |||
| Alex Chiasson (15) – 02:46 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Nieto (15) – pp – 06:16 | Second period | Joey Diamond (24) – pp – 00:46 Will O'Neill (2) – 11:22 Will O'Neill (3) – pp – 18:25 | ||||||
| Matt Nieto (16) – 04:03 | Third period | Mark Anthoine (12) – pp – 07:43 Joey Diamond (25) – ppen – 19:31 | ||||||
| Kieran Millan – ( 35 saves / 39 shots ) | Goalie stats | Dan Sullivan – ( 25 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
| March 17 | Boston College | 4–1 | Maine | TD Garden | Recap | |||
| Johnny Gaudreau (18) – 05:24 Johnny Gaudreau (19) – pp – 07:31 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pat Mullane (9) – 18:39 | Second period | Brian Flynn (18) – 07:37 | ||||||
| Barry Almeida (22) – en – 18:59 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Parker Milner – ( 40 saves / 41 shots ) | Goalie stats | Dan Sullivan – ( 36 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||