2016 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2016 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 32nd tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 3 and March 19, 2016 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Northeastern Huskies defeated the UMass Lowell River Hawks by a score of 3–2 to earn their 2nd Hockey East championship in school history and earn Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Kevin Boyle was named tournament MVP.

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Format

The tournament will include all twelve teams in the conference. Seeds 1–4 earned a first-round bye, and seeds 5–12 played a best-of-three Opening Round played on campus locations. Winners advanced to play the 1–4 seeds in the best-of-three Quarterfinals on campus locations. Winners of those series played in a single-game Semifinal, and those winners faced off in a single-game Championship Final, both at the TD Garden.

Regular season standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Conference recordOverall record
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#5 Boston College22152535914541288515682
#3 Providence22163335713938277412471
#13 Notre Dame 221552327040371911711586
#8 Massachusetts–Lowell 221264285837402510512175
#11 Boston University 2212642875563621105124106
#14 Northeastern *2210842475564122145134105
Merrimack 225107175070391319795108
Connecticut 226124164970361121488114
Vermont 226133154866401522386107
New Hampshire 2241261457733711206112121
Maine 22515212427738824676129
Massachusetts 22216484410136824484146
Championship: March 19, 2016
† indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 8, 2016

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals

Opening Round [1]
March 3–6
Quarterfinals
March 11–13
Semifinals
March 18
Championship
March 19
1 Boston College32 4*
5 Boston University2*59 Vermont 0 43
12 Massachusetts 1 4 1 Boston College 4
6 Northeastern5
2 Providence32
6 Northeastern3*4*7 Merrimack 1 0
11 Maine 2 3 6 Northeastern3
4 Massachusetts–Lowell 2
3 Notre Dame 1 4
7 Merrimack1 3*26 Northeastern36
10 New Hampshire 32 1 2 Providence 1
4 Massachusetts–Lowell2***
4 Massachusetts–Lowell35
8 Connecticut 1 3 5 Boston University 2 0
9 Vermont24

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Opening Round

(5) Boston University vs. (12) Massachusetts

March 4Boston University2 - 1OTMassachusetts Agganis Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period08:07 - Steven Iacobellis (Walsh, Pigozzi)
(Lane, Oksanen) Bobo Carpenter - 03:52Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
(Oksanen, Fortunato) Bobo Carpenter - GW - 09:34First overtime periodNo scoring
( 28 saves / 29 shots ) Sean MaguireGoalie stats Nic Renyard ( 46 saves / 48 shots )
March 5Boston University5 - 4Massachusetts Agganis Arena Recap  
(O'Regan, Greenway) Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson - 05:40First period10:07 - Dennis Kravchenko (Plevy, Widmar)
(Grzelcyk, McAvoy) Danny O'Regan - PP - 05:53
(McAvoy, Lane) Matt Grzelcyk - 12:39
(Greenway, McAvoy) Danny O'Regan - 18:45
Second period11:13 - Shane Walsh (Iacobellis, Kravchenko)
17:50 - PP - Kurt Keats (Plevy, Pigozzi)
(McAvoy, O'Regan) Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson - GW - 11:51Third period03:51 - Austin Plevy (Fryer, Keats)
( 32 saves / 36 shots ) Sean MaguireGoalie stats Nic Renyard ( 38 saves / 43 shots )
Boston University won series 2–0

(6) Northeastern vs. (11) Maine

March 4Northeastern3 - 2OTMaine Matthews Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period17:51 - PP - Cameron Brown (Renouf, Byron)
18:08 - Andrew Tegeler (Vesey, Hamilton)
(Aston-Reese, N. Stevens) John Stevens - 14:39Second periodNo scoring
(N. Stevens, Gaudette) Kevin Roy - PP - 02:54Third periodNo scoring
(Aston-Reese, J. Stevens) Matt Benning - GW - 04:41First overtime periodNo scoring
( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Ryan Ruck Goalie stats Rob McGovern ( 29 saves / 32 shots )
March 5Northeastern4 - 3OTMaine Matthews Arena Recap  
(Roy, Collier) Eric Williams - 14:51
(Cockerill, Aston-Reese) Nolan Stevens - 16:09
(Kurker) Kevin Roy - 16:57
First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period11:44 - PP - Cameron Brown (Merchant, Byron)
No scoringThird period04:40 - Cédric Lacroix (Tegeler, Vesey)
08:29 - Keith Muehlbauer (Robbins, Perez)
(unassisted) Kevin Roy - GW - 13:45First overtime periodNo scoring
( 33 saves / 36 shots ) Ryan Ruck Goalie stats Rob McGovern ( 26 saves / 30 shots )
Northeastern won series 2–0

(7) Merrimack vs. (10) New Hampshire

March 3Merrimack1 - 3New Hampshire J. Thom Lawler Rink Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period14:45 - Tyler Kelleher (Poturalski, Correale)
(LeBlanc, Titcomb) Derek Petti - 12:02Third period04:10 - GW - Marcus Vela (Gaudreault, Cleland)
19:47 - EN - Marcus Vela (Cleland, Gaudreault)
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Drew Vogler Goalie stats Daniel Tirone ( 45 saves / 46 shots )
March 4Merrimack3 - 2OTNew Hampshire J. Thom Lawler Rink Recap  
(Wyszomirski, Kolquist) Derek Petti - 04:35First period14:16 - Tyler Kelleher (Poturalski, Boyd)
16:49 - PP - Matias Cleland (Correale, Kelleher)
(Gustafsson, Christie) Ben Bahe - 07:59Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
(LeBlanc, Biega) Ludvig Larsson - GW - 12:02First overtime periodNo scoring
( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Drew Vogler Goalie stats Daniel Tirone ( 47 saves / 50 shots )
March 6Merrimack2 - 1New Hampshire J. Thom Lawler Rink Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Biega, Larsson) Derek Petti - 08:01
(Biega) Jace Hennig - GW - 18:34
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period10:34 - PP - Matt Dawson (Nazarian, Smith)
( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Drew Vogler Goalie stats Daniel Tirone ( 40 saves / 42 shots )
Merrimack won series 2–1

(8) Connecticut vs. (9) Vermont

March 4Connecticut1 - 2Vermont XL Center Recap  
(Schwartz) Spencer Naas - 13:45First period01:28 - Alexx Privitera (Phillips, Puffer)
No scoringSecond period01:28 - GW - Rob Darrar (Irwin)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
( 34 saves / 36 shots ) Robert Nichols Goalie stats Mike Santaguida ( 32 saves / 33 shots )
March 5Connecticut3 - 4Vermont XL Center Recap  
(Ferriss) Karl El-Mir - 08:42First period12:12 - PP - Mario Puskarich (Bradley)
01:28 - Conor O'Neil (Puffer)
(Ferriss, Kalter) Karl El-Mir - 02:18
(Letunov, Masonius) Tage Thompson - 07:35
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period09:45 - PP - Yvan Pattyn (Blanleil, Petruzzelli)
18:41 - Brian Bowen (Darrar)
( 28 saves / 32 shots ) Robert Nichols Goalie stats Mike Santaguida ( 24 saves / 27 shots )
Vermont won series 2–0

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston College vs. (9) Vermont

March 11Boston College3 - 0Vermont Conte Forum Recap  
(Cangelosi, Wood) Adam Gilmour - GW - 04:14
(Gilmour) Austin Cangelosi - 10:58
First periodNo scoring
(Cangelosi, Gilmour) Ryan Fitzgerald - 03:20Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
( 36 saves / 36 shots ) Thatcher Demko Goalie stats Mike Santaguida ( 14 saves / 17 shots ) / Packy Munson ( 13 saves / 13 shots )
March 12Boston College2 - 4Vermont Conte Forum Recap  
(Wood, Savage) Austin Cangelosi - PP - 03:49
(Kim, Gilmour) Alex Tuch - 07:05
First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period02:50 - Brian Bowen (Hamilton, Coughlin)
10:20 - Liam Coughlin (Hamilton)
No scoringThird period11:20 - GW - Brendan Bradley (Puskarich, Privitera)
19:59 - EN - Rob Darrar (Coughlin, Bowen)
( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Thatcher Demko Goalie stats Packy Munson ( 43 saves / 45 shots )
March 13Boston College4 - 3OTVermont Conte Forum Recap  
(Gilmour, Tuch) Zach Sanford - 04:02First period08:51 - Craig Puffer (Hamilton, Shaw)
(Dudek, Santini) Colin White - 01:56Second period16:28 - Conor O'Neil (Puffer, Shaw)
(C. Fitzgerald, R. Fitzgerald) JD Dudek - 10:30Third period04:37 - Conor O'Neil (Shaw, Pattyn)
(Gilmour, C. Fitzgerald) Ryan Fitzgerald - GW - 09:47First overtime periodNo scoring
( 36 saves / 39 shots ) Thatcher Demko Goalie stats Packy Munson ( 31 saves / 35 shots )
Boston College won series 2–1

(2) Providence vs. (7) Merrimack

March 11Providence3 - 1Merrimack Schneider Arena Recap  
(Tanev, Monk) Nick Saracino - 10:23First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Jankowski, Parisi) Erik Foley - GW - 13:10
(Jankowski, Parisi) Trevor Mingoia - EN - 18:57
Third period03:06 - Craig Wyszomirski (Christie)
( 25 saves / 26 shots ) Nick EllisGoalie stats Drew Vogler ( 27 saves / 29 shots )
March 12Providence2 - 0Merrimack Schneider Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(McKenzie) Garrett Gamez - GW - 10:39
(Tanev, Monk) Kevin Rooney - EN - 19:21
Third periodNo scoring
( 20 saves / 20 shots ) Nick EllisGoalie stats Drew Vogler ( 32 saves / 33 shots )
Providence won series 2–0

(3) Notre Dame vs. (6) Northeastern

March 11Notre Dame1 - 3Northeastern Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
(Nardella, Lucia) Jordan Gross - 07:35First period02:29 - Lincoln Griffin (Schule)
06:24 - GW - John Stevens (N. Stevens, Aston-Reese)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period19:25 - EN - Tanner Pond (Gaudette)
( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Cal Petersen Goalie stats Ryan Ruck ( 20 saves / 21 shots )
March 12Notre Dame4 - 6Northeastern Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
(Hurley) Luke Ripley - 14:38First period18:50 - PP - Colton Saucerman (Cockerill, Roy)
(Bjork, Evans) Mario Lucia - 19:55Second period02:26 - Kevin Roy (Kurker)
03:33 - Garret Cockerill (J. Stevens, Aston-Reese)
05:46 - PP - Dylan Sikura (Saucerman, Roy)
(Wade, Hurley) Thomas Di Pauli - 16:33
(Di Pauli) Mario Lucia - PP - 19:38
Third period18:39 - GW - Kevin Roy (Saucerman, McMurtry)
12:31 - Tanner Pond (Sikura, McMurtry)
( 28 saves / 34 shots ) Cal Petersen / ( 0 saves / 0 shots ) Nick Stasack Goalie stats Ryan Ruck ( 25 saves / 29 shots )
Northeastern won series 2–0

(4) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (5) Boston University

March 11Massachusetts–Lowell3 - 2Boston University Tsongas Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
(Smith, Panico) Joe Gambardella - PP - 08:58Second period06:22 - Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (O'Regan, Fortunato)
(White, Fallon) Michael Louria - 11:35
(Smith, Panico) Adam Chapie - GW PP - 15:22
Third period15:45 - Bobo Carpenter (Grzelcyk, McAvoy)
( 33 saves / 35 shots ) Kevin Boyle Goalie statsSean Maguire ( 16 saves / 19 shots )
March 12Massachusetts–Lowell5 - 0Boston University Tsongas Center Recap  
(Chapie, Master) Jake Kamrass - GW - 03:07First periodNo scoring
(Kamrass, Chapie) Joe Gambardella - 06:26
(Edwardh, Kapla) C. J. Smith - 10:50
Second periodNo scoring
(Master, Forney) C. J. Smith - 05:38
(Gambardella) John Edwardh - 08:30
Third periodNo scoring
( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Kevin Boyle Goalie statsSean Maguire ( 13 saves / 15 shots ) / Connor LaCouvee ( 14 saves / 17 shots )
Massachusetts–Lowell won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Boston College vs. (6) Northeastern

March 18Boston College4 - 5Northeastern TD Garden Recap  
(Brown, Santini) Miles Wood - 00:15First period14:08 - Zach Aston-Reese (N. Stevens, Cockerill)
19:59 - Adam Gaudette (McMurtry, Sikura)
(Gaudreau, McCoshen) Colin White - 01:10
(R. Fitzgerald, Doherty) Miles Wood - PP - 13:54
Second period02:55 - PP - Nolan Stevens (J. Stevens, Gaudette)
10:55 - PP - Eric Williams (Roy, Sikura)
(Sanford, Santini) Alex Tuch - 10:50Third period09:44 - GW - Lincoln Griffin (unassisted)
( 27 saves / 32 shots ) Thatcher Demko Goalie stats Ryan Ruck ( 21 saves / 25 shots )

(2) Providence vs. (4) Massachusetts–Lowell

March 18Providence1 - 23OTMassachusetts–Lowell TD Garden Recap  
(Saracino, Pinho) Vincent Desharnais - 06:38First period18:54 - C. J. Smith (Gambardella)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringThird overtime period12:27 - A. J. White (Fallon)
( 42 saves / 44 shots ) Nick EllisGoalie stats Kevin Boyle ( 58 saves / 59 shots )

Championship

(4) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (6) Northeastern

March 21Massachusetts–Lowell2 - 3Northeastern TD Garden Recap  
(Gambardella, Panico) John Edwardh - 03:25First period01:12 - Adam Gaudette (McMurtry, Sikura)
06:30 - Nolan Stevens (J. Stevens, Aston-Reese)
(Kamrass, Zink) Adam Chapie - 13:34Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period11:03 - GW PP - Zach Aston-Reese (J. Stevens, N. Stevens)
( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Kevin Boyle Goalie stats Ryan Ruck ( 21 saves / 24 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP(s)

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References

  1. "Hockey East Association - Press Release Archive".
  2. "2014-15 Game Recap - Hockey East Association".