| 2019 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 15–23, 2019 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | TD Garden Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Northeastern (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Jim Madigan (2nd title) |
| MVP | Cayden Primeau (Northeastern) |
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2019 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 15 and March 23, 2019, at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. Northeastern won their 3rd tournament and earned Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
The tournament was the 35th in league history.
In a departure from the format of the last few years, just eight of the 11 teams will qualify for the 2019 Hockey East tournament. The top four teams in the league standings will host seeds five through eight on campus in the quarterfinals in the first round of the playoffs, while the remaining teams will be eliminated from championship contention.
The four quarterfinal winners will be reseeded again as they advance to the TD Garden in Boston for the semifinals and Championship Game. [1]
| Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #2 Massachusetts † | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 92 | 51 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 151 | 83 | |
| #4 Providence | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 76 | 44 | 42 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 133 | 84 | |
| #9 Northeastern* | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 76 | 52 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 118 | 81 | |
| #19 Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 65 | 55 | 37 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 100 | 85 | |
| Boston University | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 64 | 65 | 38 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 99 | 104 | |
| Maine | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 64 | 60 | 36 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 90 | 99 | |
| Boston College | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 62 | 60 | 39 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 90 | 110 | |
| New Hampshire | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 55 | 67 | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 90 | 103 | |
| Connecticut | 24 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 52 | 77 | 34 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 81 | 107 | |
| Vermont | 24 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 41 | 59 | 34 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 72 | 82 | |
| Merrimack | 24 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 48 | 105 | 34 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 67 | 134 | |
| Championship: March 23, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Teams are reseeded for the Semifinals
| Quarterfinals March 15–17 | Semifinals March 22 | Championship March 23 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Massachusetts | 5** | 6 | — | ||||||||||||
| 8 | New Hampshire | 4 | 0 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Massachusetts | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Boston College | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Providence | 5* | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Boston College | 4 | 4* | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Boston College | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Northeastern | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Northeastern | 2* | 2 | — | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Maine | 1 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Northeastern | 2* | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Boston University | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Boston University | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
| Scoring summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | None | ||||
| 2nd | UNH | Brendan van Riemsdyk | Vela and MacAdams | 20:57 | 1–0 UNH |
| UNH | Angus Crookshank | Kelleher and Maas | 21:45 | 2–0 UNH | |
| UNH | Chris Miller | unassisted | 32:30 | 3–0 UNH | |
| UMASS | Bobby Trivingo | Prichtard and M. Del Gaizo | 30:05 | 3–1 UNH | |
| 3rd | UMASS | Jacob Prichtard | Trivingo and Lagunov | 41:08 | 3–2 UNH |
| UNH | Chris Miller | Esposito and Boyd | 45:18 | 4–2 UNH | |
| UMASS | Bobby Trivingo | Prichtard and Lagunov | 47:50 | 4–3 UNH | |
| UMASS | Cale Makar | Gaudet | 51:28 | 4–4 | |
| Second Overtime | UMASS | Mitchell Chafee | Farmer and Gaudet | 85:52 | 5–4 UMASS |
| Goaltenders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice |
| UNH | Mike Robinson | 48 | 5 | |
| UMASS | Matt Murray | 11 | 3 | |
| UMASS | Filip Lindberg | 13 | 1 | |
| Scoring summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | UMASS | Cale Makar | M. Del Gaizo and Prichtard | 04:36 | 1–0 UMASS |
| UMASS | Jacob Prichtard | Farmer and Trivingo | 07:27 | 2–0 UMASS | |
| UMASS | Brett Boeing | Hildenbrand | 12:45 | 3–0 UMASS | |
| UMASS | Bobby Trivingo | Makar and Leonard | 14:37 | 4–0 UMASS | |
| 2nd | UMASS | Colin Felix | McLaughlin and Prichtard | 24:52 | 5–0 UMASS |
| UMASS | Brett Boeing | Makar and Leonard | 28:33 | 6–0 UMASS | |
| 3rd | None | ||||
| Goaltenders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice |
| UNH | Mike Robinson | 5 | 4 | |
| UNH | Ty Taylor | 14 | 2 | |
| UMASS | Filip Lindberg | 18 | 0 | |
| Scoring summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | PC | Vimal Sukumaran | Koopman and McDermott | 01:48 | 1–0 PC |
| BC | Marc McLaughlin | Kim and Finklestein | 02:21 | 1–1 | |
| BC | Christopher Grando | unassisted | 06:17 | 2–1 BC | |
| BC | Michael Kim | Walker and Giles | 08:39 | 3–1 BC | |
| 2nd | |||||
| PC | Spenser Young | Bryson and Conway | 39:55 | 3–2 BC | |
| 3rd | PC | Spenser Young – PPG | Dugan and Mirageas | 43:59 | 3–3 |
| PC | Vincent Desharnais | Conway and Dugan | 48:56 | 4–3 PC | |
| BC | Julius Mattila – EA | Wahlstrom and Cotton | 58:24 | 4–4 | |
| OT | PC | Brandon Duhamie | Thompson and Callahan | 61:31 | 5–4 PC |
| Goaltenders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice |
| BC | Joseph Woll | 34 | 5 | |
| PC | Hayden Hawkey | 25 | 4 | |
| Scoring summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | BC | JD Dudek | Kim and Finklestein | 08:01 | 1–0 BC |
| BC | David Cotton | Mattila and Hutsko | 09:25 | 2–0 BC | |
| 2nd | |||||
| PC | Josh Wilkins | Dugan | 25:44 | 2–1 BC | |
| PC | Josh Wilkins | Dugan and Bjorkqvist | 35:09 | 2–2 | |
| 3rd | PC | Kasper Bjorkqvist | Dugan and Wilkins | 44:25 | 3–2 PC |
| BC | Marc McLaughlin | Hutsko and Wahlstrom | 48:32 | 3–3 | |
| OT | BC | Logan Hutsko | Kim | 60:23 | 4–3 BC |
| Goaltenders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice |
| BC | Joseph Woll | 34 | 3 | |
| PC | Hayden Hawkey | 23 | 4 | |
| Scoring summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | None | ||||
| 2nd | BC | Michael Kim | Fitzgerald | 28:22 | 1–0 BC |
| 3rd | PC | Scott Conway | Wilkins and Mirageas | 46:58 | 1–1 |
| BC | Logan Hutsko | Fitzgerald and Mattila | 51:55 | 2–1 BC | |
| Goaltenders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice |
| PC | Hayden Hawkey | 25 | 2 | |
| BC | Joseph Woll | 37 | 1 | |
| Scoring summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | None | ||||
| 2nd | NU | Tyler Madden | Griffin and Solow | 28:29 | 1–0 NU |
| Maine | Brady Keeper | unassisted | 36:20 | 1–1 | |
| 3rd | None | ||||
| OT | NU | Austin Goldstein | Shea | 64:15 | 2–1 NU |
| Goaltenders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice |
| Maine | Jeremy Swayman | 30 | 2 | |
| NU | Cayden Primeau | 41 | 1 | |
| Scoring summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | NU | Biagio Lerario | Schule | 18:09 | 1–0 NU |
| 2nd | NU | Brandon Hawkins – PPG | Davies and Pecararo | 20:10 | 2–0 NU |
| Maine | Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup – PPG | Becker and Sirota | 28:42 | 2–1 NU | |
| 3rd | None | ||||
| Goaltenders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice |
| Maine | Jeremy Swayman | 15 | 2 | |
| NU | Cayden Primeau | 33 | 1 | |
| Scoring summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | None | ||||
| 2nd | BU | Joel Farabee | Fabbro and Kotkansalo | 26:24 | 1–0 BU |
| BU | Cam Crotty – PPG | Farrance and Amonte | 38:26 | 2–0 BU | |
| 3rd | BU | Patrick Curry – EN | Farrabee and Bowers | 59:35 | 3–0 BU |
| Goaltenders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice |
| UML | Christoffer Hernberg | 24 | 2 | |
| BU | Jake Oettinger | 25 | 0 | |
| Scoring summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | UML | Chase Blackmun – PPG | Levesque and Stefanson | 03:37 | 1–0 UML |
| UML | Ryan Dmowski – PPG | Wilson and Goransson | 11:32 | 2–0 UML | |
| UML | Kenny Hausinger | Dmowski and Baxter | 12:35 | 3–0 UML | |
| 2nd | BU | Patrick Curry – PPG | Farrance and Harper | 21:19 | 3–1 UML |
| UML | Ryan Dmowski – PPG | Hausinger and Wall | 23:28 | 4–1 UML | |
| BU | Cam Crotty – EA | Curry and Krys | 27:49 | 4–2 UML | |
| BU | Joel Farabee – PPG | Levesque and Stefanson | 28:32 | 4–3 UML | |
| UML | Reid Stefanson | Barton and Lohin | 29:36 | 5–3 UML | |
| BU | Joel Farabee – SH | unassisted | 34:28 | 5–4 UML | |
| 3rd | UML | Nick Master | Goransson | 41:07 | 6–4 UML |
| Goaltenders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice |
| BU | Jake Oettinger | 19 | 6 | |
| UML | Tyler Wall | 27 | 4 | |
| Scoring summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | BU | Chad Krys | Harper and Cockerill | 03:28 | 1–0 BU |
| BU | Joel Farabee | Krys and Crotty | 12:05 | 2–0 BU | |
| BU | Patrick Harper | Curry | 14:28 | 3–0 BU | |
| BU | Joel Farabee | unassisted | 18:34 | 4–0 BU | |
| 2nd | None | ||||
| 3rd | UML | Kenny Hausinger | Wilson and Master | 41:07 | 4–1 BU |
| Goaltenders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice |
| BU | Jake Oettinger | 18 | 1 | |
| UML | Christoffer Hernberg | 10 | 3 | |
| UML | Tyler Wall | 15 | 0 | |
| Scoring summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | BC | David Cotton | Hutsko and Matilla | 19:47 | 1–0 BC |
| 2nd | None | ||||
| 3rd | BC | Christopher Grando | Dudek and Fitzgerald | 36:36 | 2–0 BC |
| BC | Julius Mattila – EN | McLaughlin | 59:22 | 3–0 BC | |
| Goaltenders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice |
| UMASS | Filip Lindberg | 29 | 2 | |
| BC | Joseph Woll | 36 | 0 | |
| Scoring summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | None | ||||
| 2nd | BU | Ty Amonte – PPG | Curry and Farrance | 27:39 | 1–0 BU |
| 3rd | NU | Tyler Madden | Filipe and Harris | 40:16 | 1–1 |
| OT | NU | Zach Solow | Hawkins | 75:44 | 2–1 NU |
| Goaltenders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice |
| BU | Jake Oettinger | 42 | 2 | |
| NU | Cayden Primeau | 29 | 1 | |
| March 23 | Northeastern | 3–2 | Boston College | TD Garden | Recap | |||
| ( 38 saves / 40 shots ) Cayden Primeau | Goalie stats | Joseph Woll ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
| Scoring summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | NU | Matt Filipe | Hawkins | 02:31 | 1–0 NU |
| NU | Brandon Hawkins | Shea and Filipe | 05:08 | 2–0 NU | |
| NU | Brandon Hawkins – PPG | Pecararo and Davies | 11:15 | 3–0 NU | |
| 2nd | BC | Oliver Wahlstrom – PPG | Cotton and Hutsko | 20:18 | 3–1 NU |
| BC | David Cotton – PPG | Hutsko and Finklestein | 21:57 | 3–2 NU | |
| 3rd | None | ||||
| Goaltenders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against | Time on ice |
| BC | Joseph Woll | 23 | 3 | |
| NU | Cayden Primeau | 38 | 2 | |
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