2021 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2021 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 10 and March 20, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all games were played on campus locations, rather than the semifinal and final match traditionally being hosted at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The UMass Minutemen defeated the UMass Lowell River Hawks to earn their 1st Hockey East tournament championship, and earned the conference's automatic bid into the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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The tournament was the 36th in league history.

Format

Due to the difficulties of scheduling during the regular season, it was announced in late 2020 that all 11 Hockey East teams qualified for the tournament. After further complications and cancellations throughout the season, a formula-based ranking system called the Hockey East Power Index (HEPI) was implemented to determine seeding. Additionally, the tournament was formatted so that all rounds would be single-elimination games, rather than traditionally a best-of-three series in the opening and quarterfinals rounds. [1]

On March 5, it was announced that Merrimack would be unable to participate in the tournament due to a late positive test result among the team's Tier-I personnel. [2] As a result, the 11-team tournament format was reduced to a 10-team format, and teams ranked below Merrimack in the final HEPI standings would move up a seed to compensate.

Seeds 7-10 will play a single elimination opening round game on March 10, 2021, as seeds 1-6 will earn a bye to the next round. Winning teams will be reseeded and then play a single elimination quarterfinal game on March 14, 2021. Following an additional reseeding, the four victorious teams will advance to the semifinals on March 17, 2021. The final two programs will battle in the championship game on March 20, 2021. [3]

Standings

2020–21 Hockey East Standings
Conference recordOverall record
GPWLTOTWOTLSOWHEPIGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#6 Boston College 21164132058.6182462417619158
#11 Boston University 14103131156.3649371610515245
#1 Massachusetts *22135411155.44764229205410348
Connecticut 221010214252.01696323101127069
#16 Providence 23108500250.8063612511957167
Northeastern 2098310349.946860219936964
#19 Massachusetts–Lowell 1678111048.0046532010915963
Maine 15310201246.6641611631124368
Merrimack 18511201045.3847661851124766
New Hampshire 21513332243.6651832361436088
Vermont 1219200038.0217371311022042
Championship: March 20, 2021 [4]
No Regular Season Champion Awarded [5]
* indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals

Opening Round
March 10 [6] 		Quarterfinals
March 14 		Semifinals
March 17 		Championship
March 20
1Boston College3
7Massachusetts–Lowell59 New Hampshire 2
10 Vermont 3 1 Boston College 5
7Massachusetts–Lowell6**
2 Boston University 1
7Massachusetts–Lowell2
7 Massachusetts–Lowell 0
3Massachusetts1
3Massachusetts4
8 Maine 2 6 Northeastern 1
9New Hampshire73Massachusetts5
5 Providence 2
4 Connecticut 1
5Providence6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Opening Round

(7) UMass Lowell vs. (11) Vermont

March 10, 2021
3:00 PM		UMass Lowell5 – 3
(0–1, 4–1, 1–1)		Vermont Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts
Attendance: 0
Game reference
Owen SavoryGoaliesGabe CarriereReferees:
Geoffrey Miller
Terrence Murphy
Linesmen:
Kevin Briganti
Nicholas Briganti
0–117:29 – Jacques Bouquot (2) (Esposito, Dzhioshvili)
(Lee, Stefanson) Nolan Sawchuk (1) – 22:501–1
(Levesque, Meehan) Anthony Baxter (1) – 29:132–1
(Levesque, Barton) Matt Brown (5) – PP – 30:543–1
(Anthony Baxter) Matt Brown (6) – GW – 34:414–1
4–239:24 – SH – Bryce Misley (1) (unassisted)
(Jon McDonald, Blake Wells) Seth Barton (2) – 43:055–2
5–343:32 – Simon Boyko (2) (Evers)
12 minPenalties12 min
31Shots23

(8) Maine vs. (9) New Hampshire

March 10, 2021
4:30 PM		Maine2 – 7
(0–1, 2–3, 0–3)		New Hampshire Alfond Arena, Orono, Maine
Attendance: 0
Game reference
Victor OstmanGoaliesMike RobinsonReferees:
Walker Holton
Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:
Bill Kingdon
Jeff McCorkle
0–117:00 – Kalle Eriksson (6) (Pierson, Crookshank)
0–222:30 – PP – Eric MacAdams (4) (Engarås, Verrier)
(Dawe, Butala) Adrien Bisson (2) – 23:161–2
1–323:51 – GW – Jackson Pierson (9) (MacKinnon)
(Sirota, Quinlivan) Lynden Breen (3) – 25:192–3
2–430:21 – SH – Tyler Ward (3) (Engarås)
2–541:00 – Filip Engarås (6) (unassisted)
2–655:54 – SH EN – Luke Rein (2) (Verrier)
2–757:49 – PP – Lucas Herrmann (3) (MacKinnon, Cipollone)
16 minPenalties10 min
22Shots36

Quarterfinals

(2) Boston University vs. (7) UMass Lowell

March 14, 2021
1:05 PM		Boston University1 – 2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)		UMass Lowell Walter Brown Arena, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 0
Game reference
Drew CommessoGoaliesHenry WelschReferees:
Scott Hansen
Walker Holton
Linesmen:
Bob Bernard
Christopher Millea
(Peterson, Zabaneh) Jamie Armstrong (1) – 2:171–0
1–14:30 – Matt Brown (7) (McDonald)
1–248:19 – GW – Brian Chambers (3) (Lee, Stefanson)
4 minPenalties2 min
17Shots29

(4) Connecticut vs. (5) Providence

March 14, 2021
3:30 PM		Connecticut1 – 6
(0–1, 1–2, 0–3)		Providence Freitas Ice Forum, Storrs, Connecticut
Attendance: 0
Game reference
Tomáš VomáčkaGoaliesJaxson StauberReferees:
Geoffrey Miller
Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:
Jeff McCorkle
Bill Kingdon
0–18:47 – Parker Ford (6) (Ruikka, Printz)
0–221:58 – GW – Uula Ruikka (4) (McDonald, McDermott)
0–322:58 – Nick Poisson (5) (Mirageas, Thompson)
(Evans, Karashik) Jáchym Kondelík (4) – 29:201–3
1–441:45 – Tyce Thompson (11) (Poisson)
1–550:53 – Brett Berard (4) (Yoder, Moynihan)
1–655:20 – Max Crozier (3) (Berard, Mirageas)
8 minPenalties10 min
41Shots43

(3) Massachusetts vs. (6) Northeastern

March 14, 2021
4:30 PM		Massachusetts4 – 1
(2–0, 1–1, 1–0)		Northeastern Mullins Center, Amherst, Massachusetts
Attendance: 0
Game reference
Filip LindbergGoaliesConnor MurphyReferees:
Marty Hughes
Terrance Murphy
Linesmen:
Nick Briganti
Jeremy Lovett
(Trivigno, Lopina) Garret Wait (8) – 2:541–0
(Trivigno, Kessel) Zac Jones (7) – GW – 8:272–0
2–130:37 – Jérémie Bucheler (1) (Struble)
(Felix) Bobby Trivigno (9) – 38:083–1
(Harding) Philip Lagunov (3) – 44:164–1
4 minPenalties2 min
28Shots26

(1) Boston College vs. (9) New Hampshire

March 14, 2021
4:30 PM		Boston College3 – 2
(3–0, 0–2, 0–0)		New Hampshire Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Attendance: 0
Game reference
Spencer Knight GoaliesMike RobinsonReferees:
Charles Hanfin
Peter Schlittenhardt
Linesmen:
Kyle Richetelle
Kevin Briganti
(Boldy, Helleson) Alex Newhook (5) – 5:351–0
(Powell, Boldy) Mike Hardman (9) – 7:302–0
(Ambrosio, Warren) Nikita Nesterenko (8) – GW – 8:253–0
3–126:33 – Eric MacAdams (5) (Sato, Verrier)
3–228:56 – Luke Reid (3) (MacAdams, Gendron)
4 minPenalties8 min
36Shots37

Semifinals

(1) Boston College vs. (7) UMass Lowell

March 17, 2021
4:30 PM		Boston College5 – 6 (2OT)
(1–0, 3–1, 1–4, 0–0, 0–1)		UMass Lowell Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Attendance: 0
Game reference
Spencer KnightGoaliesHenry WelschReferees:
Scott Hansen
Walker Holton
Linesmen:
Bill Kingdon
Jeff McCorckle
(Boldy, Newhook) Marshall Warren (3) – 7:341–0
(Boldy, Newhook) Mike Hardman (10) – 6:442–0
(Hardman, St. Ivany) Alex Newhook (6) – 32:403–0
3–133:01 – Anthony Baxter (2) (unassisted)
(Boldy) Alex Newhook (7) – 38:474–1
4–250:25 – Reid Stefanson (5) (Brown, Blackmun)
4–355:33 – Andre Lee (7) (Blackmun, Wells)
4–456:39 – PP – Lucas Condotta (6) (Lee)
(Boldy, Newhook) Marc McLaughlin (10) – PP – 57:535–4
5–558:34 – EA – Anthony Baxter (3) (Levesque, Knoblauch)
5–692:00 – GW – Matt Brown (8) (Barton)
12 minPenalties4 min
39Shots49

(3) Massachusetts vs. (5) Providence

March 17, 2021
7:00 PM		Massachusetts5 – 2
(2–2, 1–0, 2–0)		Providence Mullins Center, Amherst, Massachusetts
Attendance: 0
Game reference
Filip LindbergGoaliesJaxson StauberReferees:
Marty Hughes
Terrance Murphy
Linesmen:
Kevin Briganti
Kyle Richetelle
(Kessel, Trivigno) Josh Lopina (8) – 0:521–0
1–16:00 – Brett Berard (5) (Poisson, Mirageas)
(Kessel, Trivigno) Zac Jones (8) – 11:462–1
2–28:14 – PP – Parker Ford (7) (Thompson, Callahan)
(Jones) Bobby Trivigno (10) – GW – 21:223–2
(Del Gaizo, Felix) George Mika (3) – 49:324–2
(unassisted) Marc Del Gaizo (3) – EN – 59:185–2
2 minPenalties0 min
27Shots22

Finals

(3) Massachusetts vs. (7) UMass Lowell

March 20, 2021
7:00 PM		Massachusetts1 – 0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)		UMass Lowell Mullins Center, Amherst, Massachusetts
Attendance: 0
Game reference
Filip LindbergGoaliesHenry WelschReferees:
Peter Schlittenhardt
Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:
Bob Bernard
Nicholas Brignati
(Gicewicz, Chau) Jake Gaudet (3) – GW – 15:321–0
4 minPenalties4 min
22Shots16

Tournament Awards

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP

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