2022 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2022 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 37th edition of the Hockey East Tournament. It was played between March 9 and March 19, 2022. As the tournament champions, Massachusetts received the conference's automatic bid into the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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Format

The tournament included all eleven teams in the conference. Teams were ranked according to their finish in the conference standings. Seeds 1–5 earned a bye into the quarterfinal round, while seeds 6–11 played to determine the remaining quarterfinalists. Winners in the opening round were reseeded and advanced to play top three seeds in reverse order. Winners of the quarterfinal matches were again reseeded for the semifinal, and the winners of those two games faced off in the championship.

All series were single-elimination with opening round and quarterfinal matches occurring at home team sites. Beginning with the semifinal round, all games were held at the TD Garden. The tournament champion received an automatic bid into the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

Standings

2021–22 Hockey East Standings
Conference recordOverall record
GPWLTOTWOTLSOWPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#12 Northeastern Dagger-14-plain.png24158111147684639251319968
#10 Massachusetts *241482231467754372213211788
#13 Massachusetts Lowell 241581101466248352111310274
#19 Connecticut 2414100210417361362016010989
Boston University 241383320416958351913310789
Merrimack 2413110130417070351915110999
#20 Providence 2412111111386152382214211882
Boston College 2491230113267773815185114123
New Hampshire 24815122025477134141917695
Vermont 24616231220417235825259101
Maine 24517223119548033722474111
Championship: March 19, 2022
† indicates regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals [1]

Opening Round
March 9 		Quarterfinals
March 12 		Semifinals
March 18 		Championship
March 19
1 Northeastern3
6 Merrimack68 Boston College 2
11 Maine 2 1 Northeastern 1
4 Connecticut4
2 Massachusetts4
7 Providence 2
4 Connecticut 1
2 Massachusetts2*
3 Massachusetts Lowell7
7 Providence26 Merrimack 2
10 Vermont 1 2 Massachusetts3
3 Massachusetts Lowell 1
4 Connecticut3
8 Boston College4*5 Boston University 1
9 New Hampshire 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Opening Round

(6) Merrimack vs. (11) Maine

March 9, 2022
7:00 PM		Merrimack6–2
(1–0, 2–1, 3–1)		Maine J. Thom Lawler Rink, North Andover, Massachusetts
Attendance: 2,549
Game reference
Hugo OllasGoaliesMatthew Thiessen
(Jefferies, Newton) Steven Jandric (8) – PP – 12:231–0
(Walsh, Seyfert) Filip Forsmark (11) – 20:342–0
(Welsher, Uens) Matt Copponi (3) – GW – 24:073–0
3–133:49 – Lynden Breen (9) (Poisson)
(Brown, Jandric) Max Newton (13) – 43:454–1
(Forsmark, Copponi) Liam Walsh (10) – 51:065–1
(Forsmark) Max Newton (14) – EN – 57:026–1
6–257:37 – Matthew Fawcett (5) (Mulera, Quinlivan)
2 minPenalties4 min
25Shots28

(7) Providence vs. (10) Vermont

March 9, 2022
7:00 PM		Providence2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)		Vermont Schneider Arena, Providence, Rhode Island
Attendance: 1,095
Game reference
Jaxson StauberGoaliesGabe Carriere
(Stauber) Cody Monds (5) – 26:011–0
(Ford) Brett Berard (18) – GW – 43:192–0
2–158:02 – PP, EA – Joel Maatta (3) (Stucker, Leahy)
2 minPenalties2 min
40Shots18

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

March 9, 2022
7:00 PM		Boston College4–3 (OT)
(1–1, 2–0, 0–2, 1–0)		New Hampshire Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Attendance: 1,125
Game reference
Eric DopGoaliesMike RobinsonReferees:
Geno Binda, Jr
Steven Rouillard
Linesmen:
Steven Murray
Bob Bernard
(Warren, McLaughlin) Jack McBain (19) – 6:081–0
1–118:17 – Tyler Ward (9) (Cronin, Jenson)
(St. Ivany) Nikita Nesterenko (7) – SH – 22:482–1
(Helleson, McBain) Marc McLaughlin (20) – PP – 34:423–1
3–248:41 – PP – Tyler Ward (10) (Pierson, Engaras)
3–355:11 – PP – Tyler Ward (11) (Eriksson, Engaras)
(Warren, McBain) Marc McLaughlin (21) – GW – 70:564–3
10 minPenalties8 min
27Shots47

Quarterfinals

(1) Northeastern vs. (8) Boston College

March 12, 2022
7:30 PM		Northeastern3–2
(0–0, 3–0, 0–2)		Boston College Matthews Arena, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 2,304
Game reference
Devon LeviGoaliesEric DopReferees:
Geoffrey Miller
Terrence Murphy
Linesmen:
Trevor Disbennett
Jeff McCorkle
(Novak, Struble) Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (8) – 22:341–0
(Fontaine, Novak) Justin Hryckowian (7) – 29:532–0
(Hughes, McDonough) Sam Colangelo (12) – GW – 39:143–0
3–148:29 – PP – Drew Helleson (4) (McBain, Kruse)
3–256:12 – Marshall Warren (6) (McLaughlin, Argentina)
4 minPenalties0 min
36Shots48

(2) Massachusetts vs. (7) Providence

March 12, 2022
7:00 PM		Massachusetts4–2
(2–0, 1–1, 1–1)		Providence Mullins Center, Amherst, Massachusetts
Attendance: 2,422
Game reference
Matt MurrayGoaliesJaxson StauberReferees:
Tim Benedetto
Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:
Bob Bernard
Steven Murray
(Trivigno, Ufko) Josh Lopina (11) – 5:301–0
(Morrow, Ufko) Josh Lopina (12) – PP – 9:512–0
(Lopina, Bohlinger) Bobby Trivigno (18) – GW – 27:033–0
3–134:01 – Riley Duran (10) (Crozier, Monds)
unassisted Cal Kiefiuk (6) – EN – 57:394–1
4–258:24 – Matt Koopman (5) (Olischefski)
6 minPenalties2 min
19Shots47

(3) Massachusetts Lowell vs. (6) Merrimack

March 12, 2022
4:30 PM		Massachusetts Lowell7–2
(2–1, 3–0, 2–1)		Merrimack Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts
Attendance: 5,782
Game reference
Owen SavoryGoaliesHugo Ollas
Zachary Borgiel		Referees:
Walker Holton
Peter Schlittenhardt
Linesmen:
Kevin Briganti
Kyle Richetelle
(Knoblauch, Wells) Connor Sodergren (4) – 1:041–0
(Jonsson, Lee) Carl Berglund (8) – 7:552–0
2–117:36 – Logan Drevitch (5) (Messner)
(McDonald, Condotta) Ben Meehan (5) – PP, GW – 25:333–1
(Lee, Jonsson) Carl Berglund (9) – 28:444–1
(Jonsson, Engum) Ryan Brushett (8) – 34:225–1
5–248:20 – PP – Alex Jefferies (10) (Forsmark, Jandric)
(Brushett, Kaiser) Owen Cole (3) – 50:276–2
(Crasa) Lucas Condotta (9) – EN – 58:187–2
4 minPenalties4 min
32Shots41

(4) Connecticut vs. (5) Boston University

March 12, 2022
4:30 PM		Connecticut3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)		Boston University XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut
Attendance: 3,416
Game reference
Darion HansonGoaliesDrew CommessoReferees:
Eugene Binda
Steven Rouillard
Linesmen:
Bill Kingdon
Christopher Millea
(Flynn, Kondelik) Vladislav Firstov (10) – 16:001–0
(Gatcomb, Wheeler) Jonny Evans (6) – GW – 30:262–0
2–153:01 – PP – Domenick Fensore (5) (O'Brien, Mastrosimone)
(Gatcomb, Hanson) Chase Bradley (4) – EN – 59:503–1
4 minPenalties6 min
36Shots39

Semifinals

(1) Northeastern vs. (4) Connecticut

March 18, 2022
4:00 PM		Northeastern1–4
(1–1, 0–1, 0–2)		Connecticut TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 13,106
Game reference
Devon LeviGoaliesDarion HansonReferees:
Walker Holton
Peter Schlittenbardt
Linesmen:
Bob Bernard
Steven Murray
0–111:39 – Vladislav Firstov (11) (Capone, Bradley)
(Harris, Fontaine) Aidan McDonough (24) – PP – 14:131–1
1–233:47 – GW – Roman Kinal (3) (Bradley, Reese)
1–344:32 – Ryan Tverberg (14) unassisted
1–457:52 – EN – Marc Gatcomb (8) unassisted
8 minPenalties12 min
25Shots37

(2) Massachusetts vs. (3) Massachusetts Lowell

March 18, 2022
7:30 PM		Massachusetts3–1
(2–0, 0–1, 1–0)		Massachusetts Lowell TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 13,106
Game reference
Matt MurrayGoaliesOwen SavoryReferees:
Geoff Miller
Steve Rouillard
Linesmen:
Jeff McCorkle
Kyle Richetelle
(Lopina, Morrow) Garret Wait (12) – PP – 12:271–0
(Wait) Bobby Trivigno (19) – GW – 14:102–0
2–136:37 – Matt Crasa (12) (Austin, Condatta)
unassisted Jerry Harding (1) – 53:003–1
2 minPenalties4 min
19Shots23

Championship

(2) Massachusetts vs. (4) Connecticut

March 19, 2022
7:00 PM		Massachusetts2–1 (OT)
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0, 1–0)		Connecticut TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 12,049
Game reference
Matt MurrayGoaliesDarion HansonReferees:
Geno Binda, Jr.
Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:
Kevin Briganti
Billy Kingdon
0–122:25 – Vladislav Firstov (12) (Spetz, Berger)
(Felix) Bobby Trivigno (20) – 36:061–1
(Trivigno, Del Gaizo) Aaron Bohlinger (2) – GW – 63:062–1
2 minPenalties2 min
33Shots20

Tournament Awards

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP

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References

  1. ↑ "2022 Hockey East Men's Tournament Field Set". hockeyeastonline.com. March 6, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
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