2016 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

The 2016 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 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.

The tournament was the 32nd in league history.

Format

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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

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

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#5 Boston College 22 15 2 5 35 91 45 41 28 8 5 156 82
#3 Providence 22 16 3 3 35 71 39 38 27 7 4 124 71
#13 Notre Dame 22 15 5 2 32 70 40 37 19 11 7 115 86
#8 Massachusetts–Lowell 22 12 6 4 28 58 37 40 25 10 5 121 75
#11 Boston University 22 12 6 4 28 75 56 36 21 10 5 124 106
#14 Northeastern * 22 10 8 4 24 75 56 41 22 14 5 134 105
Merrimack 22 5 10 7 17 50 70 39 13 19 7 95 108
Connecticut 22 6 12 4 16 49 70 36 11 21 4 88 114
Vermont 22 6 13 3 15 48 66 40 15 22 3 86 107
New Hampshire 22 4 12 6 14 57 73 37 11 20 6 112 121
Maine 22 5 15 2 12 42 77 38 8 24 6 76 129
Massachusetts 22 2 16 4 8 44 101 36 8 24 4 84 146
Championship: March 19, 2016
† indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 8, 2016

Bracket

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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 College 3 2 4*
5 Boston University 2* 5 9 Vermont 0 4 3
12 Massachusetts 1 4 1 Boston College 4
6 Northeastern 5
2 Providence 3 2
6 Northeastern 3* 4* 7 Merrimack 1 0
11 Maine 2 3 6 Northeastern 3
4 Massachusetts–Lowell 2
3 Notre Dame 1 4
7 Merrimack 1 3* 2 6 Northeastern 3 6
10 New Hampshire 3 2 1 2 Providence 1
4 Massachusetts–Lowell 2***
4 Massachusetts–Lowell 3 5
8 Connecticut 1 3 5 Boston University 2 0
9 Vermont 2 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

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Opening Round

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(5) Boston University vs. (12) Massachusetts

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March 4 Boston University 2 - 1 OT Massachusetts Agganis Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 08:07 - Steven Iacobellis (Walsh, Pigozzi)
(Lane, Oksanen) Bobo Carpenter - 03:52 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
(Oksanen, Fortunato) Bobo Carpenter - GW - 09:34 First overtime period No scoring
( 28 saves / 29 shots ) Sean Maguire Goalie stats Nic Renyard ( 46 saves / 48 shots )
March 5 Boston University 5 - 4 Massachusetts Agganis Arena Recap  
(O'Regan, Greenway) Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson - 05:40 First period 10:07 - 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 period 11:13 - Shane Walsh (Iacobellis, Kravchenko)
17:50 - PP - Kurt Keats (Plevy, Pigozzi)
(McAvoy, O'Regan) Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson - GW - 11:51 Third period 03:51 - Austin Plevy (Fryer, Keats)
( 32 saves / 36 shots ) Sean Maguire Goalie stats Nic Renyard ( 38 saves / 43 shots )
Boston University won series 2–0


(6) Northeastern vs. (11) Maine

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March 4 Northeastern 3 - 2 OT Maine Matthews Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 17:51 - PP - Cameron Brown (Renouf, Byron)
18:08 - Andrew Tegeler (Vesey, Hamilton)
(Aston-Reese, N. Stevens) John Stevens - 14:39 Second period No scoring
(N. Stevens, Gaudette) Kevin Roy - PP - 02:54 Third period No scoring
(Aston-Reese, J. Stevens) Matt Benning - GW - 04:41 First overtime period No scoring
( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Ryan Ruck Goalie stats Rob McGovern ( 29 saves / 32 shots )
March 5 Northeastern 4 - 3 OT Maine Matthews Arena Recap  
(Roy, Collier) Eric Williams - 14:51
(Cockerill, Aston-Reese) Nolan Stevens - 16:09
(Kurker) Kevin Roy - 16:57
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 11:44 - PP - Cameron Brown (Merchant, Byron)
No scoring Third period 04:40 - Cédric Lacroix (Tegeler, Vesey)
08:29 - Keith Muehlbauer (Robbins, Perez)
(unassisted) Kevin Roy - GW - 13:45 First overtime period No 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

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March 3 Merrimack 1 - 3 New Hampshire J. Thom Lawler Rink Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 14:45 - Tyler Kelleher (Poturalski, Correale)
(LeBlanc, Titcomb) Derek Petti - 12:02 Third period 04:10 - 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 4 Merrimack 3 - 2 OT New Hampshire J. Thom Lawler Rink Recap  
(Wyszomirski, Kolquist) Derek Petti - 04:35 First period 14:16 - Tyler Kelleher (Poturalski, Boyd)
16:49 - PP - Matias Cleland (Correale, Kelleher)
(Gustafsson, Christie) Ben Bahe - 07:59 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
(LeBlanc, Biega) Ludvig Larsson - GW - 12:02 First overtime period No scoring
( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Drew Vogler Goalie stats Daniel Tirone ( 47 saves / 50 shots )
March 6 Merrimack 2 - 1 New Hampshire J. Thom Lawler Rink Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Biega, Larsson) Derek Petti - 08:01
(Biega) Jace Hennig - GW - 18:34
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 10:34 - 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

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March 4 Connecticut 1 - 2 Vermont XL Center Recap  
(Schwartz) Spencer Naas - 13:45 First period 01:28 - Alexx Privitera (Phillips, Puffer)
No scoring Second period 01:28 - GW - Rob Darrar (Irwin)
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 34 saves / 36 shots ) Rob Nichols Goalie stats Mike Santaguida ( 32 saves / 33 shots )
March 5 Connecticut 3 - 4 Vermont XL Center Recap  
(Ferriss) Karl El-Mir - 08:42 First period 12:12 - PP - Mario Puskarich (Bradley)
01:28 - Conor O'Neil (Puffer)
(Ferriss, Kalter) Karl El-Mir - 02:18
(Letunov, Masonius) Tage Thompson - 07:35
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 09:45 - PP - Yvan Pattyn (Blanleil, Petruzzelli)
18:41 - Brian Bowen (Darrar)
( 28 saves / 32 shots ) Rob Nichols Goalie stats Mike Santaguida ( 24 saves / 27 shots )
Vermont won series 2–0


Quarterfinals

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(1) Boston College vs. (9) Vermont

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March 11 Boston College 3 - 0 Vermont Conte Forum Recap  
(Cangelosi, Wood) Adam Gilmour - GW - 04:14
(Gilmour) Austin Cangelosi - 10:58
First period No scoring
(Cangelosi, Gilmour) Ryan Fitzgerald - 03:20 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 36 saves / 36 shots ) Thatcher Demko Goalie stats Mike Santaguida ( 14 saves / 17 shots ) / Packy Munson ( 13 saves / 13 shots )
March 12 Boston College 2 - 4 Vermont Conte Forum Recap  
(Wood, Savage) Austin Cangelosi - PP - 03:49
(Kim, Gilmour) Alex Tuch - 07:05
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 02:50 - Brian Bowen (Hamilton, Coughlin)
10:20 - Liam Coughlin (Hamilton)
No scoring Third period 11:20 - 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 13 Boston College 4 - 3 OT Vermont Conte Forum Recap  
(Gilmour, Tuch) Zach Sanford - 04:02 First period 08:51 - Craig Puffer (Hamilton, Shaw)
(Dudek, Santini) Colin White - 01:56 Second period 16:28 - Conor O'Neil (Puffer, Shaw)
(C. Fitzgerald, R. Fitzgerald) JD Dudek - 10:30 Third period 04:37 - Conor O'Neil (Shaw, Pattyn)
(Gilmour, C. Fitzgerald) Ryan Fitzgerald - GW - 09:47 First overtime period No 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

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March 11 Providence 3 - 1 Merrimack Schneider Arena Recap  
(Tanev, Monk) Nick Saracino - 10:23 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Jankowski, Parisi) Erik Foley - GW - 13:10
(Jankowski, Parisi) Trevor Mingoia - EN - 18:57
Third period 03:06 - Craig Wyszomirski (Christie)
( 25 saves / 26 shots ) Nick Ellis Goalie stats Drew Vogler ( 27 saves / 29 shots )
March 12 Providence 2 - 0 Merrimack Schneider Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(McKenzie) Garrett Gamez - GW - 10:39
(Tanev, Monk) Kevin Rooney - EN - 19:21
Third period No scoring
( 20 saves / 20 shots ) Nick Ellis Goalie stats Drew Vogler ( 32 saves / 33 shots )
Providence won series 2–0


(3) Notre Dame vs. (6) Northeastern

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March 11 Notre Dame 1 - 3 Northeastern Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
(Nardella, Lucia) Jordan Gross - 07:35 First period 02:29 - Lincoln Griffin (Schule)
06:24 - GW - John Stevens (N. Stevens, Aston-Reese)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 19:25 - EN - Tanner Pond (Gaudette)
( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Cal Petersen Goalie stats Ryan Ruck ( 20 saves / 21 shots )
March 12 Notre Dame 4 - 6 Northeastern Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
(Hurley) Luke Ripley - 14:38 First period 18:50 - PP - Colton Saucerman (Cockerill, Roy)
(Bjork, Evans) Mario Lucia - 19:55 Second period 02:26 - 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 period 18:39 - 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

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March 11 Massachusetts–Lowell 3 - 2 Boston University Tsongas Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Smith, Panico) Joe Gambardella - PP - 08:58 Second period 06:22 - Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (O'Regan, Fortunato)
(White, Fallon) Michael Louria - 11:35
(Smith, Panico) Adam Chapie - GW PP - 15:22
Third period 15:45 - Bobo Carpenter (Grzelcyk, McAvoy)
( 33 saves / 35 shots ) Kevin Boyle Goalie stats Sean Maguire ( 16 saves / 19 shots )
March 12 Massachusetts–Lowell 5 - 0 Boston University Tsongas Center Recap  
(Chapie, Master) Jake Kamrass - GW - 03:07 First period No scoring
(Kamrass, Chapie) Joe Gambardella - 06:26
(Edwardh, Kapla) C. J. Smith - 10:50
Second period No scoring
(Master, Forney) C. J. Smith - 05:38
(Gambardella) John Edwardh - 08:30
Third period No scoring
( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Kevin Boyle Goalie stats Sean Maguire ( 13 saves / 15 shots ) / Connor LaCouvee ( 14 saves / 17 shots )
Massachusetts–Lowell won series 2–0


Semifinals

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(1) Boston College vs. (6) Northeastern

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March 18 Boston College 4 - 5 Northeastern TD Garden Recap  
(Brown, Santini) Miles Wood - 00:15 First period 14:08 - 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 period 02:55 - PP - Nolan Stevens (J. Stevens, Gaudette)
10:55 - PP - Eric Williams (Roy, Sikura)
(Sanford, Santini) Alex Tuch - 10:50 Third period 09:44 - GW - Lincoln Griffin (unassisted)
( 27 saves / 32 shots ) Thatcher Demko Goalie stats Ryan Ruck ( 21 saves / 25 shots )


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

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March 18 Providence 1 - 2 3OT Massachusetts–Lowell TD Garden Recap  
(Saracino, Pinho) Vincent Desharnais - 06:38 First period 18:54 - C. J. Smith (Gambardella)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring Third overtime period 12:27 - A. J. White (Fallon)
( 42 saves / 44 shots ) Nick Ellis Goalie stats Kevin Boyle ( 58 saves / 59 shots )


Championship

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

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March 21 Massachusetts–Lowell 2 - 3 Northeastern TD Garden Recap  
(Gambardella, Panico) John Edwardh - 03:25 First period 01:12 - Adam Gaudette (McMurtry, Sikura)
06:30 - Nolan Stevens (J. Stevens, Aston-Reese)
(Kamrass, Zink) Adam Chapie - 13:34 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 11:03 - 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

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* Tournament MVP(s)

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References

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