2013 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
| 2013 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 14-23, 2013 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site |
TD Garden Boston |
| Champions | UMass Lowell (1 title) |
| Winning coach | Norm Bazin (1 title) |
| MVP | Connor Hellebuyck (UMass Lowell) |
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Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2013 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 14 and March 13, 2013 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The UMass Lowell River Hawks won their first Hockey East Tournament and earned the Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The teams that finish below eighth in the conference are not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-elimination game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Regular season standings
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 | ||
#3 UMass Lowell  * |
27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 81 | 63 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 123 | 83 | |
| #9 Boston College | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 88 | 72 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 128 | 107 | |
| #17 Boston University | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 82 | 73 | 39 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 120 | 110 | |
| #11 New Hampshire | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 81 | 58 | 39 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 122 | 90 | |
| #18 Providence | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 75 | 63 | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 105 | 90 | |
| Merrimack | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 29 | 68 | 66 | 38 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 91 | 98 | |
| Vermont | 27 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 22 | 60 | 80 | 36 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 82 | 110 | |
| Maine | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 57 | 72 | 38 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 77 | 104 | |
| Massachusetts | 27 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 20 | 72 | 79 | 34 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 93 | 102 | |
| Northeastern | 27 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 59 | 97 | 34 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 81 | 118 | |
| Championship: March 23, 2013 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 25, 2013 | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
| Quarterfinals March 10–13 |
Semifinals March 22 |
Championship March 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | UMass Lowell | 4 | 2* | — | 1 | UMass Lowell | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Maine | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | Providence | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston College | 4 | 4 | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Vermont | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | UMass Lowell | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston University | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston University | 3 | 5 | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Merrimack | 0 | 3 | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Providence | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Boston College | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | New Hampshire | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | Boston University | 6 | |||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime periods
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team[1]
- F Danny O'Regan (Boston University)
- F Evan Rodrigues (Boston University)
- F Scott Wilson (Massachusetts-Lowell)
- D Matt Grzelcyk (Boston University)
- D Chad Ruhwedel (Massachusetts-Lowell)
- G Connor Hellebuyck* (Massachusetts-Lowell)
References
- ↑ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.