2017 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

2017 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament
2017 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 3–18, 2017
Teams	12
Finals site	TD Garden; Boston
Champions	Massachusetts–Lowell (3rd title)
Winning coach	Norm Bazin (3rd title)
MVP	C. J. Smith (UMass Lowell)
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The 2017 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 3 and March 18, 2017 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts–Lowell River Hawks defeated the Boston College Eagles by a score of 4–3 to earn their 3rd Hockey East championship in school history, the third in five years, and earn Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. C. J. Smith was named tournament MVP.

The tournament was the 33rd in league history.

Format

The tournament included 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

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

2016–17 Hockey East men's standings v t e
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#4 Massachusetts–Lowell†*	22	14	7	1	29	76	51	41	27	11	3	151	95
#6 Boston University†	22	13	6	3	29	64	47	39	24	12	3	123	90
#16 Boston College†	22	13	6	3	29	74	56	40	21	15	4	132	104
#5 Notre Dame	22	12	6	4	28	67	51	40	23	12	5	128	93
#15 Providence	22	12	7	3	27	66	57	39	22	12	5	116	92
#18 Vermont	22	10	8	4	24	61	63	38	20	13	5	122	106
Merrimack	22	8	8	6	22	57	60	37	15	16	6	90	96
Northeastern	22	9	10	3	21	73	71	38	18	15	5	140	113
Connecticut	22	8	10	4	20	55	61	36	12	16	8	96	104
New Hampshire	22	7	11	4	18	69	77	40	15	20	5	124	136
Maine	22	5	15	2	12	57	79	36	11	21	4	102	125
Massachusetts	22	2	19	1	5	42	88	36	5	29	2	66	132
Championship: March 18, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 6, 2017

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals

Opening Round March 3–5^[1]					Quarterfinals March 10–12^[2]					Semifinals March 17^[3]			Championship March 18

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

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Opening Round

(5) Providence vs. (12) Massachusetts

March 3	Providence		3 - 0	Massachusetts	Schneider Arena	Recap
(Wilkins, Foley) Brian Pinho - GW - 16:21		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
(Foley, McKenzie) Josh Wilkins - 15:20 (Wilkins, Pinho) Erik Foley - 17:26		Third period		No scoring
( 22 saves / 22 shots ) Hayden Hawkey		Goalie stats		Ryan Wischow ( 32 saves / 35 shots )

March 4	Providence		5 - 1	Massachusetts	Schneider Arena	Recap
(Pinho, Monk) Scott Conway - PP - 08:54		First period		No scoring
(Bryson, Lemos) Vimal Sukumaran - GW - 02:05 (Monk, Kavanagh) Conor MacPhee - 15:04		Second period		No scoring
(Pinho, Foley) Josh Wilkins - 14:13 (Björkqvist, Gamez) Josh Monk - 18:39		Third period		17:18 - Ray Pigozzi (Lagesson)
( 20 saves / 20 shots ) Hayden Hawkey / ( 0 saves / 1 shots ) Brendan Leahy		Goalie stats		Ryan Wischow ( 30 saves / 35 shots )

Providence won series 2–0

(6) Vermont vs. (11) Maine

March 3	Vermont		5 - 0	Maine	Gutterson Fieldhouse	Recap
(Abramson, Muscoby) Liam Coughlin - GW - 03:27 (Blanleil, Bradley) Liam Coughlin - 09:15 (Shaw, Hamilton) Craig Puffer - 19:11		First period		No scoring
(Massie, Blanleil) Brendan Bradley - 12:40		Second period		No scoring
(Bowen, Phillips) Mario Puskarich - 02:29		Third period		No scoring
( 31 saves / 31 shots ) Stefanos Lekkas		Goalie stats		Rob McGovern ( 30 saves / 35 shots )

March 4	Vermont		5 - 1	Maine	Gutterson Fieldhouse	Recap
(Coughlin) Brendan Bradley - 06:33 (Bowen, Puskarich) Rob Hamilton - GW PP - 17:52		First period		No scoring
(Bradley, Bowen) Mario Puskarich - PP - 14:36 (Shaw, Privitera) Craig Puffer - 14:48		Second period		06:55 - PP - Rob Michel (Byron, Brown)
(Best, Hamilton) Matt Alvaro - PP EN - 19:38		Third period		No scoring
( 36 saves / 37 shots ) Stefanos Lekkas		Goalie stats		Matt Morris ( 16 saves / 20 shots ) / Rob McGovern ( 8 saves / 8 shots )

Vermont won series 2–0

(7) Merrimack vs. (10) New Hampshire

March 3	Merrimack		4 - 0	New Hampshire	J. Thom Lawler Rink	Recap
(Seney) Sami Tavernier - GW - 05:50 (Hennig, Kovacevic) Derek Petti - 15:16		First period		No scoring
(Hennig) Chris LeBlanc - 04:37		Second period		No scoring
(Kolquist, Larsson) Tyler Irvine - EN - 16:32		Third period		No scoring
( 25 saves / 25 shots ) Collin Delia		Goalie stats		Daniel Tirone ( 23 saves / 26 shots )

March 4	Merrimack		0 - 4	New Hampshire	J. Thom Lawler Rink	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		14:43 - GW - Patrick Grasso (Miller) 17:34 - PP - Jason Salvaggio (van Riemsdyk, McNicholas)
No scoring		Third period		18:48 - EN - Michael McNicholas (Nazarian, Kelleher) 19:22 - EN - Liam Blackburn (Tirone)
(LeBlanc, Biega) Ludvig Larsson - 12:02		Overtime		No scoring
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Collin Delia		Goalie stats		Daniel Tirone ( 44 saves / 44 shots )

March 5	Merrimack		2 - 5	New Hampshire	J. Thom Lawler Rink	Recap
(Kolquist, Seney) Hampus Gustafsson - PP - 09:54		First period		01:14 - Michael McNicholas (Kelleher, Salvaggio) 06:01 - Frankie Cefalu (Hill, Sacco) 14:45 - GW - Patrick Grasso (Nazarian)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
(Carle, Biega) Derek Petti - PP - 07:54		Third period		10:34 - PP - Tyler Kelleher (McNicholas, Grasso) 18:53 - EN - Jason Salvaggio (McNicholas, Cleland)
( 25 saves / 29 shots ) Collin Delia		Goalie stats		Daniel Tirone ( 44 saves / 46 shots )

New Hampshire won series 2–1

(8) Northeastern vs. (9) Connecticut

March 3	Northeastern		3 - 1	Connecticut	Matthews Arena	Recap
(Sikura, J. Stevens) Garret Cockerill - PP - 10:36		First period		No scoring
(Filipe, Shea) Brendan Collier - GW - 11:58		Second period		No scoring
(Aston-Reese) Nolan Stevens - EN - 19:17		Third period		18:39 - EA - Benjamin Freeman (Austin, Drake)
( 30 saves / 31 shots ) Ryan Ruck		Goalie stats		Adam Huska ( 26 saves / 28 shots )

March 4	Northeastern		6 - 2	Connecticut	Matthews Arena	Recap
(Griffin, Filipe) Brendan Collier - 04:09		First period		No scoring
(N. Stevens, J. Stevens) Zach Aston-Reese - 08:06 (J. Stevens, Cockerill) Adam Gaudette - 14:30		Second period		12:20 - Brian Morgan (Kalter, Ronan) 18:01 - Miles Gendron (Austin, Ojantakanen)
(Cockerill, Sikura) John Stevens - 11:13 (Aston-Reese, Sikura) John Stevens - 13:10 (N. Stevens, Williams) Jeremy Davies - 14:52		Third period		No scoring
( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Ryan Ruck		Goalie stats		Adam Huska ( 28 saves / 34 shots )

Northeastern won series 2–0

Quarterfinals

(1) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (10) New Hampshire

March 10	Massachusetts–Lowell		1 - 3	New Hampshire	Tsongas Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period		07:38 - Shane Eiserman (Grasso) 15:11 - GW - Patrick Grasso (Chanter, Nazarian)
(Zink, Campbell) Nick Master - 12:25		Second period		13:44 - Marcus Vela (unassisted)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 9 saves / 12 shots ) Tyler Wall		Goalie stats		Daniel Tirone ( 34 saves / 35 shots )

March 11	Massachusetts–Lowell		3 - 1	New Hampshire	Tsongas Center	Recap
(Smith, Gambardella) Tommy Panico - 12:54		First period		08:43 - PP - Matias Cleland (Blackburn)
(Dmowski) John Edwardh - GW - 03:07 (Zink, Kapla) Ryan Dmowski - 11:29		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 18 saves / 19 shots ) Tyler Wall		Goalie stats		Daniel Tirone ( 21 saves / 24 shots )

March 12	Massachusetts–Lowell		8 - 2	New Hampshire	Tsongas Center	Recap
(Zink, Forney) John Edwardh - PP - 03:36 (Hill, Eiserman) Kenny Hausinger - 08:48 (Lohin) Kenny Hausinger - GW - 12:24 (Edwardh, Gambardella) C. J. Smith - 12:53 (Wilson) Colin O'Neill - SH - 15:21 (Edwardh, Gambardella) C. J. Smith - 18:32		First period		05:36 - Marcus Vela (Hill, Eiserman)
(Göransson, Hausinger) Colin O'Neill - 13:22 (Master, Göransson) Tyler Mueller - 17:30		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		07:38 - Tyler Kelleher (unassisted)
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Tyler Wall / ( 1 saves / 1 shots ) Christoffer Hernberg		Goalie stats		Daniel Tirone ( 23 saves / 31 shots )

Massachusetts–Lowell won series 2–1

(2) Boston University vs. (8) Northeastern

March 10	Boston University		3 - 2	OT	Northeastern	Agganis Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			07:23 - Zach Aston-Reese (N. Stevens, Davies) 09:52 - Dylan Sikura (Davies, Williams)
(Hickey, Bellows) Dante Fabbro - PP - 07:33		Second period			No scoring
(Curry) Chase Phelps - 09:28		Third period			No scoring
(Keller, McAvoy) Jordan Greenway - GW PP - 03:11		First overtime period			No scoring
( 33 saves / 35 shots ) Jake Oettinger		Goalie stats			Ryan Ruck ( 32 saves / 35 shots )

March 11	Boston University		3 - 2	Northeastern	Agganis Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		02:23 - Biagio Lerario (Pond, Jamieson) 11:21 - Nolan Stevens (Filipe, Shea)
(Keller, McAvoy) Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson - PP - 14:38		Second period		No scoring
(Forsbacka Karlsson, McAvoy) Nick Roberto - 03:01 (Forsbacka Karlsson, McAvoy) Chad Krys - GW PP - 19:35		Third period		No scoring
( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Jake Oettinger		Goalie stats		Ryan Ruck ( 25 saves / 28 shots )

Boston University won series 2–0

(3) Boston College vs. (6) Vermont

March 10	Boston College		7 - 0	Vermont	Conte Forum	Recap
(White, Fitzgerald) Austin Cangelosi - GW - 00:08 (McInnis) Colin White - 05:15 (Fitzgerald, McPhee) Luke McInnis - 14:23		First period		No scoring
(Kim, McInnis) Matthew Gaudreau - 05:27		Second period		No scoring
(Gaudreau, McInnis) Christopher Brown - PP - 13:02 (Fitzgerald, Moore) Julius Mattila - SH - 18:30 (unassisted) Christopher Brown - SH - 19:59		Third period		No scoring
( 22 saves / 22 shots ) Joseph Woll		Goalie stats		Stefanos Lekkas ( 20 saves / 24 shots ) / Mike Santaguida ( 4 saves / 7 shots )

March 11	Boston College		7 - 4	Vermont	Conte Forum	Recap
(White, Savage) JD Dudek - PP - 03:35 (Kim, Calnan) Connor Moore - 07:10 (Cangelosi, Savage) JD Dudek - PP - 08:57		First period		13:14 - PP - Ross Colton (Hamilton, Puskarich) 19:41 - PP - Rob Hamilton (Puskarich, Bradley)
(Cotton, White) Austin Cangelosi - PP - 07:24 (White, Savage) Austin Cangelosi - GW PP - 11:22		Second period		17:14 - Rob Hamilton (Petruzzelli, Coughlin)
(Ju. Mattila) Chris Calnan - 13:25 (Gaudreau, Kim) Ryan Fitzgerald - 17:39		Third period		18:02 - Matt O'Donnell (Shaw, Puffer)
( 32 saves / 36 shots ) Joseph Woll		Goalie stats		Stefanos Lekkas ( 27 saves / 34 shots )

Boston College won series 2–0

(4) Notre Dame vs. (5) Providence

March 10	Notre Dame		5 - 0	Providence	Compton Family Ice Arena	Recap
(Brauer, Jenkins) Jordan Gross - GW - 09:31		First period		No scoring
(Brauer, Dello) Jack Jenkins - 04:24 (Gross, Petersen) Joe Wegwerth - 11:35 (Morrison, Nardella) Jake Evans - 17:05		Second period		No scoring
(Bjork, Evans) Andrew Oglevie - PP - 02:11		Third period		No scoring
( 43 saves / 43 shots ) Cal Petersen		Goalie stats		Hayden Hawkey ( 20 saves / 25 shots )

March 11	Notre Dame		5 - 2	Providence	Compton Family Ice Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(Evans, Bjork) Cam Morrison - PP - 12:58		Second period		10:48 - Brian Pinho (Walman)
(Bjork) Jordan Gross - 00:21 (Oglevie, Morrison) Bobby Nardella - GW - 07:29 (Jenkins, Oglevie) Dylan Malmquist - EN - 18:55 (Oglevie, Gilbert) Dylan Malmquist - EN - 19:37		Third period		11:18 - PP - Brian Pinho (Young, Walman)
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Cal Petersen		Goalie stats		Hayden Hawkey ( 33 saves / 36 shots )

Notre Dame won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (4) Notre Dame

March 17	Massachusetts–Lowell		5 - 1	Notre Dame	TD Garden	Recap
(Hausinger, Lohin) Colin O'Neill - 07:25 (Göransson, Mueller) Ryan Lohin - GW - 09:31		First period		07:00 - Jack Jenkins (Gilbert, Peeke)
(Gambardella) C. J. Smith - 06:34 (Hausinger, Lohin) Michael Kapla - 18:52		Second period		No scoring
(Collins) Nick Marin - 02:58		Third period		No scoring
( 19 saves / 20 shots ) Tyler Wall		Goalie stats		Cal Petersen ( 36 saves / 41 shots )

(2) Boston University vs. (3) Boston College

March 18	Boston University		2 - 3	Boston College	TD Garden	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		01:58 - Julius Mattila (Savage, Je. Mattila) 13:21 - SH - Ryan Fitzgerald (Brown, Savage)
(Keller, Carpenter) Jordan Greenway - EA - 17:36 (Forsbacka Karlsson, Greenway) Clayton Keller - EA - 18:38		Third period		00:58 - GW - Ryan Fitzgerald (Brown, Gaudreau)
( 32 saves / 35 shots ) Jake Oettinger		Goalie stats		Joseph Woll ( 42 saves / 44 shots )

Championship

(1) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (3) Boston College

March 18	Massachusetts–Lowell		4 - 3	Boston College	TD Garden	Recap
(unassisted) C. J. Smith - 01:06 (Smith, Panico) Chris Forney - 12:06		First period		05:31 - PP - Austin Cangelosi (Dudek, Savage) 18:38 - SH - Graham McPhee (unassisted)
(Gambardella, Smith) John Edwardh - PP - 10:05 (Kapla, Edwardh) Joe Gambardella - GW - 11:37		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		17:15 - EA - Ryan Fitzgerald (Dudek, Savage)
( 38 saves / 41 shots ) Tyler Wall		Goalie stats		Joseph Woll ( 21 saves / 25 shots )