2016 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2016
Conference:Hockey East
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 3–19, 2016
Teams:12
Finalarena:TD Garden
Finalcity:Boston
Champions:Northeastern
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Jim Madigan
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Kevin Boyle
Mvpteam:UMass Lowell
Prevseason Year:2015
Prevseason Link:2015 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:2017
Nextseason Link:2017 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

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

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

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Opening Round

(8) Connecticut vs. (9) Vermont

Quarterfinals

(4) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (5) Boston University

Semifinals

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

Championship

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

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP(s)]]

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External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014-15 Game Recap - Hockey East Association.