2017 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2017
Conference:Hockey East
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 3–18, 2017
Teams:12
Finalarena:TD Garden
Finalcity:Boston
Champions:Massachusetts–Lowell
Titlecount:3rd
Coach:Norm Bazin
Coachcount:3rd
Mvp:C. J. Smith
Mvpteam:UMass Lowell
Prevseason Year:2016
Prevseason Link:2016 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:2018
Nextseason Link:2018 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Opening Round

(8) Northeastern vs. (9) Connecticut

Quarterfinals

(4) Notre Dame vs. (5) Providence

Semifinals

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

Championship

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

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

[1]

* Tournament MVP(s)]]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016-17 Game Recap - Hockey East Association. hockeyeastonline.com.