2018 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2018
Conference:Hockey East
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 2–17, 2018
Teams:11
Finalarena:TD Garden
Finalcity:Boston, Massachusetts
Titlecount:9th
Coach:David Quinn
Coachcount:2nd
Prevseason Year:2017
Prevseason Link:2017 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:2019
Nextseason Link:2019 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2018 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 2 and March 17, 2018 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston University won their 9th tournament and earned Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

The tournament was the 34th in league history.

Format

The tournament included all eleven teams in the conference. Seeds 1–5 earned a first-round bye, and seeds 6–11 played a best-of-three Opening Round played on campus locations. Winners advanced to play the 1–3 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) Massachusetts vs. (9) Vermont

Quarterfinals

(4) Boston University vs. (5) Connecticut

Semifinals

(2) Northeastern vs. (3) Providence

Championship

(3) Providence vs. (4) Boston University

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP(s)]][1]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: WEEKLY RELEASE: BOSTON UNIVERSITY WINS NINTH HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT TITLE. hockeyeastonline.com. April 20, 2018. March 19, 2018.