2021–22 Hockey East men's season explained


Color:	color:white; background:#003882
Color Text:	white
Season:	2021–22
Season:	2021–22
Conference:	Hockey East
Shortconference:	Hockey East
Sex:	men
Division:	Division I
Sport:	ice hockey
Pixels:	250 px
Duration:	October 2, 2021– March 25, 2022
No Of Teams:	11
Draft:
Top Pick:	Jack Hughes
Picked By:	Los Angeles Kings
Regular Season:
Season Champs:	Northeastern
Mvp:	Bobby Trivigno
Mvp Link:	Hockey East Player of the Year
Top Scorer:	Bobby Trivigno
Tournament:
Tournament Champs:	Massachusetts
Tournament Place:	Connecticut
Mvp2:	Bobby Trivigno
Mvp Link2:	William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player
Top Scorer2:	Bobby Trivigno
Ncaa:
Bids:	3
Conf Rec:	0–3
Best:	Regional semifinal
Ncaa Team:	Massachusetts Massachusetts Lowell Northeastern
Prevseason:	2020–21
Nextseason:	2022–23
Labelstyle:	background:#eeeeee;

The 2021–22 Hockey East men's season was the 38th season of play for Hockey East and took place during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The regular season began on October 2, 2021, and concluded on March 5, 2022.^[1] The conference tournament ended on March 19 with Massachusetts winning the championship.

Coaches

Ben Barr became the 8th head coach for Maine one month after the sudden death of his predecessor, Red Gendron.^[2] ^[3]

Jerry Keefe was promoted to head coach after Jim Madigan became the athletic director for Northeastern.^[4]

Records

Team	Season at school	Record at school	Hockey East record
Boston College	28	641–329–81	379–197–70
Boston University	4	39–36–13	32–21–9
Connecticut	9	103–135–33	46–61–16
Maine	1	0–0–0	0–0–0
Massachusetts	6	94–75–10	56–51–9
Massachusetts Lowell	11	215–119–33	123–79–28
Merrimack	4	21–57–8	16–43–8
New Hampshire	4	33–44–16	22–35–12
Northeastern	1	0–0–0	0–0–0
Providence	11	203–122–49	122–80–33
Vermont	2	1–10–2	1–9–2

Non-Conference record

Of the sixteen teams that are selected to participate in the NCAA tournament, ten will be via at-large bids. Those 10 teams are determined based upon the PairWise rankings. The rankings take into account all games played but are heavily affected by intra-conference results. The result is that teams from leagues which perform better in non-conference are much more likely to receive at-large bids even if they possess inferior records overall.

Hockey East produced a good record during their non-conference schedule, however, the teams did not receive much of a benefit from those victories. The bulk of the leagues games were played against Atlantic Hockey and ECAC Hockey, the two weakest conferences this season. Despite finishing 20 games above .500 against those two combined, the improvement to each team's PairWise rankings was relatively small. The minimal bonus from these games was largely the cause for the conference's low rankings.

Regular season record

Team							Total
Boston College	2–1–0	0–1–0	0–0–0	2–1–2	0–0–0	1–1–0	5–4–2
Boston University	1–1–0	0–0–0	0–2–0	2–1–0	2–0–0	0–0–0	5–4–0
Connecticut	1–1–0	0–2–0	0–0–0	3–2–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	4–5–0
Maine	0–1–1	0–0–0	0–0–0	1–0–1	1–1–0	0–2–0	2–4–2
Massachusetts	2–0–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	0–0–0	2–0–0	0–0–0	4–4–0
Massachusetts Lowell	0–0–0	1–0–1	0–0–0	2–0–0	2–1–1	0–0–0	5–1–2
Merrimack	3–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	2–2–1	0–0–0	0–0–0	5–2–1
New Hampshire	2–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	4–1–0	0–2–0	0–0–0	6–3–0
Northeastern	1–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	3–1–0	2–1–0	1–0–0	7–2–0
Providence	3–0–0	0–0–1	1–1–0	4–0–0	0–0–0	1–1–0	9–2–1
Vermont	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	1–6–0	1–1–0	0–0–0	2–8–0
Overall	15–5–1	1–5–2	1–5–0	24–14–4	9–6–1	3–4–0	53–39–8

Statistics

Leading scorers

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points^[5]

Class	GP	G	A	Pts
Senior	24	14	18	32
Sophomore	24	11	15	26
Junior	24	16	9	25
Freshman	24	11	12	23
Senior	24	5	18	23
Junior	24	14	8	22
Sophomore	24	7	15	22
Senior	24	7	15	22
Freshman	24	3	19	22
Senior	24	7	13	20
Senior	24	7	13	20

Leading goaltenders

Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Class	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Sophomore	19	1095	12	6	2	30	5	.951	1.64
Senior	21	1256	15	5	1	39	5	.931	1.81
Junior	24	1425	12	11	1	49	3	.921	2.06
Freshman	11	569	6	3	0	20	1	.927	2.11
Graduate	24	1400	14	7	2	51	3	.920	2.19

Conference tournament

See main article: 2022 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament.

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2022 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.

Regional semifinal

West Regional

Ranking

See main article: 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings.

USCHO

Boston College	7	6	6	10	9	14	16	19	19	20	NR	20	18	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Boston University	10	10	12	16	19	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	19	20	17	13	14	16	18	NR	NR
Connecticut	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	20	19	NR	NR	19	19	19
Maine	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Massachusetts	1	7	9	9	12	12	8	8	13	14	12	12	10	14	14	9	10	9	10	10	9	12	11	10	10
Massachusetts Lowell	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	19	20	15	15	15	15	15	12	12	10	14	14	13	16	16	16	14	13	13	12
Merrimack	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	19	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
New Hampshire	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Northeastern	NR	18	18	20	20	NR	17	18	18	16	13	13	11	11	12	15	16	15	13	15	13	11	10	12	13
Providence	12	11	10	12	8	7	12	12	14	13	16	16	16	17	18	17	17	17	19	19	19	20	20	20	20
Vermont	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

^[6]

USA Today

Boston College	8	8	7	10	13	15	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Boston University	10	10	15	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	14	14	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Connecticut	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Maine	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Massachusetts	1	6	9	9	10	12	9	8	13	14	12	12	9	14	12	8	9	9	9	10	9	12	12	9	10	10
Massachusetts Lowell	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	15	15	14	12	12	9	14	15	13	NR	NR	NR	14	13	13	12	13
Merrimack	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
New Hampshire	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Northeastern	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	13	13	10	9	13	15	NR	NR	14	15	13	11	11	12	13	12
Providence	14	11	10	14	8	8	13	11	14	13	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Vermont	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

^[7]

Pairwise

Boston College	14	1	19	29	30	31	26	26	26	26	23	18	22	30	30	32	33	36	33	32	27	28	27
Boston University	14	19	32	30	38	49	44	39	43	35	33	33	28	27	27	22	21	18	14	16	16	18	17
Connecticut	7	4	30	27	17	13	25	24	23	22	20	22	19	24	28	25	21	19	14	19	20	19	20
Maine	14	40	38	50	56	58	58	57	56	58	57	54	52	53	56	54	54	54	52	52	51	51	51
Massachusetts	14	17	15	14	14	7	11	12	13	10	9	9	10	7	5	7	6	8	9	10	12	11	bgcolor=gold	11
Massachusetts Lowell	10	41	13	18	8	18	15	21	14	13	12	10	9	9	14	12	14	14	16	15	13	13	bgcolor=gold	13
Merrimack	14	12	24	22	28	30	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	22	14	17	15	20	20	19	20	20	22
New Hampshire	14	25	31	36	32	49	47	46	40	41	41	39	37	31	29	29	30	30	30	30	31	33	33
Northeastern	1	6	27	28	31	27	24	25	18	13	13	12	12	15	17	16	17	14	18	14	14	14	bgcolor=gold	14
Providence	3	2	11	8	10	17	22	19	16	21	17	16	17	17	14	15	15	17	18	18	18	17	17
Vermont	14	31	40	42	50	56	55	56	54	55	55	57	57	59	58	59	58	57	57	58	54	55	55

Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.^[8]

Awards

NCAA

Award	Recipient
		Devon Levi, Northeastern
		Devon Levi, Northeastern
^[9]
East First Team	Position	Team
Devon Levi	G	Northeastern
Scott Morrow	D	Massachusetts
Aidan McDonough	F	Northeastern
Bobby Trivigno	F	Massachusetts
East Second Team	Position	Team
Jordan Harris	D	Northeastern
Jack McBain	F	Boston College
Ryan Tverberg	F	Connecticut

Hockey East

Award	Recipient
		Bobby Trivigno, Massachusetts
		Jáchym Kondelík, Connecticut
		Jordan Harris, Northeastern
		Devon Levi, Northeastern
		Devon Levi, Northeastern
		Jackson Pierson, New Hampshire
		Devon Levi, Northeastern
		Bobby Trivigno, Massachusetts
Charlie Holt Team Sportsmanship Award		Massachusetts
		Jerry Keefe, Northeastern
^[10] ^[11]
	Position	Second Team
Devon Levi, Northeastern	align=center	G	Owen Savory, Massachusetts Lowell
Jordan Harris, Northeastern	align=center	D	Declan Carlile, Merrimack
Scott Morrow, Massachusetts	align=center	D	Domenick Fensore, Boston University
Aidan McDonough, Northeastern	align=center	F	Jáchym Kondelík, Connecticut
Bobby Trivigno, Massachusetts	align=center	F	Jack McBain, Boston College
Ryan Tverberg, Connecticut	align=center	F	Wilmer Skoog, Boston University
	Position	Rookie Team
Matt Murray, Massachusetts	align=center	G	Devon Levi, Northeastern
Max Crozier, Providence	align=center	D	Ty Gallagher, Boston University
Matthew Kessel, Massachusetts	align=center	D	Scott Morrow, Massachusetts
Jack St. Ivany, Boston College	align=center	D	Ryan Ufko, Massachusetts
	align=center	D	David Breazeale, Maine
Brett Berard, Providence	align=center	F	Matt Crasa, Massachusetts Lowell
Carl Berglund, Massachusetts Lowell	align=center	F	Justin Hryckowian, Northeastern
Andre Lee, Massachusetts Lowell	align=center	F	Jack Hughes, Northeastern

Conference tournament


		Massachusetts

Player	Pos	Team
		Massachusetts
		Connecticut
		Massachusetts
		Connecticut
		Massachusetts
		Massachusetts

2022 NHL Entry Draft

See main article: 2022 NHL Entry Draft.

1	5	Cutter Gauthier^†	Boston College	Philadelphia Flyers
2	34	Cameron Lund^†	Northeastern	San Jose Sharks
2	51		Northeastern	Los Angeles Kings
2	57	Ryan Greene^†	Boston University	Chicago Blackhawks
2	62	Lane Hutson^†	Boston University	Montreal Canadiens
3	69	Devin Kaplan^†	Boston University	Philadelphia Flyers
4	103	Kenny Connors^†	Massachusetts	Los Angeles Kings
4	114	Cole O'Hara^†	Massachusetts	Nashville Predators
4	126	Charles Leddy^†	Boston College	New Jersey Devils
4	128	Cameron Whitehead^†	Northeastern	Vegas Golden Knights
5	133	Alex Bump^†	Vermont	Philadelphia Flyers
5	143	Cameron O'Neill^†	Massachusetts	Ottawa Senators
6	165	Hunter McDonald^†	Northeastern	Philadelphia Flyers
6	170	Jake Richard^†	Connecticut	Buffalo Sabres
6	172	Joey Muldowney^†	Connecticut	San Jose Sharks
6	176	Jackson Dorrington^†	Northeastern	Vancouver Canucks
6	189	Tyler Muszelik^†	New Hampshire	Florida Panthers
6	193	Chris Romaine^†	Providence	Colorado Avalanche
7	195	Eli Barnett^†	Vermont	San Jose Sharks
7	203	James Fisher^†	Northeastern	Columbus Blue Jackets
7	206	Tyson Dyck^†	Massachusetts	Ottawa Senators
7	222		Vermont	Edmonton Oilers

† incoming freshman^[12]

Notes and References

Web site: 2021-22 Hockey East Men's Composite Schedule . Hockey East . August 31, 2021.
News: Maine Hockey Coach Red Gendron Dies Unexpectedly at 63 . NBC Boston . April 10, 2021 . August 22, 2021.
News: Maine Hires Ben Barr as Head Coach . SB Nation . May 12, 2021 . August 22, 2021.
News: Northeastern veteran bench boss Madigan promoted to AD; associate coach Keefe to take Huskies’ helm . USCHO.com . June 17, 2021 . June 24, 2021.
News: Hockey East 2021-22 Conference Scoring Leaders . Hockey East . July 26, 2022.
Web site: USCHO Division I Men's Poll . USCHO.com . November 8, 2021.
Web site: USA Today Men's Poll . USCHO.com . November 8, 2021.
Web site: Men's Division I PairWise Rankings . USCHO.com . November 26, 2019.
News: Four players return to 2021-22 Division I men’s All-American teams, led by three-time pick Dryden McKay . USCHO.com . April 8, 2022 . April 8, 2022.
Web site: Hockey East Names 2021-22 Men's All-Star Teams . Hockey East . March 11, 2022 . March 16, 2022 .
Web site: Hockey East Names Men's Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team . Hockey East . March 9, 2022 . March 16, 2022 .
News: NCAA player rankings, selections in 2022 NHL Draft . USCHO.com . July 9, 2022.