2022–23 Hockey East men's season explained

Color:	color:white; background:#003882
Color Text:	white
Season:	2022–23
Season:	2022–23
Conference:	Hockey East
Shortconference:	Hockey East
Sex:	men
Division:	Division I
Sport:	ice hockey
Pixels:	250 px
Duration:	October 1, 2022– April 6, 2023
No Of Teams:	11
Tv:	ESPN+, NESN
Draft Link:	2023 NHL Entry Draft
Top Pick:	Matthew Wood
Picked By:	Nashville Predators
Regular Season:
Season Champs:	Boston University
Mvp:	Devon Levi
Mvp Link:	Hockey East Player of the Year
Top Scorer:	Lane Hutson
Tournament:
Tournament Champs:	Boston University
Tournament Place:	Merrimack
Mvp2:	Lane Hutson
Mvp Link2:	William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player
Ncaa:
Bids:	2
Conf Rec:	2–2
Best:	National Semifinal
Ncaa Team:	Boston University
Prevseason:	2021–22
Nextseason:	2023–24
Labelstyle:	background:#eeeeee;

The 2022–23 Hockey East men's season was the 39th season of play for Hockey East and took place during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season began on October 1, 2022 and concluded on April 6, 2023.^[1]

Coaches

Greg Brown takes over for Jerry York at Boston College. York retired after his 50th season as a head coach with the last 28 being for the Eagles.^[2] Brown had previously been an assistant under York for 14 years and was the head coach for the Dubuque Fighting Saints prior to his hiring.

After Albie O'Connell was relieved of his coaching duties after the season, Boston University named his former assistant Jay Pandolfo as the team's head coach.^[3] Pandolfo is a BU alum who helped the program win the national championship in 1995. This is his first head coaching job.

Records

Team	Head coach	Season at school	Record at school	Hockey East record
Boston College		1	0–0–0	0–0–0
Boston University		1	0–0–0	0–0–0
Connecticut		10	123–151–33	60–71–16
Maine		2	7–22–4	5–17–2
Massachusetts		7	116–88–12	70–59–11
Massachusetts Lowell		12	236–130–36	138–87–29
Merrimack		5	40–72–9	29–54–8
New Hampshire		5	47–53–17	30–50–13
Northeastern		2	25–13–1	15–8–1
Providence		12	225–136–51	134–91–34
Vermont		3	9–35–4	7–25–4

Statistics

Leading scorers

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points^[4]

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
	Freshman		24	9	25	34
	Junior		24	13	17	30
	Senior		23	10	20	30
	Sophomore		24	14	15	29
	Senior		23	14	15	29
	Junior		24	14	12	26
	Freshman		23	12	13	25
	Senior		24	10	13	23
	Freshman		24	8	15	23
	Junior		24	13	9	22
	Junior		24	7	15	22
	Junior		24	6	16	22

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

Player	Class	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
	Junior		23	1393:01	14	6	3	42	6	.947	1.81
	Junior		12	577:05	5	4	1	18	2	.928	1.87
	Sophomore		14	782:35	8	4	0	26	3	.929	1.99
	Graduate		15	859:47	6	6	2	32	1	.918	2.23
	Junior		24	1374:08	9	9	4	53	2	.915	2.31

Conference tournament

See main article: 2023 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament.

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2023 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.

Regional semifinal

East Regional

Regional finals

East Regional

National semifinals

Ranking

See main article: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings.

USCHO

Boston College	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR	20	18	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR
Boston University	bgcolor=ffffff	12	-	9	9	9	9	11	14	11	11	9	7	8	-	6	7	5	4	3	3	5	9	7	5	5	5	-	4
Connecticut	NR	-	20	17	14	10	8	7	7	6	8	8	10	-	9	11	13	12	14	13	14	16	17	19	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
Massachusetts	bgcolor=ffffff	10	-	13	13	6	5	5	11	16	17	15	13	15	-	15	19	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR
Massachusetts Lowell	17	-	15	16	19	18	17	16	13	14	16	14	13	-	17	16	19	18	16	17	18	19	NR	NR	20	NR	-	NR
Merrimack	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	19	15	13	12	11	6	-	8	10	11	16	15	19	20	17	16	14	14	14	-	14
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	8	-	8	7	12	15	16	15	18	18	18	NR	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	20	NR	20	16	15	15	15	16	16	-	16
Providence	bgcolor=ffffff	15	-	16	15	11	13	14	9	10	8	10	10	12	-	11	14	12	17	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

^[5]

USA Today

Boston College	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	20	18	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Boston University	14	14	12	9	11	9	13	14	9	11	7	6	7	7	6	7	5	5	3	3	5	8	7	6	5	5	4	4
Connecticut	NR	NR	NR	17	13	10	8	8	8	6	8	8	10	10	10	11	16	12	14	14	17	17	18	19	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	NR	NR
Massachusetts	10	10	13	14	6	5	5	10	15	17	15	12	15	15	15	17	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Massachusetts Lowell	16	16	15	16	20	18	17	16	14	13	16	15	13	13	19	20	20	19	15	20	19	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Merrimack	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	19	17	14	12	10	5	6	8	10	11	17	18	19	20	16	15	14	14	14	14	14
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	NR	NR
Northeastern	9	9	8	8	14	17	16	15	16	18	19	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	20	17	16	14	16	16	18	17	18	16
Providence	15	15	16	15	9	13	14	9	9	8	10	11	12	12	11	15	13	17	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	NR	NR

^[6]

Pairwise

Boston College	22	45	21	19	28	41	35	22	30	25	21	21	18	17	23	27	26	28	23	25	24	26	26
Boston University	3	39	5	9	8	8	1	10	6	7	7	7	9	6	6	3	3	4	8	6	5	5	bgcolor=gold	5
Connecticut	3	4	13	8	7	6	5	3	11	8	9	9	15	18	15	17	14	17	19	19	18	19	20
Maine	22	10	42	21	39	38	47	46	39	35	30	39	38	42	39	31	30	27	27	24	26	29	29
Massachusetts	22	21	3	2	4	7	15	13	12	10	11	16	22	26	28	32	28	29	33	35	29	29	29
Massachusetts Lowell	3	6	17	11	10	12	7	14	16	14	14	27	24	25	22	23	23	23	23	27	24	25	26
Merrimack	22	14	24	37	25	20	12	9	8	6	3	6	6	11	18	21	21	21	19	17	14	14	bgcolor=gold	13
New Hampshire	22	11	23	35	37	43	48	46	50	49	51	57	49	47	50	50	47	46	44	45	46	49	50
Northeastern	15	3	19	23	24	21	23	20	22	25	26	44	32	26	23	19	21	15	14	17	17	19	18
Providence	22	39	11	10	11	5	8	7	14	12	15	12	24	16	19	24	24	24	26	23	26	24	24
Vermont	22	35	44	44	38	42	32	38	46	49	48	49	49	50	47	47	49	49	51	51	49	48	47

Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.^[7]

Awards

NCAA

Award	Recipient
		Devon Levi, Northeastern
^[8]
Player	Position	Team
Devon Levi	align=center	G	Northeastern
Lane Hutson	align=center	D	Boston University
Aidan McDonough	align=center	F	Northeastern
Matt Brown	align=center	F	Boston University
Alex Jefferies	align=center	F	Merrimack

Hockey East

Award	Recipient^[9]
		Devon Levi, Northeastern
		Justin Hryckowian, Northeastern
		Hunter McDonald, Northeastern
		Lane Hutson, Boston University
		Devon Levi, Northeastern
		Hudson Schandor, Connecticut
		Lane Hutson, Boston University
		Lane Hutson, Boston University
Charlie Holt Team Sportsmanship Award		New Hampshire
		Jay Pandolfo, Boston University
^[10] ^[11]
	Position	Second Team
Devon Levi, Northeastern	align=center	G	Victor Östman, Maine
Domenick Fensore, Boston University	align=center	D	Scott Morrow, Massachusetts
Lane Hutson, Boston University	align=center	D	Ryan Ufko, Massachusetts
Matt Brown, Boston University	align=center	F	Lynden Breen, Maine
Alex Jefferies, Merrimack	align=center	F	Justin Hryckowian, Northeastern
Aidan McDonough, Northeastern	align=center	F	Ryan Tverberg, Connecticut
	Position	Rookie Team
Gustavs Dāvis Grigals, Massachusetts Lowell	align=center	G
Hugo Ollas, Merrimack	align=center	G
Max Crozier, Providence	align=center	D	Lane Hutson, Boston University
Jon McDonald, Massachusetts Lowell	align=center	D	Hunter McDonald, Northeastern
Cutter Gauthier, Boston College	align=center	F	Kenny Connors, Massachusetts
Parker Ford, Providence	align=center	F	Cutter Gauthier, Boston College
Wilmer Skoog, Boston University	align=center	F	Ryan Greene, Boston University
	align=center	F	Cam Lund, Northeastern
	align=center	F	Matthew Wood, Connecticut

Conference tournament

		Boston University
Player	Pos	Team
		Boston University
		Boston University
		Merrimack
		Merrimack
		Boston University
		Boston University

2023 NHL Entry Draft

See main article: 2023 NHL Entry Draft.

1	4	William Smith ^†	Boston College	San Jose Sharks
1	8	Ryan Leonard ^†	Boston College	Washington Capitals
1	11	Tom Willander ^†	Boston University	Vancouver Canucks
1	15		Connecticut	Nashville Predators
1	23	Gabe Perreault ^†	Boston College	New York Rangers
1	30	Bradly Nadeau ^†	Maine	Carolina Hurricanes
2	38	Michael Hrabal ^†	Massachusetts	Arizona Coyotes
3	69	Jacob Fowler ^†	Boston College	Montreal Canadiens
3	71	Brandon Svoboda ^†	Boston University	San Jose Sharks
3	80	Aydar Suniev ^†	Massachusetts	Calgary Flames
3	86	Gavin McCarthy ^†	Boston University	Buffalo Sabres
3	90	Drew Fortescue ^†	Boston College	New York Rangers
4	117	Larry Keenan ^†	Massachusetts	Detroit Red Wings
4	125	Aram Minnetian ^†	Boston College	Dallas Stars
5	153	Hudson Malinoski ^†	Providence	Toronto Maple Leafs
6	171	Aiden Celebrini ^†	Boston University	Vancouver Canucks
6	172	Ryan MacPherson ^†	New Hampshire	Philadelphia Flyers
6	182	Ryan Conmy ^†	New Hampshire	Los Angeles Kings
7	193	Jack Harvey ^†	Boston University	Tampa Bay Lightning
7	215	Nicholas Vantassell ^†	Massachusetts	Ottawa Senators
7	216		Merrimack	Edmonton Oilers
7	221	Sebastian Bradshaw ^†	New Hampshire	Dallas Stars

† incoming freshman^[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021-22 Hockey East Men's Composite Schedule . Hockey East . August 31, 2021.
2. Web site: Greg Brown Named Head Coach of Boston College Men's Hockey . 2022-05-07 . Boston College Athletics . en.
3. Web site: Pandolfo Named Head Coach of BU Men's Ice Hockey Program . 2022-05-05 . Boston University Athletics . en.
4. News: HOCKEY EAST 2022-23 CONFERENCE SCORING LEADERS . Hockey East . July 26, 2022.
5. Web site: USCHO Division I Men's Poll . USCHO.com . November 8, 2021.
6. Web site: USA Today Men's Poll . USCHO.com . November 8, 2021.
7. Web site: Men's Division I PairWise Rankings . USCHO.com . November 26, 2019.
8. News: Two Northeastern players repeat as first-team All-Americans . USCHO.com . April 7, 2023 . April 8, 2023.
9. Web site: DEVON LEVI NAMED HOCKEY EAST PLAYER OF THE YEAR . Hockey East . March 15, 2023 . March 16, 2023 .
10. Web site: HOCKEY EAST NAMES 2022-23 MEN'S ALL-STAR TEAMS . Hockey East . March 10, 2023 . March 10, 2023.
11. Web site: HOCKEY EAST NAMES 2022-23 PRO AMBITIONS ALL-ROOKIE TEAM . Hockey East . March 8, 2023 . March 10, 2023.
12. News: NCAA player rankings, selections in 2023 NHL Draft . USCHO.com . July 9, 2022.