2013 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

2013 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament
2013 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 14–23, 2013
Teams	8
Finals site	TD Garden; Boston
Champions	Massachusetts–Lowell (1 title)
Winning coach	Norm Bazin (1 title)
MVP	Connor Hellebuyck (UMass Lowell)
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The 2013 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 14 and March 13, 2013 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts–Lowell River Hawks won their first Hockey East Tournament and earned the Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The teams that finish below eighth in the conference are not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-elimination game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Regular season standings

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

2012–13 Hockey East standings v t e
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#3 Massachusetts–Lowell † *	27	16	9	2	34	81	63	41	28	11	2	123	83
#9 Boston College	27	15	9	3	33	88	72	38	22	12	4	128	107
#17 Boston University	27	15	10	2	32	82	73	39	21	16	2	120	110
#11 New Hampshire	27	13	8	6	32	81	58	39	20	12	7	122	90
#18 Providence	27	13	8	6	32	75	63	38	17	14	7	105	90
Merrimack	27	13	11	3	29	68	66	38	15	17	6	91	98
Vermont	27	8	13	6	22	60	80	36	11	19	6	82	110
Maine	27	7	12	8	22	57	72	38	11	19	8	77	104
Massachusetts	27	9	16	2	20	72	79	34	12	19	3	93	102
Northeastern	27	5	18	4	14	59	97	34	9	21	4	81	118
Championship: March 23, 2013 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Quarterfinals March 10–13					Semifinals March 22			Championship March 23

1	Massachusetts–Lowell	4	2*	—

8	Maine	2	1	—
					1	Massachusetts–Lowell	2

					4	Providence	1
2	Boston College	4	4	-

7	Vermont	2	1	-
								1	Massachusetts–Lowell	1
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
								3	Boston University	0
3	Boston University	3	5	-

6	Merrimack	0	3	-
					2	Boston College	3

					3	Boston University	6
4	Providence	3	1	3

5	New Hampshire	2	4	2

Note: * denotes overtime periods

Results

Quarterfinals

(1) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (8) Maine

March 14	Massachusetts–Lowell		4 - 2	Maine	Tsongas Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period		13:52 - PP - Jake Rutt (Shore)
(Arnold, Ruhwedel) Scott Wilson - PP - 17:20		Second period		No scoring
(Folin) Scott Wilson - 01:52 (White) Joseph Pendenza - GW - 02:13 (Ruhwedel, Wetmore) Josh Holmstrom - PP - 06:29		Third period		19:12 - PP EA - Devin Shore (unassisted)
( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Connor Hellebuyck		Goalie stats		Martin Ouellette ( 32 saves / 36 shots )

March 15	Massachusetts–Lowell		2 - 1	OT	Maine	Tsongas Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			07:51 - PP - Devin Shore (Lomberg)
(Wilson) Michael Fallon - 04:00		Third period			No scoring
(Fallon, Folin) Derek Arnold - 01:50		First overtime period			No scoring
( 18 saves / 19 shots ) Connor Hellebuyck		Goalie stats			Martin Ouellette ( 35 saves / 37 shots )

Massachusetts–Lowell wins series 2-0

(2) Boston College vs. (7) Vermont

March 15	Boston College		4 - 2	Vermont	Conte Forum	Recap
(Doherty, Wey) Brooks Dyroff - 14:47		First period		No scoring
(Mullane) Mike Matheson - PP - 09:13 (Silk) Cam Spiro - GW - 13:04		Second period		No scoring
(Brown) Johnny Gaudreau - EN - 18:58		Third period		04:56 - PP EA - Ben Albertson (Bruneteau, Pattyn) 12:37 - SH - Matt White (unassisted)
( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Parker Milner		Goalie stats		Brody Hoffman ( 23 saves / 26 shots )

March 16	Boston College		4 - 1	Vermont	Conte Forum	Recap
(Mullane, Gaudreau) Steven Whitney - 12:12		First period		No scoring
(MacLeod) Patrick Brown - 01:50		Second period		No scoring
(Arnold, Straight) Johnny Gaudreau - 03:53 (Whitney, Linell) Pat Mullane - 12:45		Third period		13:06 - Matt White (McCarthy)
( 16 saves / 17 shots ) Parker Milner		Goalie stats		Brody Hoffman ( 29 saves / 33 shots )

Boston College wins series 2-0

(3) Boston University vs. (6) Merrimack

March 15	Boston University		3 - 0	Merrimack	Agganis Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(Oksanen, MacGregor) Wade Megan - GW - 06:10 (Rodrigues, Oksanen) Matt Nieto - 16:48		Second period		No scoring
(O'Regan, Nieto) Ryan Santana - PP - 00:55		Third period		No scoring
( 30 saves / 30 shots ) Sean Maguire		Goalie stats		Sam Marotta ( 42 saves / 45 shots )

March 16	Boston University		5 - 3	Merrimack	Agganis Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		19:00 - Shawn Bates (Heywood)
(O'Regan, Ruikka) Matt Nieto - 01:31 (Gill, Grzelcyk) Cason Hohmann - PP - 16:12 (Megan, Hohmann) Sam Kurker - PP - 19:52		Second period		04:32 - Mike Collins (Toomey, Heywood) 18:40 - John Gustafsson (unassisted)
(Lane) Ben Rosen - GW - 05:11 (Megan, Oksanen) Sahir Gill - EN - 19:55		Third period		No scoring
( 39 saves / 42 shots ) Sean Maguire		Goalie stats		Sam Marotta ( 29 saves / 33 shots )

Boston University wins series 2-0

(4) Providence vs. (5) New Hampshire

March 15	Providence		3 - 2	New Hampshire	Schneider Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(Luke) Nick Saracino - 02:06 (Luke, Saracino) John Gilmour - 13:27		Second period		13:50 - Grayson Downing (Knodel, Goumas)
(Luke, Mauermann) Nick Saracino - GW - 08:06		Third period		02:00 - Austin Block (Kostolansky, Downing)
( 35 saves / 37 shots ) Jon Gillies		Goalie stats		Casey DeSmith ( 22 saves / 25 shots )

March 16	Providence		1 - 4	New Hampshire	Schneider Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		15:19 - Matt Willows (Goumas, Pesce)
(Gilmour, Gillies) Nick Saracino - PP - 03:32		Second period		01:45 - GW - Matt Willows (Goumas, Correale)
No scoring		Third period		17:33 - Jeff Silengo (unassisted) 18:23 - Matt Willows (unassisted)
( 20 saves / 23 shots ) Jon Gillies		Goalie stats		Casey DeSmith ( 38 saves / 39 shots )

March 17	Providence		3 - 2	New Hampshire	Schneider Arena	Recap
(Schaller) Mark Jankowski - 01:31		First period		17:07 - John Henrion (van Riemsdyk, Silengo)
(Hart, Parisi) Tim Schaller - PP - 16:29 (de Jersey, Jankowski) Nick Saracino - GW - 17:13		Second period		10:31 - PP - Grayson Downing (van Riemsdyk, Goumas)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 30 saves / 32 shots ) Jon Gillies		Goalie stats		Casey DeSmith ( 22 saves / 25 shots )

Providence wins series 2-1

Semifinals

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

March 22	Massachusetts–Lowell		2 - 1	Providence	TD Garden	Recap
No Scoring		First period		08:59 - Kevin Rooney (Acciari, C. Rooney)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
(Pendenza, Ruhwedel) A. J. White - 00:34 (Wetmore) Scott Wilson - GW - 12:30		Third period		No scoring
( 34 saves / 35 shots ) Connor Hellebuyck		Goalie stats		Jon Gillies ( 31 saves / 33 shots )

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

March 22	Boston College		3 - 6	Boston University	TD Garden	Recap
(Whitney, Gaudreau) Bill Arnold - PP - 18:33		First period		No scoring
(Mullane, Brown) Quinn Smith - 08:46		Second period		12:17 - Evan Rodrigues (MacGregor) 14:21 - Matt Lane (unassisted) 17:59 - PP - Garrett Noonan (Grzelcyk, Hohmann)
(Mullane) Steven Whitney - 13:43		Third period		01:42 - GW PP - Danny O'Regan (Oksanen, Nieto) 14:21 - PP - Danny O'Regan (Santana, Nieto) 17:31 - SH EN - Evan Rodrigues (unassisted)
( 21 saves / 26 shots ) Parker Milner		Goalie stats		Sean Maguire ( 44 saves / 47 shots )

Championship

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

March 23	Massachusetts–Lowell		1 - 0	Boston University	TD Garden	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
(Wilson, Ruhwedel) Derek Arnold - GW - 11:09		Third period		No scoring
( 36 saves / 36 shots ) Connor Hellebuyck		Goalie stats		Sean Maguire ( 28 saves / 29 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

F Danny O'Regan (Boston University)
F Evan Rodrigues (Boston University)
F Scott Wilson (Massachusetts-Lowell)
D Matt Grzelcyk (Boston University)
D Chad Ruhwedel (Massachusetts-Lowell)
G Connor Hellebuyck* (Massachusetts-Lowell)

* Tournament MVP(s)

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References

^ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

External links

2013 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

[1] "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

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