2021 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament
2021 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament | |
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Dates | March 10–20, 2021 |
Teams | 10 |
Finals site | Mullins Center Amherst, Massachusetts |
Champions | Massachusetts (1st title) |
Winning coach | Greg Carvel (1st title) |
MVP | Bobby Trivigno (Massachusetts) |
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments |
The 2021 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 10 and March 20, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all games were played on campus locations, rather than the semifinal and final match traditionally being hosted at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The UMass Minutemen defeated the UMass Lowell River Hawks to earn their 1st Hockey East tournament championship, and earned the conference's automatic bid into the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
The tournament was the 36th in league history.
Format
Due to the difficulties of scheduling during the regular season, it was announced in late 2020 that all 11 Hockey East teams qualified for the tournament. After further complications and cancellations throughout the season, a formula-based ranking system called the Hockey East Power Index (HEPI) was implemented to determine seeding. Additionally, the tournament was formatted so that all rounds would be single-elimination games, rather than traditionally a best-of-three series in the opening and quarterfinals rounds.[1]
On March 5, it was announced that Merrimack would be unable to participate in the tournament due to a late positive test result among the team's Tier-I personnel.[2] As a result, the 11-team tournament format was reduced to a 10-team format, and teams ranked below Merrimack in the final HEPI standings would move up a seed to compensate.
Seeds 7-10 will play a single elimination opening round game on March 10, 2021, as seeds 1-6 will earn a bye to the next round. Winning teams will be reseeded and then play a single elimination quarterfinal game on March 14, 2021. Following an additional reseeding, the four victorious teams will advance to the semifinals on March 17, 2021. The final two programs will battle in the championship game on March 20, 2021.[3]
Standings
Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | SOW | HEPI | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#6 Boston College | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 58.61 | 82 | 46 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 91 | 58 | |
#11 Boston University | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 56.36 | 49 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 52 | 45 | |
#1 Massachusetts * | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 55.44 | 76 | 42 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 103 | 48 | |
Connecticut | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 52.01 | 69 | 63 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 70 | 69 | |
#16 Providence | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.80 | 63 | 61 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 71 | 67 | |
Northeastern | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 49.94 | 68 | 60 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 69 | 64 | |
#19 Massachusetts–Lowell | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48.00 | 46 | 53 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 59 | 63 | |
Maine | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 46.66 | 41 | 61 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 43 | 68 | |
Merrimack | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45.38 | 47 | 66 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 47 | 66 | |
New Hampshire | 21 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 43.66 | 51 | 83 | 23 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 60 | 88 | |
Vermont | 12 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.02 | 17 | 37 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 42 | |
Championship: March 20, 2021[4] No Regular Season Champion Awarded[5] * indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals
Opening Round March 10[6] | Quarterfinals March 14 | Semifinals March 17 | Championship March 20 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Boston College | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 5 | 9 | New Hampshire | 2 | ||||||||||||||
10 | Vermont | 3 | 1 | Boston College | 5 | ||||||||||||||
7 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 6** | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Boston University | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Massachusetts | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Massachusetts | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Maine | 2 | 6 | Northeastern | 1 | ||||||||||||||
9 | New Hampshire | 7 | 3 | Massachusetts | 5 | ||||||||||||||
5 | Providence | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Connecticut | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Providence | 6 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results
Opening Round
(7) UMass Lowell vs. (11) Vermont
March 10, 2021 3:00 PM | UMass Lowell | 5 – 3 (0–1, 4–1, 1–1) | Vermont | Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts Attendance: 0 |
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Owen Savory | Goalies | Gabe Carriere | Referees: Geoffrey Miller Terrence Murphy Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Nicholas Briganti | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Shots | 23 |
(8) Maine vs. (9) New Hampshire
March 10, 2021 4:30 PM | Maine | 2 – 7 (0–1, 2–3, 0–3) | New Hampshire | Alfond Arena, Orono, Maine Attendance: 0 |
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Victor Ostman | Goalies | Mike Robinson | Referees: Walker Holton Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Bill Kingdon Jeff McCorkle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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16 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Shots | 36 |
Quarterfinals
(2) Boston University vs. (7) UMass Lowell
March 14, 2021 1:05 PM | Boston University | 1 – 2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1) | UMass Lowell | Walter Brown Arena, Boston, Massachusetts Attendance: 0 |
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Drew Commesso | Goalies | Henry Welsch | Referees: Scott Hansen Walker Holton Linesmen: Bob Bernard Christopher Millea | ||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||
17 | Shots | 29 |
(4) Connecticut vs. (5) Providence
March 14, 2021 3:30 PM | Connecticut | 1 – 6 (0–1, 1–2, 0–3) | Providence | Freitas Ice Forum, Storrs, Connecticut Attendance: 0 |
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Tomáš Vomáčka | Goalies | Jaxson Stauber | Referees: Geoffrey Miller Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Jeff McCorkle Bill Kingdon | ||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Shots | 43 |
(3) Massachusetts vs. (6) Northeastern
March 14, 2021 4:30 PM | Massachusetts | 4 – 1 (2–0, 1–1, 1–0) | Northeastern | Mullins Center, Amherst, Massachusetts Attendance: 0 |
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Filip Lindberg | Goalies | Connor Murphy | Referees: Marty Hughes Terrance Murphy Linesmen: Nick Briganti Jeremy Lovett | ||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||||||||
28 | Shots | 26 |
(1) Boston College vs. (9) New Hampshire
March 14, 2021 4:30 PM | Boston College | 3 – 2 (3–0, 0–2, 0–0) | New Hampshire | Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Attendance: 0 |
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Spencer Knight | Goalies | Mike Robinson | Referees: Charles Hanfin Peter Schlittenhardt Linesmen: Kyle Richetelle Kevin Briganti | ||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
36 | Shots | 37 |
Semifinals
(1) Boston College vs. (7) UMass Lowell
March 17, 2021 4:30 PM | Boston College | 5 – 6 (2OT) (1–0, 3–1, 1–4, 0–0, 0–1) | UMass Lowell | Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Attendance: 0 |
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Spencer Knight | Goalies | Henry Welsch | Referees: Scott Hansen Walker Holton Linesmen: Bill Kingdon Jeff McCorckle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Shots | 49 |
(3) Massachusetts vs. (5) Providence
March 17, 2021 7:00 PM | Massachusetts | 5 – 2 (2–2, 1–0, 2–0) | Providence | Mullins Center, Amherst, Massachusetts Attendance: 0 |
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Filip Lindberg | Goalies | Jaxson Stauber | Referees: Marty Hughes Terrance Murphy Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Kyle Richetelle | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 0 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Shots | 22 |
Finals
(3) Massachusetts vs. (7) UMass Lowell
March 20, 2021 7:00 PM | Massachusetts | 1 – 0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0) | UMass Lowell | Mullins Center, Amherst, Massachusetts Attendance: 0 |
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Filip Lindberg | Goalies | Henry Welsch | Referees: Peter Schlittenhardt Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Bob Bernard Nicholas Brignati | ||
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4 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||
22 | Shots | 16 |
Tournament Awards
- Goaltender – Filip Lindberg, Massachusetts
- Defenceman – Anthony Baxter, UMass Lowell
- Defenceman – Zac Jones, Massachusetts
- Forward – Matt Brown, UMass Lowell
- Forward – Jake Gaudet, Massachusetts
- Forward – Bobby Trivigno, Massachusetts
- Bobby Trivigno, Massachusetts
References
- ^ "Hockey East Unveils 2021 Tournament and Seeding Format - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- ^ McMahon, Mike. "COVID-19 ends season for Merrimack hockey team". Eagle-Tribune. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Hockey East Men's Tournament - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com.
- ^ "Hockey East Unveils 2021 Tournament and Seeding Format - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Hockey East Women's Tournament Field Set". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Hockey East Men's Tournament Field Set - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved March 8, 2021.