2017-18 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Season

This is the 2017-18 Hockey East Men's Hockey Season. This is the conference's 34th season of play

Membership changes

 * The Notre Dame Fighting Irish left the conference after the 2016-17 season and join the Big Ten Conference as an associate member for men's ice hockey starting with the 2017-18 season.

Lamorello Trophy Conference Tournament
On September 26, 2017 the conference announced that they would be returning to the format last used in 2014 with all 11 teams qualifying. The top five seeds earning byes to the quarterfinals the weekend of March 2-4, 2018. The sixth seed host the eleventh seed the seventh seed host the tenth seed, and the eighth seed host the ninth seed in the beast of three preliminary round. The preliminary round winners are reseeded and will play the top three seeds and the fourth seed plays the fifth seed in the best of three quarterfinals held the weekend of March 9-11, 2018. The quarterfinal winners advance to the single elimination semifinals March 16, 2018 at the TD Garden. The semifinal winners advance to the final on March 17, 2018 also at the TD Garden. The tournament winner earns the Lamorello Trophy and the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Opening Round

 * Maine Black Bears defeated New Hampshire Wildcats 2 games to none
 * Merrimack Warriors defeated UMass-Lowell River Hawks 2 games to none
 * UMass Minutemen defeated Vermont Catamounts 2 games to 1

Quarterfinals

 * Boston College Eagles defeated Merrimack Warriors 2 games to none
 * Northeastern Huskies defeated UMass Minutemen 2 games to none
 * Providence Friars defeated Maine Black Bears 2 games to none
 * Boston University Terriers defeated Connecticut Huskies 2 games to none

Semifinals

 * Boston University Terriers defeated Boston College Eagles 4-3 (ot)
 * Providence Friars defeated Northeastern Huskies 3-2 (ot)

Final

 * Boston University Terriers defeated Providence Friars 2-0