2012-13 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Season

This is the 2012-13 Hockey East Mens Hockey Season. This was the league's 29th season.

Standings
Team                      GP  W  L T  P GF GA  UMass-Lowell River Hawks   27 16  9 2 34 81 63 Boston College Eagles     27 15  9 3 33 88 72 Boston University Terriers 27 15 10 2 32 82 73 Providence Friars         27 13  8 6 32 75 63 New Hampshire Wildcats    27 13  8 6 32 81 58 Merrimack Warriors        27 13 11 3 29 68 66 Vermont Catamounts        27  8 13 6 22 60 80 Maine Black Bears         27  7 12 8 22 57 72 UMass Minutemen           27  9 16 2 20 72 79 Northeastern Huskies      27  5 18 4 14 59 97

Format
The top eight teams in the conference standings advanced to the conference tournament. The quarterfinal round was a best-of-three series being hosted by the higher seeded team. The semifinal and final rounds were single elimination knockout games held at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.

Quarterfinals

 * UMass-Lowell defeated Maine two games to none; 4-1, 2-1 (ot)
 * Boston College defeated Vermont two games to none; 4-2, 4-1
 * Boston University defeated Merrimack two games to none; 3-0, 5-3
 * Providence defeated New Hampshire two games to one; 3-1, 1-4, 3-2

Semifinals

 * UMass-Lowell defeated Providence; 2-1
 * Boston University defeated Boston College; 6-3

Final
UMass-Lowell earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
 * UMass-Lowell defeated Boston University; 1-0

NCAA Tournament
UMass-Lowell Boston College New Hampshire
 * defeated Wisconsin Badgers 6 to 1 in the Northeast Regional Semifinals
 * defeated New Hampshire Wildcats 2 to 0 in the Northeast Regional Final
 * lost to Yale Bulldogs 3 to 2 in overtime in the National Semifinals
 * lost to Union Dutchmen 5 to 1 in the East Regional Semifinals
 * defeated Denver Pioneers 5 to 2 in the Northeast Regional Semifinals
 * lost to UMass-Lowell River Hawks 2 to 0 in the Northeast Regional Final