| 2010 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |||
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| Dates | March 12–20, 2010 | ||
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Finals site | TD Banknorth Garden Boston, Massachusetts | ||
| Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 2010 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 12 and March 20, 2010 at campus locations and at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston College was awarded the Lamoriello Trophy and an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format[]
The tournament features three rounds of 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 play a best-of-three series, 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-game, with the winner advancing to the championship game and the loser advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.
Regular season standings[]
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #11 New Hampshire† | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 98 | 77 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 123 | 113 | |
| #4 Boston College | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 99 | 61 | 36 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 137 | 89 | |
| Boston University | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 93 | 91 | 36 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 118 | 119 | |
| Maine | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 95 | 90 | 36 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 129 | 119 | |
| #20 Massachusetts-Lowell | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 82 | 72 | 38 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 112 | 89 | |
| Massachusetts | 27 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 26 | 72 | 86 | 36 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 105 | 117 | |
| Merrimack | 27 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 82 | 85 | 36 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 109 | 113 | |
| #19 Vermont | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 78 | 82 | 36 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 110 | 106 | |
| Northeastern | 27 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 70 | 87 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 93 | 100 | |
| Providence | 27 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 46 | 84 | 34 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 68 | 99 | |
| Championship: † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket[]
| Quarterfinals March 12–14 |
Semifinals March 19 |
Championship March 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | New Hampshire | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Boston College | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Vermont | 4 | 1 | 1* | 8 | Vermont | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston College | 6 | 5 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Massachusetts | 5 | 2 | — | 2 | Boston College | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Maine | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston University | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Merrimack | 2 | 3* | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Maine | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Boston University | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Maine | 5 | |||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime periods
Quarterfinals[]
(1) New Hampshire vs. (8) Vermont[]
| March 12 | New Hampshire | 7 – 4 | Vermont | Whittemore Center | Recap | |||
| Bobby Butler - pp - 06:16 | First period | 13:09 - Drew MacKenzie 17:53 - Jay Anctil | ||||||
| Nick Krates - 01:27 Mike Sislo - 18:00 |
Second period | 04:03 - Josh Burrows 08:40 - Jonathan Higgins | ||||||
| Blake Kessel - 00:38 Mike Sislo - 03:25 Bobby Butler - 04:08 Paul Thompson - en - 18:58 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Foster ( 31 saves / 35 shots ) | Goalie stats | Rob Madore ( 15 saves / 21 shots ) John Vazzano ( 4 saves / 4 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13 | New Hampshire | 0 – 1 | Vermont | Whittemore Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:16 - David Pacan | ||||||
| Brian Foster ( 24 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | Rob Madore ( 17 saves / 17 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | New Hampshire | 0-1 | OT | Vermont | Whittemore Center | |||
| Vermont won series, 2–1 | |
(2) Boston College vs. (7) Massachusetts[]
| March 12 | Boston College | 6 – 5 | Massachusetts | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| Cam Atkinson - 03:41 Cam Atkinson - pp - 14:39 |
First period | 09:13 - pp - Justin Braun | ||||||
| Chris Kreider - 06:18 Barry Almeida - 07:11 Cam Atkinson - pp - 08:22 Steven Whitney - pp - 18:54 |
Second period | 03:51 - T. J. Syner 17:15 - pp - Casey Wellman | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 00:34 - Martin Nolet 00:54 - James Marcou | ||||||
| Parker Milner ( 33 saves / 38 shots ) | Goalie stats | Paul Dainton ( 26 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13 | Boston College | 5 – 2 | Massachusetts | Conte Forum | ||||
| Barry Almeida - 05:37 | First period | 12:18 - Casey Wellman | ||||||
| Carl Sneep - sh - 12:42 | Second period | 13:15 - pp - Casey Wellman | ||||||
| Matt Lombardi - 02:11 Paul Carey - 09:34 Barry Almeida - 19:37 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Muse ( 16 saves / 18 shots ) | Goalie stats | Paul Dainton ( 22 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
| Boston College won series 2–0 | |
(3) Boston University vs. (6) Merrimack[]
| March 12 | Boston University | 3 – 2 | Merrimack | Agganis Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:44 - Pat Kimball | ||||||
| David Warsofsky - 10:10 Vinny Saponari - 12:05 |
Second period | 06:14 - Jeff Velleca | ||||||
| Vinny Saponari - 04:11 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kieran Millan ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) | Goalie stats | Joe Cannata ( 38 saves / 41 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13 | Boston University | 2 – 3 | OT | Merrimack | Agganis Arena | |||
| No scoring | First period | 11:30 - Stephane Da Costa | ||||||
| Eric Gryba - 02:33 | Second period | 18:21 - pp - Brandon Brodhag | ||||||
| Wade Megan - pp - 05:19 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:16 - Joe Cucci | ||||||
| Kieran Millan ( 32 saves / 35 shots ) | Goalie stats | Joe Cannata ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | Boston University | 3 – 0 | Merrimack | Agganis Arena | ||||
| Boston University won series 2 - 1 | |
(4) Maine vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell[]
| March 12 | Maine | 1 – 2 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Alfond Arena | Recap | |||
| Mark Nemec - 05:00 | First period | 18:52 - pp - Jeremy Dehner | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:55 - Ben Holmstrom | ||||||
| Dave Wilson ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | Carter Hutton ( 18 saves / 19 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13 | Maine | 2 – 0 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Alfond Arena | ||||
| Spencer Abbott - 00:23 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tanner House - pp - 12:45 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dave Wilson ( 23 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | Carter Hutton ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| March 14 | Maine | 2 - 3 | OT | Massachusetts-Lowell | Alfond Arena | |||
| Maine won series 2-1 | |
Semifinals[]
(2) Boston College vs. (8) University of Vermont[]
| March 19 | Boston College | 3 – 0 | Vermont | TD Banknorth Garden | ||||
(3) Boston University vs. (4) University of Maine[]
| March 19 | Boston University | 2 – 5 | Maine | TD Banknorth Garden | ||||
Championship[]
(2) Boston College vs. (4) Maine[]
| March 20 | Boston College | 7 – 6 | OT | Maine | TD Banknorth Garden | |||
References[]
External links[]
| Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments |
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| Lamoriello Trophy - Boston Garden - TD Garden |