2010 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2010 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates	March 12–20, 2010
Teams	8
Finals site	TD Banknorth Garden Boston, Massachusetts
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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

2009–10 Hockey East standings
	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

External links

• 2010 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament