2014 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2014 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates	March 7–22, 2014
Teams	11
Finals site	TD Garden Boston
Champions	Massachusetts–Lowell (2nd title)
Winning coach	Norm Bazin (2nd title)
MVP	Connor Hellebuyck (UML)
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The 2014 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 7 and March 22, 2014 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts–Lowell River Hawks, the defending champions from the 2012–13 season, defeated New Hampshire 4-0 to repeat as champions and became the 7th team in league history to successfully defend their title. Sophomore goalie Connor Hellebuyck was named tournament MVP for his 30-save shutout in the championship match that gave the River Hawks Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

The tournament is the 30th in league history, as the conference entered its 30th year of existence. It was also the first tournament since 2004 that neither Boston College nor Boston University advanced to at least the semifinals, played at the TD Garden.

Format

With the addition of Notre Dame to Hockey East, the tournament was reformatted to include all eleven teams in the conference. With eleven being an uneven number, an unorthodox format was needed to achieve a tournament that allowed all eleven teams to participate. A fourth, Opening Round was added before the traditional Quarterfinals, which consists of single-elimination games between the 6-11 seeds hosted by the higher seed, with the 1-5 seeds earning a bye to the next round. The 4 and 5 seeds are guaranteed to play each other whereas the 1-3 seeds will play the winners of the 6-11 seed games, with the highest seeds hosting the lowest seeds remaining. The Quarterfinals through Finals are unchanged from the previous season, with the Quarterfinals consisting of a best-of-three series hosted by the higher seeds, while the Semifinals and Final are single games played at the TD Garden. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

This tournament format will only be used for the 2013-14 season, as the addition of the UConn Huskies to the conference in the 2014–15 season will bring the total number of teams in the league up to twelve, which allows for a more even, 12-team tournament format. The tournament format following this year will change to a best-of-three Opening Round between 5-11 seeds, with 1-4 seeds earning a bye. The Quarterfinals through Finals will be unchanged.

Regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2013–14 Hockey East men's standings
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#3 Boston College	20	16	2	2	34	75	40		37	26	7	4	150	84
#5 UMass Lowell*	20	11	6	3	25	54	43		37	23	10	4	103	72
#10 Providence	20	11	7	2	24	50	49		36	21	9	6	109	82
#18 New Hampshire	20	11	9	0	22	64	51		39	21	17	1	123	101
#19 Northeastern	20	10	8	2	22	52	51		37	19	14	4	117	103
Maine	20	9	8	3	21	59	48		35	16	15	4	102	83
#14 Vermont	20	10	10	0	20	49	48		37	20	14	3	103	84
#9 Notre Dame	20	9	9	2	20	43	40		38	23	13	2	117	78
Boston University	20	5	12	3	13	43	66		35	10	21	4	81	113
UMass	20	4	13	3	11	42	61		34	8	22	4	76	106
Merrimack	20	3	15	2	8	32	66		33	8	22	3	62	97
Championship: UMass Lowell indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014

Bracket

	Opening Round March 7–8					Quarterfinals March 14–16							Semifinals March 21					Championship March 22
						1	Boston College	2	4	2			2	Massachusetts–Lowell	4
	6	Maine	2			8	Notre Dame	7	2	4			8	Notre Dame	0
	11	Merrimack	0
						2	Massachusetts–Lowell	3	2	2
	7	Vermont	2			7	Vermont	2	3*	1								2	Massachusetts–Lowell	4
	10	Massachusetts	1															4	New Hampshire	0
						3	Providence	3	4	—
	8	Notre Dame	3			6	Maine	1	2	—
	9	Boston University	2
						4	New Hampshire	1	4	5			3	Providence	1
						5	Northeastern	0	5*	4			4	New Hampshire	3

* denotes overtime periods

Results

Opening Round

On March 7–8 the 6-11 seeds will play in single-elimination games to advance to the best-of-three quarterfinals. Games will be hosted by the higher seeded teams.

Results:

March 7, 2014 7:05 pm

(10) UMass

1 – 2 (0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

(7) Vermont

Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington, Vermont Attendance: 2823

Game reference
	Steve Mastalerz	Goalies	Brody Hoffman	Referees: Tim Benedetto Dave Hansen
	Power (Iacobellis, Sheary) – 22:40	1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2	37:18 – Paliotta (Fallon, Markison) 58:53 – Brickley (DeCenzo, White)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	26

March 8, 2014 7:05 pm

(9) Boston University

2 – 3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

(8) Notre Dame

Compton Family Ice Arena, South Bend, Indiana Attendance: 5022

Game reference
	Matt O'Connor	Goalies	Steven Summerhays	Referees: Mark Wilkins Jeff Bunyon
	Rodrigues (Baillargeon) – 36:04 Baillargeon (Noonan, Oksanen) (PP) – 54:22	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3	6:28 – Rust (Tynan, Herr) 29:25 – Costello (Taker, Tynan) 43:07 – Schneider (Johns, Lind)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	29

March 8, 2014 7:05 pm

(11) Merrimack

0 – 2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

(6) Maine

Alfond Arena, Orono, Maine Attendance: 3678

Game reference
	Rasmus Tirronen	Goalies	Martin Ouellette	Referees: Cameron Voss Geoff Miller
		0 – 1 0 – 2	2:01 – Anthoine (Swavely, Cerretani) 59:41 – Shore (Hutton, Renouf) (EN)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	35

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston College vs. (8) Notre Dame

March 14	Boston College		2 - 7		Notre Dame	Conte Forum	Recap
(Gilmour, Cangelosi) Ryan Fitzgerald - PP - 17:37		First period			19:51 - Stephen Johns (DiPauli, Tynan)
No scoring		Second period			2:50 - PP - Stephen Johns (Hinostroza, Taker) 12:49 - GW - Mario Lucia (Hinostroza, Wuthrich)
(Gaudreau, Arnold) Patrick Brown - 17:42		Third period			1:08 - Peter Schneider (Fogarty, Johns) 5:35 - Bryan Rust (Tynan, Herr) 12:44 - Thomas Di Pauli (Lind, Schneider) 14:59 - Peter Schneider (Fogarty, Costello)
( 27 saves / 34 shots ) Thatcher Demko / ( 0 saves / 0 shots ) Brian Billett		Goalie stats			Steven Summerhays ( 22 saves / 24 shots )

March 15	Boston College		4 - 2		Notre Dame	Conte Forum	Recap
(Gaudreau, Arnold) Patrick Brown - 10:28 (Hayes, Arnold) Johnny Gaudreau - PP - 17:39		First period			00:39 - Bryan Rust (Ryan, Taker)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Savage, Gaudreau) Kevin Hayes - GW - 05:58 (Hayes, Gilmour) Johnny Gaudreau - 07:29		Third period			16:18 - Vinnie Hinostroza (Lind, Lucia)
( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Thatcher Demko		Goalie stats			Steven Summerhays ( 33 saves / 37 shots )

March 16	Boston College		2 - 4		Notre Dame	Conte Forum	Recap
(Gilmour) Kevin Hayes - 04:43		First period			11:31 - Stephen Johns (Johnson, Hinostroza)
(Arnold, Hayes) Patrick Brown - PP - 08:05		Second period			04:10 - Sam Herr (Rust, Tynan) 19:56 - GW - Bryan Rust (Tynan, Herr)
No scoring		Third period			18:08 - Jeff Costello (Fogarty)
( 19 saves / 23 shots ) Thatcher Demko		Goalie stats			Steven Summerhays ( 30 saves / 32 shots )

Notre Dame wins series 2-1

(2) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (7) Vermont

March 14	Massachusetts–Lowell		3 - 2		Vermont	Tsongas Center	Recap
(Campbell, Folin) Scott Wilson - 11:24		First period			05:10 - Brady Shaw (Markison, Paliotta)
No scoring		Second period			03:12 - Brady Shaw (Lenz, Luukko)
(Kamrass, Fallon) Evan Campbell - 11:17 (Wilson, Holmstrom) Adam Chapie - GW - 18:43		Third period			No scoring
( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Connor Hellebuyck		Goalie stats			Brody Hoffman ( 30 saves / 33 shots )

March 15	Massachusetts–Lowell		2 - 3	OT	Vermont	Tsongas Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			18:53 - PP - Jonathan Turk (Shaw, Hoffman)
(Arnold) Joseph Pendenza - PP - 08:43		Second period			No scoring
(Gambardella) Scott Wilson - 07:37		Third period			05:53 - PP - Brendan Bradley (Paliotta, Hamilton)
No scoring		First overtime period			05:36 - GW - Mario Puskarich (Lenz, Paliotta)
( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Connor Hellebuyck		Goalie stats			Brody Hoffman ( 36 saves / 38 shots )

March 16	Massachusetts–Lowell		2 - 1		Vermont	Tsongas Center	Recap
(Thompson, Suter) Christian Folin - SH - 10:08 (unassisted) A. J. White - GW PP - 15:43		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			17:46 - PP - Jake Fallon (Bruneteau, Shaw)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 30 saves / 31 shots ) Connor Hellebuyck		Goalie stats			Brody Hoffman ( 17 saves / 19 shots )

Massachusetts–Lowell wins series 2-1

(3) Providence vs. (6) Maine

March 14	Providence		3 - 1		Maine	Schneider Arena	Recap
(Jankowski, Demopoulos) Trevor Mingoia - 06:28 (Tanev, McKenzie) Derek Army - GW - 06:57		First period			No scoring
(Acciari, Gilmour) Mark Jankowski - PP - 14:05		Second period			04:58 - Ben Hutton (Byron, Morgan)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 34 saves / 35 shots ) Jon Gillies		Goalie stats			Martin Ouellette ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

March 15	Providence		4 - 2		Maine	Schneider Arena	Recap
(Shamanski, Luke) Nick Saracino - 11:20 (Mingoia, Shamanski) Nick Saracino - PP - 15:01		First period			03:18 - Ben Hutton (O'Connor, Shore)
(Acciari) Derek Army - GW - 08:31 (Mingoia, Florentino) Ross Mauermann - PP - 15:36		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			02:45 - Steven Swavely (O'Connor, Shore)
( 36 saves / 38 shots ) Jon Gillies		Goalie stats			Martin Ouellette ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) / Dan Sullivan ( 8 saves / 9 shots )

Providence wins series 2-0

(4) New Hampshire vs. (5) Northeastern

March 14	New Hampshire		1 - 0		Northeastern	Whittemore Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Downing, Maller) Tyler Kelleher - GW - 04:49		Third period			No scoring
( 27 saves / 27 shots ) Casey DeSmith		Goalie stats			Clay Wit ( 34 saves / 35 shots )

March 15	New Hampshire		4 - 5	OT	Northeastern	Whittemore Center	Recap
(Agosta) Grayson Downing - 11:35 (Goumas, Willows) Nick Sorkin - 18:27		First period			14:14 - Ryan Belonger (Pimm)
(Speelman, Downing) Tyler Kelleher - 06:02 (unassisted) Justin Agosta - 11:35		Second period			01:43 - PS - Kevin Roy (unassisted) 16:29 - Colton Saucerman (McMurtry) 19:53 - Kevin Roy (Saucerman, Stevens)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			03:39 - Mike Szmatula (Pimm, McMurtry)
( 28 saves / 33 shots ) Casey DeSmith		Goalie stats			Clay Wit ( 31 saves / 35 shots )

March 16	New Hampshire		5 - 4		Northeastern	Whittemore Center	Recap
(Goumas) Nick Sorkin - 03:29 (Pesce) Kevin Goumas - SH - 05:12 (Pesce, Sorkin) Kevin Goumas - 17:13		First period			13:09 - Torin Snydeman (Stevens, Saucerman)
No scoring		Second period			04:28 - PP - Mike Szmatula (Pimm, McMurtry) 14:27 - Mike McMurtry (Pimm, Saucerman)
(Knodel, Sorkin) Kevin Goumas - PP - 04:40 (Willows, Sorkin) Brett Pesce - GW - 13:41		Third period			16:10 - Mike Szmatula (Roy, Saucerman)
( 22 saves / 26 shots ) Casey DeSmith		Goalie stats			Clay Wit ( 21 saves / 26 shots

New Hampshire wins series 2-1

Semifinals

(2) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (8) Notre Dame

March 21	Massachusetts–Lowell		4 - 0		Notre Dame	TD Garden	Recap
(White, Pendenza) Christian Folin - GW - 10:13 (Kamrass) Derek Arnold - 13:54		First period			No scoring
(Wilson, Folin) Evan Campbell - PP - 03:25 (unassisted) Zack Kamrass - PP - 13:21		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 35 saves / 35 shots ) Connor Hellebuyck		Goalie stats			Steven Summerhays ( 18 saves / 22 shots )

(3) Providence vs. (4) New Hampshire

March 21	Providence		1 - 3		New Hampshire	TD Garden	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			07:05 - SH - Kevin Goumas (Knodel) 13:31 - GW - Justin Agosta (Willows, Gaudreault) 19:59 - Kevin Goumas (Sorkin, Willows)
(Brown) Kevin Rooney - 03:22		Third period			No scoring
( 28 saves / 31 shots ) Jon Gillies		Goalie stats			Casey DeSmith ( 25 saves / 26 shots )

Championship

(2) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (4) New Hampshire

March 22	Massachusetts–Lowell		4 - 0		New Hampshire	TD Garden	Recap
(Pendenza, Folin) A.J. White - GW - 12:12 (Pendenza, White) Josh Holmstrom - 15:28		First period			No scoring
(Wallin) Joe Gambardella - 03:13 (White, Pendenza) Jake Suter - PP - 18:43		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 30 saves / 30 shots ) Connor Hellebuyck		Goalie stats			Casey DeSmith ( 26 saves / 30 shots ) / Jeff Wyer ( 5 saves / 5 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• F Kevin Goumas (New Hampshire)
• F Joe Pendenza (Massachusetts-Lowell)
• F A. J. White (Massachusetts-Lowell)
• D Christian Folin (Massachusetts-Lowell)
• D Stephen Johns (Notre Dame)
• G Connor Hellebuyck* (Massachusetts-Lowell)

* Tournament MVP(s)

Note: Hellebuyck became the first player in the 30-year history of the conference to win the award twice, let alone consecutively. He also became the first goaltender to record a shutout in two title games (winning in 2013-14 by a score of 4–0 and in 2012-13 by a score of 1–0), again in consecutive title games.

External links

• 2014 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament