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2016 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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2016 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates March 3–19, 2016
Teams 12
Finals site TD Garden
Boston
Champions Northeastern (2nd title)
Winning coach Jim Madigan (1st title)
MVP Kevin Boyle (UMass Lowell)
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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The 2016 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 3 and March 19, 2016 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Northeastern Huskies defeated the UMass Lowell River Hawks by a score of 3–2 to earn their 2nd Hockey East championship in school history and earn Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Kevin Boyle was named tournament MVP.

The tournament was the 32nd in league history.

Format[]

The tournament will include all twelve teams in the conference. Seeds 1–4 earned a first-round bye, and seeds 5–12 played a best-of-three Opening Round played on campus locations. Winners advanced to play the 1–4 seeds in the best-of-three Quarterfinals on campus locations. Winners of those series played in a single-game Semifinal, and those winners faced off in a single-game Championship Final, both at the TD Garden.

Regular season standings[]

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

Standings[]

Team GP W L T GF GA P
Boston College 22 15 2 5 91 45 35
Providence College 22 16 3 3 71 39 35
University of Notre Dame 22 15 5 2 70 40 32
University of Massachusetts Lowell 22 12 6 4 58 37 28
Boston University 22 12 6 4 75 56 28
Northeastern University 22 10 8 4 75 56 24
Merrimack College 22 5 10 7 50 70 17
University of Connecticut 22 6 12 4 49 70 16
University of Vermont 22 6 13 3 48 66 15
University of New Hampshire 22 4 12 6 57 7 14
University of Maine 22 5 12 2 42 77 12
University of Massachusetts Amherst 22 2 16 4 44 101 8

Bracket[]

Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals

  Opening Round[1]
March 3–6 		Quarterfinals
March 11–13 		Semifinals
March 18 		Championship
March 19
                                             
  1  Boston College 3 2 4* 1  Boston College 4  
5  Boston University 2* 5 — 9  Vermont 0 4 3 6  Northeastern 5  
12  Massachusetts 1 4 —
  2  Providence 3 2 —
6  Northeastern 3* 4* — 7  Merrimack 1 0 —     6  Northeastern 3
11  Maine 2 3 —   4  Massachusetts–Lowell 2
  3  Notre Dame 1 4 —
7  Merrimack 1 3* 2 6  Northeastern 3 6 —
10  New Hampshire 3 2 1
  4  Massachusetts–Lowell 3 5 — 2  Providence 1
8  Connecticut 1 3 — 5  Boston University 2 0 — 4  Massachusetts–Lowell 2***  
9  Vermont 2 4 —


Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results[]

Opening Round[]

(5) Boston University vs. (12) Massachusetts[]

March 4 Boston University 2 - 1 OT Massachusetts Agganis Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 08:07 - Steven Iacobellis (Walsh, Pigozzi)
(Lane, Oksanen) Bobo Carpenter - 03:52 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
(Oksanen, Fortunato) Bobo Carpenter - GW - 09:34 First overtime period No scoring
( 28 saves / 29 shots ) Sean Maguire Goalie stats Nic Renyard ( 46 saves / 48 shots )
March 5 Boston University 5 - 4 Massachusetts Agganis Arena Recap  
(O'Regan, Greenway) Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson - 05:40 First period 10:07 - Dennis Kravchenko (Plevy, Widmar)
(Grzelcyk, McAvoy) Danny O'Regan - PP - 05:53
(McAvoy, Lane) Matt Grzelcyk - 12:39
(Greenway, McAvoy) Danny O'Regan - 18:45 		Second period 11:13 - Shane Walsh (Iacobellis, Kravchenko)
17:50 - PP - Kurt Keats (Plevy, Pigozzi)
(McAvoy, O'Regan) Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson - GW - 11:51 Third period 03:51 - Austin Plevy (Fryer, Keats)
( 32 saves / 36 shots ) Sean Maguire Goalie stats Nic Renyard ( 38 saves / 43 shots )
Boston University won series 2–0


(6) Northeastern vs. (11) Maine[]

March 4 Northeastern 3 - 2 OT Maine Matthews Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 17:51 - PP - Cameron Brown (Renouf, Byron)
18:08 - Andrew Tegeler (Vesey, Hamilton)
(Aston-Reese, N. Stevens) John Stevens - 14:39 Second period No scoring
(N. Stevens, Gaudette) Kevin Roy - PP - 02:54 Third period No scoring
(Aston-Reese, J. Stevens) Matt Benning - GW - 04:41 First overtime period No scoring
( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Ryan Ruck Goalie stats Rob McGovern ( 29 saves / 32 shots )
March 5 Northeastern 4 - 3 OT Maine Matthews Arena Recap  
(Roy, Collier) Eric Williams - 14:51
(Cockerill, Aston-Reese) Nolan Stevens - 16:09
(Kurker) Kevin Roy - 16:57 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 11:44 - PP - Cameron Brown (Merchant, Byron)
No scoring Third period 04:40 - Cédric Lacroix (Tegeler, Vesey)
08:29 - Keith Muehlbauer (Robbins, Perez)
(unassisted) Kevin Roy - GW - 13:45 First overtime period No scoring
( 33 saves / 36 shots ) Ryan Ruck Goalie stats Rob McGovern ( 26 saves / 30 shots )
Northeastern won series 2–0


(7) Merrimack vs. (10) New Hampshire[]

March 3 Merrimack 1 - 3 New Hampshire J. Thom Lawler Rink Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 14:45 - Tyler Kelleher (Poturalski, Correale)
(LeBlanc, Titcomb) Derek Petti - 12:02 Third period 04:10 - GW - Marcus Vela (Gaudreault, Cleland)
19:47 - EN - Marcus Vela (Cleland, Gaudreault)
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Drew Vogler Goalie stats Daniel Tirone ( 45 saves / 46 shots )
March 4 Merrimack 3 - 2 OT New Hampshire J. Thom Lawler Rink Recap  
(Wyszomirski, Kolquist) Derek Petti - 04:35 First period 14:16 - Tyler Kelleher (Poturalski, Boyd)
16:49 - PP - Matias Cleland (Correale, Kelleher)
(Gustafsson, Christie) Ben Bahe - 07:59 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
(LeBlanc, Biega) Ludvig Larsson - GW - 12:02 First overtime period No scoring
( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Drew Vogler Goalie stats Daniel Tirone ( 47 saves / 50 shots )
March 6 Merrimack 2 - 1 New Hampshire J. Thom Lawler Rink Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Biega, Larsson) Derek Petti - 08:01
(Biega) Jace Hennig - GW - 18:34 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 10:34 - PP - Matt Dawson (Nazarian, Smith)
( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Drew Vogler Goalie stats Daniel Tirone ( 40 saves / 42 shots )
Merrimack won series 2–1


(8) Connecticut vs. (9) Vermont[]

March 4 Connecticut 1 - 2 Vermont XL Center Recap  
(Schwartz) Spencer Naas - 13:45 First period 01:28 - Alexx Privitera (Phillips, Puffer)
No scoring Second period 01:28 - GW - Rob Darrar (Irwin)
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 34 saves / 36 shots ) Rob Nichols Goalie stats Mike Santaguida ( 32 saves / 33 shots )
March 5 Connecticut 3 - 4 Vermont XL Center Recap  
(Ferriss) Karl El-Mir - 08:42 First period 12:12 - PP - Mario Puskarich (Bradley)
01:28 - Conor O'Neil (Puffer)
(Ferriss, Kalter) Karl El-Mir - 02:18
(Letunov, Masonius) Tage Thompson - 07:35 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 09:45 - PP - Yvan Pattyn (Blanleil, Petruzzelli)
18:41 - Brian Bowen (Darrar)
( 28 saves / 32 shots ) Rob Nichols Goalie stats Mike Santaguida ( 24 saves / 27 shots )
Vermont won series 2–0


Quarterfinals[]

(1) Boston College vs. (9) Vermont[]

March 11 Boston College 3 - 0 Vermont Conte Forum Recap  
(Cangelosi, Wood) Adam Gilmour - GW - 04:14
(Gilmour) Austin Cangelosi - 10:58 		First period No scoring
(Cangelosi, Gilmour) Ryan Fitzgerald - 03:20 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 36 saves / 36 shots ) Thatcher Demko Goalie stats Mike Santaguida ( 14 saves / 17 shots ) / Packy Munson ( 13 saves / 13 shots )
March 12 Boston College 2 - 4 Vermont Conte Forum Recap  
(Wood, Savage) Austin Cangelosi - PP - 03:49
(Kim, Gilmour) Alex Tuch - 07:05 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 02:50 - Brian Bowen (Hamilton, Coughlin)
10:20 - Liam Coughlin (Hamilton)
No scoring Third period 11:20 - GW - Brendan Bradley (Puskarich, Privitera)
19:59 - EN - Rob Darrar (Coughlin, Bowen)
( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Thatcher Demko Goalie stats Packy Munson ( 43 saves / 45 shots )
March 13 Boston College 4 - 3 OT Vermont Conte Forum Recap  
(Gilmour, Tuch) Zach Sanford - 04:02 First period 08:51 - Craig Puffer (Hamilton, Shaw)
(Dudek, Santini) Colin White - 01:56 Second period 16:28 - Conor O'Neil (Puffer, Shaw)
(C. Fitzgerald, R. Fitzgerald) JD Dudek - 10:30 Third period 04:37 - Conor O'Neil (Shaw, Pattyn)
(Gilmour, C. Fitzgerald) Ryan Fitzgerald - GW - 09:47 First overtime period No scoring
( 36 saves / 39 shots ) Thatcher Demko Goalie stats Packy Munson ( 31 saves / 35 shots )
Boston College won series 2–1


(2) Providence vs. (7) Merrimack[]

March 11 Providence 3 - 1 Merrimack Schneider Arena Recap  
(Tanev, Monk) Nick Saracino - 10:23 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Jankowski, Parisi) Erik Foley - GW - 13:10
(Jankowski, Parisi) Trevor Mingoia - EN - 18:57 		Third period 03:06 - Craig Wyszomirski (Christie)
( 25 saves / 26 shots ) Nick Ellis Goalie stats Drew Vogler ( 27 saves / 29 shots )
March 12 Providence 2 - 0 Merrimack Schneider Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(McKenzie) Garrett Gamez - GW - 10:39
(Tanev, Monk) Kevin Rooney - EN - 19:21 		Third period No scoring
( 20 saves / 20 shots ) Nick Ellis Goalie stats Drew Vogler ( 32 saves / 33 shots )
Providence won series 2–0


(3) Notre Dame vs. (6) Northeastern[]

March 11 Notre Dame 1 - 3 Northeastern Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
(Nardella, Lucia) Jordan Gross - 07:35 First period 02:29 - Lincoln Griffin (Schule)
06:24 - GW - John Stevens (N. Stevens, Aston-Reese)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 19:25 - EN - Tanner Pond (Gaudette)
( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Cal Petersen Goalie stats Ryan Ruck ( 20 saves / 21 shots )
March 12 Notre Dame 4 - 6 Northeastern Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
(Hurley) Luke Ripley - 14:38 First period 18:50 - PP - Colton Saucerman (Cockerill, Roy)
(Bjork, Evans) Mario Lucia - 19:55 Second period 02:26 - Kevin Roy (Kurker)
03:33 - Garret Cockerill (J. Stevens, Aston-Reese)
05:46 - PP - Dylan Sikura (Saucerman, Roy)
(Wade, Hurley) Thomas Di Pauli - 16:33
(Di Pauli) Mario Lucia - PP - 19:38 		Third period 18:39 - GW - Kevin Roy (Saucerman, McMurtry)
12:31 - Tanner Pond (Sikura, McMurtry)
( 28 saves / 34 shots ) Cal Petersen / ( 0 saves / 0 shots ) Nick Stasack Goalie stats Ryan Ruck ( 25 saves / 29 shots )
Northeastern won series 2–0


(4) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (5) Boston University[]

March 11 Massachusetts–Lowell 3 - 2 Boston University Tsongas Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Smith, Panico) Joe Gambardella - PP - 08:58 Second period 06:22 - Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (O'Regan, Fortunato)
(White, Fallon) Michael Louria - 11:35
(Smith, Panico) Adam Chapie - GW PP - 15:22 		Third period 15:45 - Bobo Carpenter (Grzelcyk, McAvoy)
( 33 saves / 35 shots ) Kevin Boyle Goalie stats Sean Maguire ( 16 saves / 19 shots )
March 12 Massachusetts–Lowell 5 - 0 Boston University Tsongas Center Recap  
(Chapie, Master) Jake Kamrass - GW - 03:07 First period No scoring
(Kamrass, Chapie) Joe Gambardella - 06:26
(Edwardh, Kapla) C. J. Smith - 10:50 		Second period No scoring
(Master, Forney) C. J. Smith - 05:38
(Gambardella) John Edwardh - 08:30 		Third period No scoring
( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Kevin Boyle Goalie stats Sean Maguire ( 13 saves / 15 shots ) / Connor LaCouvee ( 14 saves / 17 shots )
Massachusetts–Lowell won series 2–0


Semifinals[]

(1) Boston College vs. (6) Northeastern[]

March 18 Boston College 4 - 5 Northeastern TD Garden Recap  
(Brown, Santini) Miles Wood - 00:15 First period 14:08 - Zach Aston-Reese (N. Stevens, Cockerill)
19:59 - Adam Gaudette (McMurtry, Sikura)
(Gaudreau, McCoshen) Colin White - 01:10
(R. Fitzgerald, Doherty) Miles Wood - PP - 13:54 		Second period 02:55 - PP - Nolan Stevens (J. Stevens, Gaudette)
10:55 - PP - Eric Williams (Roy, Sikura)
(Sanford, Santini) Alex Tuch - 10:50 Third period 09:44 - GW - Lincoln Griffin (unassisted)
( 27 saves / 32 shots ) Thatcher Demko Goalie stats Ryan Ruck ( 21 saves / 25 shots )


(2) Providence vs. (4) Massachusetts–Lowell[]

March 18 Providence 1 - 2 3OT Massachusetts–Lowell TD Garden Recap  
(Saracino, Pinho) Vincent Desharnais - 06:38 First period 18:54 - C. J. Smith (Gambardella)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring Third overtime period 12:27 - A. J. White (Fallon)
( 42 saves / 44 shots ) Nick Ellis Goalie stats Kevin Boyle ( 58 saves / 59 shots )


Championship[]

(4) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (6) Northeastern[]

March 21 Massachusetts–Lowell 2 - 3 Northeastern TD Garden Recap  
(Gambardella, Panico) John Edwardh - 03:25 First period 01:12 - Adam Gaudette (McMurtry, Sikura)
06:30 - Nolan Stevens (J. Stevens, Aston-Reese)
(Kamrass, Zink) Adam Chapie - 13:34 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 11:03 - GW PP - Zach Aston-Reese (J. Stevens, N. Stevens)
( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Kevin Boyle Goalie stats Ryan Ruck ( 21 saves / 24 shots )


Tournament awards[]

All-Tournament Team[]

* Tournament MVP(s)

[2]

References[]

  1. ↑ http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/pres1516/201602/feb27hea.php
  2. ↑ http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/recaps15.php?mbu_uml1.m21

External links[]

2016 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournaments
ConferenceAtlantic Hockey - Big Ten - ECAC - Hockey East - NCHC - WCHA
NationalNCAA
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