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.
| 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 | |
The tournament was the 32nd in league history.
Format edit
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 edit
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #5 Boston College † | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 91 | 45 | 41 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 156 | 82 | |
| #3 Providence † | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 71 | 39 | 38 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 124 | 71 | |
| #13 Notre Dame | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 70 | 40 | 37 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 115 | 86 | |
| #8 Massachusetts–Lowell | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 58 | 37 | 40 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 121 | 75 | |
| #11 Boston University | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 75 | 56 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 124 | 106 | |
| #14 Northeastern * | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 75 | 56 | 41 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 134 | 105 | |
| Merrimack | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 50 | 70 | 39 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 95 | 108 | |
| Connecticut | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 49 | 70 | 36 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 88 | 114 | |
| Vermont | 22 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 48 | 66 | 40 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 86 | 107 | |
| New Hampshire | 22 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 57 | 73 | 37 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 112 | 121 | |
| Maine | 22 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 42 | 77 | 38 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 76 | 129 | |
| Massachusetts | 22 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 101 | 36 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 84 | 146 | |
| Championship: March 19, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 8, 2016 | ||||||||||||||
Bracket edit
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* | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Boston University | 2* | 5 | — | 9 | Vermont | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | Massachusetts | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | Boston College | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Northeastern | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Providence | 3 | 2 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Northeastern | 3* | 4* | — | 7 | Merrimack | 1 | 0 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Maine | 2 | 3 | — | 6 | Northeastern | 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 | 2 | Providence | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 2*** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 3 | 5 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Connecticut | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | Boston University | 2 | 0 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Vermont | 2 | 4 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results edit
Opening Round edit
(5) Boston University vs. (12) Massachusetts edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
(1) Boston College vs. (9) Vermont edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
(1) Boston College vs. (6) Northeastern edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
(4) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (6) Northeastern edit
| 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 edit
All-Tournament Team edit
- F Nolan Stevens (Northeastern)
- F Zach Aston-Reese (Northeastern)
- F C. J. Smith (Massachusetts–Lowell)
- D Colton Saucerman (Northeastern)
- D Dylan Zink (Massachusetts–Lowell)
- G Kevin Boyle* (Massachusetts–Lowell)