2016 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
| 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 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. Kevin Boyle was named tournament MVP.
The tournament is 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
| 2015–16 Hockey East men's standings | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 UMass 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
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 | UMass Lowell | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Notre Dame | 1 | 4 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Merrimack | 1 | 3* | 2 | 6 | Northeastern | 3 | 6 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | New Hampshire | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | UMass Lowell | 3 | 5 | — | 2 | Providence | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Connecticut | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | Boston University | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | UMass Lowell | 2*** | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | Vermont | 2 | 4 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- F Nolan Stevens* (Northeastern)
- F Zach Aston-Reese (Northeastern)
- F CJ Smith (UMass Lowell)
- D Colton Saucerman (Northeastern)
- D Dylan Zink (UMass Lowell)
- G Kevin Boyle (UMass Lowell)
- G – Kevin Boyle (UMass Lowell)