2011 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

The 2011 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 11 and March 19, 2011 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston College Eagles won their tenth Hockey East Tournament and earned the Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

edit

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The teams that finish below eighth in the conference are not eligible for tournament 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 played a best-of-three 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-elimination game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Regular season standings

edit

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

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#5 Boston College†* 27 20 6 1 41 101 58 39 30 8 1 153 94
#9 New Hampshire 27 17 6 4 38 90 59 39 22 11 6 131 98
#17 Boston University 27 15 6 6 36 76 67 39 19 12 8 116 112
#10 Merrimack 27 16 8 3 35 89 67 39 25 10 4 143 97
#19 Maine 27 14 8 5 33 92 73 36 17 12 7 122 105
Northeastern 27 10 10 7 27 73 69 38 14 16 8 108 104
Vermont 27 6 14 7 19 60 85 36 8 20 8 82 116
Massachusetts 27 5 16 6 16 68 88 35 6 23 6 88 122
Providence 27 4 16 7 15 53 94 34 8 18 8 75 116
Massachusetts–Lowell 27 4 21 2 10 60 102 34 5 25 4 83 136
Championship: Boston College Eagles
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

Bracket

edit
Quarterfinals
March 10–13
Semifinals
March 18
Championship
March 19
           
1 Boston College 4 4
8 Massachusetts 1 2
1 Boston College 5
6 Northeastern 4
2 New Hampshire 3 4
7 Vermont 1 3
1 Boston College 5
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
4 Merrimack 3
3 Boston University 2 5 4
6 Northeastern 4 2 5
2 New Hampshire 1
4 Merrimack 4
4 Merrimack 5 6
5 Maine 4 2

Note: * denotes overtime periods

Quarterfinals

edit

(1) Boston College vs. (8) Massachusetts

edit
March 11 Boston College 4 - 1 Massachusetts Conte Forum Recap  
Jimmy Hayes (17) - 10:31 First period No scoring
Cam Atkinson (28) - pp - 00:14
Brian Gibbons (16) - sh - 11:18
Second period Daniel Hobbs (12) - pp - 11:52
Barry Almeida (7) - 02:30 Third period No scoring
John Muse - ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Paul Dainton - ( 31 saves / 35 shots )
March 12 Boston College 4 - 2 Massachusetts Conte Forum Recap  
No scoring First period Chase Langeraap (9) - 00:21
Jimmy Hayes (18) - pp - 04:32
Joe Whitney (5) - 08:52
Second period Michael Marcou (4) - 16:43
Jimmy Hayes (19) - 08:33
Jimmy Hayes (20) - en - 19:37
Third period No scoring
John Muse - ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) Goalie stats Paul Dainton - ( 30 saves / 33 shots )
Boston College Wins Series 2-0


(2) New Hampshire vs. (7) Vermont

edit
March 11 New Hampshire 3 - 1 Vermont Whittemore Center Recap  
Paul Thompson (27) - 04:23 First period No scoring
Phil DeSimone (10) - pp - 18:11 Second period Sebastian Stalberg (9) - 13:20
Stevie Moses (12) - 09:09 Third period No scoring
Matt DiGirolamo - ( 31 saves / 32 shots ) Goalie stats Rob Madore - ( 30 saves / 33 shots )
March 12 New Hampshire 4 - 3 Vermont Whittemore Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Austin Block (4) - 17:14
Stevie Moses (13) - 17:56
Second period Ben Albertson (4) - 03:49
Paul Thompson (28) - 09:06
Mike Sislo (13) - 17:00
Third period Tobias Nilsson-Roos (6) - 12:31
Nick Bruneteau (1) - 16:26
Matt DiGirolamo - ( 25 saves / 328 shots ) Goalie stats Rob Madore - ( 35 saves / 39 shots )
New Hampshire Wins Series 2-0


(3) Boston University vs. (6)Northeastern

edit
March 10 Boston University 2 - 4 Northeastern Agganis Arena Recap  
Justin Courtnall (2) - 08:57 First period Steve Silva (9) - pp - 08:16
Wade MacLeod (19) - 18:05
No scoring Second period Braden Pimm (6) - 02:53
Steve Silva (10) - 08:42
Ryan Ruikka (2) - pp - 04:22 Third period No scoring
Kieran Millan - ( 26 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Chris Rawlings - ( 37 saves / 39 shots )
March 11 Boston University 5 - 2 Northeastern Agganis Arena Recap  
Ryan Ruikka (3) - 06:20
Matt Nieto (9) - pp - 09:19
Kevin Gilroy (3) - 13:01
First period Brodie Reid (9) - pp - 03:25
No scoring Second period Jamie Oleksiak (4) - 19:34
Joe Pereira (14) - 11:37
Joe Pereira (15) - en - 19:25
Third period No scoring
Kieran Millan - ( 30 saves / 32 shots ) Goalie stats Chris Rawlings - ( 32 saves / 37 shots )
March 13 Boston University 4 - 5 Northeastern Agganis Arena  
Matt Nieto (10) - pp - 15:27 First period Cody Ferriero (4) - pp - 09:30
Brodie Reid (10) - 11:40
No scoring Second period No scoring
Alex Chiasson (14) - pp - 08:49
Justin Courtnall (3) - 18:38
Wade Megan (8) - pp - 19:46
Third period Steve Silva (11) - pp - 06:48
Brodie Reid (11) - 14:39
Wade MacLeod (20) - en - 17:46
Kieran Millan - ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Goalie stats Chris Rawlings - ( 31 saves / 35 shots )
Northeastern Wins Series 2-1


(4) Merrimack vs. (5) Maine

edit
March 11 Merrimack 5 - 4 Maine J. Thom Lawler Arena Recap  
No scoring First period Gustav Nyquist (18) - pp - 19:19
Karl Stollery (6) - 09:51
Chris Barton (14) - pp - 10:56
Second period Robby Dee (12) - 07:02
Elliott Sheen (4) - 02:14
Ryan Flanigan (11) - 12:28
Elliott Sheen (5) - sh - 14:34
Third period Robby Dee (13) - 03:52
Spencer Abbott (17) - 15:28
Joe Cannata - ( 20 saves / 24 shots ) Goalie stats Dan Sullivan - ( 19 saves / 24 shots )
March 12 Merrimack 6 - 2 Maine J. Thom Lawler Arena Recap  
Jeff Velleca (6) - 14:01 First period No scoring
Carter Madsen (8) - 03:57
Mike Collins (12) - pp - 09:08
Ryan Flanigan (12) - 13:19
Second period Brian Flynn (20) - 10:52
Carter Madsen (9) - 01:36
Carter Madsen (10) - 16:31
Third period Jeff Dimmen (7) - 4x4 - 09:43
Joe Cannata - ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Dan Sullivan - ( 22 saves / 26 shots )
Shawn Sirman - ( 9 saves / 10 shots )
Merrimack Wins Series 2-0


Semifinals

edit

(1) Boston College vs. (6) Northeastern

edit
March 18 Boston College 5 - 4 Northeastern TD Garden Recap  
Brian Gibbons (17) - 16:05 First period Tyler McNeely (13) - 13:48
Kevin Hayes (4) - pp - 06:56
Steven Whitney (6) - 13:14
Tommy Cross (7) - pp - 19:42
Second period Wade MacLeod (21) - 07:21
Pat Mullane (7) - pp - 08:22 Third period Garrett Vermeersch (5) - pp - 16:44
Wade MacLeod (22) - pp - 18:57
John Muse - ( 33 saves / 37 shots ) Goalie stats Chris Rawlings - ( 23 saves / 27 shots )
Clay Witt - ( 5 saves / 6 shots )


(2) New Hampshire vs. (4) Merrimack

edit
March 18 New Hampshire 1 - 4 Merrimack TD Garden Recap  
Stevie Moses (14) - 07:20 First period Ryan Flanigan (13) - sh - 10:47
Elliott Sheen (6) - 16:50
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Mike Collins (13) - 14:11
Elliott Sheen (7) - sh - en - 19:53
Matt Di Girolamo - ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats Joe Cannata - ( 30 saves / 31 shots )


Championship

edit

(1) Boston College vs. (4) Merrimack

edit
March 19 Boston College 5 - 3 Merrimack TD Garden Recap  
Pat Mullane (8) - 09:15
Brian Gibbons (18) - 11:03
First period Ryan Flanigan (14) - 09:41
Mike Collins (14) - pp - 19:36
No scoring Second period No scoring
Cam Atkinson (29) - 09:41
Cam Atkinson (30) - 14:49
Brian Dumoulin (3) - pp - 18:24
Third period Ryan Flanigan (15) - pp - 13:32
John Muse - ( 36 saves / 39 shots ) Goalie stats Joe Cannata - ( 30 saves / 35 shots )


Tournament awards

edit

* Tournament MVP(s)

[1]

References

edit
  1. ^ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
edit