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.
| 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) |
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
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
editWith 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
editNote: 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 | ||
| #3 Boston College† | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 75 | 40 | 40 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 164 | 94 | |
| #5 Massachusetts–Lowell* | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 54 | 43 | 41 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 116 | 77 | |
| #10 Providence | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 50 | 49 | 39 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 115 | 88 | |
| #18 New Hampshire | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 64 | 51 | 41 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 126 | 106 | |
| #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 | 38 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 105 | 89 | |
| #9 Notre Dame | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 43 | 40 | 40 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 120 | 86 | |
| Boston University | 20 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 43 | 66 | 35 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 81 | 113 | |
| Massachusetts | 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: Massachusetts–Lowell † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014 | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
edit| Opening Round March 7–8 | Quarterfinals March 14–16 | Semifinals March 21 | Championship March 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston College | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Maine | 2 | 8 | Notre Dame | 7 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Merrimack | 0 | 2 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Notre Dame | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Vermont | 2 | 3* | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | New Hampshire | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Providence | 3 | 4 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Vermont | 2 | 6 | Maine | 1 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Massachusetts | 1 | 3 | Providence | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | New Hampshire | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | New Hampshire | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Notre Dame | 3 | 5 | Northeastern | 0 | 5* | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Boston University | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
* denotes overtime periods
Results
editOpening Round
editOn 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 Linesmen: Matt Riegert Jeremy Lovett | ||||||||
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| 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 Linesmen: Marc Sullivan Jeremy Lewis | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 Linesmen: Patrick Turcotte Chris Aughe | |||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||
| 29 | Shots | 35 | ||||||
Quarterfinals
edit(1) Boston College vs. (8) Notre Dame
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit(2) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (8) Notre Dame
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit(2) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (4) New Hampshire
edit| 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
edit- 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)
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.[1]
External links
edit- ^ "2013-14 Game Recap - Hockey East Association".
- ^ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved May 19, 2014.