2016 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

August 2023 2016 Hockey East Men's 200px Hockey East Logo March 3–19, 2016 12 TD Garden Boston Northeastern 2nd Jim Madigan 1st Kevin Boyle UMass Lowell 2015 2015 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 2017 2017 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 2016 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 32nd tournament in the history of the conference. It 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. 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 Bracket Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals 0 0 3/3/1 Opening Roundhttp://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/pres1516/201602/feb27hea.php Hockey East Association - Press Release ArchiveMarch 3–6 5 Boston University 2* 5 — 12 Massachusetts 1 4 — 6 Northeastern 3* 4* — 11 Maine 2 3 — 7 Merrimack 1 3* 2 10 New Hampshire 3 2 1 8 Connecticut 1 3 — 9 Vermont 2 4 — QuarterfinalsMarch 11–13 1 Boston College 3 2 4* 9 Vermont 0 4 3 2 Providence 3 2 — 7 Merrimack 1 0 — 3 Notre Dame 1 4 — 6 Northeastern 3 6 — 4 Massachusetts–Lowell 3 5 — 5 Boston University 2 0 — SemifinalsMarch 18 1 Boston College 4 6 Northeastern 5 2 Providence 1 4 Massachusetts–Lowell 2*** ChampionshipMarch 19 6 Northeastern 3 4 Massachusetts–Lowell 2 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Results Opening Round (5) Boston University vs. (12) Massachusetts Boston University Massachusetts Agganis Arena March 4 2 - 1 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mbu_uma1.m04 1 1 No Scoring 08:07 - Steven Iacobellis (Walsh, Pigozzi) (Lane, Oksanen) Bobo Carpenter - 03:52 (Oksanen, Fortunato) Bobo Carpenter - GW - 09:34 ( 28 saves / 29 shots ) Sean Maguire Nic Renyard ( 46 saves / 48 shots ) March 5 5 - 4 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mbu_uma1.m05 1 (O'Regan, Greenway) Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson - 05:40 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 11:13 - Shane Walsh (Iacobellis, Kravchenko)17:50 - PP - Kurt Keats (Plevy, Pigozzi) (McAvoy, O'Regan) Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson - GW - 11:51 03:51 - Austin Plevy (Fryer, Keats) ( 32 saves / 36 shots ) Sean Maguire Nic Renyard ( 38 saves / 43 shots ) Boston University won series 2–0 (6) Northeastern vs. (11) Maine Northeastern Maine Matthews Arena March 4 3 - 2 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mmnenoe1.m04 1 1 No Scoring 17:51 - PP - Cameron Brown (Renouf, Byron)18:08 - Andrew Tegeler (Vesey, Hamilton) (Aston-Reese, N. Stevens) John Stevens - 14:39 (N. Stevens, Gaudette) Kevin Roy - PP - 02:54 (Aston-Reese, J. Stevens) Matt Benning - GW - 04:41 ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Ryan Ruck Rob McGovern ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) March 5 4 - 3 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mmnenoe1.m05 1 1 (Roy, Collier) Eric Williams - 14:51(Cockerill, Aston-Reese) Nolan Stevens - 16:09(Kurker) Kevin Roy - 16:57 11:44 - PP - Cameron Brown (Merchant, Byron) 04:40 - Cédric Lacroix (Tegeler, Vesey)08:29 - Keith Muehlbauer (Robbins, Perez) (unassisted) Kevin Roy - GW - 13:45 ( 33 saves / 36 shots ) Ryan Ruck Rob McGovern ( 26 saves / 30 shots ) Northeastern won series 2–0 (7) Merrimack vs. (10) New Hampshire Merrimack New Hampshire J. Thom Lawler Rink March 3 1 - 3 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mmerunh1.m03 2 No Scoring 14:45 - Tyler Kelleher (Poturalski, Correale) (LeBlanc, Titcomb) Derek Petti - 12:02 04:10 - GW - Marcus Vela (Gaudreault, Cleland)19:47 - EN - Marcus Vela (Cleland, Gaudreault) ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Drew Vogler Daniel Tirone ( 45 saves / 46 shots ) March 4 3 - 2 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mmerunh1.m04 1 1 (Wyszomirski, Kolquist) Derek Petti - 04:35 14:16 - Tyler Kelleher (Poturalski, Boyd)16:49 - PP - Matias Cleland (Correale, Kelleher) (Gustafsson, Christie) Ben Bahe - 07:59 (LeBlanc, Biega) Ludvig Larsson - GW - 12:02 ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Drew Vogler Daniel Tirone ( 47 saves / 50 shots ) March 6 2 - 1 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mmerunh1.m06 1 1 No Scoring (Biega, Larsson) Derek Petti - 08:01(Biega) Jace Hennig - GW - 18:34 10:34 - PP - Matt Dawson (Nazarian, Smith) ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Drew Vogler Daniel Tirone ( 40 saves / 42 shots ) Merrimack won series 2–1 (8) Connecticut vs. (9) Vermont Connecticut Vermont XL Center March 4 1 - 2 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mconver1.m04 2 (Schwartz) Spencer Naas - 13:45 01:28 - Alexx Privitera (Phillips, Puffer) 01:28 - GW - Rob Darrar (Irwin) ( 34 saves / 36 shots ) Robert Nichols Mike Santaguida ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) March 5 3 - 4 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mconver1.m05 2 (Ferriss) Karl El-Mir - 08:42 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 09:45 - PP - Yvan Pattyn (Blanleil, Petruzzelli)18:41 - Brian Bowen (Darrar) ( 28 saves / 32 shots ) Robert Nichols Mike Santaguida ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Vermont won series 2–0 Quarterfinals (1) Boston College vs. (9) Vermont Boston College Vermont Conte Forum March 11 3 - 0 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mbc_ver1.m11 1 (Cangelosi, Wood) Adam Gilmour - GW - 04:14(Gilmour) Austin Cangelosi - 10:58 (Cangelosi, Gilmour) Ryan Fitzgerald - 03:20 ( 36 saves / 36 shots ) Thatcher Demko Mike Santaguida ( 14 saves / 17 shots ) / Packy Munson ( 13 saves / 13 shots ) March 12 2 - 4 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mbc_ver1.m12 2 (Wood, Savage) Austin Cangelosi - PP - 03:49(Kim, Gilmour) Alex Tuch - 07:05 02:50 - Brian Bowen (Hamilton, Coughlin)10:20 - Liam Coughlin (Hamilton) 11:20 - GW - Brendan Bradley (Puskarich, Privitera)19:59 - EN - Rob Darrar (Coughlin, Bowen) ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Thatcher Demko Packy Munson ( 43 saves / 45 shots ) March 13 4 - 3 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mbc_ver1.m13 1 1 1 (Gilmour, Tuch) Zach Sanford - 04:02 08:51 - Craig Puffer (Hamilton, Shaw) (Dudek, Santini) Colin White - 01:56 16:28 - Conor O'Neil (Puffer, Shaw) (C. Fitzgerald, R. Fitzgerald) JD Dudek - 10:30 04:37 - Conor O'Neil (Shaw, Pattyn) (Gilmour, C. Fitzgerald) Ryan Fitzgerald - GW - 09:47 ( 36 saves / 39 shots ) Thatcher Demko Packy Munson ( 31 saves / 35 shots ) Boston College won series 2–1 (2) Providence vs. (7) Merrimack Providence Merrimack Schneider Arena March 11 3 - 1 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mmerprv1.m11 1 (Tanev, Monk) Nick Saracino - 10:23 (Jankowski, Parisi) Erik Foley - GW - 13:10(Jankowski, Parisi) Trevor Mingoia - EN - 18:57 03:06 - Craig Wyszomirski (Christie) ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) Nick Ellis Drew Vogler ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) March 12 2 - 0 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mmerprv1.m12 1 No Scoring (McKenzie) Garrett Gamez - GW - 10:39(Tanev, Monk) Kevin Rooney - EN - 19:21 ( 20 saves / 20 shots ) Nick Ellis Drew Vogler ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Providence won series 2–0 (3) Notre Dame vs. (6) Northeastern Notre Dame Northeastern Compton Family Ice Arena March 11 1 - 3 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mndmnoe1.m11 2 (Nardella, Lucia) Jordan Gross - 07:35 02:29 - Lincoln Griffin (Schule)06:24 - GW - John Stevens (N. Stevens, Aston-Reese) 19:25 - EN - Tanner Pond (Gaudette) ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Cal Petersen Ryan Ruck ( 20 saves / 21 shots ) March 12 4 - 6 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mndmnoe1.m12 2 (Hurley) Luke Ripley - 14:38 18:50 - PP - Colton Saucerman (Cockerill, Roy) (Bjork, Evans) Mario Lucia - 19:55 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 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 Ryan Ruck ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) Northeastern won series 2–0 (4) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (5) Boston University Massachusetts–Lowell Boston University Tsongas Center March 11 3 - 2 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mbu_uml1.m11 1 No Scoring (Smith, Panico) Joe Gambardella - PP - 08:58 06:22 - Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (O'Regan, Fortunato) (White, Fallon) Michael Louria - 11:35(Smith, Panico) Adam Chapie - GW PP - 15:22 15:45 - Bobo Carpenter (Grzelcyk, McAvoy) ( 33 saves / 35 shots ) Kevin Boyle Sean Maguire ( 16 saves / 19 shots ) March 12 5 - 0 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mbu_uml1.m12 1 (Chapie, Master) Jake Kamrass - GW - 03:07 (Kamrass, Chapie) Joe Gambardella - 06:26(Edwardh, Kapla) C. J. Smith - 10:50 (Master, Forney) C. J. Smith - 05:38(Gambardella) John Edwardh - 08:30 ( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Kevin Boyle 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 Boston College Northeastern TD Garden March 18 4 - 5 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mbc_noe1.m18 2 (Brown, Santini) Miles Wood - 00:15 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 02:55 - PP - Nolan Stevens (J. Stevens, Gaudette)10:55 - PP - Eric Williams (Roy, Sikura) (Sanford, Santini) Alex Tuch - 10:50 09:44 - GW - Lincoln Griffin (unassisted) ( 27 saves / 32 shots ) Thatcher Demko Ryan Ruck ( 21 saves / 25 shots ) (2) Providence vs. (4) Massachusetts–Lowell Providence Massachusetts–Lowell TD Garden March 18 1 - 2 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mprvuml1.m18 2 3 (Saracino, Pinho) Vincent Desharnais - 06:38 18:54 - C. J. Smith (Gambardella) 12:27 - A. J. White (Fallon) ( 42 saves / 44 shots ) Nick Ellis Kevin Boyle ( 58 saves / 59 shots ) Championship (4) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (6) Northeastern Massachusetts–Lowell Northeastern TD Garden March 21 2 - 3 http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1516/boxes/mnoeuml1.m19 2 (Gambardella, Panico) John Edwardh - 03:25 01:12 - Adam Gaudette (McMurtry, Sikura)06:30 - Nolan Stevens (J. Stevens, Aston-Reese) (Kamrass, Zink) Adam Chapie - 13:34 11:03 - GW PP - Zach Aston-Reese (J. Stevens, N. Stevens) ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Kevin Boyle Ryan Ruck ( 21 saves / 24 shots ) Tournament awards All-Tournament Team 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) * Tournament MVP(s) http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/recaps15.php?mbu_uml1.m21 2014-15 Game Recap - Hockey East Association References External links 2015 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Category:Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament