2022 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

2022 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 9–19, 2021
Teams	11
Finals site	TD Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	Massachusetts (2nd title)
Winning coach	Greg Carvel (2nd title)
MVP	Bobby Trivigno (Massachusetts)
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The 2022 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 37th edition of the Hockey East Tournament. It was played between March 9 and March 19, 2022. As the tournament champions, Massachusetts received the conference's automatic bid into the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament included all eleven teams in the conference. Teams were ranked according to their finish in the conference standings. Seeds 1–5 earned a bye into the quarterfinal round, while seeds 6–11 played to determine the remaining quarterfinalists. Winners in the opening round were reseeded and advanced to play top three seeds in reverse order. Winners of the quarterfinal matches were again reseeded for the semifinal, and the winners of those two games faced off in the championship.

All series were single-elimination with opening round and quarterfinal matches occurring at home team sites. Beginning with the semifinal round, all games were held at the TD Garden. The tournament champion received an automatic bid into the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

Standings

2021–22 Hockey East Standings
	Conference record											Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SOW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#12 Northeastern †	24	15	8	1	1	1	1	47	68	46		39	25	13	1	99	68
#10 Massachusetts *	24	14	8	2	2	3	1	46	77	54		37	22	13	2	117	88
#13 Massachusetts Lowell	24	15	8	1	1	0	1	46	62	48		35	21	11	3	102	74
#19 Connecticut	24	14	10	0	2	1	0	41	73	61		36	20	16	0	109	89
Boston University	24	13	8	3	3	2	0	41	69	58		35	19	13	3	107	89
Merrimack	24	13	11	0	1	3	0	41	70	70		35	19	15	1	109	99
#20 Providence	24	12	11	1	1	1	1	38	61	52		38	22	14	2	118	82
Boston College	24	9	12	3	0	1	1	32	67	77		38	15	18	5	114	123
New Hampshire	24	8	15	1	2	2	0	25	47	71		34	14	19	1	76	95
Vermont	24	6	16	2	3	1	2	20	41	72		35	8	25	2	59	101
Maine	24	5	17	2	2	3	1	19	54	80		33	7	22	4	74	111
Championship: March 19, 2022 † indicates regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals

	Opening Round March 9					Quarterfinals March 12					Semifinals March 18					Championship March 19
						1	Northeastern	3
	6	Merrimack	6			8	Boston College	2
	11	Maine	2								1	Northeastern	1
											4	Connecticut	4
						2	Massachusetts	4
						7	Providence	2
																4	Connecticut	1
																2	Massachusetts	2*
						3	Massachusetts Lowell	7
	7	Providence	2			6	Merrimack	2
	10	Vermont	1								2	Massachusetts	3
											3	Massachusetts Lowell	1
						4	Connecticut	3
	8	Boston College	4*			5	Boston University	1
	9	New Hampshire	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Opening Round

(6) Merrimack vs. (11) Maine

March 9, 2022 7:00 PM

Merrimack

6–2 (1–0, 2–1, 3–1)

Maine

J. Thom Lawler Rink, North Andover, Massachusetts Attendance: 2,549

Game reference
	Hugo Ollas	Goalies	Matthew Thiessen
	(Jefferies, Newton) Steven Jandric (8) – PP – 12:23 1–0 (Walsh, Seyfert) Filip Forsmark (11) – 20:34 2–0 (Welsher, Uens) Matt Copponi (3) – GW – 24:07 3–0 3–1 33:49 – Lynden Breen (9) (Poisson) (Brown, Jandric) Max Newton (13) – 43:45 4–1 (Forsmark, Copponi) Liam Walsh (10) – 51:06 5–1 (Forsmark) Max Newton (14) – EN – 57:02 6–1 6–2 57:37 – Matthew Fawcett (5) (Mulera, Quinlivan)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	28

(7) Providence vs. (10) Vermont

March 9, 2022 7:00 PM

Providence

2–1 (0–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Vermont

Schneider Arena, Providence, Rhode Island Attendance: 1,095

Game reference
	Jaxson Stauber	Goalies	Gabe Carriere
	(Stauber) Cody Monds (5) – 26:01 1–0 (Ford) Brett Berard (18) – GW – 43:19 2–0 2–1 58:02 – PP, EA – Joel Maatta (3) (Stucker, Leahy)
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	40	Shots	18

(8) Boston College vs. (9) New Hampshire

March 9, 2022 7:00 PM

Boston College

4–3 (OT) (1–1, 2–0, 0–2, 1–0)

New Hampshire

Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Attendance: 1,125

Game reference
	Eric Dop	Goalies	Mike Robinson	Referees: Geno Binda, Jr Steven Rouillard Linesmen: Steven Murray Bob Bernard
	(Warren, McLaughlin) Jack McBain (19) – 6:08 1–0 1–1 18:17 – Tyler Ward (9) (Cronin, Jenson) (St. Ivany) Nikita Nesterenko (7) – SH – 22:48 2–1 (Helleson, McBain) Marc McLaughlin (20) – PP – 34:42 3–1 3–2 48:41 – PP – Tyler Ward (10) (Pierson, Engaras) 3–3 55:11 – PP – Tyler Ward (11) (Eriksson, Engaras) (Warren, McBain) Marc McLaughlin (21) – GW – 70:56 4–3
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	47

Quarterfinals

(1) Northeastern vs. (8) Boston College

March 12, 2022 7:30 PM

Northeastern

3–2 (0–0, 3–0, 0–2)

Boston College

Matthews Arena, Boston, Massachusetts Attendance: 2,304

Game reference
	Devon Levi	Goalies	Eric Dop	Referees: Geoffrey Miller Terrence Murphy Linesmen: Trevor Disbennett Jeff McCorkle
	(Novak, Struble) Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (8) – 22:34 1–0 (Fontaine, Novak) Justin Hryckowian (7) – 29:53 2–0 (Hughes, McDonough) Sam Colangelo (12) – GW – 39:14 3–0 3–1 48:29 – PP – Drew Helleson (4) (McBain, Kruse) 3–2 56:12 – Marshall Warren (6) (McLaughlin, Argentina)
	4 min	Penalties	0 min
	36	Shots	48

(2) Massachusetts vs. (7) Providence

March 12, 2022 7:00 PM

Massachusetts

4–2 (2–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Providence

Mullins Center, Amherst, Massachusetts Attendance: 2,422

Game reference
	Matt Murray	Goalies	Jaxson Stauber	Referees: Tim Benedetto Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Bob Bernard Steven Murray
	(Trivigno, Ufko) Josh Lopina (11) – 5:30 1–0 (Morrow, Ufko) Josh Lopina (12) – PP – 9:51 2–0 (Lopina, Bohlinger) Bobby Trivigno (18) – GW – 27:03 3–0 3–1 34:01 – Riley Duran (10) (Crozier, Monds) unassisted Cal Kiefiuk (6) – EN – 57:39 4–1 4–2 58:24 – Matt Koopman (5) (Olischefski)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	19	Shots	47

(3) Massachusetts Lowell vs. (6) Merrimack

March 12, 2022 4:30 PM

Massachusetts Lowell

7–2 (2–1, 3–0, 2–1)

Merrimack

Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts Attendance: 5,782

Game reference
	Owen Savory	Goalies	Hugo Ollas Zachary Borgiel	Referees: Walker Holton Peter Schlittenhardt Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Kyle Richetelle
	(Knoblauch, Wells) Connor Sodergren (4) – 1:04 1–0 (Jonsson, Lee) Carl Berglund (8) – 7:55 2–0 2–1 17:36 – Logan Drevitch (5) (Messner) (McDonald, Condotta) Ben Meehan (5) – PP, GW – 25:33 3–1 (Lee, Jonsson) Carl Berglund (9) – 28:44 4–1 (Jonsson, Engum) Ryan Brushett (8) – 34:22 5–1 5–2 48:20 – PP – Alex Jefferies (10) (Forsmark, Jandric) (Brushett, Kaiser) Owen Cole (3) – 50:27 6–2 (Crasa) Lucas Condotta (9) – EN – 58:18 7–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	41

(4) Connecticut vs. (5) Boston University

March 12, 2022 4:30 PM

Connecticut

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Boston University

XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut Attendance: 3,416

Game reference
	Darion Hanson	Goalies	Drew Commesso	Referees: Eugene Binda Steven Rouillard Linesmen: Bill Kingdon Christopher Millea
	(Flynn, Kondelik) Vladislav Firstov (10) – 16:00 1–0 (Gatcomb, Wheeler) Jonny Evans (6) – GW – 30:26 2–0 2–1 53:01 – PP – Domenick Fensore (5) (O'Brien, Mastrosimone) (Gatcomb, Hanson) Chase Bradley (4) – EN – 59:50 3–1
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	39

Semifinals

(1) Northeastern vs. (4) Connecticut

March 18, 2022 4:00 PM

Northeastern

1–4 (1–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Connecticut

TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts Attendance: 13,106

Game reference
	Devon Levi	Goalies	Darion Hanson	Referees: Walker Holton Peter Schlittenbardt Linesmen: Bob Bernard Steven Murray
	0–1 11:39 – Vladislav Firstov (11) (Capone, Bradley) (Harris, Fontaine) Aidan McDonough (24) – PP – 14:13 1–1 1–2 33:47 – GW – Roman Kinal (3) (Bradley, Reese) 1–3 44:32 – Ryan Tverberg (14) unassisted 1–4 57:52 – EN – Marc Gatcomb (8) unassisted
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	37

(2) Massachusetts vs. (3) Massachusetts Lowell

March 18, 2022 7:30 PM

Massachusetts

3–1 (2–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Massachusetts Lowell

TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts Attendance: 13,106

Game reference
	Matt Murray	Goalies	Owen Savory	Referees: Geoff Miller Steve Rouillard Linesmen: Jeff McCorkle Kyle Richetelle
	(Lopina, Morrow) Garret Wait (12) – PP – 12:27 1–0 (Wait) Bobby Trivigno (19) – GW – 14:10 2–0 2–1 36:37 – Matt Crasa (12) (Austin, Condatta) unassisted Jerry Harding (1) – 53:00 3–1
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	23

Championship

(2) Massachusetts vs. (4) Connecticut

March 19, 2022 7:00 PM

Massachusetts

2–1 (OT) (0–0, 1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Connecticut

TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts Attendance: 12,049

Game reference
	Matt Murray	Goalies	Darion Hanson	Referees: Geno Binda, Jr. Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Billy Kingdon
	0–1 22:25 – Vladislav Firstov (12) (Spetz, Berger) (Felix) Bobby Trivigno (20) – 36:06 1–1 (Trivigno, Del Gaizo) Aaron Bohlinger (2) – GW – 63:06 2–1
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	33	Shots	20

Tournament Awards

All-Tournament Team

• Goaltender – Matt Murray, Massachusetts
• Defenceman – John Spetz, Connecticut
• Defenceman – Colin Felix, Massachusetts
• Forward – Vladislav Firstov, Connecticut
• Forward – Garrett Wait, Massachusetts
• Forward – Bobby Trivigno, Massachusetts

Tournament MVP

• Bobby Trivigno, Massachusetts

External links

• 2022 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament