2018 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament
March 2–17, 2018 11 TD GardenBoston, Massachusetts Boston University (9th title) David Quinn (2nd title) Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2017 2019 →
The 2018 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 34th tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 2 and March 17, 2018 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts . Boston University won their 9th tournament and earned Hockey East 's automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament .
The tournament included all eleven teams in the conference. Seeds 1–5 earned a first-round bye, and seeds 6–11 played a best-of-three Opening Round played on campus locations. Winners advanced to play the 1–3 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 .
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
No Scoring First period 16:01 - PP - Liam Blackburn (Vela, Salvaggio) (Michel, Keeper) Brendan Robbins - 03:13 Second period No scoring (Binner, Fossier) Cédric Lacroix - GW - 16:29(Robbins) Tim Doherty - EN - 18:24(Keeper) Cédric Lacroix - EN - 18:50 Third period No scoring ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Jeremy Swayman Goalie stats Daniel Tirone ( 45 saves / 47 shots )
No Scoring First period 06:55 - PP - Liam Blackburn (Fregona, Gildon) (Michel, Keeper) Mitchell Fossier - 03:03(Michel, Keeper) Nolan Vesey - 18:04 Second period No scoring (Michel, Fossier) Eduards Tralmaks - GW PP - 19:38 Third period 19:07 - EA - Benton Maass (Kelleher, Vela) ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Jeremy Swayman Goalie stats Daniel Tirone ( 40 saves / 43 shots )
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Maine won series 2–0
(unassisted) Connor Wilson - 15:52 First period No scoring No scoring Second period No scoring No scoring Third period 15:33 - Jace Hennig (Seney, Tavernier) No scoring First overtime period 18:01 - GW - Ludvig Larsson (Tavernier, Petti) ( 39 saves / 41 shots ) Christoffer Hernberg Goalie stats Craig Pantano ( 32 saves / 33 shots )
No Scoring First period 19:21 - SH - Michael Babcock (Seney) (Master, Kamrass) Mattias Göransson - 08:06 Second period 05:31 - Alfred Larsson (Irvine) (Baxter, Mueller) Connor Wilson - 08:31 Third period No scoring No scoring First overtime period 18:48 - GW - Jace Hennig (Seney, Tibbet) ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Christoffer Hernberg Goalie stats Craig Pantano ( 30 saves / 32 shots )
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Merrimack won series 2–0
No Scoring First period 13:09 - Matt Alvaro (unassisted) (Chau, Makar) John Leonard - PP - 00:59 Second period 16:46 - PP - Jake Massie (Alvaro, Coughlin) (unassisted) Cale Makar - PP - 08:35 Third period No scoring (Leonard, Rufo) Philip Lagunov - GW - 19:56 First overtime period No scoring ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) Matt Murray Goalie stats Stefanos Lekkas ( 38 saves / 41 shots )
No Scoring First period 11:04 - Ross Colton (Darrar, Evers) (Suter, Boeing) Austin Plevy - 07:29(Gaudet) Mitchell Chaffee - 18:27 Second period 05:33 - Matt Alvaro (Lodermeier) (Couturier, McLaughlin) Austin Albrecht - 00:29 Third period 08:05 - Rob Darrar (unassisted) No scoring First overtime period 00:12 - GW - Cory Thomas (Colton, Alvaro) ( 19 saves / 23 shots ) Matt Murray Goalie stats Stefanos Lekkas ( 39 saves / 42 shots )
(Leonard, Rufo) Mario Ferraro - 02:40(Boeing, Ferraro) Jake Gaudet - GW - 09:53 First period No scoring (Chukarov) Austin Albrecht - 09:38(Chaffee, Gaudet) Oliver Chau - 12:42 Second period 04:53 - Matt O'Donnell (Puffer, Blanleil) (unassisted) John Leonard - 13:09 Third period No scoring ( 30 saves / 31 shots ) Ryan Wischow Goalie stats Stefanos Lekkas ( 25 saves / 30 shots )
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Massachusetts won series 2–1
No Scoring First period No scoring (McPhee, Räsänen) Connor Moore - GW - 17:08 Second period No scoring No scoring Third period No scoring ( 37 saves / 37 shots ) Joseph Woll Goalie stats Craig Pantano ( 12 saves / 13 shots )
No Scoring First period No scoring (Hutsko, Kim) Mike Booth - 12:02(Grando) JD Dudek - 15:20 Second period 15:39 - Alfred Larsson (Kovacevic, Coomes)19:33 - PP - Ludvig Larsson (Tavernier, Kolquist) (Hutsko, Kim) Julius Mattila - 04:14 Third period 15:05 - Tyler Irvine (A. Larsson, Coomes) (Moore) Christopher Grando - GW SH - 04:20 First overtime period No scoring ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) Joseph Woll Goalie stats Craig Pantano ( 18 saves / 22 shots )
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Boston College won series 2–0
No Scoring First period No scoring (Davies, Solow) Nolan Stevens - PP - 08:51(Davies, Solow) Dylan Sikura - PP - 12:51 Second period 13:13 - Austin Albrecht (Rufo, Lagunov) (Gaudette, Schule) Dylan Sikura - GW - 13:48 Third period 02:42 - Brett Boeing (Ferraro, Chaffee) ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Cayden Primeau Goalie stats Ryan Wischow ( 28 saves / 31 shots )
(Lerario, Hawkins) Jeremy Davies - 03:42(Griffin, Shea) Nolan Stevens - 19:29 First period No scoring (Cecere, Sikura) Adam Gaudette - GW - 03:21(unassisted) Dylan Sikura - 10:47(Gaudette, Shea) Brandon Hawkins - 12:37(Davies, Solow) Nolan Stevens - PP - 18:56 Second period No scoring (Schultz, Hawkins) Lincoln Griffin - 08:32 Third period 04:15 - John Leonard (Lagunov, Rufo)16:50 - Brett Boeing (Makar, Plevy) ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Cayden Primeau Goalie stats Ryan Wischow ( 14 saves / 20 shots ) / Brad Arvanitis ( 7 saves / 8 shots )
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Northeastern won series 2–0
(Wilkins, Desharnais) Erik Foley - 11:01(Björkqvist) Bailey Conger - 11:42 First period 00:38 - Tim Doherty (Vesey)08:10 - PP - Tim Doherty (Vesey, Tiuraniemi) (Duhaime, Young) Scott Conway - 18:35 Second period 12:43 - PP - Veli-Matti Tiuraniemi (Vesey) (Bryson) Josh Wilkins - GW - 16:50 Third period No scoring ( 21 saves / 24 shots ) Hayden Hawkey Goalie stats Jeremy Swayman ( 37 saves / 41 shots )
(Printz, Duhaime) Scott Conway - 03:14(Young, Mirageas) Brandon Duhaime - PP - 08:20(Pinho) Josh Wilkins - GW PP - 18:52 First period No scoring No scoring Second period 01:08 - PP - Eduards Tralmaks (Keeper, Fossier)01:53 - Nolan Vesey (Keeper, Tiuraniemi) No scoring Third period No scoring ( 14 saves / 16 shots ) Hayden Hawkey Goalie stats Jeremy Swayman ( 38 saves / 41 shots )
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Providence won series 2–0
(Melanson, Kotkansalo) Jordan Greenway - 04:52(Tkachuk, Krys) Drew Melanson - 07:48 First period 04:34 - Max Kalter (Rigali) No scoring Second period 01:31 - Karl El-Mir (Drake, Pratt)14:31 - Maxim Letunov (Pratt, Austin) (Fabbro, Krys) Jordan Greenway - PP - 02:02(Bowers) Chad Krys - 16:22 Third period 14:57 - PP - Benjamin Freeman (unassisted) (Cockerill, Bowers) Bobo Carpenter - GW - 05:02 First overtime period No scoring ( 36 saves / 40 shots ) Jake Oettinger Goalie stats Adam Huska ( 33 saves / 38 shots )
(Fabbro, Greenway) Brady Tkachuk - PP - 19:56 First period No scoring (Bowers, Fabbro) Logan Cockerill - GW - 16:52 Second period 09:08 - Max Kalter (Masonius, Naas) No scoring Third period No scoring ( 36 saves / 37 shots ) Jake Oettinger Goalie stats Adam Huska ( 17 saves / 19 shots )
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Boston University won series 2–0
(McPhee, Räsänen) Connor Moore - 09:31 First period No scoring (Cotton) Julius Mattila - 03:26 Second period 08:57 - Ty Amonte (Crone, Curry)10:34 - David Farrance (Krys, Greenway) (Dudek, McPhee) Christopher Brown - 14:41 Third period 15:26 - Drew Melanson (Greenway, Farrance) No scoring First overtime period 15:40 - GW - Patrick Curry (Bowers, Carpenter) ( 41 saves / 45 shots ) Joseph Woll Goalie stats Jake Oettinger ( 36 saves / 39 shots )
No Scoring First period 08:57 - Vimal Sukumaran (Bunz) (Gaudette) Dylan Sikura - SH - 18:06 Second period No scoring (Picking, Davies) Austin Goldstein - 03:03 Third period 18:09 - Kasper Björkqvist (Duhaime) No scoring First overtime period 09:55 - GW - Brandon Duhaime (Davis, Conway) ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) Cayden Primeau Goalie stats Hayden Hawkey ( 38 saves / 40 shots )
No Scoring First period No scoring No scoring Second period No scoring No scoring Third period 00:56 - GW - Drew Melanson (Greenway, Tkachuk)18:38 - EN - Bobo Carpenter (unassisted) ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Hayden Hawkey Goalie stats Jake Oettinger ( 30 saves / 30 shots )
F Jordan Greenway Boston University
F Dylan Sikura Northeastern
F Brandon Duhaime Providence
D Chad Krys Boston University
D Jacob Bryson Providence
G Jake Oettinger* Boston University
* Tournament MVP(s)
2018 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
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