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.
Format 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.
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
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results Opening Round (6) Maine vs. (11) New Hampshire
(7) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (10) Merrimack
(8) Massachusetts vs. (9) Vermont
Quarterfinals (1) Boston College vs. (10) Merrimack
(2) Northeastern vs. (8) Massachusetts
(3) Providence vs. (6) Maine
(4) Boston University vs. (5) Connecticut
Semifinals (1) Boston College vs. (4) Boston University
(2) Northeastern vs. (3) Providence
Championship (3) Providence vs. (4) Boston University
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team 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)
References
External links 2018 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament