2008 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2008 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates March 14–22, 2008
Teams 8
Finals site TD Banknorth Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
Champions Boston College (8th title)
Winning coach Jerry York (5th title)
MVP Nathan Gerbe (Boston College)
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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The 2008 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 14 and March 22, 2008 at campus locations and at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. By winning the tournament, Boston College was awarded the Lamoriello Trophy and an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.[1]

Contents

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-game, with the winner advancing to the championship game and the loser advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#6 New Hampshire† 27 19 5 3 41 84 54 38 25 10 3 132 94
Boston University 27 15 9 3 33 97 72 40 19 17 4 135 117
Vermont 27 13 9 5 31 67 78 39 17 15 7 88 106
#1 Boston College* 27 11 9 7 29 82 67 44 25 11 8 160 101
Providence 27 11 11 5 27 66 66 36 14 17 5 91 99
Northeastern 27 12 13 2 26 73 80 37 16 18 3 92 105
Massachusetts–Lowell 27 10 13 4 24 70 76 37 16 17 4 100 96
Massachusetts 27 9 13 5 23 73 71 36 14 16 6 98 97
Maine 27 9 15 3 21 59 73 34 13 18 3 77 92
Merrimack 27 6 18 3 15 48 82 34 12 18 4 71 93
Championship: Boston College
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
March 14–16		 Semifinals
March 21		 Championship
March 22
                               
  1  New Hampshire 4 7 — 1  New Hampshire 4  
8  Massachusetts 1 2 — 4  Boston College 5***  
  2  Boston University 5 1 4
7  Massachusetts-Lowell 3 4 2     3  Vermont 0
  4  Boston College 4
  3  Vermont 1 1 4
6  Northeastern 0 2* 1
  4  Boston College 5 5 — 2  Boston University 1
5  Providence College 1 1 — 3  Vermont 3  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) New Hampshire vs. (8) Massachusetts

New Hampshire won series 2–0

(2) Boston University vs. (7) Massachusetts-Lowell

Boston University won series 2–1

(3) Vermont vs. (6) Northeastern

Vermont won series 2–1

(4) Boston College vs. (5) Providence

Boston College won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) New Hampshire vs. (4) Boston College

(2) Boston University vs. (3) Vermont

Championship

(3) Vermont vs. (4) Boston College

References

  1. ^ "2008 Hockey East Tournament". Archived from the original on 2009-05-21. http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/tourney/results.php. Retrieved 2009-03-15. 

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