2011 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2011 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 11 and March 19, 2011 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston College Eagles won their tenth Hockey East Tournament and earned the Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Contents

Format

The tournament features three rounds of play. The first round consists of best-of-three series, all games being hosted by the higher-seeded teams. In the semifinals, the highest remaining seed is matched against the lowest remaining seed. The semifinals and final are single games. The tournament champion Boston College Eagles receive the automatic bid to the NCAA 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
#2 Boston College†* 27 20 6 1 41 101 58 39 30 8 1 153 94
#10 New Hampshire 27 17 6 4 38 90 59 39 22 11 6 131 98
Boston University 27 15 6 6 36 76 67 39 19 12 8 116 112
#7 Merrimack 27 16 8 3 35 89 67 39 25 10 4 143 97
Maine 27 14 8 5 33 92 73 36 17 12 7 122 105
Northeastern 27 10 10 7 27 73 69 38 14 16 8 108 104
Vermont 27 6 14 7 19 60 85 36 8 20 8 82 116
Massachusetts 27 5 16 6 16 68 88 36 6 23 6 88 122
Providence 27 4 16 7 15 53 94 34 8 18 8 75 116
Massachusetts–Lowell 27 4 21 2 10 60 102 34 5 25 4 83 136
Championship: Boston College Eagles
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
March 10–13
Semifinals
March 18
Championship
March 19
                               
  1  Boston College 4 4 1  Boston College 5  
8  Massachusetts 1 2 6  Northeastern 4  
  2  New Hampshire 3 4
7  Vermont 1 3     1  Boston College 5
  4  Merrimack 3
  3  Boston University 2 5 4
6  Northeastern 4 2 5
  4  Merrimack 5 6 2  New Hampshire 1
5  Maine 4 2 4  Merrimack 4  

Note: * denotes overtime periods

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston College vs. (8) Massachusetts

Boston College Wins Series 2-0

(2) New Hampshire vs. (7) Vermont

New Hampshire Wins Series 2-0

(3) Boston University vs. (6)Northeastern

Northeastern Wins Series 2-1

(4) Merrimack vs. (5) Maine

Merrimack Wins Series 2-0

Semifinals

(1) Boston College vs. (6) Northeastern

(2) New Hampshire vs. (4) Merrimack

Championship

(1) Boston College vs. (4) Merrimack

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

MVP

Cam Atkinson, Junior, Boston College Eagles

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