2007 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
| 2007 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 8–17, 2007 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site |
TD Banknorth Garden Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Boston College (7th title) |
| Winning coach | Jerry York[1] (5th title) |
| MVP | Brock Bradford (Boston College) |
|
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2007 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 23rd Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 8 and March 17, 2007. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament Boston College received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The teams that finish below eighth in the conference are not eligible for tournament 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 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-elimination game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Conference 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 | ||
| #9 New Hampshire† | 27 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 96 | 62 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 139 | 89 | |
| #2 Boston College* | 27 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 89 | 70 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 127 | 99 | |
| #13 Boston University | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 69 | 51 | 39 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 99 | 78 | |
| #12 Massachusetts | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 71 | 63 | 39 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 109 | 91 | |
| #6 Maine | 27 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 29 | 80 | 69 | 40 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 133 | 99 | |
| Vermont | 27 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 55 | 56 | 39 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 87 | 78 | |
| Northeastern | 27 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 60 | 66 | 36 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 84 | 94 | |
| Providence | 27 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 21 | 66 | 71 | 36 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 76 | 108 | |
| Massachusetts–Lowell | 27 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 51 | 76 | 36 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 74 | 104 | |
| Merrimack | 27 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 86 | 34 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 37 | 111 | |
| Championship: Boston College † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
| Quarterfinals[2] March 8–10 |
Semifinals[3] March 16 |
Championship March 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | New Hampshire | 4 | 6 | – | 1 | New Hampshire | 3** | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Providence | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | Massachusetts | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston College | 3 | 7 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Northeastern | 0 | 1 | – | 1 | New Hampshire | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston College | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston University | 2 | 2 | 3* | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Vermont | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Massachusetts | 3 | 5 | – | 2 | Boston College | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Maine | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | Boston University | 2 | |||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
(1) New Hampshire vs. (8) Providence
| March 8[4] | New Hampshire | 4 – 0 | Providence | Whittemore Center | Recap | |||
| (Radja, Micflikier) Brett Hemingway - GW - 04:25 (LeBlanc) Bobby Butler - 11:43 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Hemingway, Radja) Jacob Micflikier - 09:33 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Radja) Brad Flaishans - 04:17 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) Kevin Regan | Goalie stats | Tyler Sims ( 10 saves / 12 shots ) / Chris Mannix ( 12 saves / 14 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9[5] | New Hampshire | 6 – 0 | Providence | Whittemore Center | Recap | |||
| (Radja, Micflikier) Chris Murray - GW PP - 07:11 (Micflikier, Radja) Brett Hemingway - PP - 15:41 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Ciocco) Thomas Fortney - 02:55 (Collins, Murray) Thomas Fortney - 07:44 (Pollastrone, Fornataro) Trevor Smith - PP - 13:14 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Murray, Smith) Matt Fornataro - 13:58 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 42 saves / 42 shots ) Kevin Regan | Goalie stats | Chris Mannix ( 18 saves / 24 shots ) | ||||||
| New Hampshire won series 2–0 | |
(2) Boston College vs. (7) Northeastern
| March 11[6] | Boston College | 3 – 0 | Northeastern | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| (Gerbe, Boyle) Brock Bradford - GW - 18:21 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Motherwell, Gerbe) Ben Smith - PP - 06:06 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Smith, Gerbe) Brock Bradford - 12:06 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 25 saves / 25 shots ) Cory Schneider | Goalie stats | Brad Thiessen ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9[7] | Boston College | 7 – 1 | Northeastern | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| (Ferriero, Kunes) Joe Rooney - 12:42 (Gerbe, Boyle) Benn Ferriero - GW PP - 16:10 (Bradford, Motherwell) Benn Ferriero - PP - 18:02 (Gerbe, Motherwell) Brock Bradford - PP - 19:40 |
First period | 02:11 - Ryan Ginand | ||||||
| (Ferriero, Motherwell) Brian Boyle - PP - 08:53 (Motherwell, Bradford) Dan Bertram - 13:49 (Orpik, Kucharski) Matt Lombardi - 15:42 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 21 saves / 22 shots ) Cory Schneider / ( 3 saves / 3 shots ) Joe Pearce | Goalie stats | Brad Thiessen ( 12 saves / 18 shots ) / Adam Geragosian ( 10 saves / 11 shots ) | ||||||
| Boston College won series 2–0 | |
(3) Boston University vs. (6) Vermont
| March 8[8] | Boston University | 2 – 3 | Vermont | Agganis Arena | Recap | |||
| (Gryba) John McCarthy - 02:19 (Ewing, MacArthur) Kenny Roche - 14:32 |
First period | 03:18 - EA - Mark Lutz (Lenes, Strong) 09:24 - Peter Lenes (Strong) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:52 - GW - Brayden Irwin (Stålberg) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) John Curry | Goalie stats | Joe Fallon ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) | ||||||
| March 9[9] | Boston University | 2 – 0 | Vermont | Agganis Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Yip, Higgins) Pete MacArthur - GW PP - 10:59 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Lawrence, Ewing) Brian Strait - 13:52 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 29 shots ) John Curry | Goalie stats | Joe Fallon ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10[10] | Boston University | 3 – 2 | OT | Vermont | Agganis Arena | Recap | ||
| (Thomassian, MacArthur) Chris Higgins - 09:33 (Sullivan, McGoff) Jason Lawrence - PP - 17:08 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 16:22 - Viktor Stålberg | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:52 - PP - Peter Lenes (Lutz, Gunderson) | ||||||
| (Gilroy, MacArthur) Brandon Yip - GW PP - 09:22 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) John Curry | Goalie stats | Joe Fallon ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| Boston University won series 2–1 | |
(4) Massachusetts vs. (5) Maine
| March 9[11] | Massachusetts | 3 – 2 | Maine | William D. Mullins Memorial Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 13:22 - PP - Billy Ryan (Soares, Tyler) | ||||||
| (Fenton, Berry) Kevin Jarman - PP - 07:00 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Quirk, Leaderer) Alex Berry - 05:39 (Otriz, Kostka) John Wessbecker - GW - 11:12 |
Third period | 12:40 - PP - Brent Shepheard (Lundin, Léveillé) | ||||||
| ( 38 saves / 40 shots ) Jonathan Quick | Goalie stats | Dave Wilson ( 21 saves / 24 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10[12] | Massachusetts | 5 – 2 | Maine | William D. Mullins Memorial Center | Recap | |||
| (Burto, Kostka) Chris Capraro - 08:21 (Braun, Capraro) Cory Quirk - 15:27 |
First period | 16:07 - PP - Teddy Purcell (Shepheard, Léveillé) | ||||||
| (Capraro, Kostka) Matt Burto - GW - 04:45 (Matheson, Crowder) Matt Anderson - 12:54 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| P. J. Fenton - EN - 18:41 | Third period | 06:14 - Billy Ryan (Purcell, Lundin) | ||||||
| ( 35 saves / 37 shots ) Jonathan Quick | Goalie stats | Dave Wilson ( 23 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| Massachusetts won series 2–0 | |
Semifinals
(1) New Hampshire vs. (4) Massachusetts
| March 16[13] | New Hampshire | 3 – 2 | 2OT | Massachusetts | TD Banknorth Garden | Recap | ||
| (Butler, Fortney) Greg Collins - 03:29 | First period | 18:00 Alex Berry (Leaderer) | ||||||
| (Vinz) Dan Rossman - 13:57 | Second period | 00:16 - Chris Capraro (Quirk, Burto) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Collins) Bobby Butler - GW - 01:30 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 44 saves / 46 shots ) Kevin Regan | Goalie stats | Jonathan Quick ( 38 saves / 41 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Boston College vs. (3) Boston University
| March 16[14] | Boston College | 6 – 2 | Boston University | TD Banknorth Garden | Recap | |||
| (Ferriero, Motherwell) Brock Bradford - PP - 07:46 (Boyle, Rooney) Benn Ferriero - 15:00 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Rooney, Bertram) Ben Smith - GW - 14:05 (Smith, Boyle) Brock Bradford - 15:00 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Smith) Joe Rooney - 09:33 (Boyle, Bradford) Nathan Gerbe - PP - 16:18 |
Third period | 01:25 - Brandon Yip (Gilroy, MacArthur) 14:35 - Bryan Ewing (Roche, Gryba) | ||||||
| ( 30 saves / 32 shots ) Cory Schneider | Goalie stats | John Curry ( 17 saves / 21 shots ) / Karson Gillespie ( 9 saves / 11 shots ) | ||||||
Championship
(1) New Hampshire vs. (2) Boston College
| March 17[15] | New Hampshire | 2 – 5 | Boston College | TD Banknorth Garden | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 10:45 - Matt Greene (Brennan) 17:53 - Benn Ferriero (Rooney) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 18:38 - GW - Brock Bradford (Gerbe) | ||||||
| Bobby Butler - 09:07 (Pollastrone, Fornataro) Trevor Smith - 11:33 |
Third period | 06:14 - Nathan Gerbe (Boyle) 19:42 - EN - Brian Boyle (Ferriero, Rooney) | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 33 shots ) Kevin Regan | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider ( 36 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team[16]
- F Brock Bradford* (Boston College)
- F Chris Capraro (Massachusetts)
- F Benn Ferriero (Boston College)
- D Brian Boyle (Boston College)
- D Chris Murray (New Hampshire)
- G Cory Schneider (Boston College)
References
- ↑ "Jerry York Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ↑ "Hockey East men's Hockey 2006-07 Week 24". USCHO.com. 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ↑ "Hockey East men's Hockey 2006-07 Week 25". USCHO.com. 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ↑ "New Hampshire 4, Providence 0". USCHO.com. 2007-03-08. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ↑ "New Hampshire 6, Providence 0". USCHO.com. 2007-03-09. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ↑ "Boston College 3, Northeastern 0". USCHO.com. 2007-03-08. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ↑ "Boston College 7, Northeastern 1". USCHO.com. 2007-03-09. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ↑ "Vermont 3, Boston University 2". USCHO.com. 2007-03-08. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ↑ "Boston University 2, Vermont 0". USCHO.com. 2007-03-09. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ↑ "Boston University 3, Vermont 2". USCHO.com. 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ↑ "Massachusetts 3, Maine 2". USCHO.com. 2007-03-09. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ↑ "Massachusetts 5, Maine 2". USCHO.com. 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ↑ "New Hampshire 3, Massachusetts 2". USCHO.com. 2007-03-16. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ↑ "Boston College 6, Boston University 2". USCHO.com. 2007-03-16. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ↑ "Boston College 5, New Hampshire 2". USCHO.com. 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ↑ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
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