# 2006 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

The 2006 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 22nd Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 9 and March 18, 2006. 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 University received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2006 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 2006 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
2005–06 Hockey East standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #5 Boston University†* | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 89 | 67 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 140 | 96 |
| #4 Maine | 27 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 93 | 60 | 42 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 143 | 95 |
| #2 Boston College | 27 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 86 | 58 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 146 | 95 |
| #13 New Hampshire | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 85 | 63 | 40 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 120 | 102 |
| Providence | 27 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 78 | 67 | 36 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 105 | 94 |
| Vermont | 27 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 65 | 62 | 38 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 97 | 82 |
| Massachusetts–Lowell | 27 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 74 | 96 | 36 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 104 | 132 |
| Massachusetts | 27 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 60 | 77 | 36 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 77 | 103 |
| Northeastern | 27 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 57 | 88 | 34 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 67 | 120 |
| Merrimack | 27 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 92 | 34 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 64 | 118 |
| Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals March 9–11 | Quarterfinals March 9–11 | Quarterfinals March 9–11 | Quarterfinals March 9–11 | Quarterfinals March 9–11 | | | Semifinals March 17 | Semifinals March 17 | Semifinals March 17 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 |
| 1 | Boston University | 4 | 4 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | — | | | 1 | Boston University | 9 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 4 | New Hampshire | 2 | | | |
| 2 | Maine | 4* | 4 | — | | | 4 | New Hampshire | 2 | | | |
| 7 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 3 | 3 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 3 | 3 | — | | | | | | 1 | Boston University | 2* |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 1 | Boston University | 2* |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 3 | Boston College | 1 |
| 3 | Boston College | 3* | 6 | — | | | | | | | | | 3 | Boston College | 1 |
| 6 | Vermont | 2 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Vermont | 2 | 2 | — | | | 2 | Maine | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 3 | Boston College | 4 | | | |
| 4 | New Hampshire | 4 | 2** | — | | | 3 | Boston College | 4 | | | |
| 5 | Providence | 0 | 1 | — | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Quarterfinals
#### (1) Boston University vs. (8) Massachusetts

* Boston University won series 2–0

#### (2) Maine vs. (7) Massachusetts-Lowell

* Maine won series 2–0

#### (3) Boston College vs. (6) Vermont

* Boston College won series 2–0

#### (4) New Hampshire vs. (5) Providence

* New Hampshire won series 2–0

### Championship
#### (1) Boston University vs. (3) Boston College
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Brian Boyle (Boston College)
* F Jacob Micflikier (New Hampshire)
* F David Van der Gulik* (Boston University)
* D Peter Harold (Boston College)
* D Dan Spang (Boston University)
* G Cory Schneider (Boston College)
* Tournament MVP(s)