# 2018 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

The 2018 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament 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.
The tournament was the 34th in league history.

## 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
2017–18 Hockey East men's standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #19 Boston College† | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 79 | 53 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 108 | 99 |
| #11 Northeastern | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 79 | 49 | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 136 | 81 |
| #7 Providence | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 70 | 50 | 40 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 117 | 85 |
| #10 Boston University* | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 72 | 60 | 40 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 124 | 105 |
| Connecticut | 24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 70 | 62 | 36 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 100 | 102 |
| Maine | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 65 | 74 | 38 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 117 | 115 |
| Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 22 | 68 | 75 | 36 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 101 | 99 |
| Massachusetts | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 60 | 74 | 39 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 104 | 119 |
| Vermont | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 75 | 37 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 79 | 112 |
| Merrimack | 24 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 51 | 70 | 37 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 83 | 105 |
| New Hampshire | 24 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 48 | 71 | 36 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 88 | 104 |
| Championship: March 17, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 1, 2018 |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals
| Opening Round March 1–4 | Opening Round March 1–4 | Opening Round March 1–4 | Opening Round March 1–4 | Opening Round March 1–4 | Quarterfinals March 9–11 | Quarterfinals March 9–11 | Quarterfinals March 9–11 | Quarterfinals March 9–11 | Quarterfinals March 9–11 | Semifinals March 16 | Semifinals March 16 | Semifinals March 16 | Championship March 17 | Championship March 17 | Championship March 17 |
| | | | | | 1 | Boston College | 1 | 4* | – | | | | | | |
| 6 | Maine | 4 | 3 | – | 10 | Merrimack | 0 | 3 | – | | | | | | |
| 11 | New Hampshire | 1 | 2 | – | | | | | | 1 | Boston College | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Boston University | 4* | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Northeastern | 3 | 7 | – | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Massachusetts | 2 | 2 | – | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Providence | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Boston University | 2 |
| | | | | | 3 | Providence | 4 | 3 | – | | | | | | |
| 7 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | Maine | 3 | 2 | – | | | | | | |
| 10 | Merrimack | 2* | 3* | – | | | | | | 2 | Northeastern | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Providence | 3* | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Boston University | 5* | 2 | – | | | | | | |
| 8 | Massachusetts | 3* | 3 | 5 | 5 | Connecticut | 4 | 1 | – | | | | | | |
| 9 | Vermont | 2 | 4* | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Results
### Opening Round
#### (6) Maine vs. (11) New Hampshire

* Maine won series 2–0

#### (7) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (10) Merrimack

* Merrimack won series 2–0

#### (8) Massachusetts vs. (9) Vermont

* Massachusetts won series 2–1

### Quarterfinals
#### (1) Boston College vs. (10) Merrimack

* Boston College won series 2–0

#### (2) Northeastern vs. (8) Massachusetts

* Northeastern won series 2–0

#### (3) Providence vs. (6) Maine

* Providence won series 2–0

#### (4) Boston University vs. (5) Connecticut

* Boston University won series 2–0

### 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)