# 2013 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

The 2013 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 14 and March 13, 2013 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts–Lowell River Hawks won their first Hockey East Tournament and earned the Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2013 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 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Regular season standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
2012–13 Hockey East 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 |
| #3 Massachusetts–Lowell † * | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 81 | 63 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 123 | 83 |
| #9 Boston College | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 88 | 72 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 128 | 107 |
| #17 Boston University | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 82 | 73 | 39 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 120 | 110 |
| #11 New Hampshire | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 81 | 58 | 39 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 122 | 90 |
| #18 Providence | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 75 | 63 | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 105 | 90 |
| Merrimack | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 29 | 68 | 66 | 38 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 91 | 98 |
| Vermont | 27 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 22 | 60 | 80 | 36 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 82 | 110 |
| Maine | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 57 | 72 | 38 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 77 | 104 |
| Massachusetts | 27 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 20 | 72 | 79 | 34 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 93 | 102 |
| Northeastern | 27 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 59 | 97 | 34 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 81 | 118 |
| Championship: March 23, 2013 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals March 10–13 | Quarterfinals March 10–13 | Quarterfinals March 10–13 | Quarterfinals March 10–13 | Quarterfinals March 10–13 | | | Semifinals March 22 | Semifinals March 22 | Semifinals March 22 | Championship March 23 | Championship March 23 | Championship March 23 |
| 1 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 4 | 2* | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Maine | 2 | 1 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Maine | 2 | 1 | — | | | 1 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 4 | Providence | 1 | | | |
| 2 | Boston College | 4 | 4 | - | | | 4 | Providence | 1 | | | |
| 7 | Vermont | 2 | 1 | - | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Vermont | 2 | 1 | - | | | | | | 1 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 1 |
| (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 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 1 |
| (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 University | 0 |
| 3 | Boston University | 3 | 5 | - | | | | | | | | | 3 | Boston University | 0 |
| 6 | Merrimack | 0 | 3 | - | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Merrimack | 0 | 3 | - | | | 2 | Boston College | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 3 | Boston University | 6 | | | |
| 4 | Providence | 3 | 1 | 3 | | | 3 | Boston University | 6 | | | |
| 5 | New Hampshire | 2 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime periods

## Results
### Quarterfinals
#### (1) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (8) Maine

* Massachusetts–Lowell wins series 2-0

#### (2) Boston College vs. (7) Vermont

* Boston College wins series 2-0

#### (3) Boston University vs. (6) Merrimack

* Boston University wins series 2-0

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

* Providence wins series 2-1

### Championship
#### (1) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (3) Boston University
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Danny O'Regan (Boston University)
* F Evan Rodrigues (Boston University)
* F Scott Wilson (Massachusetts-Lowell)
* D Matt Grzelcyk (Boston University)
* D Chad Ruhwedel (Massachusetts-Lowell)
* G Connor Hellebuyck* (Massachusetts-Lowell)
* Tournament MVP(s)