# 2007 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

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
2006–07 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 |
| #9 New Hampshire† | 27 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 96 | 62 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 139 | 89 |
| #2 Boston College* | 27 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 37 | 89 | 65 | 40 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 142 | 94 |
| #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 March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | | | Semifinals March 16 | Semifinals March 16 | Semifinals March 16 | Championship March 17 | Championship March 17 | Championship March 17 |
| 1 | New Hampshire | 4 | 6 | – | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Providence | 0 | 0 | – | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Providence | 0 | 0 | – | | | 1 | New Hampshire | 3** | | | |
| | | | | | | | 4 | Massachusetts | 2 | | | |
| 2 | Boston College | 3 | 7 | – | | | 4 | Massachusetts | 2 | | | |
| 7 | Northeastern | 0 | 1 | – | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Northeastern | 0 | 1 | – | | | | | | 1 | New Hampshire | 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 | New Hampshire | 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) | 2 | Boston College | 5 |
| 3 | Boston University | 2 | 2 | 3* | | | | | | | | | 2 | Boston College | 5 |
| 6 | Vermont | 3 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Vermont | 3 | 0 | 2 | | | 2 | Boston College | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 3 | Boston University | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Massachusetts | 3 | 5 | – | | | 3 | Boston University | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Maine | 2 | 2 | – | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Quarterfinals
#### (1) New Hampshire vs. (8) Providence

* New Hampshire won series 2–0

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

* Boston College won series 2–0

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

* Boston University won series 2–1

#### (4) Massachusetts vs. (5) Maine

* Massachusetts won series 2–0

### Championship
#### (1) New Hampshire vs. (2) Boston College
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* 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)
* Tournament MVP(s)