# 2022 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

The 2022 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 37th edition of the Hockey East Tournament. It was played between March 9 and March 19, 2022. As the tournament champions, Massachusetts received the conference's automatic bid into the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The tournament included all eleven teams in the conference. Teams were ranked according to their finish in the conference standings. Seeds 1–5 earned a bye into the quarterfinal round, while seeds 6–11 played to determine the remaining quarterfinalists. Winners in the opening round were reseeded and advanced to play top three seeds in reverse order. Winners of the quarterfinal matches were again reseeded for the semifinal, and the winners of those two games faced off in the championship.
All series were single-elimination with opening round and quarterfinal matches occurring at home team sites. Beginning with the semifinal round, all games were held at the TD Garden. The tournament champion received an automatic bid into the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

## Standings

2021–22 Hockey East Standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | 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 | OTW | OTL | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #12 Northeastern † | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 68 | 46 | 39 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 99 | 68 |
| #10 Massachusetts * | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 77 | 54 | 37 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 117 | 88 |
| #13 Massachusetts Lowell | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 62 | 48 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 102 | 74 |
| #19 Connecticut | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 73 | 61 | 36 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 109 | 89 |
| Boston University | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 69 | 58 | 35 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 107 | 89 |
| Merrimack | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 70 | 70 | 35 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 109 | 99 |
| #20 Providence | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 61 | 52 | 38 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 118 | 82 |
| Boston College | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 67 | 77 | 38 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 114 | 123 |
| New Hampshire | 24 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 47 | 71 | 34 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 76 | 95 |
| Vermont | 24 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 41 | 72 | 35 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 59 | 101 |
| Maine | 24 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 54 | 80 | 33 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 74 | 111 |
| Championship: March 19, 2022 † indicates regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll ||||||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals
| Opening Round March 9 | Opening Round March 9 | Opening Round March 9 | Quarterfinals March 12 | Quarterfinals March 12 | Quarterfinals March 12 | Semifinals March 18 | Semifinals March 18 | Semifinals March 18 | Championship March 19 | Championship March 19 | Championship March 19 |
| | | | 1 | Northeastern | 3 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Merrimack | 6 | 8 | Boston College | 2 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Maine | 2 | | | | 1 | Northeastern | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Connecticut | 4 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Massachusetts | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Providence | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | Connecticut | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Massachusetts | 2* |
| | | | 3 | Massachusetts Lowell | 7 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Providence | 2 | 6 | Merrimack | 2 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Vermont | 1 | | | | 2 | Massachusetts | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Massachusetts Lowell | 1 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Connecticut | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Boston College | 4* | 5 | Boston University | 1 | | | | | | |
| 9 | New Hampshire | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Tournament Awards
### All-Tournament Team

* Goaltender – Matt Murray, Massachusetts
* Defenceman – John Spetz, Connecticut
* Defenceman – Colin Felix, Massachusetts
* Forward – Vladislav Firstov, Connecticut
* Forward – Garrett Wait, Massachusetts
* Forward – Bobby Trivigno, Massachusetts

### Tournament MVP

* Bobby Trivigno, Massachusetts