# 2023 Hockey East women's ice hockey tournament

The 2023 Hockey East Women's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 21st edition of the Women's Hockey East Tournament. It was played between February 22 and March 4, 2023. The championship was hosted by the highest remaining seed, Northeastern. Northeastern defeated Providence 4–1 to earn their 6th straight tournament championship. They earned the conference's automatic bid into the 2023 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament.

## Format

The tournament included all ten teams in the conference. Teams were ranked according to their finish in the conference standings. Seeds 1–6 earned a bye into the quarterfinal round, while seeds 7–10 played to determine the remaining quarterfinalists. Winners in the opening round were reseeded and advanced to play top two 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. The semifinals were hosted at the two highest remaining team sites. The championship was hosted at the highest remaining seeds site. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid into the 2023 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament.

## Standings

2022–23 WHEA 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 |
| #4 Northeastern †* | 27 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 72 | 100 | 23 | 38 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 144 | 35 |
| #11 Vermont | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 56 | 81 | 49 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 105 | 65 |
| #13 Providence | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 49 | 74 | 51 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 104 | 72 |
| #15 Boston College | 27 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 47 | 67 | 49 | 36 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 88 | 69 |
| UConn | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 44 | 50 | 52 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 75 | 64 |
| Maine | 27 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 37 | 56 | 74 | 35 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 76 | 104 |
| Boston University | 27 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 33 | 56 | 73 | 34 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 73 | 94 |
| New Hampshire | 27 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 32 | 65 | 80 | 36 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 84 | 106 |
| Holy Cross | 27 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 34 | 81 | 34 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 47 | 103 |
| Merrimack | 27 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 44 | 95 | 36 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 66 | 126 |
| Championship: March 4, 2023 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 19, 2023 |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals
| Opening Round February 22 | Opening Round February 22 | Opening Round February 22 | Quarterfinals February 25 | Quarterfinals February 25 | Quarterfinals February 25 | Semifinals March 1 | Semifinals March 1 | Semifinals March 1 | Championship March 4 | Championship March 4 | Championship March 4 |
| | | | 8 | Merrimack | 1 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Merrimack | 5* | 1 | Northeastern | 5 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Boston University | 4 | | | | 4 | Boston College | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | 1 | Northeastern | 3 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Connecticut | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Boston College | 4* | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Providence | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Northeastern | 4 |
| | | | 7 | New Hampshire | 1 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Holy Cross | 3 | 2 | Vermont | 2* | | | | | | |
| 8 | New Hampshire | 6 | | | | 3 | Providence | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Vermont | 0 | | | |
| | | | 6 | Maine | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Providence | 5 | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Tournament Awards
### All Tournament Team

* Goalie: Gwyneth Philips, Northeastern
* Defense: Brooke Becker, Providence
* Defense: Megan Carter, Northeastern
* Forward: Peyton Anderson, Northeastern
* Forward: Alina Müller, Northeastern
* Forward: Maureen Murphy, Northeastern

### Tournament MVP

* Alina Müller, Northeastern