# 2022–23 Hockey East men's season

The 2022–23 Hockey East men's season was the 39th season of play for Hockey East and took place during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season began on October 1, 2022 and concluded on April 6, 2023.

## Coaches

Greg Brown takes over for Jerry York at Boston College. York retired after his 50th season as a head coach with the last 28 being for the Eagles. Brown had previously been an assistant under York for 14 years and was the head coach for the Dubuque Fighting Saints prior to his hiring.
After Albie O'Connell was relieved of his coaching duties after the season, Boston University named his former assistant Jay Pandolfo as the team's head coach. Pandolfo is a BU alum who helped the program win the national championship in 1995. This is his first head coaching job.

### Records

| Team | Head coach | Season at school | Record at school | Hockey East record |
| Boston College | Greg Brown | 1 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Boston University | Jay Pandolfo | 1 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Connecticut | Mike Cavanaugh | 10 | 123–151–33 | 60–71–16 |
| Maine | Ben Barr | 2 | 7–22–4 | 5–17–2 |
| Massachusetts | Greg Carvel | 7 | 116–88–12 | 70–59–11 |
| Massachusetts Lowell | Norm Bazin | 12 | 236–130–36 | 138–87–29 |
| Merrimack | Scott Borek | 5 | 40–72–9 | 29–54–8 |
| New Hampshire | Michael Souza | 5 | 47–53–17 | 30–50–13 |
| Northeastern | Jerry Keefe | 2 | 25–13–1 | 15–8–1 |
| Providence | Nate Leaman | 12 | 225–136–51 | 134–91–34 |
| Vermont | Todd Woodcroft | 3 | 9–35–4 | 7–25–4 |

## Standings

2022–23 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 | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #4 Boston University †* | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 99 | 62 | 40 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 154 | 106 |
| #14 Merrimack | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 72 | 52 | 38 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 106 | 89 |
| #16 Northeastern | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 78 | 45 | 35 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 107 | 82 |
| Connecticut | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 78 | 71 | 35 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 113 | 96 |
| Massachusetts Lowell | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 56 | 54 | 36 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 89 | 82 |
| Maine | 24 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 62 | 65 | 36 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 92 | 94 |
| Providence | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 64 | 60 | 37 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 103 | 87 |
| Boston College | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 70 | 73 | 36 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 104 | 104 |
| Massachusetts | 24 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 55 | 80 | 35 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 94 | 103 |
| New Hampshire | 24 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 44 | 76 | 35 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 74 | 105 |
| Vermont | 24 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 36 | 76 | 36 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 69 | 103 |
| Championship: March 18, 2023 † indicates regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll ||||||||||||||||||

## Statistics
### Leading scorers

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
| Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
| Lane Hutson | Freshman | Boston University | 24 | 9 | 25 | 34 |
| Alex Jefferies | Junior | Merrimack | 24 | 13 | 17 | 30 |
| Matt Brown | Senior | Boston University | 23 | 10 | 20 | 30 |
| Justin Hryckowian | Sophomore | Northeastern | 24 | 14 | 15 | 29 |
| Aidan McDonough | Senior | Northeastern | 23 | 14 | 15 | 29 |
| Lynden Breen | Junior | Maine | 24 | 14 | 12 | 26 |
| Cutter Gauthier | Freshman | Boston College | 23 | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| Wilmer Skoog | Senior | Boston University | 24 | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| Matthew Wood | Freshman | Connecticut | 24 | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| Ryan Tverberg | Junior | Connecticut | 24 | 13 | 9 | 22 |
| Nikita Nesterenko | Junior | Boston College | 24 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| Gunnarwolfe Fontaine | Junior | Northeastern | 24 | 6 | 16 | 22 |

### Leading goaltenders

Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games. GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
| Devon Levi | Junior | Northeastern | 23 | 1393:01 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 6 | .947 | 1.81 |
| Henry Welsch | Junior | Massachusetts Lowell | 12 | 577:05 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 2 | .928 | 1.87 |
| Hugo Ollas | Sophomore | Merrimack | 14 | 782:35 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 3 | .929 | 1.99 |
| Gustavs Dāvis Grigals | Graduate | Massachusetts Lowell | 15 | 859:47 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 1 | .918 | 2.23 |
| Victor Östman | Junior | Maine | 24 | 1374:08 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 53 | 2 | .915 | 2.31 |

## Conference tournament

Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals
| Opening Round March 8 | Opening Round March 8 | Opening Round March 8 | Quarterfinals March 11 | Quarterfinals March 11 | Quarterfinals March 11 | Semifinals March 17 | Semifinals March 17 | Semifinals March 17 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 |
| | | | 1 | Boston University | 7 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Maine | 2 | 11 | Vermont | 3 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Vermont | 4 | | | | 1 | Boston University | 2* | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | Providence | 1 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Merrimack | 1** | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Boston College | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Boston University | 3* |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Merrimack | 2 |
| | | | 3 | Northeastern | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Providence | 2* | 7 | Providence | 2* | | | | | | |
| 10 | New Hampshire | 1 | | | | 2 | Merrimack | 2** | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Massachusetts Lowell | 1 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Connecticut | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Boston College | 5 | 5 | Massachusetts Lowell | 2 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Massachusetts | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Ranking
### USCHO

| Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | Final |
| Boston College | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR | 20 | 18 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR |
| Boston University | 12 | - | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | - | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | - | 4 |
| Connecticut | NR | - | 20 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | - | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 19 | NR | NR | - | NR |
| Maine | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR |
| Massachusetts | 10 | - | 13 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 15 | - | 15 | 19 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR |
| Massachusetts Lowell | 17 | - | 15 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 13 | - | 17 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | NR | NR | 20 | NR | - | NR |
| Merrimack | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 19 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 6 | - | 8 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | - | 14 |
| New Hampshire | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR |
| Northeastern | 8 | - | 8 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | NR | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | 20 | NR | 20 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | - | 16 |
| Providence | 15 | - | 16 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | - | 11 | 14 | 12 | 17 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR |
| Vermont | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR |

### USA Today

| Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | Final |
| Boston College | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 20 | 18 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Boston University | 14 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Connecticut | NR | NR | NR | 17 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Maine | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Massachusetts | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Massachusetts Lowell | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 20 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Merrimack | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 19 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| New Hampshire | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Northeastern | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 20 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 16 |
| Providence | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 17 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Vermont | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |

### Pairwise

| Team | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Final |
| Boston College | 22 | 45 | 21 | 19 | 28 | 41 | 35 | 22 | 30 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 26 |
| Boston University | 3 | 39 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Connecticut | 3 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Maine | 22 | 10 | 42 | 21 | 39 | 38 | 47 | 46 | 39 | 35 | 30 | 39 | 38 | 42 | 39 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 29 |
| Massachusetts | 22 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 32 | 28 | 29 | 33 | 35 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
| Massachusetts Lowell | 3 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 27 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Merrimack | 22 | 14 | 24 | 37 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| New Hampshire | 22 | 11 | 23 | 35 | 37 | 43 | 48 | 46 | 50 | 49 | 51 | 57 | 49 | 47 | 50 | 50 | 47 | 46 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 49 | 50 |
| Northeastern | 15 | 3 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 44 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 18 |
| Providence | 22 | 39 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 24 |
| Vermont | 22 | 35 | 44 | 44 | 38 | 42 | 32 | 38 | 46 | 49 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 50 | 47 | 47 | 49 | 49 | 51 | 51 | 49 | 48 | 47 |
Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.

## Awards
### NCAA

| Award | Award | Recipient |
| Mike Richter Award | Mike Richter Award | Devon Levi, Northeastern |
| AHCA East All-American First Team |||
| Player | Position | Team |
| Devon Levi | G | Northeastern |
| Lane Hutson | D | Boston University |
| Aidan McDonough | F | Northeastern |
| AHCA East All-American Second Team |||
| Matt Brown | F | Boston University |
| Alex Jefferies | F | Merrimack |

### Hockey East

| Award | Award | Recipient |
| Player of the Year | Player of the Year | Devon Levi, Northeastern |
| Best Defensive Forward | Best Defensive Forward | Justin Hryckowian, Northeastern |
| Best Defensive Defenseman | Best Defensive Defenseman | Hunter McDonald, Northeastern |
| Rookie of the Year | Rookie of the Year | Lane Hutson, Boston University |
| Goaltending Champion | Goaltending Champion | Devon Levi, Northeastern |
| Len Ceglarski Sportmanship Award | Len Ceglarski Sportmanship Award | Hudson Schandor, Connecticut |
| Three Stars Award | Three Stars Award | Lane Hutson, Boston University |
| Scoring Champion | Scoring Champion | Lane Hutson, Boston University |
| Charlie Holt Team Sportsmanship Award | Charlie Holt Team Sportsmanship Award | New Hampshire |
| Bob Kullen Award (Coach of the Year) | Bob Kullen Award (Coach of the Year) | Jay Pandolfo, Boston University |
| All-Hockey East Teams |||
| First Team | Position | Second Team |
| Devon Levi, Northeastern | G | Victor Östman, Maine |
| Domenick Fensore, Boston University | D | Scott Morrow, Massachusetts |
| Lane Hutson, Boston University | D | Ryan Ufko, Massachusetts |
| Matt Brown, Boston University | F | Lynden Breen, Maine |
| Alex Jefferies, Merrimack | F | Justin Hryckowian, Northeastern |
| Aidan McDonough, Northeastern | F | Ryan Tverberg, Connecticut |
| Third Team | Position | Rookie Team |
| Gustavs Dāvis Grigals, Massachusetts Lowell | G | |
| Hugo Ollas, Merrimack | G | |
| Max Crozier, Providence | D | Lane Hutson, Boston University |
| Jon McDonald, Massachusetts Lowell | D | Hunter McDonald, Northeastern |
| Cutter Gauthier, Boston College | F | Kenny Connors, Massachusetts |
| Parker Ford, Providence | F | Cutter Gauthier, Boston College |
| Wilmer Skoog, Boston University | F | Ryan Greene, Boston University |
| | F | Cam Lund, Northeastern |
| | F | Matthew Wood, Connecticut |

#### Conference tournament

William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player :
| Lane Hutson | Lane Hutson | Boston University |
| All-Tournament Team |||
| Player | Pos | Team |
| Drew Commesso | G | Boston University |
| Lane Hutson | D | Boston University |
| Christian Felton | D | Merrimack |
| Matt Copponi | F | Merrimack |
| Devin Kaplan | F | Boston University |
| Dylan Peterson | F | Boston University |

## 2023 NHL Entry Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | College | NHL team |
| 1 | 4 | William Smith $^†$ | Boston College | San Jose Sharks |
| 1 | 8 | Ryan Leonard $^†$ | Boston College | Washington Capitals |
| 1 | 11 | Tom Willander $^†$ | Boston University | Vancouver Canucks |
| 1 | 15 | Matthew Wood | Connecticut | Nashville Predators |
| 1 | 23 | Gabe Perreault $^†$ | Boston College | New York Rangers |
| 1 | 30 | Bradly Nadeau $^†$ | Maine | Carolina Hurricanes |
| 2 | 38 | Michael Hrabal $^†$ | Massachusetts | Arizona Coyotes |
| 3 | 69 | Jacob Fowler $^†$ | Boston College | Montreal Canadiens |
| 3 | 71 | Brandon Svoboda $^†$ | Boston University | San Jose Sharks |
| 3 | 80 | Aydar Suniev $^†$ | Massachusetts | Calgary Flames |
| 3 | 86 | Gavin McCarthy $^†$ | Boston University | Buffalo Sabres |
| 3 | 90 | Drew Fortescue $^†$ | Boston College | New York Rangers |
| 4 | 117 | Larry Keenan $^†$ | Massachusetts | Detroit Red Wings |
| 4 | 125 | Aram Minnetian $^†$ | Boston College | Dallas Stars |
| 5 | 153 | Hudson Malinoski $^†$ | Providence | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 6 | 171 | Aiden Celebrini $^†$ | Boston University | Vancouver Canucks |
| 6 | 172 | Ryan MacPherson $^†$ | New Hampshire | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 6 | 182 | Ryan Conmy $^†$ | New Hampshire | Los Angeles Kings |
| 7 | 193 | Jack Harvey $^†$ | Boston University | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 7 | 215 | Nicholas Vantassell $^†$ | Massachusetts | Ottawa Senators |
| 7 | 216 | Matt Copponi | Merrimack | Edmonton Oilers |
| 7 | 221 | Sebastian Bradshaw $^†$ | New Hampshire | Dallas Stars |
† incoming freshman